:00:30. > :00:33.Now time for The One Show, Alex Jones and her latest guest
:00:34. > :00:39.presenter. I really think I'm getting the hang of this motorbike
:00:40. > :00:41.thing. The route was the same as last time. Don't give the game away,
:00:42. > :00:45.Dermot. Hello and welcome to
:00:46. > :00:48.The One Show with Alex Jones. So many great films have been
:00:49. > :01:11.nominated, and a few double acts That there is terrifying. That is
:01:12. > :01:17.what he does! He does. And Matt Damon and those potatoes. One more
:01:18. > :01:17.pairing that we think are potentially, almost certainly,
:01:18. > :01:29.award-winning. Look at this. He is the serious dramatic actor. He
:01:30. > :01:39.is the king of comedy. Get over yourself. He has tackled
:01:40. > :01:44.Shakespeare. He has born me on his back a thousand times. And he has
:01:45. > :01:53.tackled James Bond. Martini, shaken not stirred. Together they make one
:01:54. > :01:57.of the most formidable double acts in film history. Kenneth Branagh,
:01:58. > :02:07.Rob Brydon, they are the guests tonight. We have had Maverick and
:02:08. > :02:14.Goose. Please welcome Sir Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon!
:02:15. > :02:19.APPLAUSE How did this bromance happen, when
:02:20. > :02:23.did you meet? We got together about five years ago when we were doing
:02:24. > :02:27.the first production of this play, The Painkiller, in my hometown,
:02:28. > :02:33.Belfast. We had not met before. I very much admired his nibs from the
:02:34. > :02:39.first time I saw Marion and Geoff which was fantastic. We got my car
:02:40. > :02:43.has on fire. I had never heard of him but they said, there is a young
:02:44. > :02:49.actor, I want you to look at he does... My agent phoned me and said
:02:50. > :02:53.about this play, Kenneth Branagh, and I thought, really, this is not
:02:54. > :02:56.going to happen! And we did a reading for the producers and then
:02:57. > :03:01.we put it on in Belfast and we had such a great time doing it. I have
:03:02. > :03:06.been waiting since then to try to bring it into London and do it in
:03:07. > :03:21.London. And five years later it is happening. Great news. We will talk
:03:22. > :03:27.about it later. Tonight on BBC Four, Friday night. You could say, your
:03:28. > :03:38.Friday night starts. It never catch on.
:03:39. > :03:40.Six acts are in the final, performing for your votes tonight,
:03:41. > :03:42.hoping to win the all-important title of 'British act
:03:43. > :03:46.It's time to throw live to 'Eurovision big decision HQ'
:03:47. > :03:49.Hello Carrie Grant - this is The One Show calling.
:03:50. > :03:54.Good luck, studio! London, this is London, North London calling. And
:03:55. > :04:00.tonight for the first time in six years, the great Dutch public will
:04:01. > :04:05.vote for who goes to Stockholm in May -- the great British public will
:04:06. > :04:10.vote for who goes to Stockholm in May to the revision 20 16. I have
:04:11. > :04:14.seen all sex acts, there is some talent in there and some good songs.
:04:15. > :04:21.I will be speaking to last 's winner, Mans. -- I have seen all six
:04:22. > :04:29.of the act. Possibly the greatest fan of Eurovision is the great Mel
:04:30. > :04:42.Giedroyc! Excited? Beyond excitement. Gang we excited? We will
:04:43. > :04:48.be back in almost 20 minutes. Regular BBC for viewers are not
:04:49. > :04:50.going to know what set them. -- what has hit them.
:04:51. > :04:53.Now, from Eurovision, to bizarre visions on The International Space
:04:54. > :04:57.A gorilla in space...Have you seen the footage of Major Tim Peake
:04:58. > :05:07.They get him to do so much up there. No time to do anything but work.
:05:08. > :05:10.Well, Angellica has the story of some earthlings, who using only
:05:11. > :05:14.a short wave radio, are also tring to get hold of Tim Peake...
:05:15. > :05:20.When Major Tim Peake blasted off to the International Space Station last
:05:21. > :05:25.December we all got excited. He might be our first official British
:05:26. > :05:30.astronaut but is not the first Berdych person in space. In 1991
:05:31. > :05:34.Helen Sharman took part in a commercial mission to the Soviet
:05:35. > :05:38.space station. And while she was in space you have a strange
:05:39. > :05:44.conversation with a group of 14-year-old schoolboys from Surrey.
:05:45. > :05:48.They were part of a little-known incentive encouraging schoolchildren
:05:49. > :05:55.to contact Helen, the astronaut, in space. Les Starkey and Pete were two
:05:56. > :06:00.of the lads from the Royal Grammar School in Guildford who contacted
:06:01. > :06:05.her in orbit, with their teacher, Frank Bell, using short wave amateur
:06:06. > :06:09.radio. I think we caught a couple of times, there was no response, we
:06:10. > :06:15.wondered what would happen and then Helen came through quite loud and
:06:16. > :06:19.clear. It is almost 25 years since the boys contacted Helen in space.
:06:20. > :06:23.Now thanks to The One Show they will speed speaking to her again this
:06:24. > :06:28.time using 21st-century mobile technology. If you Mac this is GB
:06:29. > :06:36.seven Juno and I hope I am talking to Helen Sharman. This is GB won me.
:06:37. > :06:40.It is lovely to hear from you. It is great to show your voice again. Do
:06:41. > :06:45.you remember the question we asked 35 years ago? I think we asked if
:06:46. > :06:50.you had seen any other satellites while you were on the rocket going
:06:51. > :06:56.up to the space station. What did I answer? Think you misunderstood the
:06:57. > :07:03.question because you thought we were talking about UFOs which was good
:07:04. > :07:06.for us is 14-year-olds. Today amateur radio will inspire
:07:07. > :07:11.schoolchildren again this time from oasis Academy in Bristol. They will
:07:12. > :07:17.attempt to contact Major Tim Peake on the International Space Station.
:07:18. > :07:21.And for our own two indicators, and exciting surprise. This is Les and
:07:22. > :07:26.Pete, like you they will be given the chance to speak to Major Tim
:07:27. > :07:32.Peake. You didn't know that. How do you feel? It is just as exciting as
:07:33. > :07:37.it was 25 years ago. Before Tim gets the call this a little time to get
:07:38. > :07:43.advice. Do you think it is going to work? It looks like you've got a
:07:44. > :07:48.good setup. We hope it will go smoothly. The space station just has
:07:49. > :07:52.to be in just the right position overhead for a good connection. We
:07:53. > :08:03.hope that we will not only hear him but also see him.
:08:04. > :08:10.And the questions are pretty challenging. This is Jack.
:08:11. > :08:14.Considering that in space you are weightless and time has a different
:08:15. > :08:30.value, do you age at a different rate? Over?
:08:31. > :08:38.Now for layers and Pete. They want to ask the same question that they
:08:39. > :08:42.ask Helen all those years ago. Hello, Tim, we spoke to Helen and
:08:43. > :08:46.the space station 25 years ago and we asked if she could see any
:08:47. > :09:01.satellites. There are many more now, have you seen any?
:09:02. > :09:08.And then, all too quickly, the ten minute link up with Tim is over.
:09:09. > :09:11.Tim, that was absolutely amazing, everybody here wants to send their
:09:12. > :09:16.appreciation to you. APPLAUSE
:09:17. > :09:20.How amazing to have the video footage. I think it was a good
:09:21. > :09:24.message that came across that to get involved in the space industry you
:09:25. > :09:29.don't have to be an astronaut, there are many other ways to get involved.
:09:30. > :09:33.For them, and amazing end to a fantastic story that began with a
:09:34. > :09:37.couple of floods around a short wave radio just a few years ago. So for
:09:38. > :09:39.the next generation, if you want to know if anything is out there, the
:09:40. > :09:49.sky is definitely not the limit. Down to earth, the guys are busy
:09:50. > :09:55.rehearsing for the play. Could you tell us the background of the play,
:09:56. > :09:59.it's a French play. It was written by Francis Veber, a terrific French
:10:00. > :10:02.writer, and decision has been adapted by Sean Foley who is a
:10:03. > :10:07.brilliant physical comedian himself under brilliant director of physical
:10:08. > :10:12.comedy. The premise is that two men come a hotel separately, one is
:10:13. > :10:15.lonely, one is a professional assassin, they are in adjoining
:10:16. > :10:21.rooms with an adjoining door, what could possibly go wrong? We get
:10:22. > :10:27.mixed up in each other. I am very unhappy. You are a photographer and
:10:28. > :10:30.you are going to commit suicide. My wife has left me forces has a chi
:10:31. > :10:35.addressed and I'm not happy at all. Then I get mixed up with this cool
:10:36. > :10:41.assassin -- my wife has left me for her the chi addressed. I get soaked,
:10:42. > :10:48.clothes come off, there is a fight, people followed of Windows, it is so
:10:49. > :10:54.frenetic. -- people falling out of windows. It begins to build up and
:10:55. > :10:57.then it goes mad. It starts from a position of normality, if you have
:10:58. > :11:01.been in a hotel, heard strange things happening through the thin
:11:02. > :11:06.wall, it begins with that level of recognition and then it builds, as
:11:07. > :11:12.Rob says come into brilliant chaos. What was it about the play that you
:11:13. > :11:18.wanted to put on? I wanted to work with this one. Apart from being a
:11:19. > :11:23.brilliant solo act he is great in a team and I learned a lot from being
:11:24. > :11:26.in this odd couple with him, we are an odd couple in the play and a lot
:11:27. > :11:31.of the comedy comes from the yin and yang of that. It is a delight to see
:11:32. > :11:39.that and to play and have fun with something that, when at its best,
:11:40. > :11:41.looks easy all we work hard to do that. It is tiring to rehearse
:11:42. > :11:46.because it is a farce, everything is plotted almost like a dance. You
:11:47. > :11:52.move on a certain word, you pick this up... It has to fit like a
:11:53. > :11:56.train set. Trying to learn that and make its second nature is the
:11:57. > :12:03.challenge. Because some thing leads to another. If somebody ad-libs one
:12:04. > :12:09.night... You can't add lib. Why have you picked up that Jack! And
:12:10. > :12:13.literally why does a laugh not work because the water was swirling in
:12:14. > :12:18.the Jack and you could not hear the punch line, it did not work so he
:12:19. > :12:22.did not turn, and suddenly one, two, three, four, a series of crescendo
:12:23. > :12:26.making love is, it's like tumbleweed. When you get it it is a
:12:27. > :12:32.sweet feeling and when you miss you miss by a million miles. You say
:12:33. > :12:38.that the rehearsals have been hard work. For the director, Sean Foley,
:12:39. > :12:45.is it strange for him directing you? It is your season. It must be a
:12:46. > :12:50.strange dynamic. He and I have worked together before because we
:12:51. > :12:53.had the history with a previous production in Belfast, I think it is
:12:54. > :12:58.always a collaborative thing. You would be mad not to listen to his
:12:59. > :13:02.nibs here about comedy and hopefully we all have a bit to say about how
:13:03. > :13:10.it works, we have some other terrific actors. Do you take your
:13:11. > :13:14.acting had off and put your directing had uneasily? I would like
:13:15. > :13:18.to think I do it enough. Generally in these situations with creativity
:13:19. > :13:23.you want to be as collaborative as you can. And this show more than
:13:24. > :13:29.anything is a total team game. As Sean says, in rehearsal, you have to
:13:30. > :13:34.pass the ball. And pass it cleanly because one of the interesting thing
:13:35. > :13:40.is picking up the queues. If you're line is, let's go to the farm,...
:13:41. > :13:45.That is not one of the lines! I don't know what I thought of that!
:13:46. > :13:52.You would not go, let's go to the farm. It has to be so clear. The
:13:53. > :13:57.precision and clarity, oh boy. Hopefully you shine it for the
:13:58. > :14:01.audience and then this exciting thing, unquestionably, this play is
:14:02. > :14:05.an event when the audience is there. Some of the timing allows for the
:14:06. > :14:11.idea that they might complete that musical beat by laughing! You say,
:14:12. > :14:16.hopefully, there will be a laugh, which will delay building on a bit.
:14:17. > :14:22.We will not know that. We are doing a tomorrow with a small crowd. We
:14:23. > :14:27.started the previews next Saturday, March five. That is the first time
:14:28. > :14:31.people can come and see it. I remember when we did it in Belfast I
:14:32. > :14:35.was so much wanting an audience because we had been rehearsing and
:14:36. > :14:41.you want to hear, I was not so much nervous as keen to get them in and
:14:42. > :14:46.that reaction. You have worked hard at this one, boys! People can go and
:14:47. > :14:52.see you, The Painkiller is at the Garrick Theatre as Rob said from
:14:53. > :14:58.much the fifth. People as famous as Rob and Ken get letters every day,
:14:59. > :15:01.one man became famous by writing to celebrities. Some of his letters
:15:02. > :15:07.will be auctioned tomorrow so we said Gyles to get to the root of his
:15:08. > :15:11.appeal. William Donaldson was a satirist, a letter writer and under
:15:12. > :15:15.the pseudonym of Henry Root, the author of the Henry Root Letters.
:15:16. > :15:17.His appeal. William Donaldson was a satirist, a letter writer and under
:15:18. > :15:20.the pseudonym of Henry Root, the author of the Henry Root Letters.
:15:21. > :15:21.This creation, fictional retired wet fish merchant from has Britton was a
:15:22. > :15:31.self-centred, Dear Prime Minister,
:15:32. > :15:40.congratulations. We did it. Enough of that. There's work to be done.
:15:41. > :15:45.What is really amazing is many of them replied.
:15:46. > :15:48.The success of the Henry Root letters brought about many books and
:15:49. > :15:56.a restaurant is named after him. I am here with Terence, a friend and
:15:57. > :16:06.biographer of the real man the late Willie Donaldson. What was it all
:16:07. > :16:12.about? His girlfriend, Cherry came across the Lazro Letters. When he
:16:13. > :16:18.invented Henry Root, this wet fish salesman, that is what made the
:16:19. > :16:24.letters. Mr Mr Clough... So you stuffed the Swiss. Magic!
:16:25. > :16:27.What was he really like? He was a naval man, very, very respectable.
:16:28. > :16:33.He had demons in his own personal life. He was a dangerously funny,
:16:34. > :16:41.sub ver sieve writer. Was he like Henry Root? He was a hanger and
:16:42. > :16:46.flogger. Right wing. Could not have been less like Willie Nine letters
:16:47. > :16:55.are being auctioned and their replies after being found in a down
:16:56. > :17:02.stairs loo in Essex. You have letter Presidents and royalty. How do they
:17:03. > :17:06.end up in a toilet. They were in a charity auction and they were
:17:07. > :17:12.mounted in a downstairs toilet. What is good? The Clough one is
:17:13. > :17:17.good. A month before they get to the European Cup final. He wrote this
:17:18. > :17:22.letter, but there was no reply. He's stamped it, no reply. He sent
:17:23. > :17:28.another letter with ?1 donation. He got a reply to this one. I hope you
:17:29. > :17:31.will not mind us using it for another transfer fee should say
:17:32. > :17:38.Kevin Keegan. He is replying with humour as well. What will these
:17:39. > :17:42.fetch at auction? We put a low estimate of ?300-?600. I would hope
:17:43. > :17:47.thousands. To find it in a downstairs toilet is just, I think
:17:48. > :17:57.very, very fitting. The letters are undoubtedly how manirous and they
:17:58. > :18:02.reflect his gift for tire. Mr Hook was on the receiving end of a
:18:03. > :18:08.letter. He asked the general General for a signed photographer. And
:18:09. > :18:14.somewhat surprisingly he obliged. Was there anybody he would not
:18:15. > :18:20.approach? He was tough on those. You would be well and truly in line for
:18:21. > :18:27.him. He died in 2005. What would he make of the world today? He wrote to
:18:28. > :18:35.Mrs Thatcher. It is word for word what Mr Trump said two days ago. Now
:18:36. > :18:38.we are greedy for the United States. The sort of gleefulness in his
:18:39. > :18:44.prose, I would say Henry Root will be around for a long time. When
:18:45. > :18:48.looking at the Henry Root letters you cannot help feeling although
:18:49. > :18:55.they are satirical they are historical documents. What am I bid
:18:56. > :19:03.for an original Root to the Prime Minister? Who is opening the
:19:04. > :19:09.bidding? We know you are a big fan of letter writing to high-profile
:19:10. > :19:18.recipients, such as Prince Charles and I was going to say Lawrence of
:19:19. > :19:22.ar rain by ya. We love the story about the letter you received from
:19:23. > :19:28.Woody Allen, about celebrity when he was cast in that. This letter came
:19:29. > :19:32.in the post. It said, "dare Kenneth Brannagh, look at if encloused play
:19:33. > :19:39.and when I wrote this film I knew there was only one actor in the word
:19:40. > :19:44.who could play it, Alec Baldwin and he's not available. I thought for a
:19:45. > :19:48.while about Mel Gibson and decided in the end you would be more
:19:49. > :19:54.correct. That was the ringing endorsement. He said this guy is a
:19:55. > :20:01.loser, but he is attractive to women, therefore no facial hair.
:20:02. > :20:08.Welcome to the world of a classic Woody film. You have recently been
:20:09. > :20:14.announced as the President of RAda. What does that entail? It beats the
:20:15. > :20:18.drum as being as inclusive as we are with that academy so people from
:20:19. > :20:23.every background can be part of that dream f they have talent and are
:20:24. > :20:29.ready to apply themselves. 57% of the students there are helped
:20:30. > :20:32.financially by RADA. There is a significant change to the
:20:33. > :20:39.characteristics of that academy. In the past it might have been seen as
:20:40. > :20:42.a rarfied place. It is open to all. My job is to bang the drum about
:20:43. > :20:49.that openness. Didn't you tell us, even though it
:20:50. > :20:55.has not hindered you in the slightiest, but you did not get in--
:20:56. > :21:04.slightest, but you did not get in the first time? I auditioned for
:21:05. > :21:11.RADA and they didn't want him. Let's look at this new film, The Huntsman.
:21:12. > :21:18.Oh, is that you? That's me. That is Gryff, he is a drafr, a
:21:19. > :21:25.money-collected dwarf. Nick Frost and I are two and we go with Chris,
:21:26. > :21:30.who is the huntsman and on his quest to find something magical. And that
:21:31. > :21:35.look, that make-up was two hours every morning. The forehead is not
:21:36. > :21:40.mine. The eyebrows are not mine. The hair is not mine. The beard... Some
:21:41. > :21:48.of the strands in the beard were laid on individually. Oh, painful!
:21:49. > :21:53.You do look butch. That is like a hero action of the future. I have
:21:54. > :21:58.not seen the film yet. I have seen bits of it. It was such a laugh to
:21:59. > :22:05.do. Emily Blunt is in it and one of the
:22:06. > :22:12.men in Thor, the history of sweet men... We have to head back to
:22:13. > :22:17.Eurovision HQ. Tonight you can vote on the act you want to see.
:22:18. > :22:26.Carrie... Tonight is one of the most exciting
:22:27. > :22:31.in Europop. One of the most exciting people is the presenter of
:22:32. > :22:37.Eurovision: You Decide on BBC Four in ten minutes. Hello, everyone.
:22:38. > :22:43.What is the atmosphere like? Oh, my goodness, it is like Christmas, the
:22:44. > :22:49.World Cup and the lady's Wimbledon finals all in one. Later on I will
:22:50. > :22:55.be on the expert panel putting on my judge's hat. We will see Mans, who
:22:56. > :23:03.won last year in Sweden. Do you remember... Here he
:23:04. > :23:09.S They are loving you, Mans. Tell me, what has it been like since you
:23:10. > :23:15.won? It has been fantastic. A very hectic year. 300 travel days. I am
:23:16. > :23:20.really living my dream right now. What does it take to win - three
:23:21. > :23:28.words? I think something that sends out, something which catches
:23:29. > :23:34.people's attention. Three words! Mel, introduce us to the acts? Here
:23:35. > :23:42.are the acts. We have Bianca. We have Darline. We have Dulcima. We
:23:43. > :23:48.have Joe and Jake. We have Karl William Lund and we have Matthew
:23:49. > :23:53.James Pateman. Back on The One Show, on the sofa we
:23:54. > :23:59.have the king of comedy, Rob Brydon. We have one of the world's most
:24:00. > :24:04.amazing performers in Sir Kenneth Brannagh. Guys, you have all
:24:05. > :24:07.practiced your singing. As we have Sir Kenneth in the studio, we
:24:08. > :24:12.thought we would get to practise your performance by giving us the
:24:13. > :24:20.first line of your song acted in a theatrical style. Bianca, first line
:24:21. > :24:26.of the song, Pushing through the storm clouds, every time my fingers
:24:27. > :24:32.burn, I never learn. It was like a scene from Eastenders. This is
:24:33. > :24:35.Darline. Mr If you have never seen the dark, then you have never seen
:24:36. > :24:42.the stars. I am moves!
:24:43. > :24:46.Dulcima. Even though you are hiding, you are hiding from yourself.
:24:47. > :24:51.I thought you had forgotten the line then! That was worrying! It is like
:24:52. > :24:58.a strange wedding, isn't it? Bride or groom. Jake and Joe. Heart beat.
:24:59. > :25:03.When you're not around, it's beating slow And it is something I've never
:25:04. > :25:09.known. Oh, oh!
:25:10. > :25:24.Watch out, Sir Kenneth! Next up? Karl William Lund.
:25:25. > :25:30.Feeling Like I Don't Belong, can I find another son? Finally and not
:25:31. > :25:37.least Matthew James. It is powerful. I walk into a crowded room. You're
:25:38. > :25:42.the only one I look for. That is incredibly scary! We have a few
:25:43. > :25:46.minutes - BBC Four. Yes, we are going over to BBC Four at 7. 30pm.
:25:47. > :25:52.Make sure you tune in because you have to vote for who will represent
:25:53. > :25:57.us and hopefully get us to win the Eurovision, 2016.
:25:58. > :26:03.Karl William Lund, that is our winner.
:26:04. > :26:09.Thank you. Eurovision: You Decide is on tonight 7. 30pm on BBC Four. Now,
:26:10. > :26:17.with a painkiller you will have reviews. So, it has inspired... Look
:26:18. > :26:22.at the colour drain from the faces! We have picked reviews from good
:26:23. > :26:27.plays, past and pleasant. All you have to do is guess which one of
:26:28. > :26:35.your performances is being reviewed as we play Brannagh or Brydon.
:26:36. > :26:40.Simple, but will it be effective! I love the song, marvellous!
:26:41. > :26:43.He puts up with constant gags about his famously thin lips with a good
:26:44. > :26:50.grace. Where is that? I think it might be
:26:51. > :26:56.about me. It is, it is! It was a review by Charles Spencer
:26:57. > :27:01.in the Telegraph, in 2011 about painkillers. Next up, I wish he
:27:02. > :27:10.would hold out for projects worthy of his talent. That is probably me.
:27:11. > :27:18.Do you know what it is about? No idea. Let's see if you are right. Of
:27:19. > :27:23.course, you are right! By David Butcher about the Guest List, 2014.
:27:24. > :27:30.Brutal! We aim high, David, we aim high! His
:27:31. > :27:35.staggering is world class, perhaps it includes elements of Mr Bean,
:27:36. > :27:39.Frank Spencer and John Cleese's funny walks.
:27:40. > :27:49.Was it Brannagh or Brydon It has Brannagh all over it. I think
:27:50. > :27:56.Brydon. On the form so far, it is positive - it is Ken. We might be
:27:57. > :28:04.double bluffing. We go Brannagh. Are we right? We are. That was also
:28:05. > :28:09.about painkillers, that was in Belfast lyric 2011. There is a
:28:10. > :28:17.deliciously bossy bumptiousness about him. I think of you as
:28:18. > :28:25.delicious! That mostly and bumpy. And there is
:28:26. > :28:30.a bum element. I think it is me.
:28:31. > :28:35.Yes. It is you. The Telegraph review for about A
:28:36. > :28:44.Chorus of Approval. One more. He's got it all - amazing
:28:45. > :28:51.instinct, technique, intelligence and well as being cars are mystic.
:28:52. > :28:55.Three, two one... Brydon. Brannagh. It is Brannagh. Back in 1985. That
:28:56. > :29:01.is all for tonight. The game is over. You can see Ken and Rob in the
:29:02. > :29:04.Pain Killer at the Garrick theatre from the 5th March. Thank you
:29:05. > :29:12.Dermot. It has been lovely to have you back. That was good. The worst
:29:13. > :29:17.high five of all time. On Monday I'll be back with Matt and his old
:29:18. > :29:21.Countryfile girl, Julia Bradbury. See you Monday. Goodbye.