0:00:13 > 0:00:17Hello and welcome to the programme. Our guest tonight has done some of
0:00:17 > 0:00:22rock and roll's most memorable songs of all time. There was the
0:00:22 > 0:00:30legendary Bat Out Of Hell, I Would Do Anything For Love, and of course,
0:00:30 > 0:00:40what was the other one? Well, two out of three ain't bad, Matt. It's
0:00:40 > 0:00:46Meat Loaf! Go on, mate. You know, you took the words right out of my
0:00:46 > 0:00:53mouth. Brilliant. For crying out loud, can't you get it right? It is
0:00:53 > 0:00:58nice to see you. Nice to see you, too, and he is in his jumper. I
0:00:58 > 0:01:04don't know why they call them sweaters. And you're co-existing.
0:01:04 > 0:01:12Yes, thank you for helping me remember that. I made this jacket
0:01:12 > 0:01:16for the album called Co-exist. And the kids will like it, too.
0:01:16 > 0:01:26Speaking of glitz and glamour, it was the Oscars last night, and
0:01:26 > 0:01:28
0:01:28 > 0:01:34there's a lot of controversy of course about what happened when
0:01:34 > 0:01:44Sasha Baron Cohen spilt these Ashes, I don't know whether you have seen
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0:01:52 > 0:02:02this. I'm sure he would not have been happy with that, I do not
0:02:02 > 0:02:03
0:02:03 > 0:02:08think he would have been happy. did look very bothered. Knowing
0:02:08 > 0:02:15Ryan, that would not have gone down very well. When I left, they were
0:02:15 > 0:02:22saying that they were not going to allow him to come to the Oscars,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Sasha, and if he wanted to come, he could not come dressed as the
0:02:27 > 0:02:36dictator. I guess they had to give in to it, and once he did that,
0:02:36 > 0:02:42that was it. He got a lot more promo out of that than he would
0:02:42 > 0:02:45have done if he had come dressed in a tuxedo. Lots of famous people of
0:02:45 > 0:02:51course had a chance to thank their family and friends in front of
0:02:51 > 0:02:56millions last night. But we thought, why should they be the only ones?
0:02:56 > 0:03:02If you have anybody want to thank, for any reason at all, send us the
0:03:02 > 0:03:06details and we will read some of them out at the end of the show.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10get us into the thanking mood, we sent Lucy Siegle all the way to
0:03:10 > 0:03:16Hollywood. Do we have a budget for Hollywood? No, it is a lot cheaper
0:03:16 > 0:03:20than you might think. Here we go. When they asked me to report from
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Hollywood on the red carpet, naturally, I was flattered, and I
0:03:24 > 0:03:34jumped at the chance. However, Hollywood near Birmingham was not
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0:03:35 > 0:03:40what I had in mind. You look magnificent. These are my Saturday
0:03:40 > 0:03:48scruffy clothes, actually. You're looking fabulous, who are you
0:03:48 > 0:03:54wearing? You must be pretty busy... You're not the actor Tom Hanks.
0:03:54 > 0:04:00I'm Tom Hanks from Birmingham, I'm a mechanic. Tom Hanks has obviously
0:04:00 > 0:04:04won many awards - have you won anything? I did a bit of cycle
0:04:04 > 0:04:10racing a few years ago, I have won the British Championship five times,
0:04:10 > 0:04:20and also the Isle of Man TT. This is quite impressive. What awards
0:04:20 > 0:04:25have you won? Five star excellence award for best tribute in Hollywood.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29I wrote an essay about Martians taking over Birmingham. There's one
0:04:29 > 0:04:35category which I don't think the academy has recognised, the best
0:04:35 > 0:04:37acceptance speech, and I am going to recognise it now. Firstly, I am
0:04:37 > 0:04:43just going to pack my girlfriend for being such an understanding
0:04:43 > 0:04:46partner. I would like to thank all my pets, my mum, my brother, my
0:04:46 > 0:04:49teammates. My husband, for producing the best fish and chips
0:04:49 > 0:04:54in Hollywood. I am quite nervous having all of these people looking
0:04:54 > 0:05:00at me up on stage. I would like to thank our local butcher, who gives
0:05:00 > 0:05:05him regular meat. His name was not Richard, it is not rigid, actually,
0:05:05 > 0:05:11but he is a fantastic bloke, and I have not divorced him yet, after
0:05:11 > 0:05:16nearly 50 years. So, I had gathered the nominees together, but who will
0:05:16 > 0:05:26win this coveted category? The winner of the best acceptance
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0:05:27 > 0:05:34speech is Nicky. Well done. And I would like to thank the residents
0:05:34 > 0:05:42of Hollywood near Birmingham and all those people... There you have
0:05:42 > 0:05:48it, emotional scenes from just outside Birmingham. Why do you
0:05:48 > 0:05:53think she got upset at the fiddle player? Maybe she just doesn't like
0:05:53 > 0:05:59it. Anyway, we were thinking about the first award that you ever got.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Yes, it was for football. And it was presented to me by a
0:06:03 > 0:06:11quarterback who played for the US Cowboys, by the name of Don
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Meredith, who eventually went on to be one of the Monday night football
0:06:15 > 0:06:21presenters, and all of that when right over your head, but anyway...
0:06:21 > 0:06:25He gave me the first award, which was a football award, and the only
0:06:25 > 0:06:31person I thanked was him, for handing it to me. Thank you, very
0:06:31 > 0:06:37much, and I left, that was it. Short and snappy. Yes, right to the
0:06:37 > 0:06:41point. Now, we do like a powerful rock song, and you're the king of
0:06:41 > 0:06:48writing those songs, so what would you say are the key ingredients to
0:06:48 > 0:06:56make good, powerful rock song? you have to believe in what you're
0:06:56 > 0:07:01writing about, you have to commit to it completely. You have to
0:07:01 > 0:07:07believe it, in other words, you cannot just sit here and figure out,
0:07:07 > 0:07:13OK, I'm writing the word son, what rhymes with son? You cannot just do
0:07:13 > 0:07:18that, the words have to flow, there has to be passion, it has to come
0:07:18 > 0:07:28from your heart. Too many writers go to the rhyming dictionary and
0:07:28 > 0:07:33try to find words which rhyme, but it never works. There are lots of
0:07:33 > 0:07:43examples of these passionate songs on your new album, Hell In A
0:07:43 > 0:07:44
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Handbasket. Let's have a bit of one of the singles from that album.
0:07:45 > 0:07:55Somebody's got to stand in the storm.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56
0:07:56 > 0:07:58# Somebody's got to stand... # Somebody's got to stand in the
0:07:58 > 0:08:08storm. # Somebody's got to stand in the
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0:08:10 > 0:08:16storm. It is track after track of really good ones. That's one of the
0:08:16 > 0:08:21new ones, that was a video we did in Sydney, Australia, and I am
0:08:21 > 0:08:25making myself crazy by watching that, going, why don't you turn and
0:08:25 > 0:08:29look at the audience? It was really the third time we had ever done
0:08:29 > 0:08:36that song, so I was just sitting and watching him, to make sure I
0:08:36 > 0:08:45have got the words right. And finally at the end, I do turn and
0:08:46 > 0:08:50look at the audience. Littlejohn comes in right after that with a
0:08:50 > 0:08:58hip hop number. I combined rock with country with hip hop, which
0:08:58 > 0:09:02nobody has ever done before. Why do you call it Hell In A Handbasket?
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Because I have been saying that for the last six or seven years. It is
0:09:07 > 0:09:13all about me, me, me, everybody wants a handout, nobody wants to
0:09:13 > 0:09:23work, everybody wants something for free. We have lost our humanity, we
0:09:23 > 0:09:26
0:09:26 > 0:09:31have lost our compassion for people. And the Internet has bred... It
0:09:31 > 0:09:40happened today in America with the school shooting. I believe that is
0:09:40 > 0:09:46from the Internet, the Internet has bred this hatred from people,
0:09:46 > 0:09:51because people can hide behind User Names and write the most terrible
0:09:51 > 0:09:57things in the world, and it gives people angst, and it builds up
0:09:57 > 0:10:03until people explode and do things they should not do. And it is wrong.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Nobody is telling us the truth. this one is coming from the heart.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Yes, it is the first album that I have done through my eyes. We loved
0:10:14 > 0:10:23it, especially the first track. lot of it is a confessional. It is
0:10:23 > 0:10:28like I have gone to the priest and said, here I am. It is really great.
0:10:28 > 0:10:35I'm glad you like it because I like it as well. On we go, a good head
0:10:35 > 0:10:39teacher can make or break a school, but they are in short supply.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Gloria Hunniford has been to Ipswich to see what can be done to
0:10:43 > 0:10:47get a right people applying for that job. We all remember our head
0:10:47 > 0:10:51teachers, they were the tyrants, the people we most feared. Well,
0:10:51 > 0:10:56not any more, apparently. Many schools are truly struggling to
0:10:56 > 0:11:02find the right person for that job. So, as a nation, why is it that we
0:11:02 > 0:11:08are losing our heads? The average wage for a head teacher is �55,000
0:11:08 > 0:11:15a year, for roughly 55 hours a week. Yet there are still vacancies or
0:11:15 > 0:11:20around the country. These students at this primary school in Ipswich
0:11:20 > 0:11:25have taken matters into their own hands. Dear possible future head
0:11:25 > 0:11:28teacher, thanks for looking into the job... They are working hard to
0:11:28 > 0:11:36make sure they get the right person for the job. Not only did they help
0:11:36 > 0:11:39to write such as -- to write the job description, but they're
0:11:39 > 0:11:48helping with the interviews as well. They should have a good sense of
0:11:48 > 0:11:53humour, they should be fair with us, and they should listen to us.
0:11:53 > 0:12:00you have a really good head teacher, hopefully it will get you a really
0:12:00 > 0:12:06good job, and then you will get paid lots of money. Last year, 36%
0:12:06 > 0:12:11of primary and 19% of secondary head teachers' posts were reported
0:12:11 > 0:12:13unfilled after an advertisement. The National Association of head
0:12:13 > 0:12:18teachers that people are not applying for the job, and they say
0:12:18 > 0:12:21that as a result, we could be heading towards a crisis. I find it
0:12:21 > 0:12:26hard to understand why teachers are not aiming towards being a head
0:12:26 > 0:12:31teacher, why do you think this is happening? It is of course a
0:12:31 > 0:12:34concern. There are two main reasons, firstly, many head teachers are
0:12:34 > 0:12:40close to retirement, about a third of them are within five years, and
0:12:40 > 0:12:44secondly, deputy heads and assistant head teachers are looking
0:12:44 > 0:12:48at it, seeing the risks and the pressure, and wondering if it is
0:12:48 > 0:12:52the right job for them. You cannot actually open a school without
0:12:52 > 0:12:56somebody taking the responsibility as a head teacher. So, this could
0:12:56 > 0:12:59have a big impact on the standard of education in this country?
0:12:59 > 0:13:04we will not be able to turn schools around without strong head teachers.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08We need to get the best people in, not just anybody. We must be
0:13:08 > 0:13:13demanding of them, and they must be ready for pressure. This lady knows
0:13:13 > 0:13:18only too well what it is like. She is the head teacher at a school in
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Suffolk, and another school, three miles up the road. She splits her
0:13:22 > 0:13:27time equally between the two, meaning that she needs to be in two
0:13:27 > 0:13:32places at once, with twice as many children to look after, and twice
0:13:32 > 0:13:36as many parents to please. I have not experienced anything like it
0:13:36 > 0:13:40before, but there is no reason why it should not work. I had my
0:13:40 > 0:13:44reservations, but for us, it is a real benefit, because we get the
0:13:44 > 0:13:47experience of an excellent head teacher, who has been at another
0:13:47 > 0:13:51school in the local area. She has got a really good track record,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55which have now is really important. I have specific days to be at each
0:13:55 > 0:13:59school, and I will start at about 8 o'clock most mornings, meeting up
0:13:59 > 0:14:05with my staff, looking at the day ahead. The day with the children
0:14:05 > 0:14:11runs until 3 o'clock, but I'm quite often hear a few hours after that.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15How can you do it at both schools? The main thing is that I am not two
0:14:15 > 0:14:20head teachers, I have a strategic role, and I have superb deputy
0:14:21 > 0:14:25heads in both schools, to make it manageable for me. Is there ever a
0:14:25 > 0:14:29situation where a emergency arises? We have not as yet, but we are only
0:14:29 > 0:14:34a few miles up the road, so it would not be a big issue if I had
0:14:34 > 0:14:37to come over very quickly. suppose many sceptics would say,
0:14:37 > 0:14:42the education authorities are doing well out of you, getting two for
0:14:42 > 0:14:47the price of one. Maybe, but I feel I have done quite well with it as
0:14:47 > 0:14:57well. It suits me, it is a solution for our Local Schools which is
0:14:57 > 0:15:02working well. No regrets? Non- at The department for education say
0:15:02 > 0:15:08that the vacancies have remained low and stable. That there are
0:15:08 > 0:15:12currently 207 vacancies over 20,000 state schools. Cricks say it does
0:15:12 > 0:15:16not reflect the department tis acting as head teachers. The
0:15:16 > 0:15:20department of education is working hard to bring through the next
0:15:20 > 0:15:25generation of teaching heads. But training takes time, concern is
0:15:25 > 0:15:28growing that the gap will be too wide to fill. In the meantime,
0:15:28 > 0:15:34heads like Karen have their work cut out for them.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Indeed, we have one of the country's most famous Deputy Head
0:15:38 > 0:15:44teachers here, who last year had his ever move filmed for Channel 4.
0:15:44 > 0:15:50When I speak to you, I expect you to look at me and speak to me
0:15:50 > 0:15:57properly. You are failing to pass GCSEs at a standard you are able to
0:15:57 > 0:16:03pass them at. You are not respecting people properly, not
0:16:03 > 0:16:07respecting people properly and not enabling your success. Take your
0:16:07 > 0:16:15hants out of your pockets while talking to me. Well, that told her.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20It is Educating Essex ex's Stephen Drew! I don't think that was bad.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26You did not yell or scold. You were talking to her straight ahead. I
0:16:26 > 0:16:30hear you want to be a headteacher? A headteacher, yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:39I will ask a few questions to see if you qualify.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44Interviewed by loaf loaf loaf?! don't mess around on The One Show.
0:16:44 > 0:16:51How do you describe your teaching style? Clear, simple, fair.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Great. I was caught in the parking lot in my 1958 car making out with
0:16:55 > 0:16:59my girlfriend, how would you have dealt with me? I would have seen
0:16:59 > 0:17:04that as something that your parents deal with. We might leave you in
0:17:04 > 0:17:10the car, your parents come in, and see if your parents want to have a
0:17:10 > 0:17:16chat through the window. . Yes, but I want you to know that
0:17:16 > 0:17:21I was the best kes kisser in the seventh grade. Why did you not
0:17:21 > 0:17:27apply for this job earlier? I felt that I was ready to apply this time.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32That is a good clip, there. What qualities do you have that
0:17:32 > 0:17:36make you a great headteacher? think I'm calm, patient, clear,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40forward-looking, I think that I understand what people need. I
0:17:40 > 0:17:48believe in high standards. OK, Hell In A Handbasket comes out
0:17:48 > 0:17:57today, are you going to buy it? Without a shadow of a doubt!
0:17:57 > 0:18:04more? School uniforms, yes or no? Yes! Yes! OK. They should be the
0:18:04 > 0:18:09girls in short halter tops, the boys, gym shorts with muscle shorts,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13unless you look like me, in that case, armour.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18I think that I will get the job ahead of you.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23Stephen Drew, on a serious note, what is the thing that puts them
0:18:23 > 0:18:29off wanting to be a headteacher? think that many people in my
0:18:29 > 0:18:34position want to be a headteacher. Then they get to where I am, and
0:18:34 > 0:18:38maybe the headteacher looks tired, then they reach a stop, a block.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42There are lots that want to be a headteacher, but there are those
0:18:42 > 0:18:45who think is just a step too far. They see so much in the news, so
0:18:45 > 0:18:48much from the Government saying that the head teachers are not
0:18:48 > 0:18:53doing a great job. So they feel talked down to.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57How do you enthuse people? I think you have to say you know why you
0:18:57 > 0:19:02came to teaching. There are great head teachers out there. You know
0:19:02 > 0:19:06you can make a difference. Be inspired. Look at what the National
0:19:06 > 0:19:11College are doing. Believe in what you want to do. Believe in what you
0:19:11 > 0:19:15are doing. To know this is what you want to do, to inspire young people.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20Whatever is being said out there by people who don't fully understand
0:19:20 > 0:19:26education, by talking schools down. I cut past that. I believe that I
0:19:26 > 0:19:34want to do it, I'm a passionate advocate for teaching, I want to do
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Yes! My mother was a teacher, she would have agreed 100%. Teachers
0:19:37 > 0:19:43teaching with are the most important people in the world. They
0:19:43 > 0:19:47are the ones that educate the young. That's what we need right now. It
0:19:47 > 0:19:55is better education. Thank you very much.
0:19:55 > 0:20:02Give me five! Now, Arthur Smith may be a self-declared grumpy old man,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05but there are a few things that make him happy. A bunny rabbit. A
0:20:05 > 0:20:12fireplace and a lovely bedtime story. Tonight he is off to the
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Lake District in search of all three.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Tonight I'm expecting to sleep sweetly. I'm staying in the house
0:20:21 > 0:20:28where some of the world's favourite bedtime stories were written. Once
0:20:28 > 0:20:32upon a time, there were three little kittens... This is Hilltop,
0:20:32 > 0:20:41the Lake District home of Beatrix Potter, the author and illustrator
0:20:41 > 0:20:45of Peter Rabbit and Tom Kitten and many more.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District on family holidays
0:20:50 > 0:20:53with her parents and completely fell in love with the place.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Her writing career began with letters written from the Lake
0:20:57 > 0:21:03District holidays, illustrated with her beautiful sketches and sent to
0:21:03 > 0:21:07the children of family friends. She used some of these later in her
0:21:07 > 0:21:13first book, which she fought hard to get published. It was an
0:21:13 > 0:21:18immediate success. Its with called the Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter,
0:21:19 > 0:21:26who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr McGregor's garden and
0:21:26 > 0:21:31squeezed under the gate! But her parents did not approve of her
0:21:31 > 0:21:37enterprise. Beet Rick came from a wealthy
0:21:37 > 0:21:42background, a well to do family. Her father was a barrister. She was
0:21:42 > 0:21:49brought up was would-be fit a Victorian je gentleman's daughter.
0:21:49 > 0:21:59Daughters of respectable families did not go into trade. Things
0:21:59 > 0:22:05became frosty when beet Rick grew close to her publisher, Norman.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Breet rix did not -- became close to Norman, but her parents did not
0:22:09 > 0:22:12like Norman at all. They wanted her to look after them
0:22:12 > 0:22:17in old age. The parents finally agreed to the
0:22:17 > 0:22:26marriage, but sadly he died before it could take place, but book sales
0:22:26 > 0:22:30from a small inheritance meant that beet Rick could wrifplt
0:22:30 > 0:22:37This is -- write. This is where she wrote, writing at
0:22:37 > 0:22:42her desk here, gazing out of the window for inspiration. It sounds
0:22:42 > 0:22:47romantic, but actually, Beatrix was a canny woman. She was one of the
0:22:47 > 0:22:50first writers to recognise the possibilities of merchandise. That
0:22:50 > 0:22:56finally earned her the independence she craved. Allowing her to
0:22:56 > 0:23:00finances a developing passion for farming and conservation and
0:23:00 > 0:23:08settling into local life finding love again.
0:23:08 > 0:23:16She started to work with William Healis. The local land agent. They
0:23:16 > 0:23:24became friendly, when he proposed she accepted. They married late, he
0:23:24 > 0:23:27was 47, she was 42, but they enjoyed 30 years together.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32I'm sleeping downstairs tonight. Beatrix would have spent a lot of
0:23:32 > 0:23:36time in this house. She loved animals, but she was a
0:23:36 > 0:23:41farmer, and would not have been adverse to a touch of lamb hotpot
0:23:41 > 0:23:46for her supper. Some of the walls were four feet thick, there used to
0:23:46 > 0:23:52be queer noises inside of them, as if there might be a little secret
0:23:52 > 0:24:00staircase. This is a dark, cold old house. I hope any scratchings that
0:24:00 > 0:24:06I hear are from benign friends of Samuel Whiskers.
0:24:06 > 0:24:12That was not the warmest night I have ever spent. I did have a
0:24:12 > 0:24:17nightmare involving a plp McGregor, but I realise what a remarkable
0:24:17 > 0:24:23woman Beatrix Potter was. She led a restricted life in many ways, tied
0:24:23 > 0:24:29to her parents and old farbgsd. Yet through sheer ambition and
0:24:30 > 0:24:35dedication to getting published she created her own life and wealth
0:24:35 > 0:24:40which was very modern indeed and left a good legacy.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Leaving this land to the National Trust, but best of all, she led 23
0:24:44 > 0:24:50tales that more than 100 years later are still read and loved by
0:24:50 > 0:24:58children all of the -- over the world.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I used to love Peter Rabbit. You have that beautiful landscape. You
0:25:00 > 0:25:06can imagine Beatrix Potter Penning way.
0:25:06 > 0:25:13Children's stories are unbelievable. I loved Peter Rabbit, but I loved
0:25:13 > 0:25:20The Little Train That Could. I have not heard that one? He could
0:25:20 > 0:25:25not get up the hill. He kept saying, "I can't get up the hill." The
0:25:25 > 0:25:30father train saying, "Yes, you can." The little train kept going,
0:25:30 > 0:25:36trying and trying and trying, finally he got to the top of the
0:25:36 > 0:25:41hill. So it is the Little Train That Could.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Mate, I'm sure that any kid who has heard that will be trying now.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Meaning that you can do anything you set your mind to.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Now, whether you are setting your mind to writing a new song, where
0:25:53 > 0:25:58do you like to do it, then? Is there a special place you like to
0:25:58 > 0:26:06write? Yep. I get all of the people that I know together. I tell them
0:26:06 > 0:26:11the idea for the song. I tell them you guys go away and then I will
0:26:11 > 0:26:16work with them. If I sit in the room with them, I will not record
0:26:16 > 0:26:22it. I wait for a while, then I go in and change it all, then I record
0:26:22 > 0:26:28it. I can't be in the room, every time I'm in the room with writers
0:26:28 > 0:26:36when they start a song, I will never record it. The only exception
0:26:36 > 0:26:42is I wrote with an English friend of mine named John Parr. We wrote
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Magical together, I sat in the room with John, we wrote Magical. It was
0:26:48 > 0:26:55number 14 in the charts in America. So... You have this incredible
0:26:55 > 0:27:03energy on stage. Your songs are massive productions. There are
0:27:03 > 0:27:10wonderful lyrics, but where do you keep finding the energy? You suffer
0:27:10 > 0:27:20badly from asthma? I've been asthmatic since I was a child.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22
0:27:22 > 0:27:30I had asthma so bad in Pittsburgh we got into a song called Loss A
0:27:30 > 0:27:35nge loo serbgs r, I fainted. I woke up and said what song are we on,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39where are we going to, they were telling me we have to get off the
0:27:39 > 0:27:44stage. I told them to start it. They said
0:27:44 > 0:27:48no, you have to get off the stage. I got up, I wanted to start the
0:27:48 > 0:27:53song. It was not the greatest vocal in the world.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56But then we finished the show. My shows are about 20 hours and 20
0:27:56 > 0:27:59minutes long. I bet the audience were thanking
0:27:59 > 0:28:04you for that. I was the little train that could!
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Yes, you were. Now, we've been asking you to send
0:28:08 > 0:28:15in your thank yous. Here we go. You start us off.
0:28:15 > 0:28:22I love this one. This is, these are the thank yous,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26this is from Amy. She says: Thanks to my cat, Dudley, for being so
0:28:26 > 0:28:32cuddly. A good rhyme.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35This is nice, this is from Charlotte. She would like to thank
0:28:35 > 0:28:43ter sister for being such a brilliant sister. This one is
0:28:43 > 0:28:48simple. This is from Steve : Thank you, Sue, for filling in the floor.