:00:21. > :00:28.Hello, welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Do you
:00:28. > :00:30.recognise this place? It is the arena in the middle of Cardiff. He
:00:30. > :00:34.lived nearby and feel like you would like to volunteer to help
:00:34. > :00:39.others, put your coat on and get down there as soon as you can. We
:00:39. > :00:42.will tell you more as we go through the programme. We will also be
:00:42. > :00:50.finding out who Britain's most destructive pet sa, nominated by
:00:50. > :00:55.you. First, please welcome our guests. Alun Armstrong, Amanda
:00:55. > :01:05.Redman, Dennis Waterman and, new trickster, Denis Lawson from New
:01:05. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:12.You are kind of making history tonight? This is the first time you
:01:12. > :01:17.have all been together, ever? don't talk to each other much. This
:01:17. > :01:23.is quite unusual. We'll see how you get on! You are together for an
:01:23. > :01:28.hour tonight. We had lots of flooding in the north-east. You are
:01:28. > :01:32.from Stanley yourself. Have you seen de Ram like yesterday? Well, I
:01:32. > :01:36.don't ever remember there being flooding, certainly not in my
:01:36. > :01:40.village or that area of north-west Durham. We have been having updates
:01:40. > :01:44.from your mother? What did she say today?
:01:44. > :01:49.Thankfully, they are up in the hills. She says that you really
:01:49. > :01:54.feel the calm after the storm, all of the animals are recovering.
:01:54. > :02:03.used to hear a lot of stories about people from up there... By parents
:02:03. > :02:09.were St off of our parents used to The storms were apparently the most
:02:09. > :02:13.intense we have had in September in three decades. 300 homes were
:02:13. > :02:18.flooded to two a month's worth of rain in 24 hours. Last night we
:02:18. > :02:25.were in St Helens, watching the waters rise. In York, another story
:02:25. > :02:28.caught a eye. 8 pub that refused to close, however high the waters rose.
:02:28. > :02:32.With North Yorkshire lying under several feet of standing water, the
:02:32. > :02:39.sensible option might have been to shut up shop. But this was the
:02:39. > :02:47.scene at 11 o'clock last night at the Louth a pub in York. Bar
:02:47. > :02:51.manager Abbie valiantly held off the River Ouse. I just got to keep
:02:51. > :02:58.an eye on it, just to make sure it keeps doing that otherwise it will
:02:58. > :03:03.get too high. Then we will be in trouble! Despite the water rising
:03:03. > :03:10.outside, nothing can stop the beer and wine flowing inside. It is kind
:03:10. > :03:15.of romantic. It's almost like Venice, but in Yorkshire! I get a
:03:15. > :03:20.lot of people coming down and having a drink. It's about 11 foot
:03:20. > :03:26.now. It's really time. We have an outside area in the summer. It's
:03:26. > :03:30.underwater now. If you go across the road, we've got the underground
:03:30. > :03:34.parking for the hotel. That is under water as well. It's lucky to
:03:34. > :03:39.have not just good flood defences but are fantastically loyal bunch
:03:39. > :03:42.of regulars. But how long will they be able to keep their doors open?
:03:42. > :03:45.They don't know how high it is going to get, but they think it is
:03:45. > :03:49.going to be bad because we still have the rain to come down from the
:03:49. > :03:55.hills tomorrow. I don't know. It could breach around the back. And
:03:55. > :04:00.then we would have to close. Hopefully it won't come to that!
:04:01. > :04:05.can talk to Abbie live now. Now, you cannot actually get to the pub
:04:05. > :04:11.yourself. But your colleagues are in the pub? That's right. What are
:04:11. > :04:16.they doing at the moment? I think there might have finished right now.
:04:16. > :04:19.But throughout the day they had been moving stuff upstairs as a
:04:20. > :04:23.precautionary measure, in case it starts to come into the pub.
:04:23. > :04:27.said you were desperate to keep it open, no matter what happened, how
:04:27. > :04:32.high the water levels rose, but that hasn't been the case? We've
:04:32. > :04:36.had to close today because it has actually reached around the back of
:04:36. > :04:40.the pub, where the customers were walking in last night. For those
:04:40. > :04:44.inside, are they all right? Do they need to be rescued? Looking at
:04:44. > :04:49.pictures there, it looks like the water is up to the level of the
:04:49. > :04:54.windows at the bottom. Around the back, it goes high as you go up the
:04:54. > :04:58.street. It's not 15 foot at the back of the pub, so it's about
:04:58. > :05:05.waist level. They are able to get back out. Well, good luck and we
:05:05. > :05:10.hope you get back on track release soon. Thank you very much. Good
:05:10. > :05:17.luck to everybody battling with flood water across the country.
:05:17. > :05:21.Sorry? I have had to be rescued from many pubs! Nothing to do with
:05:22. > :05:26.rain. But a lot of liquid involved? I think I've been to that one. I
:05:26. > :05:32.worked in Yorkshire a lot. We filmed in York. I'm sure I've been
:05:32. > :05:39.there. We wish everybody the very best. It wasn't very dry then,
:05:39. > :05:43.either! Now, throughout tonight's show, in honour of New Tricks, we
:05:43. > :05:51.go to finally prove or disprove the saying that you cannot teach an old
:05:51. > :05:59.dog new tricks. This is Scrumpy. Hopefully, he is going to help us
:05:59. > :06:04.do just that, with Natalie, a dog trainer from Battersea Dogs Home.
:06:05. > :06:09.Scrumpy is 12 years and four months. That is 86 in human years. All she
:06:09. > :06:13.has learned to do is sit. And that is only if you are very lucky!
:06:13. > :06:18.Natalie, you have been acquainted with each other for a few minutes.
:06:18. > :06:22.What are your thoughts on hair? Is it possible in an hour? I'm pretty
:06:22. > :06:26.sure we might achieve something in an hour. What are you armed with?
:06:26. > :06:36.Have you got some sausage or something? I might have a little
:06:36. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:47.bit, maybe. Yes, start now. See how So, Alun, new tricks, it is all
:06:47. > :06:51.about four retired policeman who come together to try to solve an
:06:51. > :06:56.unsolved crime. But there is more to it than that? It's about three
:06:56. > :07:02.retired policeman and a serving officer. I was going to say, I
:07:02. > :07:06.thought you were a bit young to be retired. It's on every night...
:07:06. > :07:14.Every Monday. You get the gist! It's been a huge hit for years and
:07:14. > :07:17.years. Lots of people love it. What do you think the secret is? Well,
:07:18. > :07:21.it was maybe the first police whodunnit programme that actually
:07:21. > :07:25.went into the background, the lives of the characters involved. You get
:07:25. > :07:29.the good whodunnit, but you also get the whole history and
:07:30. > :07:35.interaction of the characters. It's quite funny at times. It's a
:07:36. > :07:44.different story every week as well. Are you surprised it has gone on so
:07:44. > :07:49.well? This series after series? when we started, we knew that the
:07:49. > :07:56.pilot script was fantastic. Individually, we were really
:07:56. > :08:00.excited about the casting. You know, when they said it is Amanda, Alun
:08:00. > :08:06.and Jamie Bowden, he thought, yes, I'd like to be involved. The script
:08:06. > :08:11.was fantastic. Then you start to make a series and you on a roll.
:08:11. > :08:14.You just don't know, you don't know if it's going to work or not. In
:08:14. > :08:19.answer to your question, yes, I think we are a bit amazed that it
:08:19. > :08:22.has been so successful, for so long. I said to my agent when we did the
:08:22. > :08:28.pilot, make sure there is some work coming up because it will never be
:08:28. > :08:35.picked up. Did you, really? You thought it wasn't going to wear?
:08:35. > :08:41.think you had better go with Scrumpy, mate! Instead of James
:08:41. > :08:46.Bolam, you came on board? Let's see the moment that you arrive. Steve
:08:46. > :08:51.is the former detective that I was telling you about. I'd been waiting
:08:51. > :08:54.for this, saying as George's dad. It's the best day of my life, pure
:08:54. > :09:00.dead brilliant. First, to the garage, where they found the blood?
:09:00. > :09:07.What did he say? His car are we going in? I didn't come down in
:09:07. > :09:11.mind from London. It's a bit of a race track, isn't it? Such a good
:09:11. > :09:20.way to impress on the group. It's a big moment. Everybody was thinking,
:09:20. > :09:24.there is somebody else? How is it The script was already there, which
:09:24. > :09:27.was great. The character was a thick-set guy from Birmingham. The
:09:27. > :09:37.writer is from Birmingham and he wanted a Birmingham guy on
:09:37. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:41.television. That really comes over! I tried so hard to get rid of my
:09:41. > :09:46.Birmingham roots. I went to meet them and said, don't ask me to do
:09:46. > :09:51.Burgum for the next few years. Forget it. I have told this idea of
:09:52. > :09:56.a very Glasgow character. Do you think he has settled in? Absolutely,
:09:57. > :10:06.I think you settled in almost immediately? It was a very easy fit.
:10:07. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :10:21.We all knew each other before, it just worked. Aren't you two known
:10:21. > :10:29.as the Denniss? Dennii? Did it help you in your role, the character
:10:29. > :10:35.arriving? Yes, but I'm very experienced. There was no nerves
:10:35. > :10:40.attached to it. We just got on with it. He does like a laugh. That was
:10:40. > :10:43.the most important thing. You just went around for Ranielle on the
:10:43. > :10:47.last episode, it will be interesting to see how your
:10:47. > :10:50.relationship works. -- out for a meal. We are going to start
:10:50. > :10:54.something that his brand new on The One Show. To be honest, we haven't
:10:54. > :10:57.really got any idea if it will succeed. But we are pretty
:10:58. > :11:02.confident because we are going to hopefully tap into all of that
:11:02. > :11:07.volunteer spirit that we saw during the Olympics. Tonight, Lucy is
:11:07. > :11:10.kicking it off in Cardiff. A befriending scheme for old people
:11:10. > :11:20.needs a bit of a boost. The aim is to convince people to give up their
:11:20. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:29.spare time for people that they OK, keep reading the challenge. I
:11:29. > :11:32.know what it is, yes, we need to get more people involved and
:11:32. > :11:36.participating. But I need to speak to people. I need to find people
:11:36. > :11:41.that are already involved. They need to tell me how to sell it.
:11:41. > :11:44.That is what I'm going to do first. 79-year-old Charles Curran is one
:11:44. > :11:50.person looking for a friend. What do you want to get from the scheme?
:11:50. > :11:55.If you don't get out and about, you will just vegetate. I did that for
:11:55. > :11:59.two years, when mine eyes went and my activity was knocked on the head.
:11:59. > :12:07.What activity would you like? Companionship, really. If I could
:12:07. > :12:16.have somebody -- shared by interests, I would be willing to
:12:16. > :12:20.talk all day. Elaine befriended joists two years ago. She would
:12:20. > :12:24.love to have someone coming around for a chat. It's not a huge
:12:24. > :12:28.commitment, but you know you are making a difference. What
:12:28. > :12:35.difference does it make, having a lane? Because you are on your own,
:12:35. > :12:40.it's nice to have somebody that can come in and have a chat with here.
:12:40. > :12:45.Play Scrabble! Is she a mean Scrabble player? Yes. When I
:12:45. > :12:51.started, she wiped the floor with me. I've been picking up tips. I do
:12:51. > :12:55.win at the occasional game. Inspired by Charles and Joyce, I
:12:55. > :13:03.hit the streets to get the message out. Can I give you a flyer?
:13:03. > :13:10.thanks very much. It's not in Italian. I can't translate it.
:13:10. > :13:15.you in a rush? Yes. It wasn't going to work well. Do you want to talk
:13:15. > :13:18.to me. But, with a bit of persistence, the tide began to turn.
:13:18. > :13:26.We are looking for volunteers, chatting with an elderly person.
:13:26. > :13:33.You can been matched up. Did you say yes? Yeah, give me a leaflet.
:13:33. > :13:38.Is this a commitment? Can you come on Wednesday? Yes. I wanted to
:13:38. > :13:44.scale this challenge up. I needed to get to more people, so I called
:13:44. > :13:47.in a favour. Listen to this woman, she is speaking sense.
:13:47. > :13:55.Concern's befriended scheme has been so popular that they urgently
:13:55. > :14:01.need more volunteers. I need you, you and definitely you. Lucky for
:14:01. > :14:05.some students in the library. None there. I'm going to go to the union.
:14:05. > :14:10.How do why persuade students to sign up? A lot of companies use
:14:10. > :14:16.freebies. I don't have any of those. Food? Would you please put that
:14:16. > :14:22.poster up for me? Signing up for Age Concern's befriending scheme.
:14:22. > :14:26.Please run, there. There aren't many things bigger in Cardiff than
:14:26. > :14:30.football. Can the team help me raise the profile of my quest? Good
:14:30. > :14:37.morning. Finally see. Nice to be cheerful star Can you come tomorrow
:14:37. > :14:40.night, Wednesday? Have you got a match? Please. How do I get people
:14:40. > :14:45.involved in something like this? It's got to be done in a fun way.
:14:45. > :14:49.You know, you watch them train this morning, as much as they are
:14:49. > :14:54.working hard, you have to have an element of fun. Anyone else got any
:14:54. > :14:59.advice? The captain. Just always have a smile on your face.
:14:59. > :15:03.smiling, even though it's raining. And my smile grew even bigger when
:15:03. > :15:07.a local radio station came through. BBC Wales? They are going to let us
:15:07. > :15:17.on air. But with only one chance to hit the airwaves, we had to make it
:15:17. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:28.Lucy Siegle from The One Show, and her camera crew, have just joined
:15:29. > :15:31.me. Hello. Thank you so much. We have a waiting list of 50 elderly
:15:31. > :15:35.people waiting for friends. Please can your listeners help me. I have
:15:35. > :15:41.given it my all. I have cajoled, harassed, charmed, chased people
:15:41. > :15:47.down the street. There is no more I can do. I need you there. Well, she
:15:47. > :15:52.has tried her best, but it is a big challenge. How successful has been?
:15:52. > :15:59.Lucy, we have got our fingers crossed for you, has anybody turned
:15:59. > :16:03.up yet? Well, I would love it if people have turned up. We will find
:16:03. > :16:09.out later on, but I would just love some new volunteers to give this
:16:09. > :16:12.scheme will boost. Whoever volunteers and comes down here to
:16:12. > :16:16.the Motorpoint Arena, it is probably not too late, but you
:16:16. > :16:22.could make a massive difference. A little bit of spare time means the
:16:22. > :16:31.world to an elderly person, who needs a friend. Somebody like the
:16:31. > :16:37.lovely Charles. How are you this evening? Pleased to see you again.
:16:37. > :16:42.I enjoyed our interview on Tuesday. So did I, so much so that we are
:16:42. > :16:48.doing it again here. What do you want from a friend? Well,
:16:48. > :16:52.companionship. You see, I had this problem with my eyes, and I went
:16:52. > :16:57.into rehab, not rehab, seclusion, for about in the years, and I
:16:58. > :17:02.snapped out of it. You felt depressed? Yes, I got fed up with
:17:02. > :17:07.watching television. Although there are some very good things on
:17:07. > :17:16.television. But you want a friend, you have got a lot of very good
:17:16. > :17:22.stories. Well, I went to a day centre, and there were a lot of old
:17:22. > :17:26.ladies. They were lovely, and you liked the food. I liked the food,
:17:26. > :17:30.but that was it for me. So, we need to find lots of people a friend. I
:17:30. > :17:36.really hope that we get some new volunteers tonight. Any number
:17:36. > :17:40.would be lovely. Fingers crossed, please turn out for me. It looks a
:17:40. > :17:48.little bit quiet. I thought there would be people banging the doors
:17:48. > :17:53.down by now. We could do with the couple! Has anybody ever done any
:17:53. > :17:57.volunteer work? I was a scout, I did a bit of bother job. I spent
:17:57. > :18:06.six weeks in Cardiff this summer, shooting, and it is such a great
:18:06. > :18:09.town. I loved it. How about you, Alun? I was volunteered by my
:18:09. > :18:15.father when I was a kid. At the bottom of our Terris, there were
:18:15. > :18:20.some old people's bungalows, and my part there -- father volunteered me
:18:20. > :18:25.to go and look after four of them. I used to shovel their coal and go
:18:25. > :18:33.shopping for them. It was great, I had great conversations with them.
:18:33. > :18:40.Those were the days. People like Dennis, I mean, I used to service
:18:40. > :18:45.people like Dennis. Where have you been?! Who would teach me to swear
:18:45. > :18:50.and things like that. I volunteered for loads of things, but I kept
:18:50. > :18:55.getting caught. It is like dealing with a bunch of jokers here. You
:18:55. > :19:00.keep these boys in line, as was evident in Monday-night's episode.
:19:00. > :19:05.You were in the house and he was not even there? Yes, but I was
:19:05. > :19:15.looking for clues. The front door was open, was it? No, but I just
:19:15. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:25.do this again, a black eye will be the least of your problems, do I
:19:25. > :19:32.make myself clear? She is so sexy when she gets angry. That was not
:19:32. > :19:39.even part of the script, was it? Is it right that the boy is call you
:19:39. > :19:43.Boadicea? Yes. And is it right that they call you, Dennis, Mrs
:19:43. > :19:48.Waterman? Yes, because we have trained him to make the tea and
:19:48. > :19:57.coffee at lunchtime. Because they are bone idle. Now, would you like
:19:57. > :20:03.to be mother? Here we are. We have even got some milk. It has not been
:20:03. > :20:09.presented very well. We just ran out with the last little bit.
:20:09. > :20:15.Sugar?! There you go, love. cannot work in these conditions,
:20:15. > :20:25.there is not even a job. He never stops moaning about it, he never
:20:25. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:34.does it willingly, or graciously. am not doing it. It is leaf or
:20:34. > :20:39.nothing for me, not teabags and! have enjoyed the series. You two
:20:39. > :20:42.have decided to leave, unfortunately - why did you come to
:20:42. > :20:48.that decision? We have had the most wonderful time, but every good
:20:48. > :20:53.thing has to come to an end. New challenges and new experiences and
:20:53. > :20:56.all the rest of it. It is sad, it has been a decision, certainly from
:20:56. > :21:04.my point of view, which has been very hard to make, because I have
:21:04. > :21:09.loved every minute of it. Me, too. And then I tasted a real cup of tea.
:21:09. > :21:16.Have you been deciding how your characters will leave? They have
:21:16. > :21:21.talk to us about it, yes. Not that we would never write anything
:21:21. > :21:29.ourselves. Of course we wouldn't. What, meddling with the scripts?
:21:29. > :21:34.Come on, Dennis, don't be shy! have got a film coming up. This is
:21:34. > :21:43.the part of the show which is produced by you're not at home.
:21:43. > :21:53.Last week we asked you for pictures of your destructive pets. And here
:21:53. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :21:58.are some more of your stories. She is an English springer spaniel
:21:59. > :22:06.puppy. For the last eight weeks she has been chewing through everything
:22:06. > :22:09.she can find in the house. The first thing we noticed was that my
:22:10. > :22:14.telephone was not charging, and I could not work out why, so I
:22:14. > :22:19.checked to make sure the plug was switched on, and there was no wire
:22:19. > :22:26.attached to the plug any more. Since then, she has chewed her way
:22:26. > :22:35.through about four telephone charges. My children's Xbox
:22:35. > :22:40.headsets, some flip flops, hands off dollies, she loves them. And
:22:40. > :22:47.all the other toys are ruined in the corner. She always goes for
:22:47. > :22:57.children's toys and wires. Our two cats, they are brown Burmese cats,
:22:57. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:02.they are 10 years old, and they'll absolute terrors. They are brothers,
:23:02. > :23:04.from the same litter, both hugely strong characters, and
:23:04. > :23:07.strong characters, and unfortunately, they do not get on
:23:07. > :23:11.together. They fight if they get together. They have destroyed a
:23:11. > :23:15.number of things in the house like ornamental objects in the bathroom,
:23:15. > :23:20.we have had to replace the complete carpet on the stairs, they have got
:23:20. > :23:25.into the hot water tank and stripped the lugging off the pipes.
:23:25. > :23:29.We had a TV cabinet, and somehow they got behind it, and when we
:23:29. > :23:31.came home, the TV was face down on the cupboard. If I had not seen it
:23:31. > :23:40.myself, I would not have believed myself, I would not have believed
:23:40. > :23:49.This is my African parrot, he is 4.5 years old, and Jeremy very,
:23:49. > :23:56.very destructive. He has eaten my sofa, my double-glazing windows,
:23:56. > :24:03.the top of my door, an old desk that I had, he eats the carpet, and
:24:03. > :24:10.anything else that he feels like chewing. It is like having a child.
:24:10. > :24:13.He is funny, he talks, he comes out with silly things when he shouldn't.
:24:13. > :24:18.I just ordered a new car on the phone, and I was speaking to the
:24:18. > :24:20.man on the phone, and in the background, he says, cannot go on
:24:20. > :24:25.your belly? The man on the other end of the phone just stopped and
:24:25. > :24:31.said, what was that? I said, it was my parrot. I do not want to tell
:24:31. > :24:39.you what he said! I do not want to change him in the world, he is just
:24:39. > :24:43.gorgeous, the best bet you could possibly have. -- the best pet.
:24:43. > :24:49.those three are just the tip of the iceberg. You have got some more
:24:49. > :24:59.pictures of destructive pets. one is Poppet the rabbit. She looks
:24:59. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:11.very cute, but in fact, she is really... On the toilet! She's
:25:11. > :25:20.really evil, because Poppet choose carpets, skirting boards, cables
:25:20. > :25:27.and walls. This is Daisy destroying Princess Anne's bouquet at the
:25:27. > :25:34.opening of an old people's home, and Daisy was not even invited.
:25:34. > :25:40.This is Dylan, the Burmese cat with his sister, Amber. Dylan liked
:25:40. > :25:45.eating Kashmir, silk and Angora, and has caused more than �4,000
:25:46. > :25:53.worth of damage. Slightly unfortunately is the placing of the
:25:53. > :26:00.hole. Let's hope she was not wearing a jumper at the time.
:26:00. > :26:05.finally, this is Jessie, looking very sheepish for a labrador, with
:26:05. > :26:09.a chewed up a bit of furniture. story does not end there. That is
:26:10. > :26:15.not all that Jessie has eaten. Her owner has kept a full record of
:26:15. > :26:25.everything she has destroyed. So, Jessie, the chocolate labrador,
:26:25. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:43.would like to say... # I am sorry, so, so sorry.
:26:43. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:47.# There is no way of saying, I am sorry. And Jessie and her owner are
:26:47. > :26:57.joining us now. Has Jessie eaten anything in the past half-an-hour?
:26:57. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:03.Not today, no. We have had a quiet sofa, but we can just see her. What
:27:03. > :27:08.is the most expensive thing that she has eaten? She has chewed
:27:08. > :27:13.through the sofa, the dining chairs and the family PC, she chewed all
:27:13. > :27:23.the cables on that. So, when you go to bed at night, how do you make
:27:23. > :27:24.
:27:24. > :27:34.sure she does not wreck the entire push everything back on the
:27:34. > :27:41.get things. Thank you for joining us. I have got a jack Russell. When
:27:41. > :27:46.it was a puppy, we came home one night, and we had to be paper the
:27:46. > :27:55.entire hall, because she found a bit and just... But now, she has
:27:55. > :28:05.grown a little, she eats her way out through the fence. What kind of
:28:05. > :28:08.
:28:08. > :28:14.one. We stopped heard digging, she does not like us, obviously. So, we
:28:14. > :28:24.foiled that, so she just started eating the fence, and she gets out.
:28:24. > :28:25.
:28:25. > :28:33.Driving us crackers. They be you should just let her go Or feed her!
:28:33. > :28:43.Now, to lazy pets, let's see how Natalie is getting on with the
:28:43. > :28:49.
:28:49. > :28:56.challenge of teaching old dogs new We are not having a much luck!
:28:56. > :29:02.are trying. It can't be that hard, we taught him to act! Not only Alun,
:29:02. > :29:08.but your real life dog stars in tomorrow's episode? He has been in
:29:08. > :29:16.it for loads of years. He was quite old when he went into it. I was
:29:16. > :29:20.rather worried about it. He was the dog from hell. He was a rescue dog.
:29:20. > :29:25.He'd been kept in a home where he was never allowed out. As soon as
:29:25. > :29:29.the door was opened, he would be over defence. He could climb a huge
:29:29. > :29:39.fences. You had a nightmare tried to get him in the bath in the
:29:39. > :30:03.
:30:03. > :30:08.Good boy... There's a good boy. In He's very photogenic. Oh, the dog?
:30:08. > :30:15.Did you have trainers to help out, or was it down to you? I worked it
:30:15. > :30:23.all out myself. We did a sequence where we had what was supposed to
:30:23. > :30:32.be a stunt dog to double for Sam. He had to mess up a football match
:30:32. > :30:37.of young kids. The other dog went... The trained one. And Sam was
:30:37. > :30:43.brilliant, wasn't he? That is the first time they'd ever had a double
:30:43. > :30:48.for him. I didn't know if he would do it, when we first got him in
:30:48. > :30:54.there. But with a few judicious sausages... It's amazing what you
:30:54. > :30:59.can do! It works with me. You can see him do his stuff on Monday
:30:59. > :31:05.night. Don't forget, we are asking you to head to the motor. Arena in
:31:05. > :31:10.Cardiff to give Lucy a bit of a hand. She is there with open arms.
:31:10. > :31:14.Yes, I am. I'm here and waiting. I actually saw someone come in and I
:31:14. > :31:18.don't know if they are here for me, if they are here to use the toilet,
:31:18. > :31:25.I'm hoping they are a new volunteer. I want people to sign up for this
:31:25. > :31:30.brilliant befriending scheme. I hope that there will be somebody
:31:30. > :31:35.here. We did say that we didn't know if it was going to work.
:31:36. > :31:40.looks awfully quiet! It is a very big building, you never know.
:31:40. > :31:43.right, this week a new bank has been announced which will offer �1
:31:43. > :31:48.billion in loans to businesses. Anyone keen to start a new venture
:31:48. > :31:52.should take a leaf out of Felicity's book. At the age of 58,
:31:52. > :31:56.she poured every penny into her pension and established a family
:31:56. > :31:59.business that is still going strong. Before we beat hair, our resident
:31:59. > :32:03.photographer Jamie Crawford has met another family business with quite
:32:04. > :32:09.a story to tell. -- before we meet her.
:32:09. > :32:14.Family snapshots can capture a moment. The clothes of an era or
:32:14. > :32:18.even a whole experience. I'm wondering if it is possible to sum
:32:18. > :32:26.up one family's extraordinary 40 year Jennie with just one
:32:26. > :32:33.photograph. two this story begins with a photograph taken more than
:32:33. > :32:38.40 years ago in Uganda. This is my father, this is a shop. He was a
:32:38. > :32:45.very successful businessman. One day, that all changed. In 1972,
:32:45. > :32:53.when Rashied was six, military dictator ET Amin expelled all
:32:53. > :33:00.Ugandan Asians from the country. He gave them 90 days to get out.
:33:00. > :33:04.Successful businesses like his father's shop at to be close down.
:33:04. > :33:10.Thousands of Ugandan Asians fled to Britain and arrived with only the
:33:10. > :33:14.clothes they could carry. But his family had one extra item.
:33:14. > :33:18.Rashied's brother, Abdul, managed to smuggle out his camera, risking
:33:18. > :33:22.death in the process. But it's thanks to that that they managed to
:33:22. > :33:25.record their entire incredible journey. I am going to look through
:33:25. > :33:30.the family archive and go back to the locations where some of the
:33:30. > :33:38.photographs were originally taken. The aim is for me to take a still
:33:38. > :33:42.myself that captures their experience over the past 40 years.
:33:42. > :33:47.This is one of the first photos taken by the family after arriving
:33:47. > :33:52.in the UK at what is now a holiday camp in Doniford, Somerset. Back
:33:52. > :33:58.then, it was an MoD camp. For the coming winter months, it was to be
:33:58. > :34:05.their new home. About five or six families in one long chalet, with
:34:05. > :34:09.only curtains partitioning each other. Not a lot of privacy? No.
:34:09. > :34:15.photo taken here, which is specially caught my eye, was on the
:34:15. > :34:18.beach. You have been picked up from tropical Africa, dumped in the
:34:18. > :34:24.middle of November in south-western England. It must have been a real
:34:24. > :34:30.shock to the system? We were used to the coast being sand. Not having
:34:31. > :34:37.the right clothing, being totally frozen. After four months at the
:34:37. > :34:42.camp, the family moved to Bristol. Dad showed us around. We took a
:34:42. > :34:49.liking to it straight away. Bristol became home for us. It was here
:34:49. > :34:58.that they started to rebuild their lives, with a new business. My dad
:34:58. > :35:04.started a very small industry from home with my mum. From that, he put
:35:04. > :35:08.his savings into a shop, in a area where he could afford the rent.
:35:08. > :35:15.was a tough start. He would keep the shop open until 1am and would
:35:15. > :35:23.often sleep in the shop afterwards. Business soon picked up. As Rashied
:35:23. > :35:26.grew up, he began to work in the shop alongside his father. Now you
:35:26. > :35:30.have three or four different buildings? We have a few buildings
:35:30. > :35:39.here. We have a good team that are thinking the same way as my late
:35:39. > :35:43.dad did. Rashied's father died in 2002. The shot he founded is shared
:35:43. > :35:47.between his sons, whose own children now work there. What
:35:47. > :35:52.strikes me is that the family have managed to make their business in
:35:52. > :35:57.the UK as successful as the one they had to leave behind in Uganda.
:35:57. > :36:03.So, I think what will best sum up their story is to update that
:36:03. > :36:07.original photo of the shop. This is not just a story of rags to riches,
:36:07. > :36:11.but the story of a man who lost everything, had to pick himself up,
:36:11. > :36:16.dust himself down and do it all over again. Really, it is only
:36:17. > :36:21.right, vital, in fact, that he is at the very heart of the final
:36:21. > :36:31.picture that we take. At the centre row of the portrait, I placed the
:36:31. > :36:31.
:36:31. > :36:35.chair that he used to sit in, Finally, I feel happy that I have
:36:35. > :36:45.captured an image that I wanted, that fittingly tells the story of
:36:45. > :36:50.
:36:50. > :36:54.the family's 40 year journey. From Thanks to all 31 of the family. I'm
:36:54. > :36:59.trying to buy the Drapers now. I don't know why I think this, high
:36:59. > :37:03.you in that hat business? What gave you that idea? You started the
:37:03. > :37:09.business when you were 58. It has gone on to become a very successful
:37:09. > :37:12.family business. Tell us exactly what you do. I knew there was a gap
:37:12. > :37:17.in the market in Southport. It's quite a glamorous place. I can
:37:17. > :37:27.imagine! Ladies wanted to wear designer hats, but they did not
:37:27. > :37:29.
:37:29. > :37:33.want to pay designer prices. I thought, right, I went down to who
:37:33. > :37:38.was then the Philip Treacy of the industry, I bought 12 hats and I
:37:38. > :37:46.put them in the window. I got a free advert in a local paper. Word
:37:46. > :37:53.got around, you know that old shop in Southport? They've got Frederick
:37:53. > :37:58.Fox hats. What is it like working for your grandmother? It's great.
:37:58. > :38:03.And she gives us loads of advice. It's good for working in the future.
:38:03. > :38:08.Excellent. Even your husband works for the company, but he does not
:38:08. > :38:14.model them? Yes, will make that clear, he doesn't wear ladies' hats.
:38:14. > :38:18.He just looks after the financing. Are there any fall-outs, what do
:38:18. > :38:24.you get on great? We tend to get on quite well. But, you know...
:38:24. > :38:28.Occasionally! You are a glamorous bunch. Now we are moving from hats
:38:28. > :38:33.to socks. It looks like Ladies Day! I feel
:38:33. > :38:40.slightly underdressed. I am with the Halls, we have all bases
:38:40. > :38:45.covered from head to toe loops. How many generations has the
:38:45. > :38:51.business been through? I am the 4th generation. Justin is the 5th.
:38:51. > :39:00.did it start? It started with my great grandfather, John Hall. That
:39:00. > :39:04.is how we got H J Hall. Making socks, 130 years we have been going.
:39:04. > :39:09.You mentioned your son, was it always socks who were going to
:39:09. > :39:13.going to? I decided that at age 30 it was a good opportunity to take
:39:13. > :39:18.up. It's great working with a team still making socks in the UK. I'm
:39:18. > :39:23.enjoying it. What was it like, marrying into this family? Well,
:39:23. > :39:28.you know, I don't go short of socks. We have to mention the newest
:39:28. > :39:33.member of the family, Toby. Just a week old? This is a first outing.
:39:33. > :39:37.Of all of the socks that you make, you don't make children's? No, we
:39:37. > :39:46.used to but they were too small. We make the bigger ones. We can make
:39:46. > :39:52.more profit out of them. We have sorted you out, Toby. I would just
:39:52. > :39:57.lay there is on you, I will not wake you up. Just so you don't feel
:39:57. > :40:03.left out, you can have those. It must be hard to try to avoid
:40:03. > :40:08.talking about the business at Sunday dinner? Sunday lunch,
:40:08. > :40:14.sometimes they start. I say, no, just forget it all. Just talk about
:40:14. > :40:19.the back garden. Back in the 70s, are my right in saying that you
:40:19. > :40:24.created an indestructible sock? we did. My father invented the
:40:24. > :40:28.brand name, Indestructible. We made them as best as we possibly could.
:40:28. > :40:31.This was the start of the company being branded very well and doing
:40:31. > :40:35.extremely well during those days after the war. Somebody said that
:40:35. > :40:45.your sock was not quite as indestructible as you thought?
:40:45. > :40:48.
:40:48. > :40:54.that they were wrong! They wear, She brought a pair of socks for his
:40:54. > :41:00.husband to enclose his toes. When he put them on, poking out of the
:41:00. > :41:06.stock was that large pear-shaped toe. They put their feet together
:41:06. > :41:11.and came up with this reply. I must confess, the garage he looks quite
:41:11. > :41:17.a mess. What sort of toe can make it such a tale of woe? Mighty, it
:41:17. > :41:23.must be, to calls out a simple Sox a charm. If only England could call
:41:23. > :41:28.this digit for the next World Cup? Think what progress into space, if
:41:28. > :41:36.he could lead the race? With his foot out front and a rocket at the
:41:36. > :41:46.rear, he'd go right out the atmosphere. The best way to deal
:41:46. > :41:49.
:41:49. > :41:52.with complaints. Thanks for coming It's the acting genes that run
:41:52. > :41:57.through your families. Dennis and Amanda, your daughters have
:41:57. > :42:01.appeared on New Tricks before. You have acted with your son? Is it
:42:01. > :42:08.Joe? Here you are, a picture of your two. What roles are you
:42:08. > :42:12.playing? I'm playing air man who is very dark, are in the shadows. I'm
:42:12. > :42:15.actually playing his dad. I am the Earl of Northumberland and he is
:42:15. > :42:25.playing Harry Hotspur. He is playing the big part, mine was
:42:25. > :42:26.
:42:26. > :42:31.rather minor. How did that feel? made it work. Is it quite hard for
:42:31. > :42:36.you to step back? With all of your experience, just say, off you go,
:42:36. > :42:41.son? Or do you think you are always interfering? Did she find it nerve-
:42:41. > :42:45.racking, the first time? It is. Working with the dog was the most
:42:45. > :42:50.nerve-racking. I come home and my wife would say, he was brilliant
:42:50. > :42:55.today! I never mentioned anything about him, myself. Working with my
:42:55. > :42:59.son was nerve-racking at first. But he was just terrific. It was just
:42:59. > :43:09.wonderful. Just to stand there, in all of his scenes... Well, not all
:43:09. > :43:12.
:43:12. > :43:20.of his scenes. You said that you were petrified? You are frightened
:43:20. > :43:25.for them. The first scene I did with Hanna was in a coffee shop. It
:43:25. > :43:29.was quite an important scene. I mean, coming on to any set, for
:43:29. > :43:38.your first seen in any production, it's nerve-racking anyway. But you
:43:38. > :43:43.get a double dose of it, don't you? People are so welcome on our show,
:43:43. > :43:47.that the crew make you relax very quickly. But the first few
:43:47. > :43:52.rehearsals it is like, don't get it wrong, don't get it wrong. When she
:43:52. > :43:56.is working on other projects, did she ask what you think? Can you be
:43:56. > :44:04.honest? I think so. I've never had to be unkind so far. I've been
:44:04. > :44:08.lucky. But she doesn't care, anyway. And you have worked with your
:44:09. > :44:15.nephew? He happens to beat Ewan McGregor. He was on a film last
:44:15. > :44:20.year? Perfect Sense. That great, he told me he wanted to be an actor
:44:20. > :44:24.when he was eight, very seriously. Finally, finally, we work together.
:44:24. > :44:31.What I found really odd was walking into the make-up trailer, sitting
:44:31. > :44:35.down next to command getting made- up. It was a bit weird. Once we
:44:35. > :44:42.walked onto the set, it was the most natural thing in the world. It
:44:42. > :44:49.was so effortless, so easy. I loved it. What kind of experience was at
:44:50. > :44:55.directing him? Very different. Great fun, really enjoyable. I
:44:55. > :45:05.think maybe the directing was, in a sense, more satisfying. It was a
:45:05. > :45:05.
:45:05. > :46:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds
:46:00. > :46:07.new experience for me, with my Dan Donnelly has been finding out
:46:07. > :46:15.whether we will be pulling that plug on traditional baths. Baths,
:46:15. > :46:25.remember them? For me, you cannot beat a long this guard. But the
:46:25. > :46:26.
:46:26. > :46:33.decline of this domestic Oasis may that the bath has started to go
:46:33. > :46:35.down the plughole. Yes, they suddenly seem old-fashioned,
:46:35. > :46:45.compared to the trendy showers and wet rooms everybody is talking
:46:45. > :46:49.about. So, this is it, the high- speed cutting edge of washing -
:46:49. > :46:56.sleek, stylish, fast, not so good if you want to relax with a glass
:46:56. > :47:01.of wine or a book, though, is it? It seems baths are just too slow
:47:01. > :47:02.for modern times. According to one survey, one in six of us cannot
:47:02. > :47:07.survey, one in six of us cannot even remember the last time we took
:47:07. > :47:14.one. We are definitely seeing a trend towards taking out the bath
:47:14. > :47:17.and putting him a shower in its place. Some customers are doing it
:47:17. > :47:20.because it is age-related, they want to say in the House longer,
:47:21. > :47:25.and it is safer. Other people are water conscious, so they do it for
:47:26. > :47:31.that reason. The amount of times we have a bath has changed
:47:31. > :47:37.dramatically. 10 years ago, it was nine times a month, and we had a
:47:37. > :47:45.show the rest of the time. But now, I think it is down to just five
:47:45. > :47:52.baths each year. Here in South Wales, and marry and her mother
:47:52. > :47:56.have replaced their bath with a wet room. It just does not sound right
:47:57. > :48:06.to me. What made you decide to do this? Well, I started to have
:48:06. > :48:13.difficulty getting in and out of the bath. But we are very happy. It
:48:13. > :48:22.is the best room in the house, I think. I suppose I had better give
:48:22. > :48:29.it a test drive. Yes! It does not spread as much as I thought it
:48:29. > :48:36.would. Have you are but gone for the toilet roll and found that it
:48:36. > :48:42.is soggy? No, not at all. We have not had any problems with that.
:48:42. > :48:48.want to be careful, I am starting to sound like a fan. But has
:48:48. > :48:52.ditching the Bath affected the value of the house? Cue Property
:48:52. > :49:01.Show music. I have suddenly got the urge to invite an estate agent
:49:01. > :49:06.round. He is on his way. Local boy Martin value as the house, and its
:49:07. > :49:09.new-fangled wet room. You have had a good look around the property -
:49:09. > :49:16.if this place still had a bath, what value would it be? In the
:49:16. > :49:22.current market, around �130,000. With the wet room, what kind of
:49:22. > :49:29.value? Still very similar. don't think you would have trouble
:49:29. > :49:36.shifting it without a bath? It is debatable. In general, families
:49:36. > :49:41.prefer baths, definitely. So, it could be harder to sell without a
:49:41. > :49:49.bath, but that does not bother these two. No disappointment after
:49:49. > :49:53.all the effort? No! It still does it for us! It seems things are
:49:53. > :50:03.changing in the British bathroom, but why worry about that when there
:50:03. > :50:05.
:50:05. > :50:09.is still a lovely, hot soak to be had? A big old bath, it just gives
:50:09. > :50:19.you a bit of time to reflect on life. It is one of the few places
:50:19. > :50:20.
:50:20. > :50:30.left that you can get a bit of peace and quiet on tap. For me, all
:50:30. > :50:35.
:50:35. > :50:44.over flannel. Sink wash, yes. Shower. Shower. Shower, Bath and
:50:45. > :50:51.steam. Possibly at the same time. OK, we're going back to a very
:50:51. > :50:57.tense Lucy in Cardiff. Lucy, are you confident? I have very good
:50:57. > :51:04.news. I am not a my own. Yes! Charles and myself have done rather
:51:04. > :51:07.well. All of these lovely people, I'm going to call them our One Show
:51:07. > :51:14.army of volunteers, they have turned out to be part of this
:51:14. > :51:19.befriending scheme. Daisy, I recognise you - where did we meet?
:51:19. > :51:25.Outside the stadium. I gave you a flyer and you did not run away.
:51:25. > :51:29.I am here now. I love you, Daisy. Why did you decide this was
:51:29. > :51:37.something you wanted to do? It is just Tigger out of your day, and it
:51:37. > :51:40.their life a bit happier. -- just an hour. Like Charles, he loves to
:51:40. > :51:46.talk about cricket and economics and all kinds of things. And you
:51:46. > :51:50.are now going to do that. Definitely. Thank you very much.
:51:51. > :51:55.John, you were sitting at home, all cosy in your lovely house of the
:51:55. > :52:01.work, and what happened? I was watching the programme, and there
:52:01. > :52:05.over and see what it was all about and give something back. So you
:52:05. > :52:10.actually just came over this evening to do this? I did, yes.
:52:10. > :52:15.is it something you want to do? don't know, just to give something
:52:15. > :52:20.back, it is good for me, and go for the community, for the older
:52:20. > :52:26.generation. I think you would get on really well with Charles. I am
:52:26. > :52:36.ex-military as well, yes. This is working out very well. Thank you to
:52:36. > :52:42.
:52:42. > :52:48.all of you. Give yourselves a round to the Rescue army. You are
:52:48. > :52:58.fantastic. No, you are fantastic. Enough of this. We have basically
:52:58. > :53:00.
:53:00. > :53:00.you and everybody on the list now has a new friend. We will never be
:53:00. > :53:04.lonely again. Thank you very much, Charles. If you want to volunteer,
:53:04. > :53:09.to be part of something amazing, details are on the website. Can I
:53:09. > :53:16.just say to the people of Cardiff, thank you for turning out for the
:53:16. > :53:21.One Show to the Rescue army. Thank you. Wonderful. And it worked!
:53:21. > :53:27.Brilliant. Charles will never be lonely again. Now, these he's going
:53:27. > :53:31.to change the way that you take a walk in the woods. Christine
:53:31. > :53:36.Walkden is on the trail of the biggest living things on earth.
:53:36. > :53:41.Most of us think of fungi as a small mushrooms and toadstools. But
:53:41. > :53:48.in fact, some fungi of the largest living organisms on Earth. But it
:53:48. > :53:53.it is what lies beneath. One specimen has been found to be three
:53:53. > :53:58.times the size of a blue whale. And you could be walking over one of
:53:58. > :54:06.these ancient giants without even realising it. So, what actually is
:54:06. > :54:13.a mushroom? It is just a fruit body, a reproductive structure. The
:54:13. > :54:18.and this will be growing throughout the soil, you rarely see it.
:54:18. > :54:27.Mushrooms are essentially the tip of the fungal iceberg. This
:54:27. > :54:32.structure is not the Whoop tree, it is the fungus itself. This has been
:54:32. > :54:37.colonised with quite a common fungus. Over the last 30 days, this
:54:37. > :54:44.fungus has grown and upwards in an expanding circle, looking for food
:54:44. > :54:49.sources. It is how all fungi start to grow. Sometimes the circle
:54:49. > :54:54.formed can be seen in the surrounding area. But in most cases,
:54:55. > :55:02.for scientific study to take place, it needs the equivalent of an
:55:02. > :55:07.archaeological dig. The age and size of the New Forest means that
:55:07. > :55:11.massive fungi could be hidden underneath the undergrowth. One
:55:11. > :55:17.scientist is hunting out these living giants. First, she needs to
:55:17. > :55:21.search for clues. The easiest way to track them down to start with is
:55:21. > :55:31.to find a log and gently look under to find a log and gently look under
:55:31. > :55:32.
:55:32. > :55:38.it. Let's start with this one. you have got something - can you
:55:38. > :55:44.tell how big it would be? Not by just looking at these. If we had
:55:44. > :55:49.seen some thicker ones, we would know we had a really big system.
:55:49. > :55:56.hours ago, the team found a fungus which appeared bigger, and they
:55:56. > :56:04.began to expedite. Our cameras were on hand to capture the painstaking
:56:04. > :56:08.process of revealing an intricate fungal system. Now,, they explained
:56:09. > :56:15.that they are incredibly fragile, and it is important not to damage
:56:16. > :56:20.them. It interconnect Skipsea these pieces of wood on the forest floor.
:56:20. > :56:26.Nutrients and water are shunted along, from one place to another.
:56:26. > :56:31.Some fungi have been shown to be more than 2000 years old. By
:56:31. > :56:39.measuring and analysing them, scientists can learn how these huge
:56:39. > :56:43.long. Their ability to break down dead plant and animal matter while
:56:43. > :56:52.producing nutrients mean that other plants can continue to grow. Look,
:56:52. > :56:55.10 metres exactly. It's amazing, isn't it? And this looks like it is
:56:55. > :57:00.the end of the system, because it is fanning out, it is searching for
:57:00. > :57:07.new resources. So, how old do you think it could be? Easily it could
:57:07. > :57:12.be several hundred years old. team is excavating the full length
:57:12. > :57:17.of this court, but it is only part of the whole organism. She thinks
:57:17. > :57:22.this individual could possibly extend right across the forest,
:57:22. > :57:26.tens of metres. An individual of another species has been found in
:57:26. > :57:31.the US to be more than 2000 years old, covering an area of nearly
:57:31. > :57:37.nine square kilometres. Given sizes like that, scientists believe there
:57:38. > :57:43.may be no limit to their longevity. Now that the team has taken all the
:57:43. > :57:48.information it can from this fund has, it is time to cover it up and
:57:48. > :57:52.allow it to continue to grow. You never know, it may be there in 2000
:57:52. > :58:01.years' time, white beneath the feet years' time, white beneath the feet
:58:01. > :58:09.had a lot of people contacting us, wanting to know how to get involved
:58:09. > :58:15.in the befriending scheme. There is an income the website. Shall we
:58:15. > :58:20.move on to a big moment now for Scrumpy? Can we teach an old dog
:58:20. > :58:25.new tricks? That's the question. Earlier on, we wanted to see if
:58:25. > :58:30.Natalie could do this. Has it worked? Well, it is time to find
:58:30. > :58:40.out if Natalie and Scrumpy have been successful. What will you were
:58:40. > :58:47.
:58:47. > :58:57.aiming to do? We are a Ming for aiming for a sit, a paw and a stand.
:58:57. > :59:03.
:59:03. > :59:13.Sit. Stand. Sit. Clever girl! You can do it, you can teach an old
:59:13. > :59:14.