:00:27. > :00:29.Hello and welcome to the One Show. With Jake Humphrey. And Alex Jones.
:00:29. > :00:33.Tonight's guest is forever topping showbiz polls. She's the person
:00:33. > :00:38.we'd most like to share a picnic with. The woman who makes us laugh
:00:38. > :00:42.the hardest. And our secret celebrity crush. So time to crack
:00:42. > :00:47.open the scotch eggs. And for me to personally pucker up. Dawn French
:00:47. > :00:54.is here! CHEERING
:00:54. > :01:00.So nice to see you. Thanks for being here. I must admit, person
:01:00. > :01:04.you'd most like to share a picnic with? You don't want to share with
:01:04. > :01:10.me because I'm extremely greedy. You know, what I really wo.
:01:10. > :01:15.really would. Would you? Yeah. time you were here, we had a bit of
:01:15. > :01:21.a problem, a bit of a problem, you see, she was so proud of her first
:01:21. > :01:25.novel she chained it to her neck and we had to remove it with bolt
:01:25. > :01:32.cutters. We're not saying we don't trust Dawn, however, we did take
:01:32. > :01:40.some extra security measures tonight. I'm on The One Show.
:01:40. > :01:46.Honestly, I have nothing on me. What's that in there? I always
:01:46. > :01:54.carry one... Oh! There's no more. Not another one in there. That's
:01:54. > :02:00.it! Thank you Dawn, you're free to go. How insulting. Honestly.
:02:00. > :02:05.Remarkable. 74 books concealed in one coat. That was something.
:02:05. > :02:09.takes me 18 months to write it. I'm very pleased with it. You want to
:02:09. > :02:15.get the most out of it. Definitely. Do you want me to see what I have
:02:15. > :02:19.hidden... No! Have a look at our lovely audience tonight. All these
:02:19. > :02:26.ladies have one thing in common, can you guess what that is? They're
:02:26. > :02:33.all gorgeous. Yes! They all agree with that. They're all facing the
:02:33. > :02:37.front. No, I don't know. Good guesses. However, the thing that
:02:37. > :02:40.binds these ladies is that they are some of the thousands of women
:02:40. > :02:44.happily bearing almost all in village halls, community centres
:02:44. > :02:49.and theatres across the country at the moment. Justin Rowlatt gets to
:02:49. > :02:53.the bottom of the story. Nice. Snfplts In the year 2,000 a
:02:53. > :02:57.Yorkshire WI group came up with a unique idea to raise money for
:02:57. > :03:04.leukaemia and lymphoma research, a charity calendar, but with a
:03:04. > :03:08.difference. Their story became a worldwide phenomenon and in the 12
:03:08. > :03:13.years since has seen a hit Hollywood film and millions of
:03:13. > :03:18.pounds raised, but it is on the stage that this story has really
:03:18. > :03:23.endured, becoming the most successful play ever to tour the UK.
:03:23. > :03:27.Now, for 18 months only, amateur dramatic groups like this one in
:03:27. > :03:35.Norfolk, can disrobe and perform this inoperational story for
:03:35. > :03:40.themselves. A script will set you back less than a tenner, but your
:03:40. > :03:44.amateur production must generate �100 per performance. Amanda plays
:03:44. > :03:49.the central character Annie in this production. It's a fabulous
:03:49. > :03:54.opportunity for us, because very rare thaw get so many good parts
:03:54. > :03:57.for ladies and also, we're selling out. People can't get tickets. I
:03:57. > :04:02.think that everyone in the cast has a story that is connected with
:04:02. > :04:05.cancer or knows someone or has lost someone. I hope the original ladies
:04:05. > :04:08.will think we've done them honour and told their story with truth and
:04:08. > :04:16.that we will have conveyed the play is not about stripping, but about
:04:16. > :04:19.loss and friendship. Go and get some chips! Angela Baker is an
:04:19. > :04:24.original calendar girl. It was the sudden loss of her husband John
:04:24. > :04:28.back in 1998 that inspired the whole project. Why do you think the
:04:28. > :04:33.story has endured for so long? think it's because it was older
:04:33. > :04:38.women. It was the WI. How much did you originally set out to raise?
:04:38. > :04:42.were going to sell a thousand calendars at �5 each and raise
:04:42. > :04:46.�5,000. How much money did you make in the end? Somewhere between �3
:04:46. > :04:49.million to �4 million. What were you expecting from the theatre
:04:49. > :04:54.production having had the Hollywood treatment? We didn't know that it
:04:54. > :05:00.would last so long and then when it was opened to the amateur dramatics,
:05:00. > :05:04.I think 950 have applied to do it. It's the involvement, the community
:05:04. > :05:10.involvement which is just brilliant. Your role, Annie, is hard to play.
:05:10. > :05:15.What advice would you give an actor playing it? They just have to be
:05:15. > :05:19.normal. They have to show the love between each other and the fun that
:05:19. > :05:24.they had as well. I mean, it is tearful, of course, but there's
:05:24. > :05:28.lots of laughter as well. When people go to watch the stage show,
:05:28. > :05:34.hopefully, they'll go home inspired by what we've achieved and what
:05:34. > :05:40.we've done. There's less than an hour until the curtain rises on
:05:40. > :05:44.this, the opening night of the show. I was keen to introduce a bit of
:05:44. > :05:51.surprise inspiration. How's everyone feeling, first of all?
:05:51. > :05:56.Nervous! Angela, would you come on please? Angela is, of course, you
:05:56. > :06:00.will know her as the original Annie. APPLAUSE
:06:00. > :06:04.This is Annie. Angela particularly wanted to speak to Amanda, the
:06:04. > :06:09.person with the toughest role before settling in with the rest of
:06:09. > :06:11.the audience for a very special opening night. Lawrence, we're
:06:11. > :06:21.going to need considerably bigger buns.
:06:21. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:35.It look goods fun. A wonderful play for a wonderful cause and suddenly,
:06:35. > :06:39.I'm feeling a little bit overdressed. Please welcome from
:06:39. > :06:44.Norfolk, Sudbury, Bristol and Beckinsfield, our very own Calendar
:06:44. > :06:47.Girls! Lovely to have you all with us tonight. If you're worried for
:06:47. > :06:53.them, don't be, they've done this on stage plenty of times. They're
:06:53. > :06:57.well used to it. If anyone is cold, I'm wearing a jacket especially for
:06:57. > :07:01.you. Let's meet some of you. Sue, first, take us back to the first
:07:01. > :07:05.time that you went in for your dress rehearsal or as I believe you
:07:05. > :07:10.called it your undress rehearsal. Everybody thinks they're the first
:07:10. > :07:13.person to say that joke. they're not. Great. I just chose
:07:13. > :07:19.national television for that moment. You did. You were acting in front
:07:19. > :07:23.of the vicar, what was that like? He came into the back of the hall.
:07:23. > :07:27.We were rehearsing a particularly fruity part of the script. We toned
:07:27. > :07:35.it down. Afterwards, during it, he actually said to our director, have
:07:35. > :07:38.they done the booby bit yet. The Vicar of Dibley have allowed
:07:38. > :07:45.naked rehearsals in the hall? wouldn't be baps big enough I'm
:07:45. > :07:51.afraid. Naughty. Very naughty. APPLAUSE
:07:51. > :07:57.This is Margaret. You're 73 years old, I hope you don't mind me
:07:57. > :08:00.saying that on TV. No. What did your grand kids think TV? My grand
:08:00. > :08:03.daughters and my daughter love today and they're proud of me.
:08:03. > :08:07.you first heard it was going to happen, was it immediately, yes,
:08:07. > :08:12.that's the play for me or did you need a bit of encouraging? No, it
:08:12. > :08:15.didn't take any encouraging really. Straight in there. Absolutely.
:08:15. > :08:20.what was your motivation to get involved? It was very personal for
:08:21. > :08:24.me. My family lost our dad to cancer. My mother worked in the
:08:25. > :08:27.hospice movement and only last year I was diagnosed with early breast
:08:28. > :08:31.cancer. Thankfully I've been successfully treated to take part
:08:31. > :08:34.in the show and raise the profile of cancer care for those who are
:08:34. > :08:38.not so fortunate was really important and very close to my
:08:38. > :08:42.heart. Brilliant. You had great fun and raised lots of money for a good
:08:42. > :08:50.cause. Lots of money. Well done. Round of applause. A great story.
:08:50. > :08:54.Well done. A little bit of Dutch courage indulged in the first time?
:08:54. > :08:58.I imagine standing in the wings before the first performance...
:08:58. > :09:02.know what, the first person to take their clothes off for sha shot got
:09:02. > :09:08.such a tremendous round of applause it cheered us all on. Was it you?
:09:08. > :09:13.No, it was Sarah behind the piano. Well done, Sarah. But it encouraged
:09:13. > :09:17.everyone. She doesn't mind, does she? She's on The One Show as well!
:09:17. > :09:22.Have you got any advice. Some of these ladies haven't yet performed
:09:22. > :09:27.for dealing with the nerves, particularly when naked. Well, I
:09:27. > :09:35.always wear extra big extra strong pants, but they mielgt not be able
:09:35. > :09:39.to do that in this play. Very good. Louise, your mum was one of the
:09:39. > :09:42.original Calendar Girls? She was, Miss January. She was the
:09:42. > :09:47.inspiration for Jessie one of the characters. It was natural for me
:09:47. > :09:52.and having had 12 years of her naked in my kitchen, I thought I
:09:52. > :09:55.could reciprocate so she can have me with some strategically placed
:09:55. > :09:59.buns in her kitchen. Alongside you is Jean. The question that
:09:59. > :10:04.everybody wants me to ask, when you're on stage, playing that piano,
:10:04. > :10:09.are you genuinely, 100% naked? Absolutely, 100% naked, but I can't
:10:09. > :10:13.play the piano. How do you deal with that part TV? It's the magic
:10:14. > :10:17.of theatre. There you go. You're not playing the piano, but you're
:10:17. > :10:23.naked. That's what matters to the people come ago long. Give
:10:23. > :10:26.yourselves a round of applause once more for raising so much money for
:10:26. > :10:30.such a good cause. Good luck to the amateur groups staging Calendar
:10:30. > :10:34.Girls plays here and abroad, just like this group here from South
:10:34. > :10:37.Africa. Isn't that a wonderful photo. I'm not sure whether they've
:10:37. > :10:42.looked behind themselves yet. Good luck to everybody involved.
:10:42. > :10:46.They looked absolutely freedsing. Just to clarify, the lovely ladies
:10:46. > :10:50.behind the piano aren't actually naked, although, Jake would
:10:50. > :10:56.probably like to believe that they are. If you've starred in a
:10:56. > :11:00.calendar girl or as a calendar boy -style calendar, send your pictures
:11:00. > :11:04.to The One Show and we'll show the most decent later. If you're
:11:04. > :11:08.thinking about it, don't think about it, you know what I mean. The
:11:08. > :11:14.question is, would you bear all in a drafty village hall? At a drop of
:11:14. > :11:19.a hat. Would you? Yes. CHEERING
:11:19. > :11:24.Do you have a calendar on your wall? Yes, I do have a calendar. I
:11:24. > :11:28.have a Michael Buble calendar. choice. Love the Buble. It is
:11:28. > :11:32.covered in lots of kiss marks so you can hardly see the Buble
:11:32. > :11:42.through them. The thing is you only have a few months left of Buble
:11:42. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:50.2012. That's true. We thought we She's very happy. It's already a
:11:50. > :11:53.little bit mucky. Very happy. Now, over the past few weeks One Show
:11:54. > :11:58.viewers have been salute stars responding to a rallying calls for
:11:58. > :12:03.volunteers to help with great local causes. Tonight, we've got a
:12:03. > :12:13.particularly big ask, a commitment that could last a lifetime. Lucy is
:12:13. > :12:20.in Gilberdyke just outside Hull. I'm in Hull where I've been told
:12:20. > :12:27.there's a problem that's very close to my heart. So Gerry greens dog
:12:27. > :12:31.rescue, what is my mission? We have 34 kennels. We need those dogs
:12:31. > :12:36.rescuing so we can take more dogs. The kennels are full. We have an
:12:36. > :12:41.open day. The more oomph you can give us the better. Let's get some
:12:41. > :12:44.of these dogs rehomed. We can do this. We have to get these guys out
:12:44. > :12:51.of kennels and into families. The key is getting people to meet them.
:12:51. > :12:55.So me and the team hit the streets to spread the word. I even got my
:12:55. > :13:01.own little companion. Hello? Do you have a dog? We're having an open
:13:01. > :13:07.day. Please come if you can. She's very sweet. She needs a home. Do
:13:07. > :13:12.you have a dog? No. Not yet. yet?! See you there.
:13:12. > :13:18.Normally it's really easy to do the leafleting, but it's been quite
:13:18. > :13:21.hard work with lety. But there is more than one way to rehome a dog.
:13:21. > :13:27.Now apparently this is Hull's most popular tourist attraction. I'm
:13:27. > :13:36.going to turn some fish lovers into dog lovers. I'm determined to make
:13:36. > :13:40.a splash, so I've called in a favour. Back on the surface, not a
:13:40. > :13:44.minute was wasted in getting the message out there. Good afternoon
:13:44. > :13:49.everybody, it's Lucy Siegle here from The One Show and I need your
:13:49. > :13:54.help. Can you give a dog a home? That was brilliant. Hardly any
:13:54. > :13:58.flyers left. East park is a popular dog walking route, but things were
:13:58. > :14:04.pretty quiet, so I will do anything to get this message out there and
:14:04. > :14:08.so will my canine friend. Woof. We'd love to talk to you about
:14:08. > :14:15.rehoming dogs. Come along. It's going to be a lot of fun. We will
:14:15. > :14:19.be at Gilberdyke Gerry green dog rescue between noon and 5pm. This
:14:19. > :14:29.is the last push, where else would you go in Hull on a Saturday night
:14:29. > :14:34.
:14:34. > :14:42.A short announcement from The One Show. We need your help, everybody.
:14:42. > :14:47.Can you give a dog a home? OK, it is obviously a different audience.
:14:47. > :14:52.They are young and cool but I think we connected for a few seconds. I
:14:52. > :14:59.was not going to give up there so I got my its skates on and hit the
:14:59. > :15:05.ice. I think we can all agree that I
:15:05. > :15:09.have pushed myself to the limits, well, my limits anyway. Now I just
:15:09. > :15:13.need people to come to the open day. Fingers crossed.
:15:13. > :15:18.The people of Hull did not disappoint. The open day is packed.
:15:18. > :15:23.David, you must be pleased with this? We have so many people and so
:15:23. > :15:28.much interest, the proof of the pudding is how many people will see
:15:28. > :15:31.the dogs they want to take and go through the refining process.
:15:31. > :15:37.you have some potential families for these dogs? Are we have a
:15:37. > :15:40.greyhound which has had some interest shown in him. Comeback in
:15:40. > :15:47.a couple of weeks' time and we will have a live here and we will have
:15:47. > :15:52.the dogs and families going home together.
:15:52. > :15:56.Well, Lucy has been missing little Lexi but it is OK because she has
:15:56. > :16:01.been reunited with Pat and she is back in Gilberdyke right now. But
:16:01. > :16:08.the reunion may be short-lived because she has some news for us.
:16:08. > :16:12.Yes, good evening. I am going to be reunited with the beautiful Lexi
:16:12. > :16:16.but briefly, because she has got a new home and we will see that later.
:16:16. > :16:23.It will be noisy this evening because the dogs are almost as
:16:23. > :16:27.excited as I am. I want to catch a quick word with David Faulds who
:16:27. > :16:32.runs the centre. Did you make it -- did we make a difference? A huge
:16:32. > :16:37.difference. We have re-homed 12 dogs which is the twice the number
:16:37. > :16:42.that we would normally. That is really good. It is not just a
:16:42. > :16:47.question of people saying I won that dog, is it? Not at all. We go
:16:47. > :16:53.through a strict process to make sure we have the right person.
:16:53. > :16:57.want great homes. We do. Just like the home you have for Charlie.
:16:57. > :17:05.Lovely Charlie. This is Brian and Jean. How are are you getting on
:17:05. > :17:10.with him? He is made for us. really was. I know your dog died
:17:10. > :17:14.not very long ago and you said no to getting another dog and then you
:17:14. > :17:18.saw him. What made the difference? We fell in love with him
:17:18. > :17:24.straightaway. Absolutely marvellous. You look so good together. I think
:17:24. > :17:29.you will be very happy together. Join me later on when we will be re
:17:29. > :17:35.honing the lovely Lexi and the divine either. See you then.
:17:35. > :17:40.I am certain Lexi will leave with about 50 new jobs. To isn't it
:17:40. > :17:45.lovely. You see dogs which have not got a home and then you see Charlie
:17:45. > :17:50.with some loving parents. Iron-clad you did not have any docks in the
:17:50. > :17:56.studio because I would take them home. I have got a little West the
:17:56. > :18:01.called Dolly. She caught a rat in my kitchen the other day. It is not
:18:01. > :18:08.like I have got a dirty kitchen, ladies! Because I live near the sea
:18:08. > :18:14.there are water rapids. Iraq was nearly as big as the dog. And how
:18:14. > :18:22.did you deal with that? Somebody else, somebody Manley dealt with it.
:18:22. > :18:28.Shall we talk about the new book? Moving on! It is called Oh Dear
:18:28. > :18:32.Silvia, it is monologues to a lady called Silvia who is in a coma. I'm
:18:32. > :18:38.halfway through. Can you say how the plot revolves? I will not tell
:18:38. > :18:42.you too much because there is a big secret at the Central bit which
:18:42. > :18:47.unravels as the book goes on. Because Silvia has come of this
:18:47. > :18:51.balcony and we are not sure why, I wanted to write a character who did
:18:51. > :18:55.not speak as my central character. I went to Ealing hospital and I
:18:55. > :19:00.talked to the doctors there in the intensive care unit and they told
:19:00. > :19:04.me about comas and how they worked. They said they encourage the
:19:04. > :19:11.families and friends to talk to the person, just in case they can here
:19:11. > :19:14.and because it helps the visitors. So this gave me the idea, to have
:19:14. > :19:19.people speaking very privately, very personally to somebody who
:19:19. > :19:24.does not speak back. We get to put together the composite character of
:19:24. > :19:28.Silvia, through the other characters who are talking to her.
:19:28. > :19:31.I am loving reading the book but when you tried to bring Silvia out
:19:31. > :19:37.of the coma, you do not just talk to her, you come up with
:19:37. > :19:44.interesting ways of breaking became a. Way to come up with these ideas?
:19:44. > :19:50.I decided to give Silvia a sister called Jo. She brings a stripper in.
:19:50. > :19:55.She summons angels to help her. She does all sorts of therapy like
:19:55. > :20:01.Animal therapy where she smuggles animals in and places them around
:20:01. > :20:04.the room and lots of hilarity ensues. It is very funny.
:20:04. > :20:09.characterisation is amazing because each chapter is like a monologue
:20:09. > :20:14.and you have gone to town to make the characters are so different.
:20:14. > :20:19.Was that difficult? Was. I wanted to have lots of voices in there.
:20:19. > :20:22.There is a Jamaican character and an Irish character and an
:20:22. > :20:27.Indonesian character and a little four-year-old. There is a theme
:20:28. > :20:34.running through this book about love, really, and the loss of it
:20:34. > :20:37.and forgiveness. We find out things but Silvia and we cannot understand
:20:37. > :20:44.why she is being so brittle and her life and gradually we find out why
:20:44. > :20:49.she has. But, I suppose, I read an autobiography a while back which
:20:49. > :20:54.was in the form of letters and the last novel I wrote was diary
:20:54. > :21:00.entries. I realised this is how I write. I get inside the character
:21:00. > :21:05.and become the character. I like to write inside it and write back
:21:05. > :21:10.character out loud. I speak it out loud before I write it down. I did
:21:10. > :21:15.do a silly thing with his book in that I have given several
:21:15. > :21:19.characters in this book jobs which I knew nothing about. So there is a
:21:19. > :21:23.woodsmen and a nurse and lots of things I have had to do research. I
:21:23. > :21:27.could not start writing it for months because I had to do the
:21:27. > :21:32.research. Lesson learnt! I know you spent a lot of time in hospital
:21:32. > :21:38.writing the book because your mum was not very well, how important is
:21:38. > :21:43.that to take personal experiences? Was that motivation? Yes, I knew
:21:43. > :21:47.the story of this book before my mum became ill but my mum being in
:21:47. > :21:50.hospital and dying subsequently sadly in March really formed a lot
:21:50. > :21:56.of what was in this book. I abandoned the writing when my mum
:21:56. > :22:01.was sick but there was one day when my mum was very ill and she woke up
:22:01. > :22:06.and she turned to me and said, why aren't you writing? She said, you
:22:06. > :22:11.were writing this stuff. And I thought, I would not wish for my
:22:11. > :22:14.mum to die to write this book but on the other hand, I thought, OK, I
:22:14. > :22:20.will write it with complete truth and honesty. Some of it was very
:22:20. > :22:30.difficult for me. At the beginning of the book is a lovely dedication
:22:30. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:38.which we can see. Are we allowed to ask who this is? You do not have to
:22:38. > :22:45.answer! Is it a manly man who deals with the dock? Yes, he is my true
:22:45. > :22:50.love. I never thought I would see the day when Dawn French was a shy!
:22:50. > :22:54.I know you write in longhand and Jackie Collins has been on The One
:22:54. > :23:01.Show and she said she writes in longhand. She has been doing it for
:23:01. > :23:06.longer than a. But we worked at you two have a lot more in common.
:23:06. > :23:10.we look good in leopard skin? What is it?!
:23:10. > :23:17.My name is Jackie Collins and you had better watch out because it is
:23:17. > :23:27.hot, steamy and it is coming to your screen soon. Yes, it is my new
:23:27. > :23:33.Blockbuster Lucky Bitches. APPLAUSE. Oh, happy days! Were when
:23:33. > :23:43.you slip into that Wiggett, did you embrace the spirit of Jackie --
:23:43. > :23:48.that wig? Joan of the Saunders does a good impression on tour. We heard
:23:48. > :23:52.a rumour that you may be getting back together? We want to do
:23:52. > :24:01.something together but we do not know what it is. We might write a
:24:01. > :24:05.film together but not sure. Dawn's new book Oh Dear Silvia is out my.
:24:05. > :24:08.Every year since 1921, the puppy has been worn as a symbol of
:24:08. > :24:15.remembrance. The Royal British Legion has launched there Poppy
:24:15. > :24:20.Appeal. The there are other symbols of remembrance in like the
:24:20. > :24:25.repatriation Bell from Brize Norton. But deep below the icy seas is
:24:25. > :24:29.another bell. Joe follows the remarkable story.
:24:29. > :24:34.It is over 70 years since the sinking of HMS Hood not far from
:24:34. > :24:40.here off the coast of Iceland. It was the single most devastating
:24:40. > :24:43.loss of life ever suffered by a British warship. Now the crew of a
:24:43. > :24:48.very different vessel is waiting in the same waters to begin a mission
:24:48. > :24:56.which will write a new chapter in the ship's history. A very poignant
:24:56. > :24:59.part of the ship's wreckage is to be salvaged from the ocean's depths.
:24:59. > :25:02.During the Second World War, the German navy attempted to cut
:25:02. > :25:12.Britain off by patrolling the seas around Europe and targeting Allied
:25:12. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:18.convoys. HMS Hood was sent to confront the German battleship
:25:18. > :25:23.Bismarck in the North Atlantic. On 24th May 1941, a brief but fierce
:25:23. > :25:33.confrontation took place. It became known as the Battle of Denmark
:25:33. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:49.Only three of the 1418 crew survived the attack that day. Why
:25:49. > :25:54.is the memory of HMS had some important? I think it is important
:25:54. > :25:58.to remember how catastrophic it was for the country. Hood was the
:25:58. > :26:03.iconic symbol of the Royal Navy in the Inter war years. She was the
:26:03. > :26:11.largest ship built for the Royal Navy. To use -- to lose a ship that
:26:11. > :26:19.size, was catastrophic not just to the Royal Navy, but to the country.
:26:19. > :26:29.Now with the help of this 414 for it mega yacht of the Octopus, a
:26:29. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:36.major operation is under way to retrieve the ship's Bell. The yacht
:26:36. > :26:43.has an underwater remotely operated vehicle which will explore the sea
:26:43. > :26:48.bed to locate and salvage the bail. How tricky is this operation?
:26:48. > :26:53.perfect conditions, it would be relatively straightforward but
:26:53. > :26:58.time-consuming. Combined with the water depth and recovering at
:26:58. > :27:04.fairly heavy object to the surface and getting kissed with the bell on
:27:04. > :27:12.board, the seas are not like the Mediterranean in the summer, put it
:27:12. > :27:18.away. The wreck lives 2,800 metres down in icy waters. The recovery of
:27:18. > :27:24.HMS Hood's Bell is much more than a salvage operation. It is a mission
:27:24. > :27:31.of remembrance. James Warren was just 4.5 when his father, John, and
:27:31. > :27:34.navigator on HMS Hood was lost in action. So many people lost their
:27:34. > :27:40.fathers in war and in unmarked graves around the world, the fact
:27:40. > :27:48.that you can come to the site is very important. What does this
:27:48. > :27:54.salvage operation mean to you? Absolutely fundamental because my
:27:54. > :28:02.children and grandchildren and their children, it is a fundamental
:28:02. > :28:12.link. A place they can go and remember?
:28:12. > :28:18.The operators locate the bail. It looks tantalisingly get the ball.
:28:18. > :28:22.But the Bell refuses to come free. Infuriatingly, after 10 days of
:28:22. > :28:32.worsening weather and treacherous currents, the mission has to be
:28:32. > :28:36.aborted. We meet here to commemorate... As a mark of respect,
:28:36. > :28:40.1418 rose petals were scattered over the war grave in memory of the
:28:40. > :28:50.men who died in the sinking and each of the survivors who have
:28:50. > :28:57.
:28:57. > :29:03.since it all passed away. So close. It isn't over yet. They will have
:29:03. > :29:07.another go next year. It has been done before. Ten years ago, 2002,
:29:07. > :29:12.the bell from a ship called HMS Prince of Wales was brought up. HMS
:29:12. > :29:16.Prince of Wales had served alongside HMS Hood on the Denmark
:29:16. > :29:20.strait at the time when Hood was sunk. Prince of Wales survived,
:29:20. > :29:24.went over to take part in the war against Japan, but alas was sunk by
:29:24. > :29:30.the Japanese off Singapore in October of the same year. But its
:29:30. > :29:34.bell was retrieved and the hope is that two years' from now both bells
:29:34. > :29:40.will be side by side in the new wing at the National Museum of the
:29:40. > :29:44.Royal Navy in Portsmouth. Let's hope so. People like to have the
:29:44. > :29:48.bell as a symbol. On a ship the bell is significant. It's there on
:29:48. > :29:51.the quarter deck. It's a central point, when they have church
:29:51. > :29:56.services on the ship, that's where they muster around the bell. It's
:29:56. > :30:01.the bell that tolls the time. It's central to the life of a ship. The
:30:01. > :30:04.ship's name is on the bell. That bell symbolises the ship. So
:30:04. > :30:12.bringing it up from the ocean's depths will be a very wonderful
:30:12. > :30:17.thing, if it can happen. A long time ago they even used the bell to
:30:17. > :30:20.christen children. It's a lovely idea. The captain of a ship could
:30:21. > :30:27.decide yes, you could be baptised, it could be a font, some bells were
:30:27. > :30:33.used as fonts, filled with water and then the chaplain would conduct
:30:33. > :30:42.the ceremony dunking the baby in a bell. I love to dunk a baby in a
:30:42. > :30:48.bell now and again. You've done more Christianings -- cystenings.
:30:48. > :30:52.was asked to do score sixes, real cystenings and to marry people.
:30:52. > :30:56.asked to you marry me, but that was a different matter. Is that people
:30:56. > :31:00.who watched the Vicar of Dibley and got confused. Yes exactly that. I
:31:00. > :31:06.hope that's what it is! I have no other qualifications. Thank you for
:31:06. > :31:10.coming in. Statistically speaking, many people find statistics hard to
:31:10. > :31:20.decipher. Even the experts say that many facts and figures are
:31:20. > :31:24.mindbogglingly misleading. figure was unusually high at 5.2%...
:31:24. > :31:29.Every day we're bombarded with a deluge of data. Government sources
:31:29. > :31:33.believe that �14 billion... expect to see around 500,000
:31:33. > :31:38.fewer... As an economist I'm fascinated by numbers and by what
:31:38. > :31:43.we can learn from them. But I'm worried about how easy it is to get
:31:43. > :31:48.or be given the wrong end of the statistical stick. So I'm going to
:31:48. > :31:52.carry out a simple statistical experiment for The One Show. I'm
:31:53. > :31:58.thinking of standing for election. I've got a policy you're going to
:31:58. > :32:02.love, a �500 million tax cash back over the course of the next
:32:02. > :32:09.Parliament for every income taxpayer in the country. Impressed?
:32:09. > :32:14.It's all about big numbers. And how we use them. Would you vote for
:32:14. > :32:18.this? Sure wo. It would be crazy if I didn't. It's a lot of money
:32:18. > :32:21.very impressive. Where does it come from? I'll find it somewhere.
:32:21. > :32:25.George Osborne has left it tucked behind the back of the sofya.
:32:25. > :32:30.that's good. I'll vote for you. no brainer. Cool idea. Wonderful.
:32:30. > :32:40.Two votes in the bag. What we should really be asking is whether
:32:40. > :32:44.this big number is really a big deal and who better to tell us than
:32:44. > :32:52.Andrew Dilnot who oversees the Office for National Statistics.
:32:52. > :32:56.It's worth looking at the numbers. �500 million. How long is a
:32:56. > :33:01.Parliament? Typically five years. We can do that sum, that means �100
:33:01. > :33:06.million a year. Is that a lot or a little? Well there are 60 million
:33:06. > :33:09.people in the country and I happen to know about half of them pay
:33:09. > :33:12.income tax. So about 30 million people are going to be getting this
:33:12. > :33:19.money. We have to take �100 million and split it between 30 million
:33:19. > :33:26.people. That's about �3.30 per person per year or put it another
:33:26. > :33:30.way, that's a little bit less than one penny a day per person. Soy
:33:30. > :33:36.think you're going to need to find some reasons other than giving a
:33:36. > :33:39.bit less than a penny a day to vote for you. Is this a vote winner?
:33:39. > :33:47.No. Not a chance. Not very interested? No, good luck for you.
:33:47. > :33:55.Thank you. Oh, well. According to official statistics, fewer than one
:33:55. > :33:58.in five of us just 17% believe politicians don't interfere with
:33:58. > :34:06.official statistics. It's part of BBC home editor Mark Easton's job
:34:06. > :34:10.to keep an eye out for dodgy data. If you go back a little while the
:34:10. > :34:13.politicians and stastigss worked together. At the Home Office they
:34:13. > :34:17.would publish crime statistics and the Home Secretary would say it's
:34:17. > :34:21.wonderful news. We didn't trust the statistics or the politicians
:34:21. > :34:27.either. Now what's happened is that we've separated the two out. We
:34:27. > :34:31.have the departments, but we have the ONS, which is independent of
:34:31. > :34:34.Government. That doesn't mean that they're always perfect, but it mean
:34:34. > :34:39.that's their interest is in trying to get the statistics right, not
:34:39. > :34:43.interested in trying to sell a political message. Last year, the
:34:43. > :34:47.Office for National Statistics crunched the numbers from an
:34:47. > :34:51.astonishing 26 million questionnaires and surveys. We've
:34:51. > :34:53.got to have statistics, otherwise you don't know what you're dealing
:34:53. > :34:57.with. You can't describe the size of the country without using a
:34:57. > :35:01.number. You need to know how many people are unemployed. You need to
:35:01. > :35:04.know what's happening with migration. At a more personal level,
:35:04. > :35:07.we need to decide where we're going to live, whether the house we're
:35:07. > :35:11.thinking of buying is worth what it's on the market for, where we
:35:11. > :35:15.might want to send our children to school, which hospitals we want to
:35:16. > :35:20.use - in all these areas we're relying on statistics, data, on
:35:20. > :35:23.knowing what the world looks like. I think the trick is to ask where
:35:23. > :35:28.the numbers come from and whether they've been manipulated to spin a
:35:28. > :35:35.line. This is one of my personal favourites - three out of five One
:35:35. > :35:38.Show viewers vote Tim, the UK's top TV presenter. Of course, it's self-
:35:38. > :35:44.selected nonsense, I only asked five people. One was my wife and
:35:44. > :35:48.two were my daughters. Statistics can help us make sense of the world.
:35:48. > :35:52.But only if we learn how to read them.
:35:52. > :35:57.Thank you very much Tim. And a man who has to plough his way through a
:35:57. > :36:01.few statistics in his time is the BBC's political editor, Nick
:36:01. > :36:09.Robinson. I had hair before I had to go through those statistics. It
:36:09. > :36:11.just fell out in boredom. What's the most creative politician has
:36:11. > :36:16.been with statistics? Have you noticed that when politicians say
:36:16. > :36:21.what we want to do is put taxes on the people who can really pay for
:36:21. > :36:25.it and afford it. What they say to the public is, let's have a
:36:25. > :36:30.millionaires tax on a tycoon tax or a tax on mansions. They never say,
:36:30. > :36:33.shall we have a tax on the likes of you and me here. How many
:36:33. > :36:37.millionaires are there and tycoons? How many mansions are there?
:36:37. > :36:42.They're not -- there are not nearly enough to raise the sort of money
:36:42. > :36:46.you would have to to make a difference. They may be a good idea
:36:46. > :36:50.in themselves. Some people will think so, others won't. But it's
:36:50. > :36:55.deceptive to say to people, look if only we sorted out the millionaires
:36:55. > :36:58.it will be fine. I'm glad you are there to decipher it for us every
:36:58. > :37:03.evening. I love the book Life of Birds. One thing that I thought was
:37:03. > :37:09.interesting was -- life on Downing Street. One thing I thought was
:37:09. > :37:16.interesting was the job, the political reporter which once would
:37:16. > :37:20.have got you in the tower of London. I get asked why do you appear in
:37:20. > :37:23.Downing Street. Quite often the Prime Minister isn't there and I
:37:23. > :37:26.have an umbrella and it's cold. One reason is we're here where all the
:37:26. > :37:31.BBC studios are, it's with an hour from Westminster where I work day
:37:31. > :37:34.to day. Nonch reason is I'm there is precisely because of what you've
:37:34. > :37:37.said, I'm there because I can be. When you look at the history you
:37:37. > :37:41.discover there were people imprisoned because they reported
:37:41. > :37:45.what was said in Parliament. It was against the law. One man who
:37:45. > :37:48.printed a speech discovered that the speech of an MP that was
:37:48. > :37:52.printed was actually burnt by the common hangman because it was
:37:52. > :37:56.inappropriate. There was a riot outside Parliament in 1770 when the
:37:56. > :37:59.printers of an MP's speech were thrown into the tower because it
:37:59. > :38:04.was the wrong thing to do. Even when radio and telly were invented,
:38:04. > :38:08.there were all sorts of rules, I will tell you one, a 14-day rule,
:38:08. > :38:13.anything discussed by MPs couldn't be discussed on a sofa, on a telly
:38:13. > :38:20.programme or radio for 14 days, because MPs... Thank goodness
:38:20. > :38:23.things have changed. Your book launched last week. You have your
:38:23. > :38:28.friends because Ed Balls and George Osborne bought you a special gift.
:38:28. > :38:30.They didn't buy it, but they were at the party. Wrong information.
:38:30. > :38:34.George Osborne, it was last night the launch party. George Osborne
:38:34. > :38:37.and Ed Balls were amongst politicians, people from the BBC,
:38:37. > :38:43.who kindly came there, a lot of people going r, they in the room
:38:43. > :38:47.together, will they not fight? love to see that. I was made a
:38:47. > :38:54.rather nice cake. That's lovely. We've got it here. That's
:38:54. > :39:00.impressive. APPLAUSE
:39:00. > :39:04.Is my nose really that big? No. We promise you. You have a dinky nose.
:39:04. > :39:11.What was the nature this afternoon cake on the inside? It was a big
:39:11. > :39:16.chocolate cake. Was it? And you've not brought any with you tonight?
:39:16. > :39:20.You've eaten it all yourself in a selfish way. My children are
:39:20. > :39:23.watching tonight with large, not slices, but slabs. Let them eat
:39:23. > :39:26.cake. I'm interested that the politicians turned up because
:39:26. > :39:31.journalists and politicians go back a very long way, as we can now
:39:31. > :39:38.enjoy. Mr Crawford, it's your election
:39:38. > :39:45.call to Mrs Thatcher. I can't see him, can I only hear him. That's
:39:45. > :39:49.right. He's on the telephone. sources say this is not a normal
:39:49. > :39:54.campaigning trip, but three days out from an election, how can it be
:39:54. > :39:58.seen as anything different? Is that not something which is your
:39:58. > :40:01.responsibility? No. Is there anything... It's not my
:40:01. > :40:08.responsibility. Is there anything that's the responsibility... Hold
:40:08. > :40:18.on, just calm down. No, no, you said... Listen to the answer.
:40:18. > :40:21.
:40:21. > :40:27.LAUGHTER Clearly arranging to meet somebody
:40:28. > :40:32.late thaer evening. You naughty boy. You never know when the cameras are
:40:32. > :40:38.rolling. That was the headline shot around the world, on BBC World News,
:40:38. > :40:43."Going live now, the BBC..." Me going. It wasn't beer, I was asking
:40:43. > :40:47.people whether they wanted a cup of coffee. Of course you were, yeah.
:40:47. > :40:52.In the book you talk about you having a run-in with a banner. We
:40:52. > :40:56.have the clip first. What the Chancellor did was try to write a
:40:56. > :41:00.story today, that he is seeking to deal with the deficit, protecting
:41:00. > :41:05.health and education, overseas aid for example and he's doing it by
:41:05. > :41:08.cutting welfare and cutting waste. He will not write the next chapters
:41:08. > :41:12.in this story. That's the moment that the bannary peered on the news.
:41:12. > :41:14.What we haven't shown is what happened after you finished
:41:14. > :41:18.broadcasting. Would you like to share that story? I'm not entirely
:41:18. > :41:22.proud of this story. After I came off air, you have to understand
:41:22. > :41:26.that banner is closer, even than it looks, it's like here, behind
:41:26. > :41:30.youred head. I think it's fair to say I was less than entirely
:41:30. > :41:35.pleased with the person and he had gone to a lot of trouble to get it.
:41:35. > :41:42.It was on a 12-foot pole. I was on a stage. I did look at it. I looked
:41:42. > :41:46.briefly, I thought, can I? Shall I? I grabbed it and I did break it in
:41:46. > :41:56.half. We think you've inspired our Dave, who is over there...
:41:56. > :41:59.
:41:59. > :42:03.Be off with you, Dave. We should just ignore him. He's lucky he's
:42:03. > :42:10.not here, I'd have it. You must have met some amazing characters
:42:10. > :42:15.over the years, particularly your relationship with George W.
:42:15. > :42:19.you're in my job, you think he was great. He was an incredible
:42:19. > :42:22.character. He used to say amazing things. Once I was doing a news
:42:22. > :42:26.conference outside in the hot sunshine. I'd been waiting for
:42:26. > :42:30.about two hours. I don't have a lot of hair. Nobody had told me we were
:42:30. > :42:33.going to be outside. It's hot, sunny, my head is going red. The
:42:33. > :42:38.President says at end of the conference, with Gordon Brown, he
:42:38. > :42:42.looks at me and says "Next time, you should cover your bald head." I
:42:42. > :42:46.thought, this is unbelievable, this is live on national television. So
:42:46. > :42:51.as he walked off and doing a photo opportunity, I'm like the clever
:42:51. > :42:55.kid in class, I said, "I didn't know you cared." Thinking he
:42:55. > :43:01.wouldn't hear. He's walking for his photo opportunity, there's Marine
:43:01. > :43:05.One, the presidential helicopter, looking over his shoulder and he
:43:05. > :43:12.said, "I don't." Loads of other stories as well in the book, Live
:43:12. > :43:15.From Downing Street is out tomorrow. The same day as Dawn's, let book
:43:15. > :43:18.wars commence. Kim Woodburn is best known for cleaning up other
:43:18. > :43:27.people's mess in How Clean Is Your House?. However her own childhood
:43:27. > :43:32.home was a far from happy one. My name is Kim Woodburn. I lived in
:43:32. > :43:36.Suffolk Road until I was 11-and-a- half. I didn't have the happiest of
:43:36. > :43:46.childhoods to say the least. Why I feel tense I don't know, but we'll
:43:46. > :43:58.
:43:58. > :44:02.Oh, my word. How strange it is -- to be here. The front room, we
:44:02. > :44:06.never used it. It was for best. I have to tell you, this house is not
:44:06. > :44:11.a house of good memories for me. People can move in, which they've
:44:11. > :44:21.obviously just done and make it happy, by golly it needs it.
:44:21. > :44:25.
:44:25. > :44:30.This is the house which taught me how to clean. I really do like
:44:30. > :44:37.cleaning. If I could get a mark off the wall as a child, I thought I
:44:37. > :44:42.had done good. We used to roll bits of paper tight, throw them on the
:44:42. > :44:50.fire and then we would like it with a bit of cold and we would have a
:44:50. > :44:56.newspaper up. My father was 21. He was a Royal Marine and my mother
:44:56. > :45:03.was 16. Romance blossomed. It did in the war. She had my sister in
:45:03. > :45:07.1940 and me in 1942. It was a very dysfunctional household. I know
:45:07. > :45:13.mother and father did not get on. They rowed and fought and screamed.
:45:13. > :45:18.My father divorced her. She became brutal and horrible. She drank a
:45:18. > :45:23.lot. She argued and fought. The police were constantly at the door.
:45:23. > :45:28.She hated me. She used to be the hell out of me with coat-hangers
:45:28. > :45:38.and carpet Brasher's. She said, I never wanted you. When you were
:45:38. > :45:54.
:45:54. > :45:59.born, I should have sent you back. She could not bear to look at me.
:45:59. > :46:05.She said, you was so like your father.
:46:05. > :46:10.They say you do not miss what you have never had, but you do. You see
:46:10. > :46:17.it all around you. You see other parents with -- other children with
:46:17. > :46:25.parents fussing over them. I still long for the mother up I never had
:46:25. > :46:31.and the father. My mother died in 2000. She was being buried. The
:46:31. > :46:37.Priest started talking and said, we are here today... And her children.
:46:38. > :46:47.He said, Gloria, Robert, Neil. He read everybody's name out and not
:46:48. > :46:51.
:46:51. > :46:58.mine. I was really... It hurt me terribly. My mother was a very
:46:58. > :47:08.temperamental woman, given to these a shocking outrages. But I got
:47:08. > :47:13.through it, didn't I? Any person who has been in the deepest valley
:47:13. > :47:18.can know what it is like to stand on the tallest mountain and I feel
:47:18. > :47:23.like that is me. I have been in a very deep valley. It has shaped me
:47:23. > :47:33.as a person but I'm like being on the tallest mountain. I am not
:47:33. > :47:50.
:47:50. > :47:55.going back down there. I like it up Thanks to Kim for sharing her story.
:47:55. > :47:59.That was therapeutic in some ways going back there. And I would like
:47:59. > :48:06.to see how that house looks when it is finished. You must have been
:48:07. > :48:11.cleaning like mad when you were a little girl because you had an
:48:11. > :48:18.important visitor, didn't you? yes, the Queen Mother came to our
:48:18. > :48:23.house. My dad was in the RAF. Normally, any royalty that came
:48:23. > :48:28.when to visit... I am terrified that that point! I will tell you
:48:28. > :48:33.why. Oddly, I cannot quite believe this but the Queen Mother had black
:48:33. > :48:42.teeth. I do not think she had them for long after that. Was at a
:48:42. > :48:48.fashion? Not a fashion. I was thinking, where is the Crown? I was
:48:48. > :48:55.only four. But she smiled and she had black teeth and it terrified me.
:48:55. > :49:00.Had she been eating liverish? could not bring myself to ask her?
:49:00. > :49:05.I was dumbstruck. I have not been since then. How would you form that
:49:05. > :49:10.question? I ask questions for a living but I cannot see that one.
:49:10. > :49:13.And not even you could pull that off. Earlier, we asked you a
:49:13. > :49:18.question to send in your own pictures of Calendar Girls. Some
:49:18. > :49:23.impressive melons here. Mrs March from Tunbridge Wells. What a good
:49:23. > :49:28.photo, good luck with your production. This is a bit weird.
:49:28. > :49:34.This was part of a family calendar, that we made for my mother and
:49:34. > :49:40.father. This is from Paul and Samantha in Cheshire. Interesting
:49:40. > :49:47.family. This is Jessie Smith but she's in Cirencester. I am hoping
:49:47. > :49:52.that is a ham. And this is Cambridgeshire's crafty cupcakes
:49:52. > :49:58.coffee-shop raising money for Parkinson's. There are a couple of
:49:58. > :50:03.ladies here. This has been a popular call-out. They are all on
:50:03. > :50:13.the plasma there. They have inspired the nation at this evening.
:50:13. > :50:15.
:50:15. > :50:20.What kind of things do you have in your compost heap? Rotten eggs, tea
:50:21. > :50:24.bags? I do not have one. I have only got a balcony. You have to
:50:24. > :50:31.have won because when you least expect it, the funniest things
:50:31. > :50:36.appear. In our one show garden I have come
:50:36. > :50:41.to number 55, hot on the trials of a cold-blooded animal with Steve
:50:41. > :50:47.and his daughter Amy. You have got unusual visitors I understand?
:50:47. > :50:53.have got grass snakes in our compost heap. How often do you see
:50:53. > :50:59.them? Five or six times this summer. Why do you like -- why do they like
:50:59. > :51:05.your compost heap? Probably because it is warm. How warm it is it?
:51:05. > :51:10.Probably 16 degrees? 20 group -- 20 degrees I would say. If you have a
:51:10. > :51:16.look at that monitor we have got a thermal imaging camera and there
:51:16. > :51:20.are areas which are blowing. That temperature is well over 40 degrees
:51:20. > :51:25.centigrade. That is warmer than the average human body but snake's
:51:26. > :51:30.muscles need to be 38 degrees centigrade to work at their fastest.
:51:30. > :51:36.Being cold-blooded, they get warmth from the world around them so no
:51:36. > :51:41.wonder they are here. Wake you watch them? I am normally back in
:51:42. > :51:47.the House. They are not my favourite animal. I am looking from
:51:47. > :51:51.upstairs windows with a pair of binoculars. Hopefully, by setting
:51:51. > :51:57.our cameras and getting some beautiful shops, we can persuade
:51:57. > :52:02.Steve to come closer. Next door, I am with Grandpa Allen
:52:02. > :52:07.who is in his favourite chair with a question for us to solve it.
:52:07. > :52:12.You have a room with the most wonderful view. Him really is
:52:12. > :52:21.remarkable. I love watching the birds having Abbe. But it does make
:52:21. > :52:26.you wonder how they managed to get clean in such a short space of time.
:52:26. > :52:32.Our cameras caught a blackbird having a typically click --
:52:32. > :52:40.typically quick path. Slowed down it is easy to see what the
:52:40. > :52:45.splashing is about. He sticks his head under water, his tail and his
:52:45. > :52:49.backside up and he is going for it. The reason he is doing that is
:52:49. > :52:53.because feathers are designed to repel water so he is making the
:52:53. > :52:58.feathers stand up because he wants to get the water close to his body
:52:58. > :53:05.to get rid of any skin cells and parasite. They are really hygienic
:53:05. > :53:09.birds. But when I see it it is their one second and gone the next.
:53:09. > :53:16.He uses his wings to throw the water writer over his back. I think
:53:16. > :53:23.that I would never see. I have not got slow-motion eyes! Neither have
:53:23. > :53:28.I put our camera does! Back at Steve and Amy's compost
:53:28. > :53:37.heap, our cameras have been out all day with great results. There is
:53:37. > :53:42.the hint of a body there. Just a glimpse. There is the head. See the
:53:42. > :53:47.tongue coming out, it is tasting the air. That is how they sense the
:53:47. > :53:53.Environment, by flicking the tongue getting chemicals from the air.
:53:53. > :53:58.That is fantastic. I don't know if you know but snakes shed the whole
:53:58. > :54:03.of their skin and there is a scale over their eyes so that cloudiness
:54:03. > :54:09.is an indication that the snake is about to shed its skin. Steve and
:54:09. > :54:13.Amy's snake is an adult. It can bite but it is not venomous so they
:54:13. > :54:17.have got nothing to worry about. Now you have seen them close-up,
:54:17. > :54:22.has it changed your opinion at all? Yes, I think I would approach it
:54:22. > :54:26.because now I know what I am looking for. Those were some
:54:26. > :54:32.fantastic shots and you saw the features clearly. Now I feel more
:54:32. > :54:38.able to approach them if I see them in the garden. More so than I would
:54:38. > :54:43.have done otherwise. That is good. That was some snake. Who I am glad
:54:43. > :54:49.I have not got a compost heap now! We are going to fulfil our public
:54:49. > :54:54.service remit now because Dawn has some important advice. I remembered
:54:54. > :55:02.that I once through meet on a compost heap and do not do that.
:55:02. > :55:10.Because you make a rat cafe. That is my theme tonight, the racks.
:55:10. > :55:14.keep having run-ins with attracts. Earlier we revealed how rescue dogs
:55:14. > :55:18.Lexi and Eva were waiting patiently for their new owners to collect
:55:18. > :55:23.them in Gilberdyke. The wait is over because they are about to
:55:23. > :55:28.leave for a new life in brand new homes. Lucy has the latest.
:55:28. > :55:33.Yes, welcome back to Jerry Green's Dog Centre. It is time for the re
:55:33. > :55:38.homing. We are going to start with the beautiful border collie Eve
:55:38. > :55:43.there. See you and Mike are the proud new owners. Shall we hand her
:55:43. > :55:48.over. Take hold of your new dog. She has not done well in kennels at
:55:48. > :55:53.all, it is not right for border collies, is it? No, they do not do
:55:53. > :56:00.well. She has cut her feet so she needs to go to a home with a soft
:56:00. > :56:04.carpet. Have you got carpet? Yes, lots. I know you cannot wait.
:56:04. > :56:11.absolutely, we are thoroughly looking forward to it. She will get
:56:11. > :56:17.on with your Albert Dock a poodle. Look at that, the lovely Eva. --
:56:17. > :56:24.she will get on with your other dog, a poodle. This is the lovely Lexi.
:56:24. > :56:31.I fell in love with her, so did you. Are you excited? We cannot wait.
:56:31. > :56:36.She will have lots of walks. You will be fabulous new owners. I am
:56:36. > :56:45.handing her over to you. Thank you so much. If you on the look out for
:56:45. > :56:48.a dog, please consider the Hemming first. If you go to the website,
:56:48. > :56:53.the Association of dog and cat homes, you will find information.
:56:53. > :56:57.Back to you. Thank you. I think Lexi loves you
:56:57. > :57:02.as much as you love Lexi. I think she does, I think you are right,
:57:02. > :57:06.there is a bond. Keep in touch, write to her!
:57:06. > :57:11.What a nice item. We know politicians often fight like cats
:57:11. > :57:17.and dogs and we have been glued to reports of a scrap between the PM
:57:17. > :57:20.and the Chancellor's caps in Downing Street. For the latest
:57:20. > :57:26.developments we can join our political editor Nick Robinson.
:57:26. > :57:31.Over to you. There is now a serious battle on Downing Street with
:57:31. > :57:35.extraordinary consequences for the country. I have been speaking to a
:57:35. > :57:43.Downing Street spokesman and I can confirm there is nothing personal
:57:43. > :57:53.in this at all. I am told by Number Ten that the trouble has now paused.
:57:53. > :57:57.
:57:57. > :58:02.There will be a new claws in their contract S --! You two make a
:58:02. > :58:09.fantastic double act. You should invite him on your new sitcom. It
:58:09. > :58:17.is called Heading Out, isn't it with Sue Perkins? It is not my
:58:17. > :58:22.sitcom, it is Sue Perkins'. I do a cameo piece. When can we see that?
:58:22. > :58:28.I am not sure when the transmission is. I think it is soon. Nick, are
:58:28. > :58:32.expecting to see one been using a couple of hours? Happily, I do not
:58:32. > :58:38.have to do it tonight and I do not have to stand in the dark. A couple
:58:38. > :58:45.more Calendar Girls. This is from Leeds. Jamie Wilkinson sent this in.
:58:45. > :58:50.They look fantastic. And these people made their own calendar for
:58:50. > :58:55.prostate cancer. Thank you to our Calendar Girls and Nick and Dawn.