:00:16. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.
:00:19. > :00:21.The world of music has many great double acts.
:00:22. > :00:34.Wait for it! All of whom are fantastic artists.
:00:35. > :00:37.But none of them can claim to have had the biggest selling album
:00:38. > :00:48.Please welcome Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.
:00:49. > :01:00.Hello, boys. Good to see you. Tub of our pecking order. Sonny and Cher.
:01:01. > :01:08.And Robson and Jerome. There is a rumour they are coming back. We
:01:09. > :01:12.can't have that. The truth be told, 2016, double platinum selling album
:01:13. > :01:19.beating the likes of Adele and Coldplay. Huge you feel. And was
:01:20. > :01:28.amazing and we didn't expect it. I called it. One of our first
:01:29. > :01:36.performances was here. We had just performed here and you said, I'm
:01:37. > :01:37.telling you know, it's going to be number one, you will be number one
:01:38. > :01:41.at Christmas. If you're one of the millions
:01:42. > :01:48.waiting to submerge yourself in these two but in the hotly
:01:49. > :01:50.anticipated BBC Natural History series Blue Planet two,
:01:51. > :01:53.we've got a treat for you later when we'll be meeting the man
:01:54. > :01:55.responsible for bringing But first, nature at
:01:56. > :01:58.its most destructive. Last month Hurricane Maria hit
:01:59. > :02:00.the small Caribbean island of Dominica, destroying homes,
:02:01. > :02:02.cutting off power This week we've got three special
:02:03. > :02:05.reports from Angellica, who has family roots on the island
:02:06. > :02:21.and has been finding out how it's I am travelling to a country that is
:02:22. > :02:26.part of my heritage. My goodness. You can clearly see the devastation.
:02:27. > :02:33.And island helpless in the path of Hurricane Maria. This took everyone
:02:34. > :02:40.by surprise, I think, the scale of it. That are hardly any moves on the
:02:41. > :02:46.buildings. The hurricane was like a terrorist. I've never seen a
:02:47. > :02:54.hurricane like this before. People lost their homes and lives. I heard
:02:55. > :02:59.the storm talking, I could not understand what language but I knew
:03:00. > :03:04.it was tearing things apart. For such a tiny island Dominica was hit
:03:05. > :03:10.hard, 34 people are still missing and others died. Still a power and
:03:11. > :03:11.food and water are in short supply. Night-time curfew is in place to
:03:12. > :03:30.prevent looting. There is corrugated iron everywhere.
:03:31. > :03:34.There are cars everywhere. Trees everywhere, and people walking
:03:35. > :03:38.around trying to get food. It is going to be quite sad to see.
:03:39. > :03:45.Thankfully this former British colony is getting some help in the
:03:46. > :03:49.UK is playing a part. This is Winter Park stadium, an International
:03:50. > :03:54.cricket pitch, this will be our home for one week, we will be camping out
:03:55. > :03:59.because there is no accommodation. Also staying here, some members of
:04:00. > :04:06..Com a team of volunteer British tree surgeons. I'm in that tent. The
:04:07. > :04:11.cameraman, the researcher, we've got all our kit and these rations. We
:04:12. > :04:15.are eating these because we don't want to take any food from the
:04:16. > :04:22.locals. This was a country covered in rich rainforest. But so much of
:04:23. > :04:30.it has been torn apart and strewn across the island. The Dart team are
:04:31. > :04:37.on their first mission, to clear a road to one remote village. It is a
:04:38. > :04:41.crazy idea to think of going from working in Wales to working here,
:04:42. > :04:53.it's good to be able to clear roads to help people. How have things been
:04:54. > :04:57.since the hurricane. Nine Street are blocked attachments are blocked.
:04:58. > :05:02.With all this to clear the equipment soon feels the strain. Like any
:05:03. > :05:10.piece of kit and can go wrong, Alex broke his saucer we've only got one
:05:11. > :05:16.working salt, -- he broke his saw so we've only got one working saw.
:05:17. > :05:21.Without it we are useless. Repairs completed, access to the village is
:05:22. > :05:27.soon restored which immediately helps the community. How are you?
:05:28. > :05:34.Good afternoon. How many years have you been walking up and down this
:05:35. > :05:42.road? Over 40 years. When it was blocked how did you feel. I came
:05:43. > :05:50.here after the hurricane, I don't know how many bruises I got. I had
:05:51. > :06:01.to do it. Thank you for unblocking my road. Thank you so much. We're
:06:02. > :06:05.happy to help. Later on Sam and Dave are in the village to see what
:06:06. > :06:22.damage trees might have done to the local school. But fallen trees are
:06:23. > :06:30.not the problem. It's not good. Gives you chills down your spine. It
:06:31. > :06:40.is anyone's guess if and when the school will be up and running again.
:06:41. > :06:44.These tree surgeons are helping clear one tree at a time but with
:06:45. > :06:50.every part of the island affected the scale of the work is
:06:51. > :06:54.overwhelming. Next time I travel to some of the worst hit areas of the
:06:55. > :06:58.island to discover British connections and find some of my own.
:06:59. > :07:05.It really does give you chills. You hear about it on the news but
:07:06. > :07:09.nothing prepares you for seeing devastation like that. When they
:07:10. > :07:15.walked into that school it was unbelievable. Really difficult.
:07:16. > :07:20.Angellica's report will be on tomorrow. The good news is that some
:07:21. > :07:25.of the schools are hoping to open next week. Let's talk more about
:07:26. > :07:27.your new album. Your last album, Together,
:07:28. > :07:28.was so successful. Now you're back with a new album,
:07:29. > :07:31.cleverly entitled Together Again. Michael, you say it's even better -
:07:32. > :07:40.how is that possible? I think so. How can you improve on
:07:41. > :07:57.perfection? He sings well on it. He doesn't sing as much! I think it's
:07:58. > :08:07.because we read into this... Lacey they have morphed our phases! We
:08:08. > :08:12.wondered how observant you were so we thought we would do a face swap
:08:13. > :08:17.and see if you noticed. You have practically morphed into the same
:08:18. > :08:27.person. Alfie, you're like colour, are you all right? I'm not as then!
:08:28. > :08:33.All, though I am. Two becoming one, you are wonderful together. We sort
:08:34. > :08:38.of have. It's good to see the brotherhood. You've got wonderful
:08:39. > :08:48.chemistry. Sometimes too much. You've got an album and tour and a
:08:49. > :08:56.TV special. This Sunday, the Blue club next Mac planet and then turn
:08:57. > :09:01.over and we'll be there. You said it would be for one night only, it's
:09:02. > :09:13.been more than that. We've done two might only. A one-off special. More
:09:14. > :09:18.likely two of special. This is what we've got to look forward to on
:09:19. > :09:22.tour. Lots of great songs including one from the album. Here we are.
:09:23. > :09:44.SINGING APPLAUSE
:09:45. > :09:54.Very nice. That is on the album as well, it is
:09:55. > :09:57.there because my Cath insisted that should be done, two men have never
:09:58. > :10:01.designed outside before, normally it is a male- female soul.
:10:02. > :10:04.A lot of the songs are inspired by musical theatre, but there's also
:10:05. > :10:06.Christmas songs and the Morecombe and Wise classic
:10:07. > :10:21.Yes, we did that. Presumably you both pick your favourites, who gets
:10:22. > :10:28.the final casting vote? Me. Nobody argues with him. We just know, I
:10:29. > :10:34.think. We go around the piano and we say, this one is better than that
:10:35. > :10:39.one. Some songs suit your voice is better. That is how we discover it,
:10:40. > :10:41.we sing them and we found that natural harmony, and Michael sings
:10:42. > :10:51.into net... LAUGHTER
:10:52. > :10:56.Michael sings in tune. There is that one song when I sing in tune! For
:10:57. > :11:04.this special coming at you got a different flavour. Here is your rap
:11:05. > :11:46.battle. I think we proved that we put the C
:11:47. > :11:53.in rap! Any thoughts, Alfie? You pull it off, that's the scary thing.
:11:54. > :11:57.Don't be ridiculous! That is so much fun, being able to do that and
:11:58. > :11:58.having a love, not taking ourselves too seriously but the songs that
:11:59. > :12:12.really matter, we do them properly. Michael and Alfie have
:12:13. > :12:14.legions of die-hard fans. But just how well do
:12:15. > :12:18.they know Ball and Boe? Would they, for example, recognise
:12:19. > :12:21.them if they popped up in a cafe, in disguise, and started
:12:22. > :12:23.serving them drinks? Well, there's only one
:12:24. > :12:55.way to find out... they have no idea that their idols
:12:56. > :12:59.are nearby, into every word. What use is what you get. He's got an
:13:00. > :13:07.amazing voice and he can act as well. Now for some fun. While the
:13:08. > :13:12.film crew keep the fans is the leading lines, Michael and of the
:13:13. > :13:29.attempt to deliver waiter service without being spotted. At Alfie.
:13:30. > :13:41.Three, two, one, Together Again, Ball and Boe! You did it really
:13:42. > :13:46.well. I watched you get in there! When the fans take a break from
:13:47. > :13:53.filming Ball and Boe prepare their last stand. I'm getting cramp, I
:13:54. > :13:59.need the toilet! I do as well. The fans come back for one final take.
:14:00. > :14:14.Just chat among yourselves, this is one final shot. How are you doing? I
:14:15. > :14:21.can't believe that! It's amazing how
:14:22. > :14:36.unobservant they were... We were right there but they were
:14:37. > :14:44.oblivious. You just blend, C. No charisma!
:14:45. > :14:46.Michael and Alfie's new album, Together Again, is out on Friday.
:14:47. > :14:48.And they are touring the country from 30th November
:14:49. > :14:52.Have a look at this - these are our six brave Rickshaw riders.
:14:53. > :14:54.They'll be setting off on their 500-mile "Ride
:14:55. > :14:56.to the Clyde" in just over two weeks.
:14:57. > :15:00.Before they start we're going to get to know all of them a bit better.
:15:01. > :15:25.My name is Ben and I am doing the right for my big sister Amy. I
:15:26. > :15:34.didn't make up once. She loved it, but don't think my mum did! Amy
:15:35. > :15:42.loves all the animals we have got. She loves going to see the pet pigs
:15:43. > :15:46.and she sits talking to them. Amy has two brothers and one sister but
:15:47. > :15:52.she is really close with Ben, and they have this real bond of love
:15:53. > :15:59.that you can see. Amy has a DNA disorder which comes with severe
:16:00. > :16:03.growth impairment. She has sight problems, hearing problems, a brain
:16:04. > :16:07.tumour, kidney failure. It has basically taken away all of her
:16:08. > :16:15.skills. She finds it hard to even hold a cup now, to have a drink.
:16:16. > :16:18.When I was younger Amy used to be able to walk and talk and do
:16:19. > :16:23.everything like a normal kid would be able to do. But now obviously she
:16:24. > :16:29.can't walk, so it is more like me looking after her. Carrying her
:16:30. > :16:32.around the house, to the toilet, watching TV with her, taking her to
:16:33. > :16:42.bed when she is tired, and making sandwiches and stuff for for lunch.
:16:43. > :16:52.-- lunch. Amy is 26 and the average life expectancy for someone with her
:16:53. > :16:57.condition is 44 years. This year two of her close friends passed away.
:16:58. > :17:02.We're dealing with is different to Ben's, because he will just cry and
:17:03. > :17:05.cry, whereas Amy is happy the children are free and they can do
:17:06. > :17:07.what they were meant to have done, so she can on the picture them
:17:08. > :17:14.running and laughing, and hopefully that is the way is. I just
:17:15. > :17:24.absolutely dread the day, for Ben, when Amy is not here. It was to
:17:25. > :17:27.support families with kids with the same illness as my sister. It helped
:17:28. > :17:31.me meet loads of other siblings going through the same thing, so I
:17:32. > :17:36.can talk to them, because they understand what is going on. We have
:17:37. > :17:39.an annual conference where we get all the families together. We
:17:40. > :17:44.support families or across the world now.
:17:45. > :17:50.We have our weekly siblings group. This one is for children who have
:17:51. > :17:56.lost a sibling or have a sibling or close family member suffering with
:17:57. > :17:59.any life limiting illness. The funding for Children in Need will
:18:00. > :18:03.enable us to continue with our family support worker role. Without
:18:04. > :18:09.it, those children would be lost in the community without the support
:18:10. > :18:13.they are getting. My aim during the rickshaw challenge is to raise
:18:14. > :18:17.awareness of my sister's illness. I can't really picture 500 miles in my
:18:18. > :18:22.head, so I don't really know what to think of it. She will take me on the
:18:23. > :18:27.whole way, but she will probably miss me a bit. Just have to get
:18:28. > :18:31.through it. I think Ben will be really good at
:18:32. > :18:36.this challenge, because he is sporty and also he knows he is helping
:18:37. > :18:42.others, and that is what Ben wants to do. Amy, are you going to wish me
:18:43. > :18:51.good luck? Yeah! LAUGHTER
:18:52. > :18:56.Absolute heroes, are they? Is amazing, Ben.
:18:57. > :19:00.Michael and Alfie, will you help us tell people at home how they can
:19:01. > :19:03.You can donate ?5 by texting the word
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:19:24. > :19:26.where you can also donate online if you want to give
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:19:31. > :19:37.everything you give goes to help the lives of children in the UK.
:19:38. > :19:45.You are doing your bit as well? Absolutely, and all of us at Radio 2
:19:46. > :19:50.will be doing that, having dinner on Sunday the 5th of November. After my
:19:51. > :19:54.radio show, and posting that at the Dorchester hotel, all very posh!
:19:55. > :19:59.Lots of people coming to perform and sing. I will do a couple of tunes,
:20:00. > :20:02.and all my Radio 2 colleagues will be there, hosting tables. Tickets
:20:03. > :20:07.are available on the radio to website and you can find links there
:20:08. > :20:11.to buy tickets and come to join us. November the 5th, at the Dorchester.
:20:12. > :20:18.It might it sounds like a lovely afternoon. It was Terry's favourite
:20:19. > :20:20.thing when he was doing that, so I am happy to carry it on. Brilliant
:20:21. > :20:21.way to fund raise. Shortly, we'll be exploring life
:20:22. > :20:23.beneath the waves as you've never seen it before,
:20:24. > :20:26.as we preview some the most exciting moments from the brand
:20:27. > :20:32.new Blue Planet II. First, Miranda comes face
:20:33. > :20:50.to face with a monster fish The dinosaur age produced some
:20:51. > :20:56.remarkable creatures, from massive meat eating predators, the gigantic
:20:57. > :21:01.flying reptiles that have long since died out. But there is a creature
:21:02. > :21:08.from that time that survived extinction, a fish cold storage in,
:21:09. > :21:16.and it is very bizarre indeed. To come face-to-face with one -- it is
:21:17. > :21:22.a face called the Sturgeon. This is the last place you would expect to
:21:23. > :21:28.see a prehistoric creature... To discover how Sturgeon have outlived
:21:29. > :21:31.the dinosaurs I am eating photographer Adam who has been
:21:32. > :21:34.diving with them here for the last 15 years. I bet the swimmers out
:21:35. > :21:39.there do not know there is a prehistoric fish in the waters? They
:21:40. > :21:43.probably wouldn't come if they did. LAUGHTER
:21:44. > :21:49.What is it about Sturgeon that has allowed them to cope for so long?
:21:50. > :21:52.Cope with temperature differences, differences in solidity, differences
:21:53. > :21:57.inhabited, they can live in lots of different places, all of which again
:21:58. > :22:03.increases chances of survival. And you have some here so that is where
:22:04. > :22:08.we will go diving. Let's go find some... Individual Sturgeon can live
:22:09. > :22:12.for over 100 years, but ironically, having survived since the time of
:22:13. > :22:15.the dinosaurs, they are now critically endangered because of
:22:16. > :22:22.human pressure and are no longer found naturally in the UK. The
:22:23. > :22:31.sturgeon were introduced here and it now gives us the only chance to see
:22:32. > :22:38.these ancient creatures up close. But finding them isn't going to be
:22:39. > :22:44.easy. OK, so if we had this way... OK. I
:22:45. > :22:51.can only see six metres in front of me, and there are lots of places for
:22:52. > :22:59.even a big fish to hide. On the top of the rise, we do see
:23:00. > :23:06.wildlife, trout and roach, but it is and what we looking for. Then
:23:07. > :23:12.suddenly, out of the abyss... I have one, get ahead of us.
:23:13. > :23:27.What an incredible fish! Remarkable. Getting up this close, you can see
:23:28. > :23:32.the sturgeon doesn't have scales like the other fish here. It has
:23:33. > :23:40.this bony skin, you can see it all the way down its back, acting like a
:23:41. > :23:44.protective body armour. It is more like turtle shell than fish skin and
:23:45. > :23:51.it is not the only peculiar adaptation of the sturgeon have. I
:23:52. > :23:59.can see one of the secrets of its success here, these bits hanging
:24:00. > :24:09.down. The Barbosa tentacles that the sturgeon used to feel and sends for
:24:10. > :24:14.buried prey -- the barbles are tentacles. The other most they can
:24:15. > :24:18.extend outwards to feel for anything along the bottom. The sturgeon have
:24:19. > :24:22.clearly adapted to life in the quarry, and it is a treat to get up
:24:23. > :24:30.close and personal with a real living fossil.
:24:31. > :24:36.STUDIO: Thank you to Miranda! Great to see the sturgeon in full flight.
:24:37. > :24:36.They are very good. Not like in Blue Planet II.
:24:37. > :24:38.LAUGHTER James Honeyborne, the executive
:24:39. > :24:47.producer of Blue Planet APPLAUSE
:24:48. > :24:53.James, it feels like yesterday that we were watching Blue Planet I.
:24:54. > :24:57.It's 16 years since Blue Planet was last on our screens
:24:58. > :25:03.How did you start making a series like this?
:25:04. > :25:10.Lots of new science and technology has come along that has enabled us
:25:11. > :25:16.to tell lots of new stories. Where do you, as an executive producer,
:25:17. > :25:20.start? What is the process to making such a giant series? We have a team
:25:21. > :25:23.of great divers, people look work underwater, and we need to talk to
:25:24. > :25:28.all the scientists to find out what is happening and what are the latest
:25:29. > :25:32.discoveries. A series like this is all about the new stories we can
:25:33. > :25:36.file with the scientific element, and discover together, exciting. You
:25:37. > :25:42.must sit waiting for a phone call, we have this amazing footage and are
:25:43. > :25:45.sending it now? It is good when it happens. Sometimes it is from
:25:46. > :25:49.scientists and sometimes it is literally what one person thinks
:25:50. > :25:53.they might have heard, the fishermen's tale, where we had a
:25:54. > :25:58.chance once to go and possibly discover and film for the first time
:25:59. > :26:01.a fish that hunts birds, and when we first heard about it we didn't
:26:02. > :26:05.really quite believe it, but that is what we were told by this fishermen
:26:06. > :26:08.in South Africa so we went to the Indian Ocean where he said it was to
:26:09. > :26:20.have a look. We were pretty excited by what we found. Prydie
:26:21. > :26:24.astonishing. -- it was pretty astonishing.
:26:25. > :26:30.This is the astonishing Trevally fish...
:26:31. > :26:51.APPLAUSE That deserves a huge round of
:26:52. > :26:56.applause. And making me think of Mike the back of a fishermen's tale,
:26:57. > :27:00.you have this footage, never been seen before, certainly no records
:27:01. > :27:07.that? We had never seen a photograph to see what it might look like, no
:27:08. > :27:12.great description, so we were taking a bit of a risk, but lo and behold,
:27:13. > :27:18.this is what we found, and so many things yet to be explored. Helped by
:27:19. > :27:23.technology, of course. New camera technology but also new diving
:27:24. > :27:29.technology, and there is a thing called a re-breather, which instead
:27:30. > :27:32.of scuba which make noise and bubbles, it is completely silent so
:27:33. > :27:37.you can stay under water for longer, so team were doing guys getting to
:27:38. > :27:40.know one particular fish, and if you spend that amount of time without
:27:41. > :27:43.this you can discover its intelligence, its character. It
:27:44. > :27:49.reveals itself in a way we have not really seen before. They made very
:27:50. > :27:58.good friends with the tusk fish, didn't they? Let's look at it in
:27:59. > :28:17.action... COMMENTATOR: At last, so here is a
:28:18. > :28:24.fish that uses tools. APPLAUSE
:28:25. > :28:29.Fantastic! Then as well, obviously, the series talks us through
:28:30. > :28:35.environmental changes, can you tell us about some of those, James? We
:28:36. > :28:38.did not set out to make an environmental series but if you go
:28:39. > :28:42.to meet some of these characters you will live in their world and see the
:28:43. > :28:47.changes happening and we went to film the walrus up in the sea ice in
:28:48. > :28:52.the Arctic, but over the years that has retreated, and it has led to a
:28:53. > :29:00.worrying situation for the walrus up there, which is quite a moving
:29:01. > :29:12.story. We can see that all on Blue Planet, on Sunday.
:29:13. > :29:20.We'll be back tomorrow with Greg James and Dotty, talking
:29:21. > :29:24.And Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson, will be here.