:00:24. > :00:27.Hello. Welcome to the one one show. We are back in the warm staued yo
:00:27. > :00:31.after a great day out in Sheffield. It was raining all day but still
:00:31. > :00:35.crowds came out to see us and we were grateful to everyone who
:00:35. > :00:40.turned out. The crowd was a highlight, singing away. That
:00:40. > :00:50.moment when the confetti came down. We are joined by a man who is used
:00:50. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:19.to huge crowds, he has starred in It's Alfie Boe.
:01:19. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:34.That sent shivers down my spine. You were just saying, We were stood
:01:34. > :01:39.on the royal balcony over looking the Mall. It's been a busy summer
:01:39. > :01:43.because you recorded the anthem for the GB team and Olympics and
:01:43. > :01:48.Paralympics. We did one vision. From a performers point of view,
:01:48. > :01:54.what did you make of the opening ceremony last night? It was amazing
:01:54. > :01:58.to see such a spectacular. The lighting was fantastic. It is
:01:58. > :02:02.wonderful to be able to celebrate such wonderful Olympians. People
:02:02. > :02:04.have been pouring into the Olympic Park for the first day of
:02:05. > :02:09.Paralympic action, many without a full idea of what they were about
:02:09. > :02:15.to see. Lucy has been to Stratford to see what the public were looking
:02:15. > :02:19.forward to on day one. Welcome to the Paralympics. It's
:02:20. > :02:24.day one of what promises to be one of the most popular Paralympics
:02:24. > :02:27.ever and the first wave of an anticipated 2.5 million ticket
:02:27. > :02:35.holders is making its way into the Olympic Park here. We wanted to
:02:35. > :02:42.come and absorb the atmosphere. We watched the Olympics and wanted to
:02:42. > :02:49.experience it. It's the dream come true for those
:02:49. > :02:56.people who can't run like me or you. They can run faster. They can run
:02:56. > :03:01.faster. It's beautiful. With these tickets we can get into the copper
:03:01. > :03:06.box, which is the goal ball. What do you know about that sport?
:03:06. > :03:10.much, we want to see what the rules are. I have been in a wheelchair
:03:10. > :03:16.for three years so it helps me feel like if they can do it, I can try
:03:16. > :03:22.to do it. We are going to see wheelchair
:03:22. > :03:29.basketball. We don't know anything about it. It looks like a fast game.
:03:29. > :03:33.It can be quite violent, I am intrigued how it works. I have
:03:34. > :03:37.track cycling. I can just almost take those from you. You are not
:03:37. > :03:42.having them. It is the first time we have been to a big thing like
:03:42. > :03:45.this. I want to see Olympic records broken. I like to see people
:03:45. > :03:50.competing at the highest level. I think this is what we are going to
:03:50. > :03:55.see today. With 21 different sports for us all to enjoy over the next
:03:55. > :04:02.two weeks and the possibility of 103 Team GB medals it looks like we
:04:02. > :04:07.will be celebrating a whole new batch of sporting heroes. Team GB!
:04:07. > :04:14.It's been a busy first day of action with 28 gold medals
:04:14. > :04:18.available over five sports. Tanni Grey Thompson has been following it
:04:18. > :04:24.for Radio 5 Live. What have been the highlights? It's been a
:04:24. > :04:32.fantastic day for cycling. Sarah Storey won the first gold of the
:04:32. > :04:37.Games in the 4 K pursuit. She was amazing. Mark Col borne won a
:04:37. > :04:41.Silver Medal, a good start to day one. Judging by the number of
:04:41. > :04:47.tickets sold, it is the biggest Paralympics ever, does it feel like
:04:47. > :04:54.that at the Olympic Park?. It feels really exciting. I have the
:04:54. > :05:01.Aquatics Centre behind me, and we can hear the cheers. There is an
:05:01. > :05:05.amazing atmosphere. I met people today who had tickets just to the
:05:05. > :05:09.park and they were just soaking up the atmosphere. What does it
:05:09. > :05:13.compare to the Olympics you have competed it? Barcelona was a good
:05:13. > :05:16.games but the rest didn't have a great turn out. Beijing, all the
:05:16. > :05:20.tickets went but in reality a lot were given away. There is a
:05:20. > :05:23.difference when people have paid money to come and watch. There is a
:05:23. > :05:28.different type of support and what the British athletes are going to
:05:28. > :05:34.get, same as the Olympics, there will be massive massive support
:05:34. > :05:38.which will push them on to perform at a higher level. The word
:05:38. > :05:41.reclassification has hit the headlines for one swimmer who
:05:41. > :05:47.wasn't eligible for the games but now is back in, can you clear it up
:05:47. > :05:50.for us? It is confusing. She swims as an S 6 with Ellie Simmons and
:05:50. > :05:56.there was a feeling she might get moved but generally you get moved
:05:56. > :06:00.up or down one group and she was actually completely declassified.
:06:00. > :06:05.They said she wasn't disabled enough to compete and she's come
:06:05. > :06:09.back in as an S 6. I don't think we are going to hear the end of it.
:06:09. > :06:13.The Paralympic team will be protesting. It might take a couple
:06:13. > :06:18.of days to sort it out. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
:06:18. > :06:26.Athletics starts tomorrow. I will be at the track from 10.00 and that
:06:26. > :06:29.is where I will be for the next few days. Get some rest. We are going
:06:29. > :06:33.to be celebrating Team GB's success during the Games on our special
:06:33. > :06:39.medal boards which are over here. Alfie is going to be doing the
:06:39. > :06:43.honours for us. You have faces we are going to pin on. Sarah Storey
:06:43. > :06:53.was our first gold, the 34-year-old won the first gold in the C5
:06:53. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :07:00.pursuit. She has her eye on another three gold medals. Mark Col born,
:07:00. > :07:10.silver Silver Medal winner, time trial.
:07:10. > :07:12.
:07:12. > :07:20.Silver Medal winner Hannah Russell, 16-years-old. It's been a busy day.
:07:20. > :07:25.Bronze Medal, Ben Quilter. That was for judo. With the target of 103
:07:25. > :07:30.medals, hopefully these medals will be overflowing with faces.
:07:30. > :07:34.From our heroes of the Paralympics to our flying heroes of World War I.
:07:34. > :07:38.The pilots of the Royal Flying Corps were the first Brits ever to
:07:38. > :07:48.fly into battle. Joe Crowley visits the airfield in Wiltshire where
:07:48. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :07:56.these brave men first took off 100 If anyone with the slightest sense
:07:56. > :08:06.of history, this is an awesome sight. That gent is 89-year-old
:08:06. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:11.Doug, a World War II pilot, he is doing pre-flight checks. Today his
:08:11. > :08:17.plane is taking off from an airfield near Salisbury and flying
:08:17. > :08:26.around eight miles north-west to a special place called Larkhill to
:08:26. > :08:29.salute the centenary of the Royal Flying Corps. Larkhill became a
:08:29. > :08:36.centre for the development of aviation.
:08:36. > :08:42.We are surround by what was then office land but was made available
:08:42. > :08:47.to the early air noughts to use for their experimentation. A pilot
:08:47. > :08:52.built a hangar to set up a small aviation company. In those days, no
:08:52. > :08:56.trees, no buildings, so nobody to to complain about the noise. Here
:08:56. > :09:03.in Britain the government was slow to see how these new flying
:09:03. > :09:06.machines could be of benefit. 1909 the war office issued an
:09:06. > :09:10.announcement which said they weren't prepared to invest any more
:09:10. > :09:15.money in experiments with planes because they considered it a
:09:16. > :09:19.useless and expensive fad. About that time Germany had invested
:09:19. > :09:29.�400,000 in aeroplane research alone. Clearly they could see it
:09:29. > :09:34.had a future. But the enthusiastic lobbying helped to move aviation
:09:34. > :09:38.forward. When the Royal Flying Corps was founded in 1912, this was
:09:38. > :09:43.an obvious location for the first squadron with military aeroplanes.
:09:43. > :09:47.The lack of both machines and men was a problem. Not helped by the
:09:47. > :09:52.fact the first recruits had to pay for their own flying lessons. They
:09:52. > :09:57.did get a refund but only once they had joined up. The Royal Flying
:09:57. > :10:03.Corps had an army wing and naval wing which split apart but both had
:10:03. > :10:07.a Hoch poch much second hand planes mostly French built. What we needed
:10:07. > :10:10.was a good British aircraft. So one of the first events at Larkhill was
:10:10. > :10:15.a competition, to find an outstanding machine for the corps
:10:15. > :10:19.to fly. Anybody in Europe who was interested in aviation would have
:10:19. > :10:23.wanted to be here and most of them were. All the famous French,
:10:23. > :10:31.Italian pilots were here and they had the public, they were allowed
:10:31. > :10:38.to come as well. The man who won it was Samuel - Samuel F cody and
:10:38. > :10:42.produced an impractical aircraft, with a massive engine so he could
:10:42. > :10:48.outperform anybody else. The aircraft was made of bamboo and
:10:48. > :10:51.with fabric. Although he won it wasn't a very practical aeroplane.
:10:51. > :10:55.Cody's winning machine never actually made it into service, but
:10:55. > :11:02.when the First World War broke out British aircraft developed rapidly.
:11:02. > :11:09.One of the most successful was the SE 5 A, a a much stronger and more
:11:09. > :11:13.stable biplane. This one is a fully accurate replica, flown by the
:11:13. > :11:16.World War II pilot Doug Gregory. You thought in the Second World War
:11:16. > :11:21.and you have an incredible amount of experience, what do you make of
:11:21. > :11:31.the early pioneers in the in the World War I pilots I take my hat
:11:31. > :11:36.off to them. Wonderful bunch. Going off into the unknown and generally
:11:36. > :11:42.wondering if the jolly thing is going to stay together. I think
:11:42. > :11:50.these chaps, keen to find out, keen to explore, wonderful, I wish I had
:11:50. > :11:58.met some of them. The Royal Flying Corps was our first air service but
:11:58. > :12:04.lasts just six years. Then on 1st April 1918 a single service was
:12:04. > :12:08.formed. The royal air forms. Where the Royal Flying Corps began with
:12:08. > :12:12.so little, by the end of the First World War the RAF was the most
:12:12. > :12:19.powerful air force in the world with more than 20,000 aircraft and
:12:19. > :12:26.nearly 300,000 personalel -- personnel. Larkhill is where it all
:12:26. > :12:30.began 100 years ago. Doug deserves some respect going up
:12:30. > :12:35.with that plane. Brilliant. We were saying your brother used to be in
:12:35. > :12:41.the RAF. He wasn't a pilot, he was in the Royal Air Force police, so
:12:41. > :12:47.spent more time in the pub than in a plane. But he was a in there for
:12:47. > :12:52.30 years and we used to visit him on the RAF camps and get to see a
:12:52. > :12:56.lot of those sort of planes. Speaking of your brother, there
:12:56. > :13:03.were nine of you all together, you have written about your family in
:13:03. > :13:09.your new book My Story and it tells the story of how you became the
:13:09. > :13:13.singer in the Boe household. My mum and dad were into music in a big
:13:13. > :13:19.way. My father was into lots of different types of music, not just
:13:19. > :13:26.the classical tenors, there he is, not just the classical singers, he
:13:26. > :13:32.was into country singers, folk singers, Glen miller stuff and so
:13:32. > :13:35.his taste passed down to me and I have that sort of same feeling
:13:35. > :13:42.towards music, I don't see any boundaries, it is one big world.
:13:42. > :13:46.is a fascinating story, your life. You weren't like a stage school kid.
:13:46. > :13:51.You were a mechanic in a garage. Yes. How did you make the
:13:51. > :13:55.transition from the garage to the stage? When you are a kid, you get
:13:55. > :14:00.told to get a trade behind you and then you have something to fall
:14:00. > :14:05.back on. That was what I was told and I started looking around my
:14:05. > :14:10.local area and got a job working for a car factory as a body
:14:10. > :14:13.mechanic. It was one particular day I was working on a car and this
:14:13. > :14:18.customer whose car I was working on said you have a good voice, you
:14:19. > :14:25.should do something with it. Why don't you go down to London, there
:14:25. > :14:30.is an opera company auditions for people. I took the day off work,
:14:30. > :14:35.went down, sang to them, got taken on, came Back To Black pool and
:14:35. > :14:39.handed in my notice and went on tour as an opera singer. I wonder
:14:39. > :14:44.if that customer knows? I don't know. If you are out there, e-mail
:14:44. > :14:48.us, it would be lovely to hear from you. I hope he has bought my
:14:48. > :14:53.albums! And my book! In the book, it is obvious you
:14:53. > :14:57.suffer with quite a lot of self- doubt, there are lots of ups and
:14:57. > :15:06.downs. Was there a point when you thought I can make a living from
:15:06. > :15:10.singing. I think when my bank balance started to get better.
:15:10. > :15:17.Inevitably in this industry, you never know how it is going to be.
:15:17. > :15:21.You don't know what is going to happen. There were times that were
:15:21. > :15:27.really struggles for me and you just have to try and believe that
:15:28. > :15:32.you are doing the right thing, that it is going to happen, get better.
:15:32. > :15:35.But sometimes you weaken and start looking for other options. I did, I
:15:35. > :15:42.looked for other careers and a couple of people offered me a job
:15:42. > :15:46.as a trainer, as a physical trainer. I got advised about going and
:15:46. > :15:52.developing my cookery, because I love to cook. It is a hobby. I
:15:52. > :15:56.would have been useless at it professionally. But I knew singing
:15:56. > :16:03.was something I couldn't give up. We are glad you didn't give up on
:16:03. > :16:12.it. There are endless stories, it is a fascinating read. My Story is
:16:12. > :16:18.out now. Most children in England are still on hol day, 65,000 pupils
:16:18. > :16:21.are back at the government's summer schools. The extra lessons are for
:16:21. > :16:30.kids who are predicted to struggle from going to primary to secondary
:16:31. > :16:37.school. 11-year-old twins as tonne and tar
:16:37. > :16:42.rin are enjoying the last few minutes of their summer holidays.
:16:42. > :16:46.They start classes at their new high school today. I am eager to
:16:46. > :16:55.find out what they think about having their summer holidays cut
:16:55. > :16:59.short by a fortnight. Is it nice having new kit, getting ready for
:16:59. > :17:07.school? Yes. Why do you think it will be good to have these extra
:17:08. > :17:11.lessons? We will get used to the work. The boys are part of a new
:17:11. > :17:15.�50 million summer scheme targeted to help children who are more
:17:15. > :17:19.likely to struggle academically. Their Mum thinks it's great. Have
:17:19. > :17:27.you been worried about their development at school? Yes, more
:17:27. > :17:32.maths than English. They need that constant extra help. Do you think
:17:32. > :17:37.the summer holidays are the right length of time?. They are too long.
:17:37. > :17:45.There are so many places you can do and if the weather is not nice then
:17:45. > :17:48.you can't. Does it put financial pressure on you? Yes, because extra
:17:48. > :17:53.food shopping, extra money for days out. We are getting to the point
:17:53. > :17:59.where it is right, we are ready now, ready for school now. Almost 2,000
:17:59. > :18:04.state summer schools are running across the UK and here at westly
:18:04. > :18:12.high school 32 pupils are coming to school two weeks earlier than their
:18:12. > :18:15.classmates. The scheme is totally voluntary. Pupils don't have to
:18:15. > :18:19.attend. It is offered to children qualifying for free school meals
:18:19. > :18:24.because research shows it is these pupils who regularly fall behind
:18:24. > :18:31.and would benefit most from a shorter holiday. What are the main
:18:31. > :18:39.reasons you have chosen? 11-year- old cody has chosen to come to
:18:39. > :18:47.summer school. At home she helps care for her younger brother John
:18:47. > :18:51.who has special needs. I play with him, I look after him, I stop my
:18:51. > :18:55.brothers getting in arguments. you annoyed your summer holiday is
:18:55. > :19:00.going to be cut short?. No, because at the end you start getting really
:19:00. > :19:05.bored. Why do you get bored?. There's nothing to do. Cody's
:19:05. > :19:09.father is John's full-time carer. He's keen for cody to attend to
:19:09. > :19:13.take advantage of the extra support. I thought it was a great idea, a
:19:13. > :19:17.bit of academic learning before she starts full-time. Hopefully it will
:19:17. > :19:25.give her a bit of a boost and she will be ahead of the others when
:19:25. > :19:32.they start in September. Do you think it will help going to summer
:19:32. > :19:40.school? Yes. Why do you think it will help? When you are at the
:19:40. > :19:44.summer school, it can help you with your learning. Teachers always
:19:44. > :19:53.focus on you, not having to focus on lots of children. The school
:19:53. > :19:57.runs six hours a day, with the main focus on numeracy and literacy.
:19:57. > :20:01.Headteacher John Banks believes a shorter holiday will make a big
:20:01. > :20:06.difference to the children. Can two weeks really make a difference?
:20:06. > :20:09.think so. Some of the students do tend to under perform. We have a
:20:09. > :20:14.dip in performance when you get children coming from primary school
:20:14. > :20:18.to secondary school. To start them off early will help them because
:20:18. > :20:22.after they finish the two weeks summer school they start high
:20:22. > :20:27.school straightaway. Would you like to see summer holidays shortened?
:20:27. > :20:31.Yes. Why? It is a long time to engage students and particularly
:20:31. > :20:35.when they have just finished primary school, to reengage into
:20:35. > :20:40.learning it is a long break. There is a lively debate about whether or
:20:40. > :20:43.not the school holidays are too long. In some areas of the UK
:20:43. > :20:49.education authorities are even considering cutting the break to
:20:49. > :20:52.four weeks. The kid in me feels sorry for the kids having their
:20:52. > :20:57.holidays cut short but six weeks is a really long time and I can see
:20:57. > :21:01.from today, they are really engaged and they have loads of activities
:21:01. > :21:05.and for those children who need more support this can only be a
:21:05. > :21:13.good thing. One man who is looking forward to
:21:14. > :21:17.the start of term is the one one shows's favourite teacher Mr Drew.
:21:17. > :21:27.Since Meatloaf gave him interview tips in the studio, you have gone
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:35.on to become a headteacher. You only turn up when you have singers
:21:35. > :21:39.here. Absolutely. Did they mention Meatloaf in the interview at all?
:21:39. > :21:46.No, it was like the elephant in the room. What do you make of summer
:21:47. > :21:52.schools?. Generally summer schools have got to be a great idea, young
:21:52. > :21:57.people from primary to secondary school, they can get used to how
:21:57. > :22:04.things are going to be different. The big fish in the little pond to
:22:04. > :22:09.being the little fish in the big pond. It's got to be a good thing.
:22:09. > :22:12.It is a big move for those children. But what about other pupils that
:22:12. > :22:16.aren't switching schools, those summer holidays are long for all
:22:16. > :22:19.children. They are long, but you are only young once and there is a
:22:19. > :22:23.mixed bag of research on whether having so much time off means you
:22:23. > :22:29.have to start all over again or whether young people need that time
:22:29. > :22:33.for a chance to be a child. We also forget we have two weeks ago, it
:22:33. > :22:38.takes us a while to get going when we come back. You spent most of
:22:38. > :22:43.your summer holidays working. I got a job when I was 11 and I
:22:43. > :22:50.always worked during the summer holidays to fill up my time. Would
:22:50. > :22:56.you think about putting opera into your classes? I would hope any
:22:56. > :23:00.secondary school would be including the study of opera. If you are
:23:00. > :23:07.studying music you have to study the full range of things. The skill
:23:07. > :23:11.involved in an opera singer's voice is something all young people can
:23:11. > :23:21.learn about. There are a lot of young kids and adults who are
:23:21. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:28.intimidated by classical music, think they have to be educated, but
:23:28. > :23:33.it is for everybody to listen to. Putting music into schools, it
:23:33. > :23:39.shouldn't just be classical music t should be lotss of different music.
:23:39. > :23:44.Walking past music classrooms, you hear everything from African music
:23:44. > :23:52.to opera, to rock, to everything, children are learning a wide range
:23:52. > :23:57.of skills. Good luck with the new job and the new term.
:23:57. > :24:02.We would like to hear your stories of your first day at school. Were
:24:02. > :24:09.you scared, were you happy, what scrapes did you get into. Send them
:24:10. > :24:16.in to us. The tiny village of Ratcliffe-on-
:24:16. > :24:22.Soar doesn't get many tourists but it has a loyalist group of visitors
:24:22. > :24:29.who come every summer. Throughout the year millions of
:24:29. > :24:34.birds migrate to the UK. Choosing ideal locations like estuaries and
:24:34. > :24:40.river banks to nest. But one species has turned its back on
:24:40. > :24:46.traditional sites and prefers a more industrial landscape. Here at
:24:46. > :24:50.Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. This power plant
:24:50. > :24:57.produces electricity for around two million homes. By burning around
:24:57. > :25:00.four million tonnes of coal a year. One of the biproducts is tonnes of
:25:01. > :25:10.ash and for the last three decades these mountains of ash have become
:25:10. > :25:15.the ideal nesting sight for sand Martins. Keith marshal is the
:25:15. > :25:25.logistics engineer. Isn't that wonderful.
:25:25. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:34.You can see all the holes in lines across the top. Between 100 and 150
:25:34. > :25:39.pairs. They are beautiful birds. You have been working here for
:25:39. > :25:44.decades. How are they doing this year. They were very late arriving.
:25:44. > :25:48.Normally 1st April they arrive. This year we didn't see any until
:25:48. > :25:52.5th May. We were concerned they weren't going to turn up at all.
:25:52. > :26:00.You would never expect that, such a wildlife friendly habitat in the
:26:00. > :26:04.middle of this. It is stunning to find. Just so unusual. Sand
:26:04. > :26:11.Martin's are the smallest member of the swallow family. They are one of
:26:11. > :26:18.the first spring migrants to appear in the UK. For a small bird, it
:26:18. > :26:23.makes a massive journey every year of over 3,000 miles, crossing both
:26:23. > :26:28.Sahara desert and Mediterranean sea. They usually nest in Sandbanks
:26:28. > :26:37.along rivers but here in Britain, those can be at risk of flooding.
:26:37. > :26:43.So this ash pile is a perfect high and dry alternative. The birds will
:26:43. > :26:48.dig back creating a tunnel of about 35 centimetres and right at the
:26:48. > :26:51.back will be their nesting chamber. They will line it with grass and
:26:51. > :26:57.feathers and lay the eggs there. The amazing thing about this ash is
:26:57. > :27:07.it is a really similar consistency to sand. It is soft enough to be
:27:07. > :27:12.able to dig out, but hard enough so it won't collapse on their heads.
:27:12. > :27:16.With the female laying around four to five eggs, both parents help
:27:16. > :27:20.with incubation and feeding the chicks. It is about a month before
:27:20. > :27:24.the chicks are independent. Keith and his team ensure there is an ash
:27:24. > :27:28.pile for the birds each year, but it does take a bit of housekeeping.
:27:28. > :27:32.What we found in the past is, where the birds have been here for two or
:27:32. > :27:39.three years on the trot, we had a major collapse of the face. So we
:27:39. > :27:44.now form the face every year for them. The birds come back year
:27:44. > :27:53.after year. They do, they are back here this year in sim wlar numbers
:27:53. > :27:58.to what we have seen. It's such a lovely sight. They are enchanting
:27:58. > :28:03.birds. They will stay here until late summer. Why do they bother
:28:03. > :28:13.coming at all, when they could stay in sunny Africa all year round.
:28:13. > :28:13.
:28:13. > :28:17.That is down to the abundance of insects we get in spring and summer.
:28:17. > :28:25.Eventually the chicks will fledge and with their parents they will
:28:25. > :28:33.then fly all the way back to Africa. I hope he's recovered from the
:28:33. > :28:36.cutlery game yesterday. You have migrated back and forth
:28:36. > :28:41.between the States and UK for the last two decades because your wife
:28:41. > :28:48.is American. Yes. Where do you call home now? I was hoping I could kip
:28:48. > :28:52.down here for the night. It's crazy, I think England is definitely where
:28:52. > :28:58.I will always have a home, I do a lot of work here, there is a lot