26/09/2012 The One Show

Hello, welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Do you

recognise this place? It is the arena in the middle of Cardiff. He

lived nearby and feel like you would like to volunteer to help

others, put your coat on and get down there as soon as you can. We

will tell you more as we go through the programme. We will also be

finding out who Britain's most destructive pet sa, nominated by

you. First, please welcome our guests. Alun Armstrong, Amanda

Redman, Dennis Waterman and, new trickster, Denis Lawson from New

You are kind of making history tonight? This is the first time you

have all been together, ever? don't talk to each other much. This

is quite unusual. We'll see how you get on! You are together for an

hour tonight. We had lots of flooding in the north-east. You are

from Stanley yourself. Have you seen de Ram like yesterday? Well, I

don't ever remember there being flooding, certainly not in my

village or that area of north-west Durham. We have been having updates

from your mother? What did she say today?

Thankfully, they are up in the hills. She says that you really

feel the calm after the storm, all of the animals are recovering.

used to hear a lot of stories about people from up there... By parents

were St off of our parents used to The storms were apparently the most

intense we have had in September in three decades. 300 homes were

flooded to two a month's worth of rain in 24 hours. Last night we

were in St Helens, watching the waters rise. In York, another story

caught a eye. 8 pub that refused to close, however high the waters rose.

With North Yorkshire lying under several feet of standing water, the

sensible option might have been to shut up shop. But this was the

scene at 11 o'clock last night at the Louth a pub in York. Bar

manager Abbie valiantly held off the River Ouse. I just got to keep

an eye on it, just to make sure it keeps doing that otherwise it will

get too high. Then we will be in trouble! Despite the water rising

outside, nothing can stop the beer and wine flowing inside. It is kind

of romantic. It's almost like Venice, but in Yorkshire! I get a

lot of people coming down and having a drink. It's about 11 foot

now. It's really time. We have an outside area in the summer. It's

underwater now. If you go across the road, we've got the underground

parking for the hotel. That is under water as well. It's lucky to

have not just good flood defences but are fantastically loyal bunch

of regulars. But how long will they be able to keep their doors open?

They don't know how high it is going to get, but they think it is

going to be bad because we still have the rain to come down from the

hills tomorrow. I don't know. It could breach around the back. And

then we would have to close. Hopefully it won't come to that!

can talk to Abbie live now. Now, you cannot actually get to the pub

yourself. But your colleagues are in the pub? That's right. What are

they doing at the moment? I think there might have finished right now.

But throughout the day they had been moving stuff upstairs as a

precautionary measure, in case it starts to come into the pub.

said you were desperate to keep it open, no matter what happened, how

high the water levels rose, but that hasn't been the case? We've

had to close today because it has actually reached around the back of

the pub, where the customers were walking in last night. For those

inside, are they all right? Do they need to be rescued? Looking at

pictures there, it looks like the water is up to the level of the

windows at the bottom. Around the back, it goes high as you go up the

street. It's not 15 foot at the back of the pub, so it's about

waist level. They are able to get back out. Well, good luck and we

hope you get back on track release soon. Thank you very much. Good

luck to everybody battling with flood water across the country.

Sorry? I have had to be rescued from many pubs! Nothing to do with

rain. But a lot of liquid involved? I think I've been to that one. I

worked in Yorkshire a lot. We filmed in York. I'm sure I've been

there. We wish everybody the very best. It wasn't very dry then,

either! Now, throughout tonight's show, in honour of New Tricks, we

go to finally prove or disprove the saying that you cannot teach an old

dog new tricks. This is Scrumpy. Hopefully, he is going to help us

do just that, with Natalie, a dog trainer from Battersea Dogs Home.

Scrumpy is 12 years and four months. That is 86 in human years. All she

has learned to do is sit. And that is only if you are very lucky!

Natalie, you have been acquainted with each other for a few minutes.

What are your thoughts on hair? Is it possible in an hour? I'm pretty

sure we might achieve something in an hour. What are you armed with?

Have you got some sausage or something? I might have a little

bit, maybe. Yes, start now. See how So, Alun, new tricks, it is all

about four retired policeman who come together to try to solve an

unsolved crime. But there is more to it than that? It's about three

retired policeman and a serving officer. I was going to say, I

thought you were a bit young to be retired. It's on every night...

Every Monday. You get the gist! It's been a huge hit for years and

years. Lots of people love it. What do you think the secret is? Well,

it was maybe the first police whodunnit programme that actually

went into the background, the lives of the characters involved. You get

the good whodunnit, but you also get the whole history and

interaction of the characters. It's quite funny at times. It's a

different story every week as well. Are you surprised it has gone on so

well? This series after series? when we started, we knew that the

pilot script was fantastic. Individually, we were really

excited about the casting. You know, when they said it is Amanda, Alun

and Jamie Bowden, he thought, yes, I'd like to be involved. The script

was fantastic. Then you start to make a series and you on a roll.

You just don't know, you don't know if it's going to work or not. In

answer to your question, yes, I think we are a bit amazed that it

has been so successful, for so long. I said to my agent when we did the

pilot, make sure there is some work coming up because it will never be

picked up. Did you, really? You thought it wasn't going to wear?

think you had better go with Scrumpy, mate! Instead of James

Bolam, you came on board? Let's see the moment that you arrive. Steve

is the former detective that I was telling you about. I'd been waiting

for this, saying as George's dad. It's the best day of my life, pure

dead brilliant. First, to the garage, where they found the blood?

What did he say? His car are we going in? I didn't come down in

mind from London. It's a bit of a race track, isn't it? Such a good

way to impress on the group. It's a big moment. Everybody was thinking,

there is somebody else? How is it The script was already there, which

was great. The character was a thick-set guy from Birmingham. The

writer is from Birmingham and he wanted a Birmingham guy on

television. That really comes over! I tried so hard to get rid of my

Birmingham roots. I went to meet them and said, don't ask me to do

Burgum for the next few years. Forget it. I have told this idea of

a very Glasgow character. Do you think he has settled in? Absolutely,

I think you settled in almost immediately? It was a very easy fit.

We all knew each other before, it just worked. Aren't you two known

as the Denniss? Dennii? Did it help you in your role, the character

arriving? Yes, but I'm very experienced. There was no nerves

attached to it. We just got on with it. He does like a laugh. That was

the most important thing. You just went around for Ranielle on the

last episode, it will be interesting to see how your

relationship works. -- out for a meal. We are going to start

something that his brand new on The One Show. To be honest, we haven't

really got any idea if it will succeed. But we are pretty

confident because we are going to hopefully tap into all of that

volunteer spirit that we saw during the Olympics. Tonight, Lucy is

kicking it off in Cardiff. A befriending scheme for old people

needs a bit of a boost. The aim is to convince people to give up their

spare time for people that they OK, keep reading the challenge. I

know what it is, yes, we need to get more people involved and

participating. But I need to speak to people. I need to find people

that are already involved. They need to tell me how to sell it.

That is what I'm going to do first. 79-year-old Charles Curran is one

person looking for a friend. What do you want to get from the scheme?

If you don't get out and about, you will just vegetate. I did that for

two years, when mine eyes went and my activity was knocked on the head.

What activity would you like? Companionship, really. If I could

have somebody -- shared by interests, I would be willing to

talk all day. Elaine befriended joists two years ago. She would

love to have someone coming around for a chat. It's not a huge

commitment, but you know you are making a difference. What

difference does it make, having a lane? Because you are on your own,

it's nice to have somebody that can come in and have a chat with here.

Play Scrabble! Is she a mean Scrabble player? Yes. When I

started, she wiped the floor with me. I've been picking up tips. I do

win at the occasional game. Inspired by Charles and Joyce, I

hit the streets to get the message out. Can I give you a flyer?

thanks very much. It's not in Italian. I can't translate it.

you in a rush? Yes. It wasn't going to work well. Do you want to talk

to me. But, with a bit of persistence, the tide began to turn.

We are looking for volunteers, chatting with an elderly person.

You can been matched up. Did you say yes? Yeah, give me a leaflet.

Is this a commitment? Can you come on Wednesday? Yes. I wanted to

scale this challenge up. I needed to get to more people, so I called

in a favour. Listen to this woman, she is speaking sense.

Concern's befriended scheme has been so popular that they urgently

need more volunteers. I need you, you and definitely you. Lucky for

some students in the library. None there. I'm going to go to the union.

How do why persuade students to sign up? A lot of companies use

freebies. I don't have any of those. Food? Would you please put that

poster up for me? Signing up for Age Concern's befriending scheme.

Please run, there. There aren't many things bigger in Cardiff than

football. Can the team help me raise the profile of my quest? Good

morning. Finally see. Nice to be cheerful star Can you come tomorrow

night, Wednesday? Have you got a match? Please. How do I get people

involved in something like this? It's got to be done in a fun way.

You know, you watch them train this morning, as much as they are

working hard, you have to have an element of fun. Anyone else got any

advice? The captain. Just always have a smile on your face.

smiling, even though it's raining. And my smile grew even bigger when

a local radio station came through. BBC Wales? They are going to let us

on air. But with only one chance to hit the airwaves, we had to make it

Lucy Siegle from The One Show, and her camera crew, have just joined

me. Hello. Thank you so much. We have a waiting list of 50 elderly

people waiting for friends. Please can your listeners help me. I have

given it my all. I have cajoled, harassed, charmed, chased people

down the street. There is no more I can do. I need you there. Well, she

has tried her best, but it is a big challenge. How successful has been?

Lucy, we have got our fingers crossed for you, has anybody turned

up yet? Well, I would love it if people have turned up. We will find

out later on, but I would just love some new volunteers to give this

scheme will boost. Whoever volunteers and comes down here to

the Motorpoint Arena, it is probably not too late, but you

could make a massive difference. A little bit of spare time means the

world to an elderly person, who needs a friend. Somebody like the

lovely Charles. How are you this evening? Pleased to see you again.

I enjoyed our interview on Tuesday. So did I, so much so that we are

doing it again here. What do you want from a friend? Well,

companionship. You see, I had this problem with my eyes, and I went

into rehab, not rehab, seclusion, for about in the years, and I

snapped out of it. You felt depressed? Yes, I got fed up with

watching television. Although there are some very good things on

television. But you want a friend, you have got a lot of very good

stories. Well, I went to a day centre, and there were a lot of old

ladies. They were lovely, and you liked the food. I liked the food,

but that was it for me. So, we need to find lots of people a friend. I

really hope that we get some new volunteers tonight. Any number

would be lovely. Fingers crossed, please turn out for me. It looks a

little bit quiet. I thought there would be people banging the doors

down by now. We could do with the couple! Has anybody ever done any

volunteer work? I was a scout, I did a bit of bother job. I spent

six weeks in Cardiff this summer, shooting, and it is such a great

town. I loved it. How about you, Alun? I was volunteered by my

father when I was a kid. At the bottom of our Terris, there were

some old people's bungalows, and my part there -- father volunteered me

to go and look after four of them. I used to shovel their coal and go

shopping for them. It was great, I had great conversations with them.

Those were the days. People like Dennis, I mean, I used to service

people like Dennis. Where have you been?! Who would teach me to swear

and things like that. I volunteered for loads of things, but I kept

getting caught. It is like dealing with a bunch of jokers here. You

keep these boys in line, as was evident in Monday-night's episode.

You were in the house and he was not even there? Yes, but I was

looking for clues. The front door was open, was it? No, but I just

do this again, a black eye will be the least of your problems, do I

make myself clear? She is so sexy when she gets angry. That was not

even part of the script, was it? Is it right that the boy is call you

Boadicea? Yes. And is it right that they call you, Dennis, Mrs

Waterman? Yes, because we have trained him to make the tea and

coffee at lunchtime. Because they are bone idle. Now, would you like

to be mother? Here we are. We have even got some milk. It has not been

presented very well. We just ran out with the last little bit.

Sugar?! There you go, love. cannot work in these conditions,

there is not even a job. He never stops moaning about it, he never

does it willingly, or graciously. am not doing it. It is leaf or

nothing for me, not teabags and! have enjoyed the series. You two

have decided to leave, unfortunately - why did you come to

that decision? We have had the most wonderful time, but every good

thing has to come to an end. New challenges and new experiences and

all the rest of it. It is sad, it has been a decision, certainly from

my point of view, which has been very hard to make, because I have

loved every minute of it. Me, too. And then I tasted a real cup of tea.

Have you been deciding how your characters will leave? They have

talk to us about it, yes. Not that we would never write anything

ourselves. Of course we wouldn't. What, meddling with the scripts?

Come on, Dennis, don't be shy! have got a film coming up. This is

the part of the show which is produced by you're not at home.

Last week we asked you for pictures of your destructive pets. And here

are some more of your stories. She is an English springer spaniel

puppy. For the last eight weeks she has been chewing through everything

she can find in the house. The first thing we noticed was that my

telephone was not charging, and I could not work out why, so I

checked to make sure the plug was switched on, and there was no wire

attached to the plug any more. Since then, she has chewed her way

through about four telephone charges. My children's Xbox

headsets, some flip flops, hands off dollies, she loves them. And

all the other toys are ruined in the corner. She always goes for

children's toys and wires. Our two cats, they are brown Burmese cats,

they are 10 years old, and they'll absolute terrors. They are brothers,

from the same litter, both hugely strong characters, and

strong characters, and unfortunately, they do not get on

together. They fight if they get together. They have destroyed a

number of things in the house like ornamental objects in the bathroom,

we have had to replace the complete carpet on the stairs, they have got

into the hot water tank and stripped the lugging off the pipes.

We had a TV cabinet, and somehow they got behind it, and when we

came home, the TV was face down on the cupboard. If I had not seen it

myself, I would not have believed myself, I would not have believed

This is my African parrot, he is 4.5 years old, and Jeremy very,

very destructive. He has eaten my sofa, my double-glazing windows,

the top of my door, an old desk that I had, he eats the carpet, and

anything else that he feels like chewing. It is like having a child.

He is funny, he talks, he comes out with silly things when he shouldn't.

I just ordered a new car on the phone, and I was speaking to the

man on the phone, and in the background, he says, cannot go on

your belly? The man on the other end of the phone just stopped and

said, what was that? I said, it was my parrot. I do not want to tell

you what he said! I do not want to change him in the world, he is just

gorgeous, the best bet you could possibly have. -- the best pet.

those three are just the tip of the iceberg. You have got some more

pictures of destructive pets. one is Poppet the rabbit. She looks

very cute, but in fact, she is really... On the toilet! She's

really evil, because Poppet choose carpets, skirting boards, cables

and walls. This is Daisy destroying Princess Anne's bouquet at the

opening of an old people's home, and Daisy was not even invited.

This is Dylan, the Burmese cat with his sister, Amber. Dylan liked

eating Kashmir, silk and Angora, and has caused more than �4,000

worth of damage. Slightly unfortunately is the placing of the

hole. Let's hope she was not wearing a jumper at the time.

finally, this is Jessie, looking very sheepish for a labrador, with

a chewed up a bit of furniture. story does not end there. That is

not all that Jessie has eaten. Her owner has kept a full record of

everything she has destroyed. So, Jessie, the chocolate labrador,

would like to say... # I am sorry, so, so sorry.

# There is no way of saying, I am sorry. And Jessie and her owner are

joining us now. Has Jessie eaten anything in the past half-an-hour?

Not today, no. We have had a quiet sofa, but we can just see her. What

is the most expensive thing that she has eaten? She has chewed

through the sofa, the dining chairs and the family PC, she chewed all

the cables on that. So, when you go to bed at night, how do you make

sure she does not wreck the entire push everything back on the

get things. Thank you for joining us. I have got a jack Russell. When

it was a puppy, we came home one night, and we had to be paper the

entire hall, because she found a bit and just... But now, she has

grown a little, she eats her way out through the fence. What kind of

one. We stopped heard digging, she does not like us, obviously. So, we

foiled that, so she just started eating the fence, and she gets out.

Driving us crackers. They be you should just let her go Or feed her!

Now, to lazy pets, let's see how Natalie is getting on with the

challenge of teaching old dogs new We are not having a much luck!

are trying. It can't be that hard, we taught him to act! Not only Alun,

but your real life dog stars in tomorrow's episode? He has been in

it for loads of years. He was quite old when he went into it. I was

rather worried about it. He was the dog from hell. He was a rescue dog.

He'd been kept in a home where he was never allowed out. As soon as

the door was opened, he would be over defence. He could climb a huge

fences. You had a nightmare tried to get him in the bath in the

Good boy... There's a good boy. In He's very photogenic. Oh, the dog?

Did you have trainers to help out, or was it down to you? I worked it

all out myself. We did a sequence where we had what was supposed to

be a stunt dog to double for Sam. He had to mess up a football match

of young kids. The other dog went... The trained one. And Sam was

brilliant, wasn't he? That is the first time they'd ever had a double

for him. I didn't know if he would do it, when we first got him in

there. But with a few judicious sausages... It's amazing what you

can do! It works with me. You can see him do his stuff on Monday

night. Don't forget, we are asking you to head to the motor. Arena in

Cardiff to give Lucy a bit of a hand. She is there with open arms.

Yes, I am. I'm here and waiting. I actually saw someone come in and I

don't know if they are here for me, if they are here to use the toilet,

I'm hoping they are a new volunteer. I want people to sign up for this

brilliant befriending scheme. I hope that there will be somebody

here. We did say that we didn't know if it was going to work.

looks awfully quiet! It is a very big building, you never know.

right, this week a new bank has been announced which will offer �1

billion in loans to businesses. Anyone keen to start a new venture

should take a leaf out of Felicity's book. At the age of 58,

she poured every penny into her pension and established a family

business that is still going strong. Before we beat hair, our resident

photographer Jamie Crawford has met another family business with quite

a story to tell. -- before we meet her.

Family snapshots can capture a moment. The clothes of an era or

even a whole experience. I'm wondering if it is possible to sum

up one family's extraordinary 40 year Jennie with just one

photograph. two this story begins with a photograph taken more than

40 years ago in Uganda. This is my father, this is a shop. He was a

very successful businessman. One day, that all changed. In 1972,

when Rashied was six, military dictator ET Amin expelled all

Ugandan Asians from the country. He gave them 90 days to get out.

Successful businesses like his father's shop at to be close down.

Thousands of Ugandan Asians fled to Britain and arrived with only the

clothes they could carry. But his family had one extra item.

Rashied's brother, Abdul, managed to smuggle out his camera, risking

death in the process. But it's thanks to that that they managed to

record their entire incredible journey. I am going to look through

the family archive and go back to the locations where some of the

photographs were originally taken. The aim is for me to take a still

myself that captures their experience over the past 40 years.

This is one of the first photos taken by the family after arriving

in the UK at what is now a holiday camp in Doniford, Somerset. Back

then, it was an MoD camp. For the coming winter months, it was to be

their new home. About five or six families in one long chalet, with

only curtains partitioning each other. Not a lot of privacy? No.

photo taken here, which is specially caught my eye, was on the

beach. You have been picked up from tropical Africa, dumped in the

middle of November in south-western England. It must have been a real

shock to the system? We were used to the coast being sand. Not having

the right clothing, being totally frozen. After four months at the

camp, the family moved to Bristol. Dad showed us around. We took a

liking to it straight away. Bristol became home for us. It was here

that they started to rebuild their lives, with a new business. My dad

started a very small industry from home with my mum. From that, he put

his savings into a shop, in a area where he could afford the rent.

was a tough start. He would keep the shop open until 1am and would

often sleep in the shop afterwards. Business soon picked up. As Rashied

grew up, he began to work in the shop alongside his father. Now you

have three or four different buildings? We have a few buildings

here. We have a good team that are thinking the same way as my late

dad did. Rashied's father died in 2002. The shot he founded is shared

between his sons, whose own children now work there. What

strikes me is that the family have managed to make their business in

the UK as successful as the one they had to leave behind in Uganda.

So, I think what will best sum up their story is to update that

original photo of the shop. This is not just a story of rags to riches,

but the story of a man who lost everything, had to pick himself up,

dust himself down and do it all over again. Really, it is only

right, vital, in fact, that he is at the very heart of the final

picture that we take. At the centre row of the portrait, I placed the

chair that he used to sit in, Finally, I feel happy that I have

captured an image that I wanted, that fittingly tells the story of

the family's 40 year journey. From Thanks to all 31 of the family. I'm

trying to buy the Drapers now. I don't know why I think this, high

you in that hat business? What gave you that idea? You started the

business when you were 58. It has gone on to become a very successful

family business. Tell us exactly what you do. I knew there was a gap

in the market in Southport. It's quite a glamorous place. I can

imagine! Ladies wanted to wear designer hats, but they did not

want to pay designer prices. I thought, right, I went down to who

was then the Philip Treacy of the industry, I bought 12 hats and I

put them in the window. I got a free advert in a local paper. Word

got around, you know that old shop in Southport? They've got Frederick

Fox hats. What is it like working for your grandmother? It's great.

And she gives us loads of advice. It's good for working in the future.

Excellent. Even your husband works for the company, but he does not

model them? Yes, will make that clear, he doesn't wear ladies' hats.

He just looks after the financing. Are there any fall-outs, what do

you get on great? We tend to get on quite well. But, you know...

Occasionally! You are a glamorous bunch. Now we are moving from hats

to socks. It looks like Ladies Day! I feel

slightly underdressed. I am with the Halls, we have all bases

covered from head to toe loops. How many generations has the

business been through? I am the 4th generation. Justin is the 5th.

did it start? It started with my great grandfather, John Hall. That

is how we got H J Hall. Making socks, 130 years we have been going.

You mentioned your son, was it always socks who were going to

going to? I decided that at age 30 it was a good opportunity to take

up. It's great working with a team still making socks in the UK. I'm

enjoying it. What was it like, marrying into this family? Well,

you know, I don't go short of socks. We have to mention the newest

member of the family, Toby. Just a week old? This is a first outing.

Of all of the socks that you make, you don't make children's? No, we

used to but they were too small. We make the bigger ones. We can make

more profit out of them. We have sorted you out, Toby. I would just

lay there is on you, I will not wake you up. Just so you don't feel

left out, you can have those. It must be hard to try to avoid

talking about the business at Sunday dinner? Sunday lunch,

sometimes they start. I say, no, just forget it all. Just talk about

the back garden. Back in the 70s, are my right in saying that you

created an indestructible sock? we did. My father invented the

brand name, Indestructible. We made them as best as we possibly could.

This was the start of the company being branded very well and doing

extremely well during those days after the war. Somebody said that

your sock was not quite as indestructible as you thought?

that they were wrong! They wear, She brought a pair of socks for his

husband to enclose his toes. When he put them on, poking out of the

stock was that large pear-shaped toe. They put their feet together

and came up with this reply. I must confess, the garage he looks quite

a mess. What sort of toe can make it such a tale of woe? Mighty, it

must be, to calls out a simple Sox a charm. If only England could call

this digit for the next World Cup? Think what progress into space, if

he could lead the race? With his foot out front and a rocket at the

rear, he'd go right out the atmosphere. The best way to deal

with complaints. Thanks for coming It's the acting genes that run

through your families. Dennis and Amanda, your daughters have

appeared on New Tricks before. You have acted with your son? Is it

Joe? Here you are, a picture of your two. What roles are you

playing? I'm playing air man who is very dark, are in the shadows. I'm

actually playing his dad. I am the Earl of Northumberland and he is

playing Harry Hotspur. He is playing the big part, mine was

rather minor. How did that feel? made it work. Is it quite hard for

you to step back? With all of your experience, just say, off you go,

son? Or do you think you are always interfering? Did she find it nerve-

racking, the first time? It is. Working with the dog was the most

nerve-racking. I come home and my wife would say, he was brilliant

today! I never mentioned anything about him, myself. Working with my

son was nerve-racking at first. But he was just terrific. It was just

wonderful. Just to stand there, in all of his scenes... Well, not all

of his scenes. You said that you were petrified? You are frightened

for them. The first scene I did with Hanna was in a coffee shop. It

was quite an important scene. I mean, coming on to any set, for

your first seen in any production, it's nerve-racking anyway. But you

get a double dose of it, don't you? People are so welcome on our show,

that the crew make you relax very quickly. But the first few

rehearsals it is like, don't get it wrong, don't get it wrong. When she

is working on other projects, did she ask what you think? Can you be

honest? I think so. I've never had to be unkind so far. I've been

lucky. But she doesn't care, anyway. And you have worked with your

nephew? He happens to beat Ewan McGregor. He was on a film last

year? Perfect Sense. That great, he told me he wanted to be an actor

when he was eight, very seriously. Finally, finally, we work together.

What I found really odd was walking into the make-up trailer, sitting

down next to command getting made- up. It was a bit weird. Once we

walked onto the set, it was the most natural thing in the world. It

was so effortless, so easy. I loved it. What kind of experience was at

directing him? Very different. Great fun, really enjoyable. I

think maybe the directing was, in a sense, more satisfying. It was a

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new experience for me, with my Dan Donnelly has been finding out

whether we will be pulling that plug on traditional baths. Baths,

remember them? For me, you cannot beat a long this guard. But the

decline of this domestic Oasis may that the bath has started to go

down the plughole. Yes, they suddenly seem old-fashioned,

compared to the trendy showers and wet rooms everybody is talking

about. So, this is it, the high- speed cutting edge of washing -

sleek, stylish, fast, not so good if you want to relax with a glass

of wine or a book, though, is it? It seems baths are just too slow

for modern times. According to one survey, one in six of us cannot

survey, one in six of us cannot even remember the last time we took

one. We are definitely seeing a trend towards taking out the bath

and putting him a shower in its place. Some customers are doing it

because it is age-related, they want to say in the House longer,

and it is safer. Other people are water conscious, so they do it for

that reason. The amount of times we have a bath has changed

dramatically. 10 years ago, it was nine times a month, and we had a

show the rest of the time. But now, I think it is down to just five

baths each year. Here in South Wales, and marry and her mother

have replaced their bath with a wet room. It just does not sound right

to me. What made you decide to do this? Well, I started to have

difficulty getting in and out of the bath. But we are very happy. It

is the best room in the house, I think. I suppose I had better give

it a test drive. Yes! It does not spread as much as I thought it

would. Have you are but gone for the toilet roll and found that it

is soggy? No, not at all. We have not had any problems with that.

want to be careful, I am starting to sound like a fan. But has

ditching the Bath affected the value of the house? Cue Property

Show music. I have suddenly got the urge to invite an estate agent

round. He is on his way. Local boy Martin value as the house, and its

new-fangled wet room. You have had a good look around the property -

if this place still had a bath, what value would it be? In the

current market, around �130,000. With the wet room, what kind of

value? Still very similar. don't think you would have trouble

shifting it without a bath? It is debatable. In general, families

prefer baths, definitely. So, it could be harder to sell without a

bath, but that does not bother these two. No disappointment after

all the effort? No! It still does it for us! It seems things are

changing in the British bathroom, but why worry about that when there

is still a lovely, hot soak to be had? A big old bath, it just gives

you a bit of time to reflect on life. It is one of the few places

left that you can get a bit of peace and quiet on tap. For me, all

over flannel. Sink wash, yes. Shower. Shower. Shower, Bath and

steam. Possibly at the same time. OK, we're going back to a very

tense Lucy in Cardiff. Lucy, are you confident? I have very good

news. I am not a my own. Yes! Charles and myself have done rather

well. All of these lovely people, I'm going to call them our One Show

army of volunteers, they have turned out to be part of this

befriending scheme. Daisy, I recognise you - where did we meet?

Outside the stadium. I gave you a flyer and you did not run away.

I am here now. I love you, Daisy. Why did you decide this was

something you wanted to do? It is just Tigger out of your day, and it

their life a bit happier. -- just an hour. Like Charles, he loves to

talk about cricket and economics and all kinds of things. And you

are now going to do that. Definitely. Thank you very much.

John, you were sitting at home, all cosy in your lovely house of the

work, and what happened? I was watching the programme, and there

over and see what it was all about and give something back. So you

actually just came over this evening to do this? I did, yes.

is it something you want to do? don't know, just to give something

back, it is good for me, and go for the community, for the older

generation. I think you would get on really well with Charles. I am

ex-military as well, yes. This is working out very well. Thank you to

all of you. Give yourselves a round to the Rescue army. You are

fantastic. No, you are fantastic. Enough of this. We have basically

you and everybody on the list now has a new friend. We will never be

lonely again. Thank you very much, Charles. If you want to volunteer,

to be part of something amazing, details are on the website. Can I

just say to the people of Cardiff, thank you for turning out for the

One Show to the Rescue army. Thank you. Wonderful. And it worked!

Brilliant. Charles will never be lonely again. Now, these he's going

to change the way that you take a walk in the woods. Christine

Walkden is on the trail of the biggest living things on earth.

Most of us think of fungi as a small mushrooms and toadstools. But

in fact, some fungi of the largest living organisms on Earth. But it

it is what lies beneath. One specimen has been found to be three

times the size of a blue whale. And you could be walking over one of

these ancient giants without even realising it. So, what actually is

a mushroom? It is just a fruit body, a reproductive structure. The

and this will be growing throughout the soil, you rarely see it.

Mushrooms are essentially the tip of the fungal iceberg. This

structure is not the Whoop tree, it is the fungus itself. This has been

colonised with quite a common fungus. Over the last 30 days, this

fungus has grown and upwards in an expanding circle, looking for food

sources. It is how all fungi start to grow. Sometimes the circle

formed can be seen in the surrounding area. But in most cases,

for scientific study to take place, it needs the equivalent of an

archaeological dig. The age and size of the New Forest means that

massive fungi could be hidden underneath the undergrowth. One

scientist is hunting out these living giants. First, she needs to

search for clues. The easiest way to track them down to start with is

to find a log and gently look under to find a log and gently look under

it. Let's start with this one. you have got something - can you

tell how big it would be? Not by just looking at these. If we had

seen some thicker ones, we would know we had a really big system.

hours ago, the team found a fungus which appeared bigger, and they

began to expedite. Our cameras were on hand to capture the painstaking

process of revealing an intricate fungal system. Now,, they explained

that they are incredibly fragile, and it is important not to damage

them. It interconnect Skipsea these pieces of wood on the forest floor.

Nutrients and water are shunted along, from one place to another.

Some fungi have been shown to be more than 2000 years old. By

measuring and analysing them, scientists can learn how these huge

long. Their ability to break down dead plant and animal matter while

producing nutrients mean that other plants can continue to grow. Look,

10 metres exactly. It's amazing, isn't it? And this looks like it is

the end of the system, because it is fanning out, it is searching for

new resources. So, how old do you think it could be? Easily it could

be several hundred years old. team is excavating the full length

of this court, but it is only part of the whole organism. She thinks

this individual could possibly extend right across the forest,

tens of metres. An individual of another species has been found in

the US to be more than 2000 years old, covering an area of nearly

nine square kilometres. Given sizes like that, scientists believe there

may be no limit to their longevity. Now that the team has taken all the

information it can from this fund has, it is time to cover it up and

allow it to continue to grow. You never know, it may be there in 2000

years' time, white beneath the feet years' time, white beneath the feet

had a lot of people contacting us, wanting to know how to get involved

in the befriending scheme. There is an income the website. Shall we

move on to a big moment now for Scrumpy? Can we teach an old dog

new tricks? That's the question. Earlier on, we wanted to see if

Natalie could do this. Has it worked? Well, it is time to find

out if Natalie and Scrumpy have been successful. What will you were

aiming to do? We are a Ming for aiming for a sit, a paw and a stand.

Sit. Stand. Sit. Clever girl! You can do it, you can teach an old