:00:22. > :00:26.Hello and welcome to Heading Out. - - to The One Show. Joining us is a
:00:26. > :00:31.woman who describes herself as much more dressed as mutton, but then
:00:31. > :00:41.she is very much of the tongue-in- cheek persuasion. It is comedian,
:00:41. > :00:45.
:00:46. > :00:50.conductor, Queen of cakes and now The power of air brushing! That was
:00:50. > :00:59.taken from the Hubble telescope, that was miles away. It isn't even
:00:59. > :01:03.the! Amazing photographers. What are the birds about? That was, we
:01:03. > :01:10.had eaten a lot of game birds, I had a pheasant, partridge, I don't
:01:10. > :01:15.know. Big Night tonight, Heading Out is on BBC2, your new sitcom.
:01:15. > :01:20.What will you be doing? I will have a glass of something that is more
:01:20. > :01:27.than 80% proof in my hand or sobbing in a skip. Will you watch
:01:27. > :01:33.it? I will not, actually. I am going to let it go. That is my plan.
:01:33. > :01:37.Are you on Twitter? No, it can be a cruel mistress. Tonight may be the
:01:37. > :01:44.night I have to block somebody. Because comedy is very subjective,
:01:44. > :01:49.but it is divisive. Will you have your phone on? Yes, you hope a
:01:49. > :01:58.someone is ringing, that they are friend! Are you more on edge as a
:01:58. > :02:03.writer, an actor? It is about 360 on age if I'm honest. Because I'm
:02:03. > :02:09.sort of all over it. I cannot say, nothing to do with me! Because I
:02:09. > :02:16.did created and I am in it! You can always a good -- blame the key grip,
:02:16. > :02:23.I suppose. They do marvellous things, I cannot tell you what.
:02:23. > :02:26.will find out more later. You can do the dance for me! Why not? See
:02:26. > :02:31.how we go. Who would have thought it. A railway line that is causing
:02:31. > :02:34.delays and disruption for it has even been built. Angela Rippon
:02:34. > :02:39.wants to know whether the planned HS2 should be causing so much
:02:39. > :02:43.heartache for homeowners. The planned route for the new high-
:02:43. > :02:47.speed rail link to the north of England, HS2, has been announced,
:02:47. > :02:52.and the expected controversy and debate has continued. People living
:02:52. > :02:55.close to the proposed route of this 330 mile long railway, like those
:02:55. > :03:00.living here and the peaceful Buckinghamshire village, are
:03:00. > :03:03.worried about the effect it will have on their lives. It may be 20
:03:03. > :03:10.years before it is billed but already they are beginning to feel
:03:10. > :03:15.the impact. This nutter seven-year- old is the owner of the local post
:03:15. > :03:19.office -- 97-year-old. Due to ill health, she had to move into a home
:03:19. > :03:22.and her family need to sell the home to fund her care. It was a
:03:22. > :03:27.difficult time with her moving into a home and worrying about what
:03:27. > :03:32.would happen, to then deal with selling a house, but it was great,
:03:32. > :03:36.it sold so quickly. Despite needing work, the Post Office was
:03:36. > :03:41.considered a desirable purchase. A local architect had plans to turn
:03:41. > :03:46.it into a family home. All the works would be sympathetic to the
:03:46. > :03:50.age of the house. You know what you're doing, Europe architect. And
:03:50. > :03:56.you have got planning permission! But his plans were seen to be
:03:56. > :03:59.derailed by the Woolwich. The estate agent put a value of its
:03:59. > :04:06.�275,000 on the property. When you applied for the mortgage, what did
:04:06. > :04:09.they say it was worth? They came back with a valuation of zero. We
:04:09. > :04:14.were in absolute shock. When the surveyor came out to look at the
:04:14. > :04:19.property he said commit you know this is by HS2, we thought it might
:04:19. > :04:24.offer us a bit less, but we didn't expect evaluation of zero. For both
:04:24. > :04:28.families, the situation is far from ideal. You want to sell it, you
:04:28. > :04:33.want to buy it me must be so frustrated. We have no way to go
:04:33. > :04:37.with it, really. Granny was so pleased to sell it to somebody who
:04:37. > :04:41.wanted to give money to the village, after that, to find that we cannot
:04:41. > :04:45.carry on with the transaction both of us wanted is really frustrating.
:04:45. > :04:50.Any home that lies within a 120 metres of the proposed line is
:04:50. > :04:55.eligible for compensation. But the house here is around 500 metres
:04:55. > :04:59.from the proposed line in that direction, behind that row of
:04:59. > :05:04.houses. That is the equivalent of three football pitches. You are not
:05:04. > :05:12.even going to see it. When it really have any effect on her home?
:05:12. > :05:17.Experts say there is many a way to reduce pollution. Planting trees,
:05:17. > :05:21.that was considered when building the first high-speed link to Paris.
:05:21. > :05:25.When that was announced, there were similar concerns about the effect
:05:25. > :05:30.of the line. And the value of thousands of homes were in jeopardy.
:05:30. > :05:35.By the time it was completed, all the communities along the lines of
:05:35. > :05:40.property values rise, even if -- in places where the train didn't stop.
:05:40. > :05:45.So are the banks and mortgage as lenders being unnecessarily
:05:45. > :05:51.cautious? Why are they so reluctant to lend money to people who want to
:05:51. > :05:54.buy houses that are even up to three football pitches away from
:05:54. > :06:00.the proprietor Salina? I think the problems are created by the
:06:00. > :06:04.uncertainty that it implies, and for individual properties.
:06:04. > :06:08.Eurostar has been running for the past 18 years, we know the effect
:06:08. > :06:12.that the high-speed train will have on their communities. What are the
:06:12. > :06:16.uncertainties you are worried about? The government has set out
:06:16. > :06:20.specific proposals for compensation up to 120 metres from the rich but
:06:20. > :06:28.there is more uncertainty about competition arrangements go beyond
:06:28. > :06:34.that. How about criticism that you artificially keeping house prices
:06:34. > :06:38.down? I don't think we are taking an action. Inaction! Mortgage
:06:38. > :06:42.lenders are dealing with applications and taking into
:06:42. > :06:46.account all relevant factors. Woolwich have told us they made a
:06:46. > :06:51.mistake and evaluation of the old Post Office and that it does have a
:06:51. > :06:55.believe. They claim link -- HS2 is not the sole reason for the low
:06:55. > :07:01.valuation but included other factors like the condition of the
:07:01. > :07:04.property, which meant they were not willing to lend. A second
:07:04. > :07:10.government scheme has been set up to go to the families affected by
:07:10. > :07:14.HS2 that are more than 120 metres away from the line. But they will
:07:14. > :07:19.not know if I have been successful for some time. What will happen to
:07:19. > :07:23.this House? It is just going to fall into disrepair. Because no one
:07:23. > :07:31.can do anything with it. It has been here since the 17th century.
:07:31. > :07:35.It looks as if HS2 will see the end of it, which is so sad.
:07:35. > :07:40.Let's hope everything can get sorted for that family and so many
:07:40. > :07:45.families going through the same up and down the country. I know you
:07:45. > :07:51.are nervous, we are going to talk about your big night some more!
:07:51. > :07:56.ramp up the attention! Did you do a Daniel Day-Lewis and immerse
:07:56. > :08:00.yourself in the role of being at vet? A yes, I went into various
:08:00. > :08:06.establishments, I performed establishment's -- operations on
:08:06. > :08:13.animals, with mixed results! Some places, I cannot even get back to
:08:13. > :08:19.it. I left a trail, put it that way, they call themselves victims... But
:08:19. > :08:23.I didn't. In a way, I thought, if you get too immersed in the
:08:23. > :08:28.procedural element of a vet, you are losing the situation where you
:08:28. > :08:33.can make jokes. I'm sure a real vets it it might be watching and
:08:33. > :08:39.thinking, we wouldn't hold the middle that way! I did have to give
:08:39. > :08:46.an injection in the first scene of the first episode, there was a cat,
:08:47. > :08:53.and we had a love freak -- lovely nurse on hand. My animals are wise
:08:53. > :09:00.to injections now! I have two dogs, they are feisty. Where did the idea
:09:00. > :09:04.come from? Was a trip to the vets that planted the seed in your mind?
:09:04. > :09:09.No, in my head it was a comedy drama, a road trip, the original
:09:09. > :09:14.idea I pitched was a woman on her 40th birthday, getting a certain
:09:14. > :09:18.present as a surprise, and her friends bundled her into a car,
:09:18. > :09:24.driving her to her parents, and making her come out to her parents.
:09:24. > :09:27.Over the course of three episodes you saw them in the car, in petrol
:09:27. > :09:33.stations, and eventually it was both a literal and metaphorical
:09:33. > :09:36.journey and it is that pretension that minted never got commissioned!
:09:36. > :09:43.So very wisely the BBC said they liked the idea but they needed a
:09:43. > :09:48.sitcom. So basic comedy to a situation, and I thought, where do
:09:48. > :09:57.I go? I do know that that's fairly well, it is a space where people
:09:57. > :10:07.turn up and you get all walks of life. Tonight you swap for a
:10:07. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:27.netball costume. All right! I am Yes? Me, back again. Just got my
:10:27. > :10:30.
:10:31. > :10:40.Yes, just aware of how embarrassing that is on every level, so good
:10:41. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:51.buy! Brilliant! He is a good co- star, that dog. Yes, he's not very
:10:51. > :10:55.heavily of Parmesan. -- he smelt. Quite heady scenes with the dog in
:10:55. > :11:03.a car. Is there an animal school where you get the extra-strong?
:11:03. > :11:08.wish! Most of the doctor can instant dislike to the microphone.
:11:08. > :11:12.The bloom is ferry and looks like a rabbit. A lot of labradors were
:11:12. > :11:17.just barking. Then they tried to have sex with it. In between that,
:11:17. > :11:23.we tried to make a comedy show! Produced snatched little fragments
:11:23. > :11:30.when the dog was barking. -- we just snatched. Your I joined by a
:11:30. > :11:38.lot of old friends in this, Dawn French. Yes, and June Brown. People
:11:38. > :11:43.will not recognise her there! Basically, July last Canada and
:11:43. > :11:48.plays an unregulated therapists but I go and see, Jim Brown plays her
:11:48. > :11:53.mother, Steve Pemberton is an episode four, he is brilliant.
:11:53. > :11:57.There is June Brown. Did you work with Judy Brown before? I just
:11:57. > :12:02.thought, he would be brilliant in this? I don't know her, it would be
:12:02. > :12:10.brilliant if I had just rung her up. Adequate I have seen you on the
:12:10. > :12:14.television and "! She was run by her representatives, she liked the
:12:14. > :12:19.script, and she liked the idea of playing somebody who is very
:12:19. > :12:25.aristocratic. She is very posh in this, she is wearing fur, she is
:12:25. > :12:29.just cracking. And then Mel turned up in episode four, which is rather
:12:29. > :12:37.marvellous, as one would expect. One of the regular characters is
:12:37. > :12:41.Nicola Walker, why have known since I was 18. -- who I have known.
:12:41. > :12:50.much at that! It feels like we are holding this flame and the firework
:12:50. > :12:55.is about to be lit. Let's hope it is not... I cannot think of the
:12:55. > :13:00.name of a big firework! Catherine wheel. That is going round and
:13:00. > :13:10.round. That is the awkward matter for, isn't it? It will be a
:13:10. > :13:19.
:13:19. > :13:25.cracker! Heading Out is on BBC It is a massive sparkler! With your
:13:25. > :13:33.best Marie hat on, I would like to help with his work. What makes a
:13:33. > :13:40.good seal mother? I think education, obviously. Seals can be very unruly.
:13:40. > :13:44.You need to stop them reading early. Discipline, a regular mealtimes,
:13:44. > :13:53.seal mothers can be really awful and can pretend they live on other
:13:53. > :13:58.promontories. Luckily, we do have might involved, he knows that all
:13:58. > :14:08.you need is a remote controlled car, a camera and the sound of a howling
:14:08. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:20.Most pet owners will say their dog or cat is an individual, with its
:14:20. > :14:26.own unique personality. We do not necessarily feel the same way about
:14:26. > :14:31.all animals, like a herd of cows or a school of fish. Every animal make
:14:31. > :14:37.act as an individual but does that mean every animal has a personality
:14:37. > :14:43.of its own? Scientific studies are showing distinct personality in a
:14:43. > :14:47.wide range of creatures. One of the latest has been looking at the grey
:14:47. > :14:52.seal. I am heading to the uninhabited Isle of May in Scotland
:14:53. > :14:59.to find out what it is about this marine mammal that has scientists
:14:59. > :15:07.so excited. For 25 years, researchers have been studying the
:15:07. > :15:13.seals that return here annually. One thing that became very
:15:13. > :15:17.noticeable during the course of our studies is they all had individual
:15:17. > :15:22.quirks. Some animals spent a lot of time with their pups and others
:15:22. > :15:28.wandered off. That was a key moment in deciding this was something that
:15:28. > :15:32.really needed investigating further. Researchers have been studying the
:15:32. > :15:37.fitness of the seal population by measuring the pups survival rate.
:15:37. > :15:43.Whether or not a pub did well could not be explained by obvious factors,
:15:43. > :15:47.like the size or experience of the mother. Scientists were stumped.
:15:47. > :15:52.They had a brainwave. Could it be something in the mother seals
:15:52. > :15:57.individual behaviour which caused the variation? Could the answer lie
:15:57. > :16:01.in a Seal's personality? Many mothers are instinctively
:16:01. > :16:07.protective of their young. In seals, there is a good way of measuring
:16:07. > :16:12.this. In a pub check, of the mother is constantly and purposely
:16:12. > :16:22.directing her attention to her offspring, to make sure all is well.
:16:22. > :16:29.A novel way to investigate this is used by a doctor from Durham
:16:29. > :16:36.University. Meet Rocky. This is Rocky. That is right. You hold on
:16:36. > :16:42.to that. What a beast! It is a remote-controlled vehicle, kitted
:16:42. > :16:52.out with a camera. It means we can approach the seals without us being
:16:52. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:58.anywhere near them. If you pull that Leaver... That sounds like a
:16:58. > :17:08.wolf, which would be, in certain locations, a natural predator.
:17:08. > :17:14.idea is that cities and natural sand but one witches novel and new
:17:14. > :17:21.-- which is a novel and new to those here on the aisle of May.
:17:21. > :17:29.Rocky allowed us to observe at close quarters two very different
:17:29. > :17:34.seals - Sam and Amy. Sam placed herself between Rocky and her pup
:17:34. > :17:40.and increase the amount of pup checks. Sam was quite solid. She
:17:40. > :17:44.did that kind of thing where she put herself between Rocky and the
:17:44. > :17:51.pup to make sure she was safe and secure. The behaviour of a knee was
:17:51. > :17:57.very different. She was nervous and skittish. She potentially exposed
:17:57. > :18:03.her pup to any kind of threat. differences were not just on any
:18:03. > :18:08.one day but consistently - and not just across weeks but years. I have
:18:08. > :18:14.watched Wildlife for decades. Different individuals behave
:18:14. > :18:19.differently. Isn't it going far giving them a personality? There
:18:19. > :18:26.are consistent differences in the way they behave. We can show that
:18:26. > :18:30.Amy will always be nervous and some will always be confident. As a
:18:30. > :18:36.naturalist, I am always cautious about attributing human emotions to
:18:36. > :18:46.animals, even though it is hard to avoid with cats and dogs. At least
:18:46. > :18:56.in the case of grey seals, they are all individuals. The beauty of that
:18:56. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.bond between Seal and her pup. Mike, you formed that bond, didn't you,
:19:02. > :19:08.just after 9 o'clock? Mike build jet is a dad. I never thought it
:19:08. > :19:12.would happen. She has had a really difficult pregnancy. Mr Mills, the
:19:12. > :19:22.consultant, the midwives come at the nurses and the doctors, they
:19:22. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:30.have all been amazing. Three hours later, I am off. See you later!
:19:30. > :19:36.must be shattered. Shattered but ecstatic. What do you mean, he must
:19:36. > :19:42.be shattered! There are some really unlikely species that make really
:19:42. > :19:48.great mothers. We are talking about one of the most unlikely, which is
:19:48. > :19:55.the alligator. They make amazing mothers. The fee now creates a
:19:55. > :20:01.rotting nest of vegetation, which breaks down and makes warmth. The
:20:01. > :20:06.eggs hatch. The mother knows. She picks them up incredibly delicately
:20:07. > :20:11.in that this the mouth. She takes them down to the water and releases
:20:11. > :20:18.them into the water. She would look after them for a year before they
:20:18. > :20:25.go their separate ways. 34 degrees and above, they are all males and
:20:25. > :20:31.34 degrees and below, they are females. Is that the only species
:20:31. > :20:36.that can do that? Not the only one but they are incredible. Insects
:20:36. > :20:41.are not well known for being great mothers, all great parents. They
:20:41. > :20:51.produce lots of eggs and hopefully a few will survive until adulthood.
:20:51. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:08.The wake produces very few eggs. -- the earwig. She licks them from a
:21:08. > :21:13.killer fungus. When did she stop doing this? When they are hatched.
:21:13. > :21:20.Pandas can spend two years trying to have a baby but they are not
:21:20. > :21:26.always the best mother. Difficult to conceive and rubbish mothers.
:21:26. > :21:36.Bamboo has a low calorific content. They only ever looked after the
:21:36. > :21:39.
:21:39. > :21:49.stronger of the twins. The youthful, a small whippersnapper dies of
:21:49. > :21:50.
:21:50. > :21:57.hunger. They are hopeless. He has become very tactile. That is not
:21:57. > :22:05.the first time he has done that role play. In the Green Room
:22:05. > :22:15.earlier. Congratulations! We have a little get. There we are full
:22:15. > :22:15.
:22:15. > :22:25.stumped I do not know if you will get into it. He will be in that
:22:25. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:37.tomorrow. Let's have a quick look Well, they looked innocent enough
:22:37. > :22:42.but they rode bit of a handful on the pavement. Weighing up to 150
:22:42. > :22:45.kilograms, some mobility scooters can travel on the roads and the
:22:45. > :22:53.pavements. They can go at four miles per hour on the pavements but
:22:53. > :22:59.eight mph on the roads. Getting hit by one of these is no laughing
:22:59. > :23:03.matter. Anyone can hop on to a mobility scooter and start driving.
:23:03. > :23:12.Nine-year-old eyes it was struck down by the Mirror Has Two scooter
:23:12. > :23:17.when he got out of a taxi. -- Isaac was struck down by a mobility
:23:17. > :23:25.scooter. When I saw how badly he was bruised and how upset he was, I
:23:25. > :23:32.thought it was not right. Did he naturally stop after he hit him?
:23:32. > :23:37.did not. My staff stopped him. He was shocked and apologetic.
:23:37. > :23:42.only legislation that can be applied to rectus scooter driving
:23:42. > :23:47.is an old Victorian law designed to tackle wanton and furious driving
:23:47. > :23:53.of horse carriages. The police and courts a relatively powerless to
:23:53. > :23:58.take any action against rogue scooter drivers. His mum has
:23:58. > :24:04.started a campaign to see a change in the law. What are you
:24:04. > :24:09.campaigning for? A proficiency test. Also that it is disabled people or
:24:09. > :24:14.people who need mobility scooter is that use them. Also identification
:24:14. > :24:18.on the back of them to identify when incidence do happen. In the
:24:18. > :24:21.absence of new laws, the police in South Yorkshire are hoping there
:24:21. > :24:27.might just be another way in reducing the number of incidents
:24:27. > :24:30.involving ability scooters. In Rotherham, they are using a
:24:30. > :24:34.purpose-built Street set to give people advanced training, some led
:24:34. > :24:41.to a cycling proficiency test. We've found some scooted users who
:24:41. > :24:48.will be put through their paces by this policeman. I have actually
:24:48. > :24:54.never had any proper training. I'm keen to give it a go. I am thinking
:24:54. > :24:59.this all looks pretty easy. As I approached the post office counter.
:24:59. > :25:06.This policeman put a yellowed pull behind my scooter, simulating
:25:06. > :25:15.someone queuing up behind me. stop you? It is really important
:25:15. > :25:20.that you check behind you before you actually reverse. That is the
:25:20. > :25:27.most fun you can have in a rare ability vehicle. Is the one aspect
:25:27. > :25:31.of behaviour which causes most concern? -- a mobility vehicle.
:25:31. > :25:39.These guys are coming off the road and to link aid Mars are now -
:25:39. > :25:45.twice the speed of people walking. -- and doing eight miles an hour.
:25:45. > :25:51.Will it make it more expensive for people? There is no cost for
:25:51. > :25:57.registering the vehicle. I am keen to find out if my fellow scooter
:25:57. > :26:01.riders have learned anything. have shown me have to reverse.
:26:01. > :26:08.did not know if you're travelling on the road and then on to the
:26:08. > :26:12.pavement it was illegal to travel over four miles an hour. I am
:26:12. > :26:17.concerned it will make their ability scooters unattainable for
:26:17. > :26:27.those who need them. If we all took had been shown as a major we got
:26:27. > :26:27.
:26:28. > :26:37.some proper training, new laws for scooters would not be necessary. --
:26:37. > :26:45.took out insurance and we got proper training. Tonight, we want
:26:45. > :26:52.to know how well tuned in your taste buds really are? It is a
:26:52. > :27:01.Supersized Bake Off. This lady used to have a future issue with her
:27:01. > :27:09.teacakes. I am not ready. I do not know what to do. I am not ready.
:27:09. > :27:19.What do you mean, they are not ready? They are broken. Do you mean,
:27:19. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:29.of the base is separating? Look! What will I do? Fridge and pray.
:27:29. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:37.Cathryn is here because we asked her to make two that is of teacakes.
:27:37. > :27:44.Some are very nice. These are bait to the recipe of Paul Hollywood and
:27:44. > :27:49.that bat had been filled with four different types of food from
:27:49. > :27:53.different eras - Elizabethan, Restoration, Victorian and World
:27:53. > :28:03.War II. To win these delicious teacakes come up or you have to do
:28:03. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:11.his taste bees and tell us which era you think they are from? -- all
:28:11. > :28:15.you have to do his taste these. will accept that. It is the fact
:28:15. > :28:25.they are covered. Aren't they beautiful compared with earlier
:28:25. > :28:26.
:28:26. > :28:36.efforts question marks yes, Surrey. -- earlier efforts? Yes, sorry.
:28:36. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:48.can spit it out if you like. Which is read do you think that is? --
:28:48. > :28:49.
:28:49. > :28:57.which era? That is onion. Who puts onion in a teacake? Oh, God!
:28:57. > :29:07.Horrible, horrible. I am going to sate Elizabethan. No, that there be
:29:07. > :29:14.
:29:14. > :29:20.more spies. I'm going for poor time. You are wrong. It is Victorian.