29/05/2017 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the one show Web Angela Scanlon and Ore Oduba. We

have everything you need for a perfect Bank Holiday. Forget about a

trip to the garden centre, we can bring you the moment a group of

viewers get to take on one of the amazing Chelsea Flower Show gardens.

We will be going down to Maaaargate Hamas highlighted. Thank you Angela.

-- Maaaargate. No matter what your Bank Holiday weather has been like,

things are about to get a whole lot better, especially if you're

watching us from Terminal 5. We are at joined by the ray of sunshine

that is John Barrowman. MUSIC: 'Oh What A Night'. Hello. Wow! What an

entrance. That was a good voice you happier. I have been working on a

couple of chords. Do you take them with you everywhere you go? I cannot

do without them or my assistant. If you had been embroiled in the

Gatwick and Heathrow drama... You would be OK. I would be fine, I

would have deleted an done social media and then I would have been

liked what can we do about it. If you lose your luggage, it is one

thing. If you lose your personal assistant, that there is another

thing. It was not just people were losing their luggage, you can buy

new things, but people were not getting onto flights, people were

losing their honeymoon, not been able to see sect family members,

that is unfortunate. Companies need to stand up and accept

responsibility. A lot of those things can never be fixed. You

cannot redo, you can redo a Honeyman, but of not have a family

member is else. We are so grateful you made your trip early otherwise

we would not have had a guest. It does help. Travel disruption was one

tradition for a Bank Holiday. Joe Crowley is with someone for a walk.

Where are you? I am in Batley in West Yorkshire. It is a bit of a

grey end. It has not dampened spirits. The reason we are here

because tonight on this very spot, The Big Walk starts. It will take

place over three weeks. You need someone who has done this before and

I am delighted to say I am joined by Jo Brand.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Hello. Full walk starts in about 20 minutes,

where are your walking boots? I am not walking. I am seeing the

Walker's off. Stop heckling us, Bell. I am so proud of what they are

doing. There are five teams go into five different corners, I know that

is wrong mathematically, but they are going to five corners of the UK,

Cornwall, London, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and in three

weeks' time there are going to get to where they are going. We will

find out more later in the programme. We will speak to a couple

of Walker's later. APPLAUSE. We can only hope the

weather gets better. We are constantly being told that British

seaside resorts are on the up but sometimes the reality does not quite

live up to the hype. Kevin went to Margate where our oldest pleasure

Park was due to reopen. In 1920, the seaside town of Margate in Kent was

riding high with a brand-new roller-coaster. Its debut drew

crowds to Dreamlands, the American-style theme park which went

on to thrill visitors for decades but as our love for the British

seaside waned, in 2003, it was announced that the park had closed.

12 years later, a designer makeover and an ?18 million investment,

including ?6 million in lottery funding saw its doors open to the

public again. The new Dreamlands was hailed as the revival of the seaside

mecca. But, in just one year, mounting doubts put one of Britain's

oldest theme parks into administration. Following a new

private investment and a new management team, the attraction is

preparing to reopen for a second time. Promising a radically

different experience. That is raped! To find out if this time it would

live up to all of the hype -- that is rigged. The doors are opening in

just three hours' time and the team here are giving me exclusive

behind-the-scenes access as they make the last-minute preparations.

The CEO is determined they will not be closing down again. I have

stopped you at a busy time, there are rocks being moved, will you be

ready in time? We have about 200 guys putting on the finishing

touches. At the last revamp, why did it not work and why do think it will

work this time? We had a good selection of rides but the park was

not quite good enough to make people want to and stay and come back

again. We felt there was another big step to go and we are aiming to

deliver that this year. If it does not succeed this time, what is the

answer for Dreamlands? It will succeed. It is a unique place, it

has been here since the 1860s, we have the oldest

roller-coaster in the UK and it has a rich history and heritage. Looking

around the park, there are new improvements amongst the Mestalla

jerk. By far the biggest change is that 15,000 capacity music venue.

But keeping the big wheel turning will not come cheap, it will have to

attract a lot of visitors with deep pockets. The marketing and design is

quite cool and ultramodern, do you think that is the type of people

you're trying to attract? It has always been for everyone but it has

had a close relationship with their city because it was such an easy

destination to get two for day-trippers and as more people are

staying at home for holidays and looking for interesting places to

visit, we want to draw people to Margate. Can you really make a

success out of a British seaside town? According to a survey in 2015,

the overall number of people choosing a trip to the seaside had

dropped by 20%, but that same year, Margate experienced a 16% rise in

visitors. In 60 minutes time, Dreamlands will open to the public,

there are diggers and tractors everywhere, there are stores that

are not even open. I do not know if they will be ready in time. After

one last push, everyone is set. All we are waiting for is the crowd, and

what a crowd! Hello and welcome to Dreamlands! With that, the doors are

now officially open. What do people make of it all? This is where I

spent my whole childhood. Now I am experiencing it through these two!

My mum used to work on the Walters when she was my age and my

grandfather worked here as well. This is my hometown and this is such

a gem of Margate. Working here is a dream come true. I have been coming

here since I was six. Nice to see it alive again. Hopefully this is it

but I am frightened to get too excited, because it is sounding good

before. I would like to think the new Dreamlands might encourage

people to swap the likes of Madaya and Majorca for a trip to Margate

but it is a little early to see it be a success second time around. One

thing is for sure, judging by the reaction from people here tonight,

there is a lot more Bank Holiday fun to be had. Me included. John, ever

been to Margate. I thought I had, but when I said to summer, you were

not in Margate, we were in Madaya, but you do not remember! I thought I

was still in the UK. It was a really good weekend. You really do need

your system but you always! It is easily done. You are here to tell us

about your new book, Nephilim. I did it with my sister. We know you have

one eye on potentially making it into a Hollywood blockbuster. We

will give you the opportunity to pitch the idea. Let me set the

scene, we are sitting in my office in Hollywood, I am a senior Vice

President. I thought I was going to be a senior Vice President. Time is

money, pitch me the concept. It is called Nephilim, it is about a

conjuror, some in who can manipulate reality with music and about other

characters who can manipulate reality with their artwork, they

team up to form an organisation and they are like an MI5 of the

supernatural world. They are out there to help other people out of

trouble. They team up with Caravaggio, the artist who we

thought was dead, but he is alive. He teams up with them to help other

people but there is a fallen angel, who has come down, when they rule

the world, there is chaos. Sacking kingdom opens up and humanity is

ruined. However, these three, team up and they saved the day. That is

my pitch! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. That was very

good. We are so interested. Have you thought about Margate Bell? It is so

now. It's about right you guys give me a shot of espresso? Let's talk

about the cast. We love it, we just do not know if we see you in it, is

that a deal-breaker? No, but there is someone in the book who is

written for me and yes I would like to be in it. Do you think I'm not

going to write myself into my own project? Let the people decide.

Should we cast John Barrowman in his own book and film? That people love

you. They have spoken. I shipped all of these people in! Paying them

pennies, every single one of them. Let us move on. The book, you

co-wrote it with your sister Carole here is an English professor. That

must be handy to create a book. It is. She comes out to stay with me

for a bad man and we sit down and work out all the characters, the

plot line, and we work out what we are going to do and she takes all

that information away and being an English professor and knowing how to

write, she takes it away and does all the hard work, put it into the

book form and then I get a rough copy draft and I send back what I

want to change and what did not work and I think it is not really right,

it does not fit that way. It is a true collaboration. Presumably

writing is her discipline but you must bring a whole other level to

it. It does help me in storytelling and I am pretty direct about how I

want things to be sometimes, I got a phone call from her and she called

up and said I cannot kill him. I said what do you mean? Your husband?

No, I cannot kill him. I said do not do anything, I will get on a plane.

She said, no, it is a character the book. She said she could not kill

him, I am in love with him. I said, come on, put the wind and I go to

bed. Did she kill him? That is in the first series of books. The

creative process, we have heard about you in red shoes. The creative

juices only Flo... My sister comes to palm springs but I have to wear

red high-heeled shoes and we have a glass of wine and that really helps

the juices flow and generally by about eight o'clock in the evening,

my husband finds is on the patio sitting like that but there are

always the red shoes still there. Has anyone seen John Barrowman's

shoes? What do we think? Beautiful. Nice and shiny. The red shoes and

uploading in the swimming pool. Thank you, John. Nephilim is out

now. Let us go to the garden we promised you. This was the scene at

Chelsea. The wonderful flower show, which I am sure many of you were

glued to, is being packed away. I bet some of you wished the flowers

and plants could be delivered straight to your back garden but

Christine has been meeting one lucky group for whom that wish is coming

true. Earlier this year, we gave viewers

the chance to contribute to this garden. It is all about giving

people the chance to contribute to their dream oasis so the whole

community can enjoy the space. They donated this garden to the angel

town estate in Brixton. So, what is this year's garden like? I'm about

to find out? This is the garden for 2017. It has taken weeks to create

but it's having its celebrity premiere at the Chelsea flower show.

This is creator Nigel. A fantastic garden full of fantastic plans. It

is the plants that bring it to life. The texture, the colour, the

movement. I'm happier than could be. What is the response when The One

Show announced that the garden was up for grabs. People were coming

together to try and do something. Your entries represented, Scotland,

Northern Ireland, Wales and England. I discussed the entries with the

chief culture culture list -- horticulturalist of the RHS. I think

we would have to do a lot of work to make it feel intimate. For me, this

really floated by boat. Kings College Hospital wanted to create

the first roof garden for intensive care patients. Quite a challenge for

you. It's such a shame that the site won't be ready in time. Oh no. Where

is this? Central Scotland. This is in the school grounds. It would be a

lot of hard work to get this into a cultivated state for the plants to

survive. One entry ticked all the boxes. Burlais Primary School was

built two years ago and ever since pupils, parents and staff have been

desperate to transform this great courtyard into a green space. But

they haven't had the funds to make it happen. You can't get much more

grey than this. This is a chance to completely transform the lives and

uses of it and what you can see from inside. Even in the worst of the

weather, this garden will be visible. This meets all of the

criteria. Today, we have invited some of the pupils to come to

Chelsea to see the garden in all its glory for the first time. The head

and deputy had with them. Allison, what was it like when you got the

call to say the garden was coming to your school? We were absolutely

thrilled to hear that we were getting this lovely garden from the

flower show. It has been really helped -- really hard to keep it

secret. Are you all excited? Yes! It's so cool. That's amazing. What

do you think of this? It's amazing. Insect houses. Have great fun

building those. And lovely meadows. And the day doesn't stop there. A

special Royal visitor is on her way and a special pupil has been chosen

to make a posy for her. These offer you, your Majesty. Over the next

couple of weeks, this garden will make its way to Swansea and will

share its transformation with you. I feel really lucky and happy. It's

the best day ever. We're so pleased. It's going to bring a new lease of

life into the school and a very drab and great courtyard area. We just

can't wait. Unbelievable. Brilliant day out had by all. Cream fingered

guy is here. -- green fingered. It's all getting part of a bigger

project. It is all part of the project to green Great Britain. It

improves the urban environment for the benefit of biodiversity,

wildlife, reducing flooding and to improve air quality. A whole range

of benefits from growing plants. How do we do it? Basically, we planned

things. It doesn't matter what. Whether it is a herb garden in a

sunny spot or ferns in a shady bit. Ideally, plant a tree or a large

shrub. Height is everything in agitation. Trees are particularly

valuable. No less than 86% of trees in cities are found in gardens in

certain cities. Front gardens are a particular focus. Many front gardens

don't have a plant in them so there is great scope for improving the

environment. It is staggering how many gardens have been paved over.

It is as easy as picking up one of these. This is lavender, allotted by

bees. Drought resistant. Native California. Foxglove is a planned

for shade rather than some. Allotted by bees again. And this seed has

thick rubbery leaves and flowers in late summer and it doesn't need a

lot of water. Low maintenance plants. One garden that is far from

great is John Barrowman's in Palm springs. That is the entrance to the

house. These are all plants that conserve water. You call them

succulents. We have a lot of palm trees around the front wall of the

house because water is something that you have to save in palm

springs. A lot of roses, which are beautiful. And I have just added

lavender, funnily enough. We love a bit of lavender. While you are here,

some roses for you. That's very sweet. Time to had back-to-back

league in West Yorkshire. A bunch of folk are about to set up on a long

walk. And we mean long. Yes, about three weeks long, these teams are

going to be Northern Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Scotland. The idea is that

they are in their home community by junior team. There is a lot of

walking to be done. There's also a lot of talking to be done. Explain

that. The purpose behind this, this is the Great Big Walk. We are

leaving from Batley and it is commemorating the life of Jo Cox and

putting some of her ideas into practice. She was a great supporter

of community and getting involved in the community. She felt that we had

more similarities than differences and it is important to work on

those. Our teams would be passing through towns and villages, meeting

various charities, meeting people who are doing community work and

chatting away to them to try and get some sense of community. It's not

just a walk but engaging with people along the way. The spirit of Jo Cox

is very much alive here. Theresa May and, you are a friend of hers. What

would it mean to her? She would have loved it. She was very fit and loved

exercise. She cared about people. All communities. A lot of the work

in the past was about people. She carried it on as an MP. This was her

community, she grew up here and she would have been so proud of what has

gone on today. Fitting that the walk is going from here and is about to

start. Let's meet some of the walkers. Olivia, you are from the

Northern Ireland team. I'm worried about the Irish Sea. Well, we are

taking a ferry. But boats are a very big part of our community in County

Fermanagh. I'm really looking forward to working up an appetite,

walking home and meeting amazing people in our communities. We are

going to meet our friends at the end and have a big lunch. Part of the

Scottish team. Why are you involved? A couple of years ago I attempted

suicide and was very lucky to survive. I am now doing big physical

challenges to inspire people and promote mental health. That is

incredible. We are inspired by your journey. You are part of the Welsh

team but we understand that you are a great singer. Let's have a blast

of the Welsh national anthem. HE SINGS IN WELSH. Ready, guys. 3-

to- one! There we go. The teams are on their way. Check out their

progress on the great big walk website. You can turn out and

support them. For now, from everyone here in Batley, but are you in the

studio. Thank you! Just think by the end of the walk we could have a new

Prime Minister. As part of our coverage, we have spoken to each of

the leaders in their own words. This time it is the turn of the leader of

Plaid Cymru. This is where I grew up and still live. In the Rhondda in

the South Wales valleys. This was a community of minors. It there would

have been a pit their whether school is now. Another one beyond where you

can see the supermarket. Another one where the rugby field is. Another

one down there. The place was dominated by coal mines. Of course,

when they were closed, there was nothing left. When I was younger, as

children, we played on the street. I was quite young when the miners

strike happened but I was very aware of the knock-on effect of the miners

strike and the closure of the pits. My father was made redundant. There

were a lot of people put out of work. It was a defining moment in my

life. These Valley communities were completely neglected and ignored

after the miners strike and we had massive social problems and we are

still recovering from them. Hi, Leanne. Welcome back to the school.

This is where I went to school. I have some positive memories of fear

and some less positive memories. I was on free school meals at the time

and it was difficult to cope with the stigma of standing in the queue

with a dinner ticket. This is the community centre. Welcome to the

basement! This was where I spent quite a lot of time in my teenage

years. It was a place to hang out. There were a few opportunities for

people in the Rhondda. Some of the youth workers used to raise

questions and makers think about things in an unconventional way. I

remember sitting around here drinking copy with my friends and

discussing political issues of the day and believing that we could

change anything. We would be sitting at midnight and after having really

broad discussions about different issues in the world. I saw, as a

young girl, she had lots of potential. I trained as a probation

officer initially. Then I went to work for women's aid. It became

apparent in both of those roles that it was political change that was

needed to change the circumstances in which people live. This is the

mountains behind my home and where I came as a child to play. It's where

I come now to contemplate, particularly when I have a tricky

problem I need to solve. I thought about standing as MP for the Rhondda

very carefully but it is the National Assembly for Wales, it is

the most important institution. There are so many aspects of our

society and lives that need changing. We have a wide variety of

different people involved in politics but we need more ordinary

people. People who care about things in their community. Get involved.

Who knows where you can end up with it. Wales looking lovely there.

Thanks to John. His book Nephilim is out now.