29/08/2014 The One Show

The rumour mill has been in overdrive over the final three

On tonight's One Show - we'll speak to them live.

And who's going to be shaking this particular tush?

Welcome to your Friday One Show with Gabby Logan.

Now it's not all Strictly tonight - we're also joined

by an actor whose characters are always a force to be reckoned with.

From the unlikely hero Oskar Schindler in the Academy

To the great Scottish folk hero Rob Roy.

He was a formidable Jedi Master in Star Wars.

And electrified audiences in the Taken series.

Even when he's yellow and made of plastic!

Playing dumb, master builder. That is my favourite, it is Liam

Neeson, everyone! Welcome to the One Show.

Even in the Lego Movie, you play a tough character with the good side.

Always that moral fibre. What attracts you to those roles? They

are more interesting to play. It is boring to play someone who is always

one note. You know? And this film I am doing at the moment, "A Walk

Among The Tombstones", it is a kind of cinematic loner. He has a good

inner moral compass but shady. A complex character there. We will

talk about it later and see a clip. As far as dangerous roles are

concerned, what is the most dangerous role you have played?

Dangerous to you as a human being, not as an actor? Hmm... Not as an

actor, gosh, that is a tricky one, Chris. Let's move on.

We can't it is the link to the next film! Have you had to perform a

stunt where you thought that your life was in danger here? Give me a

clue... No. I will tell you why. Liam is health and safety conscious.

We are talking about workplace safety. You know why? The much

maligned Health and Safety Act is years old.

And the passion and the drive of a largely forgotten man was always

there. One man has made it his mission to

irritate... That must be a fire door.

Embarrass. And shamed people into being safety conscious.

His name was James Tie and he single mindedly made the world safer.

He explained his campaigning tactics as T AM E. It stood for his approach

to maximum embarrassment. The strategy was to grab as much

attention as possible. Believing it was shame that motivated people into

action. He was not a man shy of courting

controveersy. No question about it. He used this as a weapon. At times

causing upset, offending people but equally to help to create an

effective campaigning organisation. He knew what would grab the public

and the media's attention. This is the worst position in the

world for a petrol tank... It worked. The identity for publicity

was hugely influential about bringing about safety improvements

that we take for granted today. He campaigned to make seat belts

compulsory. To enprove the efficiency of life jackets. To

ensure that taxi doors were strong enough not to be blown open. No-one

was above his campaigning zeal. In 1977 he even up braided Princess

Anne. Leaving hospital with her new-born son, Peter, and failing to

fasten her seat belt. A training Shichito was set up in

1957 and it ran for nearly 30 years. Health and safety was more than just

a job. But it was a calling, a crusade.

Did people like him? Not really. He was a very effective safety

campaigner and also an arch self-publicist. Not always a man

that I liked but he did have impact. As Tie's boat came into dock. He and

his colleagues decided to throw lifejackets into the sea to

celebrate. The jackets sank to the bottom of the ocean. This prompted

him to jump feet first in front of the cameras to Demme trait the

problem. It is a disgusting state of affairs.

This does not conform. But for all of his charisma and

attention-grabbing stunts, he was deadly serious about his mission.

That is still keenly felt today. Lawrence Waterman was in charge of

health and safety for the Olympics. He now does the same job as the

Olympic Park is redeveloped. This is the first Olympic built

without fatality. It was believed that it was possible to work safely.

Good health and safety means that people go home to their family at

night. He irritated a lot of people? Anyone

that nudges for change, on an agenda that the politicians don't have is

always a bit of an irritant. He was a great campaigner! It is hard to

imagine how one person is so instrumental in improving safety in

the country. You may think it was the result of armies of bureaucrats.

But legislation and the health Health and Safety at Work Act has

improved safety no end. Since the introduction 40 years ago, the

deaths at work have fallen by an astonishing 80%.

This man succeeded as he was so committed. He fought against the

odds and in the end won because he was right. As a result, the world is

a safer place. So, well done.

Health and safety is everywhere. You are an ex-builder? I worked on

sites when I was 14 or 15. Nobody wore a hard halt! You just did not.

I worked as a fork lift truck driver in the Guinness factory. Constantly

without a hat. A dangerous place.

Yes, much maligned but very important for all of us. Now, your

new film, "A Walk Among The Tombstones", out September the 19th,

an ex-cop, alcoholic, troubled. A lot is going on there... Yeah, he is

not relationship material! You can see how he would struggle to hold

one down with that going on. So take it from there and tell us what

happens? You are right, he is an ex-NYPD guy. Something terrible

happens to him that makes him leave the force. I will not tell you what

it is, it is in the film. But investigative work is in his DNA so

he takes up life as an unlicensed private investigator. He is brought

in to solve these heinous horrible crimes.

Here is the moment where your character is hired to bring the

killers to justice. If you are asking me to run a bag,

deliver money, that is not something... I already paid them.

When? Last night. And your wife? Where is she? She is

dead. . I paid them but they killed her

anyway. Now, there is a lot of rain in this

film. Because of course, that is the old way of Hollywood increasing the

drama on the scene. How did it work? We shot eight weeks of night shift

in New York. A lot of the time it was real rain. How did does it work

with the rain machines that they had? How big are they? They are as

high as the ceiling. Was it rain off, rain on? Yes but

varying degrees. Can you request temperatures? It is

cold. It makes the action more real.

One thing you are good at is fighting. You were a bit of a boxer?

I did. I boxed for several years. Not just one thing that you are good

at, by the way but lots of things! You did box to quite a high level as

a kid? I was the Ulster champion a few years, three years... Do you

still box? No, I train. I use a heavy back.

-- bag. You look fit. I was asked to ask you

about the Mohammed Ali story? The Mohammed Ali story. I met him. He

was over here promoting a terrible film. He was playing a slave. The

lady I was with was invited to this preshow. It was a meeting with

Mohammed Ali. There were various British celebrities there, Freddie

Star, people like that. About ten of us. Mohammed Ali came into the room.

There he was. He still had one more fight in him. He was like a God to

me. Well we all formed a little line. He came along each of us to

shake our hands. As he came closer to me, my knees literally started to

shake. He got to me. I remember looking at him asking him to sign

this for my father. He asked what was his name. I said it was Barney.

He started to sign it and I lost it saying "Mohammed Ali, I love you! "

So he gave me a big hug. I think that my girlfriend was disgusted. I

became like an eight-year-old. More later about strict strict but

first, more farmers are turning crops into Bayeux feel. Jane has

finding out how it may transform Britain's landscape.

A beautiful summer's day, the corn is so high. Now, Bayeux crops,

should they be used for food or turned to green energy? At this

farm, this are aiming to achieve both. They have expanded to become

the biggest supplier of sweetcorn in the UK. Dealing with the waste of

the crop. We eat 75 million a year. If you

consider that a quarter is discarded as waste before it gets to the shop

it is a lot of spare roughage. The sweetcorn comes to the field

with the husk in tact. We remove that. The consumer does not want it

in their kitchen. What did you do with it before? We sent it to

farmers to use in beef cattle. Now we put it into a machine that is fed

with green waste and the product is digested within the tanks, within

the stomach, to produce, rather than milk or meat but to produce Bayeux

gas -- bio gas. So like an enormous part? Exactly.

We produce two megawatts 24 hours a day. Using the first part for energy

for the factories, and the rest to the grid.

So by eating up 30,000 tons of waste a year, the digesters are well on

their way to saving ?4. 5 million. Digesters are a great idea with lots

of waste. But what if farmland is used to grow crops to feed these

beasts, rather than us? If farmers are offered subsidies by the

Government to produce bio fuels, is there the risk of diverting farmland

to energy production? Dr Ian Shield is a bio energy research scientist.

I think there are certain renewable energy subsidies that encourage a

reasonably large scale planting of crops, that help with the energy

system. It is not the waste product of another food crop.

Do you think it is a problem going forward? There are situations where

the energy crops can be grown where the alternatives are few. But if you

are using good land to produce digestible crops, that is taking

away the food production. Certainly there is a future for the bio energy

in this country coming from our farmland. It just must be targeted

carefully. This maximises land use for food and energy production. How

technical a business is it growing sweet corn? Increasingly more. When

we drill the crop in the spring, the tractors are guided by GPS signals.

It can tell him how deep the tool is and how straight he's driving. It

all adds to the bigger picture to produce a healthy crop. What about

know whenning it's time to -- when it's time to harvest? It still needs

us. We come along, look at the corn. You look for the brown silk, but

there's a feel. Can you feel the grain at the end of the husk and

there we are. Nice, bright yellow, just what we want. If we're able to,

you can see if it passes mutter. I can just eat that. Absolutely.

Blimey, that's sweet. That technology has worked to a benefit.

Thank you. A perfectly ripe corn on the cob, grown in a cycle whereby

the waste for this year's crop goes to feed next year's. With a growing

population making increasing demands on this green and pleasant land we

have to be clear that what we're planting will provide enough food

for future generations. Some great shots there. Well done

everybody making that film. You were taken with his pinstripe corn field

look. Real country attire. Liam Neeson is with us.

Let's remind ourselves of Liam in one his most powerful

performances, Schindlers List, with an emotional scene from

the end of the movie where Oskar Schindler expresses his regret over

I could have got more out. I could have got more. If I just... I could

have got more. There are 1100 people alive because of you. Look at them.

If I'd made more money. I threw away so much money.

Schindler's list was an extraordinary film

Will you make a film with such an impact? I don't think so. When the

film came out, it profoundly affected Stephen Spielberg too. He

had made a lot of films, entertainment films, blockbusters,

but I think he was profoundly affected by the power of cinema when

that film came out. It really did have an effect. A lot of people,

still is, shown at schools and colleges and stuff. And it should

be. Every school child should see that. We hear, rightly or wrongly

and we're about to find out that you weren't happy with that performance

of yours? That last scene, no, I wasn't. That's why I couldn't look

at it. What's wrong with it? It's too long to go into, Chris. It was

the very last shoot, it was a night shoot. It was the last scene of the

film of the whole complete shoot. I wanted to do it a different way. I

didn't want him to be standing in the midst of all his Jewish friends

and giving this speech and stuff. I felt he should be cringing up

against the side of a car. Even now, 20 years later? That scene just

always... I love the film. Do you ever come away and think you've

nailed it? All the time. LAUGHTER

Thank heaven he said that. Is there another Shindler's List smouldering

in you? I think I've done it with the bios. Playing these action guys

is much more fun. Doing well with the action heroes, the kind of

thriller, the gritty guy that solves everything and saves the day. Sure,

I know. And Hollywood is still sending me the action scripts, which

is amazing. I'm 62 years of age. What about the mini series, the TV

megaseries now, started with 24 and Wire and the West Wing, have you

been offered one of those? No, I haven't. Strangely enough, it's not

strange, they are attracting the best writers in Hollywood because

they have a chance to develop characters and story lines over a

long period of time. Do you fancy one? In a movie it's a two-hour

slot. You fancy that? Sure, I do. You are available right now? Phone

Follow the up. Money, honey. In a moment we meet the final three

contestants to be confirmed for Strictly 2014.

That's right after a vertigo-inducing climb up Britain's

The United Kingdom skyline is constantly changing, towering above

us, the latest record-breaking addition is the Shard in London,

standing at 306 metres. These buildings are dwarfed by the UK's

tallest free-standing stuckure. This tower in -- structure. This tower in

Yorkshire. This is a vertical-inducing construction

starting at 330 metres high. It transmits television and radio

channels across the north of England. This wasn't the first tower

on this site. Before it was constructed -- before was a

construction 50 metres taller. It formed a central column, during the

winter, these vast sections would attract layers of ice. On 19th

March, 1969, this coat of ice was to be the mast's down fall. The sheer

weight of the ice and gale-force winds caused the mast to buckle and

collapse. The sound of the impact of the falling structure could be heard

for miles. The huge sections of the tower buried themselves five feet

into the earth upon impact, luckily no-one was killed or seriously

injured in the accident. However, television and radio signal was lost

to over six million viewers in the area. Television technician is were

on the scene. I went home to watch the news on the television and it

wasn't there. I thought there was a problem. I rang the control desk and

they said yes, the mast has fallen down. I jumped in my car and drove

up there to see the mast in pieces. A new tower was needed. One that

could with stand the elements. They decided to build a tower out of

concrete and laid the foundations in 1969. This was the first concrete

television mast ever to be built in the UK and to this day, remains the

tallest. It's an unmistakable feature of the Yorkshire landscape,

bur actually, it's inside that the scale of this monster comes clear.

-- becomes clear. That is a long, long way to the top. Paul French is

head of field operations here. It's his job to make sure this tower

stays up. Paul, this is an outstanding, just quite intimidating

piece of engineering. Why is it so tall? If you imagine a lighthouse

and you imagine the TV signals coming out of the tower, similar to

the way the light beam comes from a lighthouse, then a hill gets in the

way and the signal is stopped. The higher you go the further the signal

goes. To get to the top, it's a seven-minute journey in the lift or

there's another way. The 865 rung ladder. You would have to be really,

really fit to climb that. That sounds like a challenge. It's

time for me to kit up and have a go. Best get started. 290 feet done. I

have 710 feet to go. Maybe a cup of tea at the end of this.

Well, that was hard work. It's a long way up. But worth the effort,

because what an absolutely spectacular view.

The team have to constantly check the structure's integrity to avoid a

repeat of the events of 1969, which gives me an opportunity to get a

once in a lifetime view. That's it, I'm standing on the very

edge of Britain's tallest free-standing structure. This

building has received Grade II listed status, thanks to the hard

work and efforts of the guys here, it will stand for generations to

come. Great climbing Andy. During that film, Liam has turned into the

Strictly come dancing trophy. Touch it, come on. I know you want

to. Infamously exited Strictly in 2007? Yes, 2007. Seven years ago.

There were protestations outside the BBC because people thought she

should never have left. The judges voted her off, before the public

vote. The reason isser it's mooted that the reason is... Stop! Stop!

Because Rhod Stuart is booked to appear -- Rod Stewart was booked to

appear the week later. Not true. The show is great, a wonderful

experience. # Wake up Penny, I think she's got

something to say to you. Over the past fortnight the Strictly

producers have been revealing the From CBBC, wildlife presenter,

Steve Backshall. Mark Wright

from the Only Way is Essex. And Simon Webbe

from the boyband Blue. From Mrs Brown's Boys,

actress Jennifer Gibney. Bargain Hunt's Tim Wonnacott

and Masterchef's Greg Wallace. APPLAUSE

You three, shimmy over here, come on.

Welcome to the show. The journey starts here. Hi Tim, how are you

doing? Looking fit already. Are you ready? There's the trophy there. I'm

glad you said that, yes. I said I want your tips. You didn't mishear

me did you? No, I didn't. Jennifer you are in for the ride of your

life. It's just the best show to do. It's so much fun. But there are

these stories that rumble underneath that people are falling in love with

their partners and there have been a couple of real romances on the show.

Is Brendan worried that this is going to happen with you? Not a

chance! Absolutely not a chance. I am married to an amazing man and I

love him to bits. APPLAUSE

Who do you think you are? Tim, you're looking fitter and trimmer

than ever before. That's kind of you. Training today, how was that?

Extraordinary. It's like being in a mad house, isn't it? These

completely disassociated people, right, 30 of them, that only met the

day before, are doing this kind of freak act OK it's choreography...

It's intimate very early. Greg, you're now being judged having

previously been the judge. How will you take that? That irony is not

lost on me. We had Craig on Celebrity MasterChef. I'm thinking

back now desperately... Pay back time. Was I nice to him? Of course

not! Have a look back at the tapes? Really? No, we haven't got them. You

have seven days to the launch show. Good luck with your partners. 7th

September it starts. Thank you to Liam of course for being here as

well. Matt and Alex are back on Monday with a week-long music Thanks

to festival. Our Strictly contestants here. Have a great

weekend. Bye!