:00:19. > :00:24.Hello and welcome to the one show Web Angela Scanlon and Ore Oduba. We
:00:25. > :00:27.have everything you need for a perfect Bank Holiday. Forget about a
:00:28. > :00:33.trip to the garden centre, we can bring you the moment a group of
:00:34. > :00:39.viewers get to take on one of the amazing Chelsea Flower Show gardens.
:00:40. > :00:52.We will be going down to Maaaargate Hamas highlighted. Thank you Angela.
:00:53. > :00:56.-- Maaaargate. No matter what your Bank Holiday weather has been like,
:00:57. > :01:01.things are about to get a whole lot better, especially if you're
:01:02. > :01:05.watching us from Terminal 5. We are at joined by the ray of sunshine
:01:06. > :01:24.that is John Barrowman. MUSIC: 'Oh What A Night'. Hello. Wow! What an
:01:25. > :01:29.entrance. That was a good voice you happier. I have been working on a
:01:30. > :01:35.couple of chords. Do you take them with you everywhere you go? I cannot
:01:36. > :01:41.do without them or my assistant. If you had been embroiled in the
:01:42. > :01:46.Gatwick and Heathrow drama... You would be OK. I would be fine, I
:01:47. > :01:52.would have deleted an done social media and then I would have been
:01:53. > :01:58.liked what can we do about it. If you lose your luggage, it is one
:01:59. > :02:05.thing. If you lose your personal assistant, that there is another
:02:06. > :02:10.thing. It was not just people were losing their luggage, you can buy
:02:11. > :02:13.new things, but people were not getting onto flights, people were
:02:14. > :02:18.losing their honeymoon, not been able to see sect family members,
:02:19. > :02:23.that is unfortunate. Companies need to stand up and accept
:02:24. > :02:30.responsibility. A lot of those things can never be fixed. You
:02:31. > :02:36.cannot redo, you can redo a Honeyman, but of not have a family
:02:37. > :02:42.member is else. We are so grateful you made your trip early otherwise
:02:43. > :02:51.we would not have had a guest. It does help. Travel disruption was one
:02:52. > :03:01.tradition for a Bank Holiday. Joe Crowley is with someone for a walk.
:03:02. > :03:06.Where are you? I am in Batley in West Yorkshire. It is a bit of a
:03:07. > :03:14.grey end. It has not dampened spirits. The reason we are here
:03:15. > :03:20.because tonight on this very spot, The Big Walk starts. It will take
:03:21. > :03:24.place over three weeks. You need someone who has done this before and
:03:25. > :03:29.I am delighted to say I am joined by Jo Brand.
:03:30. > :03:36.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Hello. Full walk starts in about 20 minutes,
:03:37. > :03:43.where are your walking boots? I am not walking. I am seeing the
:03:44. > :03:49.Walker's off. Stop heckling us, Bell. I am so proud of what they are
:03:50. > :03:54.doing. There are five teams go into five different corners, I know that
:03:55. > :04:01.is wrong mathematically, but they are going to five corners of the UK,
:04:02. > :04:03.Cornwall, London, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and in three
:04:04. > :04:08.weeks' time there are going to get to where they are going. We will
:04:09. > :04:15.find out more later in the programme. We will speak to a couple
:04:16. > :04:22.of Walker's later. APPLAUSE. We can only hope the
:04:23. > :04:26.weather gets better. We are constantly being told that British
:04:27. > :04:31.seaside resorts are on the up but sometimes the reality does not quite
:04:32. > :04:41.live up to the hype. Kevin went to Margate where our oldest pleasure
:04:42. > :04:45.Park was due to reopen. In 1920, the seaside town of Margate in Kent was
:04:46. > :04:49.riding high with a brand-new roller-coaster. Its debut drew
:04:50. > :04:53.crowds to Dreamlands, the American-style theme park which went
:04:54. > :04:57.on to thrill visitors for decades but as our love for the British
:04:58. > :05:05.seaside waned, in 2003, it was announced that the park had closed.
:05:06. > :05:08.12 years later, a designer makeover and an ?18 million investment,
:05:09. > :05:15.including ?6 million in lottery funding saw its doors open to the
:05:16. > :05:20.public again. The new Dreamlands was hailed as the revival of the seaside
:05:21. > :05:25.mecca. But, in just one year, mounting doubts put one of Britain's
:05:26. > :05:29.oldest theme parks into administration. Following a new
:05:30. > :05:34.private investment and a new management team, the attraction is
:05:35. > :05:40.preparing to reopen for a second time. Promising a radically
:05:41. > :05:49.different experience. That is raped! To find out if this time it would
:05:50. > :05:57.live up to all of the hype -- that is rigged. The doors are opening in
:05:58. > :06:01.just three hours' time and the team here are giving me exclusive
:06:02. > :06:05.behind-the-scenes access as they make the last-minute preparations.
:06:06. > :06:09.The CEO is determined they will not be closing down again. I have
:06:10. > :06:15.stopped you at a busy time, there are rocks being moved, will you be
:06:16. > :06:21.ready in time? We have about 200 guys putting on the finishing
:06:22. > :06:24.touches. At the last revamp, why did it not work and why do think it will
:06:25. > :06:28.work this time? We had a good selection of rides but the park was
:06:29. > :06:32.not quite good enough to make people want to and stay and come back
:06:33. > :06:37.again. We felt there was another big step to go and we are aiming to
:06:38. > :06:42.deliver that this year. If it does not succeed this time, what is the
:06:43. > :06:44.answer for Dreamlands? It will succeed. It is a unique place, it
:06:45. > :07:07.has been here since the 1860s, we have the oldest
:07:08. > :07:10.roller-coaster in the UK and it has a rich history and heritage. Looking
:07:11. > :07:12.around the park, there are new improvements amongst the Mestalla
:07:13. > :07:14.jerk. By far the biggest change is that 15,000 capacity music venue.
:07:15. > :07:17.But keeping the big wheel turning will not come cheap, it will have to
:07:18. > :07:19.attract a lot of visitors with deep pockets. The marketing and design is
:07:20. > :07:22.quite cool and ultramodern, do you think that is the type of people
:07:23. > :07:24.you're trying to attract? It has always been for everyone but it has
:07:25. > :07:28.had a close relationship with their city because it was such an easy
:07:29. > :07:32.destination to get two for day-trippers and as more people are
:07:33. > :07:42.staying at home for holidays and looking for interesting places to
:07:43. > :07:44.visit, we want to draw people to Margate. Can you really make a
:07:45. > :07:47.success out of a British seaside town? According to a survey in 2015,
:07:48. > :07:52.the overall number of people choosing a trip to the seaside had
:07:53. > :07:58.dropped by 20%, but that same year, Margate experienced a 16% rise in
:07:59. > :08:02.visitors. In 60 minutes time, Dreamlands will open to the public,
:08:03. > :08:07.there are diggers and tractors everywhere, there are stores that
:08:08. > :08:12.are not even open. I do not know if they will be ready in time. After
:08:13. > :08:25.one last push, everyone is set. All we are waiting for is the crowd, and
:08:26. > :08:30.what a crowd! Hello and welcome to Dreamlands! With that, the doors are
:08:31. > :08:35.now officially open. What do people make of it all? This is where I
:08:36. > :08:41.spent my whole childhood. Now I am experiencing it through these two!
:08:42. > :08:45.My mum used to work on the Walters when she was my age and my
:08:46. > :08:50.grandfather worked here as well. This is my hometown and this is such
:08:51. > :08:56.a gem of Margate. Working here is a dream come true. I have been coming
:08:57. > :09:01.here since I was six. Nice to see it alive again. Hopefully this is it
:09:02. > :09:08.but I am frightened to get too excited, because it is sounding good
:09:09. > :09:12.before. I would like to think the new Dreamlands might encourage
:09:13. > :09:16.people to swap the likes of Madaya and Majorca for a trip to Margate
:09:17. > :09:21.but it is a little early to see it be a success second time around. One
:09:22. > :09:26.thing is for sure, judging by the reaction from people here tonight,
:09:27. > :09:32.there is a lot more Bank Holiday fun to be had. Me included. John, ever
:09:33. > :09:37.been to Margate. I thought I had, but when I said to summer, you were
:09:38. > :09:43.not in Margate, we were in Madaya, but you do not remember! I thought I
:09:44. > :09:49.was still in the UK. It was a really good weekend. You really do need
:09:50. > :09:59.your system but you always! It is easily done. You are here to tell us
:10:00. > :10:06.about your new book, Nephilim. I did it with my sister. We know you have
:10:07. > :10:10.one eye on potentially making it into a Hollywood blockbuster. We
:10:11. > :10:15.will give you the opportunity to pitch the idea. Let me set the
:10:16. > :10:20.scene, we are sitting in my office in Hollywood, I am a senior Vice
:10:21. > :10:25.President. I thought I was going to be a senior Vice President. Time is
:10:26. > :10:29.money, pitch me the concept. It is called Nephilim, it is about a
:10:30. > :10:33.conjuror, some in who can manipulate reality with music and about other
:10:34. > :10:41.characters who can manipulate reality with their artwork, they
:10:42. > :10:44.team up to form an organisation and they are like an MI5 of the
:10:45. > :10:49.supernatural world. They are out there to help other people out of
:10:50. > :10:55.trouble. They team up with Caravaggio, the artist who we
:10:56. > :11:00.thought was dead, but he is alive. He teams up with them to help other
:11:01. > :11:10.people but there is a fallen angel, who has come down, when they rule
:11:11. > :11:20.the world, there is chaos. Sacking kingdom opens up and humanity is
:11:21. > :11:23.ruined. However, these three, team up and they saved the day. That is
:11:24. > :11:38.my pitch! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. That was very
:11:39. > :11:45.good. We are so interested. Have you thought about Margate Bell? It is so
:11:46. > :11:53.now. It's about right you guys give me a shot of espresso? Let's talk
:11:54. > :12:00.about the cast. We love it, we just do not know if we see you in it, is
:12:01. > :12:03.that a deal-breaker? No, but there is someone in the book who is
:12:04. > :12:07.written for me and yes I would like to be in it. Do you think I'm not
:12:08. > :12:15.going to write myself into my own project? Let the people decide.
:12:16. > :12:23.Should we cast John Barrowman in his own book and film? That people love
:12:24. > :12:27.you. They have spoken. I shipped all of these people in! Paying them
:12:28. > :12:34.pennies, every single one of them. Let us move on. The book, you
:12:35. > :12:39.co-wrote it with your sister Carole here is an English professor. That
:12:40. > :12:45.must be handy to create a book. It is. She comes out to stay with me
:12:46. > :12:50.for a bad man and we sit down and work out all the characters, the
:12:51. > :12:53.plot line, and we work out what we are going to do and she takes all
:12:54. > :12:57.that information away and being an English professor and knowing how to
:12:58. > :13:01.write, she takes it away and does all the hard work, put it into the
:13:02. > :13:06.book form and then I get a rough copy draft and I send back what I
:13:07. > :13:12.want to change and what did not work and I think it is not really right,
:13:13. > :13:14.it does not fit that way. It is a true collaboration. Presumably
:13:15. > :13:23.writing is her discipline but you must bring a whole other level to
:13:24. > :13:28.it. It does help me in storytelling and I am pretty direct about how I
:13:29. > :13:33.want things to be sometimes, I got a phone call from her and she called
:13:34. > :13:40.up and said I cannot kill him. I said what do you mean? Your husband?
:13:41. > :13:47.No, I cannot kill him. I said do not do anything, I will get on a plane.
:13:48. > :13:53.She said, no, it is a character the book. She said she could not kill
:13:54. > :13:58.him, I am in love with him. I said, come on, put the wind and I go to
:13:59. > :14:07.bed. Did she kill him? That is in the first series of books. The
:14:08. > :14:13.creative process, we have heard about you in red shoes. The creative
:14:14. > :14:18.juices only Flo... My sister comes to palm springs but I have to wear
:14:19. > :14:22.red high-heeled shoes and we have a glass of wine and that really helps
:14:23. > :14:27.the juices flow and generally by about eight o'clock in the evening,
:14:28. > :14:32.my husband finds is on the patio sitting like that but there are
:14:33. > :14:38.always the red shoes still there. Has anyone seen John Barrowman's
:14:39. > :14:44.shoes? What do we think? Beautiful. Nice and shiny. The red shoes and
:14:45. > :14:48.uploading in the swimming pool. Thank you, John. Nephilim is out
:14:49. > :14:54.now. Let us go to the garden we promised you. This was the scene at
:14:55. > :14:58.Chelsea. The wonderful flower show, which I am sure many of you were
:14:59. > :15:02.glued to, is being packed away. I bet some of you wished the flowers
:15:03. > :15:05.and plants could be delivered straight to your back garden but
:15:06. > :15:08.Christine has been meeting one lucky group for whom that wish is coming
:15:09. > :15:23.true. Earlier this year, we gave viewers
:15:24. > :15:28.the chance to contribute to this garden. It is all about giving
:15:29. > :15:35.people the chance to contribute to their dream oasis so the whole
:15:36. > :15:44.community can enjoy the space. They donated this garden to the angel
:15:45. > :15:51.town estate in Brixton. So, what is this year's garden like? I'm about
:15:52. > :15:56.to find out? This is the garden for 2017. It has taken weeks to create
:15:57. > :16:04.but it's having its celebrity premiere at the Chelsea flower show.
:16:05. > :16:12.This is creator Nigel. A fantastic garden full of fantastic plans. It
:16:13. > :16:17.is the plants that bring it to life. The texture, the colour, the
:16:18. > :16:21.movement. I'm happier than could be. What is the response when The One
:16:22. > :16:30.Show announced that the garden was up for grabs. People were coming
:16:31. > :16:35.together to try and do something. Your entries represented, Scotland,
:16:36. > :16:45.Northern Ireland, Wales and England. I discussed the entries with the
:16:46. > :16:50.chief culture culture list -- horticulturalist of the RHS. I think
:16:51. > :16:57.we would have to do a lot of work to make it feel intimate. For me, this
:16:58. > :17:01.really floated by boat. Kings College Hospital wanted to create
:17:02. > :17:08.the first roof garden for intensive care patients. Quite a challenge for
:17:09. > :17:17.you. It's such a shame that the site won't be ready in time. Oh no. Where
:17:18. > :17:26.is this? Central Scotland. This is in the school grounds. It would be a
:17:27. > :17:31.lot of hard work to get this into a cultivated state for the plants to
:17:32. > :17:35.survive. One entry ticked all the boxes. Burlais Primary School was
:17:36. > :17:41.built two years ago and ever since pupils, parents and staff have been
:17:42. > :17:45.desperate to transform this great courtyard into a green space. But
:17:46. > :17:51.they haven't had the funds to make it happen. You can't get much more
:17:52. > :17:56.grey than this. This is a chance to completely transform the lives and
:17:57. > :17:59.uses of it and what you can see from inside. Even in the worst of the
:18:00. > :18:08.weather, this garden will be visible. This meets all of the
:18:09. > :18:12.criteria. Today, we have invited some of the pupils to come to
:18:13. > :18:22.Chelsea to see the garden in all its glory for the first time. The head
:18:23. > :18:26.and deputy had with them. Allison, what was it like when you got the
:18:27. > :18:30.call to say the garden was coming to your school? We were absolutely
:18:31. > :18:36.thrilled to hear that we were getting this lovely garden from the
:18:37. > :18:44.flower show. It has been really helped -- really hard to keep it
:18:45. > :18:56.secret. Are you all excited? Yes! It's so cool. That's amazing. What
:18:57. > :19:01.do you think of this? It's amazing. Insect houses. Have great fun
:19:02. > :19:08.building those. And lovely meadows. And the day doesn't stop there. A
:19:09. > :19:17.special Royal visitor is on her way and a special pupil has been chosen
:19:18. > :19:24.to make a posy for her. These offer you, your Majesty. Over the next
:19:25. > :19:30.couple of weeks, this garden will make its way to Swansea and will
:19:31. > :19:36.share its transformation with you. I feel really lucky and happy. It's
:19:37. > :19:42.the best day ever. We're so pleased. It's going to bring a new lease of
:19:43. > :19:49.life into the school and a very drab and great courtyard area. We just
:19:50. > :20:00.can't wait. Unbelievable. Brilliant day out had by all. Cream fingered
:20:01. > :20:09.guy is here. -- green fingered. It's all getting part of a bigger
:20:10. > :20:15.project. It is all part of the project to green Great Britain. It
:20:16. > :20:19.improves the urban environment for the benefit of biodiversity,
:20:20. > :20:24.wildlife, reducing flooding and to improve air quality. A whole range
:20:25. > :20:33.of benefits from growing plants. How do we do it? Basically, we planned
:20:34. > :20:39.things. It doesn't matter what. Whether it is a herb garden in a
:20:40. > :20:45.sunny spot or ferns in a shady bit. Ideally, plant a tree or a large
:20:46. > :20:52.shrub. Height is everything in agitation. Trees are particularly
:20:53. > :20:57.valuable. No less than 86% of trees in cities are found in gardens in
:20:58. > :21:03.certain cities. Front gardens are a particular focus. Many front gardens
:21:04. > :21:07.don't have a plant in them so there is great scope for improving the
:21:08. > :21:12.environment. It is staggering how many gardens have been paved over.
:21:13. > :21:19.It is as easy as picking up one of these. This is lavender, allotted by
:21:20. > :21:27.bees. Drought resistant. Native California. Foxglove is a planned
:21:28. > :21:34.for shade rather than some. Allotted by bees again. And this seed has
:21:35. > :21:38.thick rubbery leaves and flowers in late summer and it doesn't need a
:21:39. > :21:48.lot of water. Low maintenance plants. One garden that is far from
:21:49. > :21:58.great is John Barrowman's in Palm springs. That is the entrance to the
:21:59. > :22:02.house. These are all plants that conserve water. You call them
:22:03. > :22:06.succulents. We have a lot of palm trees around the front wall of the
:22:07. > :22:11.house because water is something that you have to save in palm
:22:12. > :22:16.springs. A lot of roses, which are beautiful. And I have just added
:22:17. > :22:22.lavender, funnily enough. We love a bit of lavender. While you are here,
:22:23. > :22:31.some roses for you. That's very sweet. Time to had back-to-back
:22:32. > :22:42.league in West Yorkshire. A bunch of folk are about to set up on a long
:22:43. > :22:47.walk. And we mean long. Yes, about three weeks long, these teams are
:22:48. > :22:51.going to be Northern Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Scotland. The idea is that
:22:52. > :22:56.they are in their home community by junior team. There is a lot of
:22:57. > :23:03.walking to be done. There's also a lot of talking to be done. Explain
:23:04. > :23:11.that. The purpose behind this, this is the Great Big Walk. We are
:23:12. > :23:15.leaving from Batley and it is commemorating the life of Jo Cox and
:23:16. > :23:21.putting some of her ideas into practice. She was a great supporter
:23:22. > :23:25.of community and getting involved in the community. She felt that we had
:23:26. > :23:29.more similarities than differences and it is important to work on
:23:30. > :23:34.those. Our teams would be passing through towns and villages, meeting
:23:35. > :23:38.various charities, meeting people who are doing community work and
:23:39. > :23:44.chatting away to them to try and get some sense of community. It's not
:23:45. > :23:49.just a walk but engaging with people along the way. The spirit of Jo Cox
:23:50. > :23:58.is very much alive here. Theresa May and, you are a friend of hers. What
:23:59. > :24:04.would it mean to her? She would have loved it. She was very fit and loved
:24:05. > :24:09.exercise. She cared about people. All communities. A lot of the work
:24:10. > :24:15.in the past was about people. She carried it on as an MP. This was her
:24:16. > :24:20.community, she grew up here and she would have been so proud of what has
:24:21. > :24:25.gone on today. Fitting that the walk is going from here and is about to
:24:26. > :24:30.start. Let's meet some of the walkers. Olivia, you are from the
:24:31. > :24:39.Northern Ireland team. I'm worried about the Irish Sea. Well, we are
:24:40. > :24:46.taking a ferry. But boats are a very big part of our community in County
:24:47. > :24:51.Fermanagh. I'm really looking forward to working up an appetite,
:24:52. > :24:55.walking home and meeting amazing people in our communities. We are
:24:56. > :25:01.going to meet our friends at the end and have a big lunch. Part of the
:25:02. > :25:07.Scottish team. Why are you involved? A couple of years ago I attempted
:25:08. > :25:11.suicide and was very lucky to survive. I am now doing big physical
:25:12. > :25:17.challenges to inspire people and promote mental health. That is
:25:18. > :25:23.incredible. We are inspired by your journey. You are part of the Welsh
:25:24. > :25:27.team but we understand that you are a great singer. Let's have a blast
:25:28. > :25:55.of the Welsh national anthem. HE SINGS IN WELSH. Ready, guys. 3-
:25:56. > :26:01.to- one! There we go. The teams are on their way. Check out their
:26:02. > :26:06.progress on the great big walk website. You can turn out and
:26:07. > :26:15.support them. For now, from everyone here in Batley, but are you in the
:26:16. > :26:21.studio. Thank you! Just think by the end of the walk we could have a new
:26:22. > :26:31.Prime Minister. As part of our coverage, we have spoken to each of
:26:32. > :26:42.the leaders in their own words. This time it is the turn of the leader of
:26:43. > :26:47.Plaid Cymru. This is where I grew up and still live. In the Rhondda in
:26:48. > :26:51.the South Wales valleys. This was a community of minors. It there would
:26:52. > :26:57.have been a pit their whether school is now. Another one beyond where you
:26:58. > :27:05.can see the supermarket. Another one where the rugby field is. Another
:27:06. > :27:10.one down there. The place was dominated by coal mines. Of course,
:27:11. > :27:18.when they were closed, there was nothing left. When I was younger, as
:27:19. > :27:21.children, we played on the street. I was quite young when the miners
:27:22. > :27:28.strike happened but I was very aware of the knock-on effect of the miners
:27:29. > :27:35.strike and the closure of the pits. My father was made redundant. There
:27:36. > :27:43.were a lot of people put out of work. It was a defining moment in my
:27:44. > :27:48.life. These Valley communities were completely neglected and ignored
:27:49. > :27:56.after the miners strike and we had massive social problems and we are
:27:57. > :28:03.still recovering from them. Hi, Leanne. Welcome back to the school.
:28:04. > :28:07.This is where I went to school. I have some positive memories of fear
:28:08. > :28:12.and some less positive memories. I was on free school meals at the time
:28:13. > :28:19.and it was difficult to cope with the stigma of standing in the queue
:28:20. > :28:30.with a dinner ticket. This is the community centre. Welcome to the
:28:31. > :28:35.basement! This was where I spent quite a lot of time in my teenage
:28:36. > :28:42.years. It was a place to hang out. There were a few opportunities for
:28:43. > :28:45.people in the Rhondda. Some of the youth workers used to raise
:28:46. > :28:49.questions and makers think about things in an unconventional way. I
:28:50. > :28:54.remember sitting around here drinking copy with my friends and
:28:55. > :28:59.discussing political issues of the day and believing that we could
:29:00. > :29:05.change anything. We would be sitting at midnight and after having really
:29:06. > :29:12.broad discussions about different issues in the world. I saw, as a
:29:13. > :29:20.young girl, she had lots of potential. I trained as a probation
:29:21. > :29:24.officer initially. Then I went to work for women's aid. It became
:29:25. > :29:28.apparent in both of those roles that it was political change that was
:29:29. > :29:33.needed to change the circumstances in which people live. This is the
:29:34. > :29:38.mountains behind my home and where I came as a child to play. It's where
:29:39. > :29:43.I come now to contemplate, particularly when I have a tricky
:29:44. > :29:48.problem I need to solve. I thought about standing as MP for the Rhondda
:29:49. > :29:54.very carefully but it is the National Assembly for Wales, it is
:29:55. > :29:57.the most important institution. There are so many aspects of our
:29:58. > :30:02.society and lives that need changing. We have a wide variety of
:30:03. > :30:09.different people involved in politics but we need more ordinary
:30:10. > :30:13.people. People who care about things in their community. Get involved.
:30:14. > :30:25.Who knows where you can end up with it. Wales looking lovely there.
:30:26. > :30:30.Thanks to John. His book Nephilim is out now.