30/10/2017 The One Show

Hello and welcome to

The One Show with Amol Rajan...

..And Michelle Ackerly.

Our guest tonight is a comedian,

actor, musician and wildlife fan.

So, given the success of a certain

nature show last night,

we thought we'd show you some

stunning shots of him

in his natural habitat.

Here, the adults behave rather

strangely.

This is a male. He is

particularly handsome. The more

bulbous the head, the more it

intimidates an opponent, and he is

ready to breed. But then, something

truly extraordinary happens. The

territory has a new ruler.

APPLAUSE Ladies and gentlemen, Bill

Bailey!

That's marvellous. Fantastic.

Particularly handsome.

It looked

amazing.

Not quite ready to breed! I

take issue with you there.

You would

have seen Blue Planet last night. An

amazing show, which by the way is on

the iPlayer. What particularly

jumped out from the show for you?

Literally? There was one section

with a giant trevally, those huge

fish that jumped out of the water

and grab those birds. I have swum

with those fish, the giant trevally.

I snorkelled with them on the Great

Barrier Reef, and they are quite

intimidating. They are big, and they

have huge eyes. I was snorkelling

with this fish, and it turned... I

did a double-take. It went... I

think it recognised me. I don't

know!

You are just famous

everywhere. Underwater...

Exactly.

Famous amongst fish, that's me!

Incredible talents. What natural

talents are you looking forward to

seeing in next weeks episode?

I

don't know if you can top that!

There is a fish that can make art.

That is amazing. It's sort of scoops

the sand into a piece of art.

Bill,

it is very nice to see you.

Very shortly we'll be speaking

to Hassan Akkad who,

having been part of the incredible

documentary Exodus, which told

the stories of refugees

as they travelled across Europe,

has now helped make the new series.

Before that, here's how another

refugee here in the UK is hoping

to put HIS much needed talents

to good use.

27-year-old Rouni is making his way

to the job centre.

I have to come

every fortnight and look for work.

He came to the UK as a refugee from

Syria three years ago.

You have to

try to save your life and have a

better future. It is difficult to

start from scratch and to make a new

life.

Rouni is reliant on

jobseeker's allowance until he finds

employment.

I don't want to come

here any more. I can't wait to start

work.

And he has the skills to do

so, because Rouni is a trained

doctor.

This is the doctor 's

office.

Rouni is one of the number

of refugees who, despite arriving in

Britain as a fully qualified doctor,

don't have the qualifications to

license here. So they have come up

with a plan to try to get these

doctors back into work. Rouni joined

the resettlement programme for

overseas doctors a year ago, and is

taking part in regular unpaid

placements and mentoring here at the

University Hospital of North Tees.

You have to get used to the

different systems. I am one of the

junior doctors here. The more

exposed, the better you will become.

Like most doctors who trained

outside the EU, Rouni cannot

practice here until he has passed a

theoretical and practical medical

exams. He is waiting for his final

results, and in four weeks' time

will find out whether his hard work

has paid off.

I trained in the

Ukraine and graduated in 2014. It

was my dream to become a doctor. I

would love to become a

paediatrician. After all these years

of studying, if you are not able to

do what you love to do, it's very

difficult.

The pilot scheme was set

up by a charity in partnership with

North trees and Hartlepool NHS

Foundation Trust, where there is a

shortage of medical staff.

The

frustration you would feel as

someone who you know you have skills

that could be put to good use, and

you can't do that in the current

situation, would be very hard. We

want to support refugees who are

health care professionals.

Is it

cost effective to do what you are

doing?

It costs about £250,000 to

put a UK person through to get them

qualified as a doctor. This will

cost around £5,000 per participant

to get them into UK practice.

Qualifying isn't easy, and a tough

challenge the refugee doctors face

is the English language exam.

Proving you understand the question.

Before they can prove their medical

knowledge, they must passed English

exams in reading, writing and

speaking. Lessons are run by the

charity which co-founded the project

to help the medical refugees and

migrants to learn to not just answer

the questions, but to interpret them

and give more information.

How does

the story make you feel?

Marianne is

a trained anaesthetist from Nepal.

Obviously the medical qualification

is not easy, but language is the

most difficult part.

How many times

have you taken these language exams.

Four times.

Jane is the assistant

director of registration at the

General Medical Council. She thinks

it is important the doctors reached

an advanced level of English.

Since

we raise the standard of the English

language test in 2014, we have seen

an increase in pass rate of the

GMC's exams, which we believe is

down to doctors being able to

communicate more effectively. There

is a high expectation from patients

that they can have a detailed

conversation with their doctor. We

think the standards are absolutely

appropriate.

As for Rouni, the wait

is finally over, and it is good

news. He has passed its final exams.

Today he has come to officially

register at the General Medical

Council in Manchester.

I feel

extremely happy, excited. Today is a

great day in my life. I can't wait

to start work and be productive in

my future here, trying to repay

society a bit, because they helped

me a lot. It is like a new future

for me.

Rouni is now working

as a junior doctor at

the University Hospital of North

Tees.

Hassan's here now.

We saw his journey

from Syria to the UK

in the Bafta-award winning Exodus.

Here's one of the stand-out

moments from the series -

his first terrifying attempt

to cross from Turkey to Greece.

Hassan, it is great to see you. Your

journey from Turkey to the UK took

just under three months. Is that the

closest you came to death?

Most

certainly, on that crossing. It's

something you watch on the telly all

the time, but you don't know that

one day it is going to be you,

surrounded by almost 60 people,

including children and women, all

asking for help. There were other

moments when we got stuck in vans

and lorries across Europe. It hasn't

been an easy journey.

You also

filmed the moment you successfully

managed to board a plane to the UK.

Must have been incredibly emotional.

What would you say to those people

who would argue you shouldn't have

been trying to enter the country

illegally?

A lot of people say that

we shouldn't be in the country

illegally, and we should do a

different process, which takes

almost three years. I do agree with

them, but when you are desperate,

when you have lost your home country

and you are desperate to settle down

and find a new place to establish

yourself, you will risk it. It is a

natural, human instinct that you

will risk it.

You have been granted

political asylum here in the UK. How

did you go from being the subject of

a documentary to being part of the

team making the second series?

When

Exodus went out last year and it won

awards, and people were shocked why

what they saw, it pushed people to

go out and volunteer to do things to

help refugees. The story wasn't over

yet. There were still people coming

to Europe and boarding boats. So the

BBC commissioned the same production

company to do a follow-up programme.

It was a nice gesture of them to

hire me to work on the second

project, because this is what I want

to do. I want to make documentaries

about topics that matter. It was an

incredible experience.

What has

changed for people making this

journey now compared to 2015?

Things

have changed massively. In 2015,

borders were open, people would take

a week or two to get to wherever

they wanted in western Europe. Now

it is different. Borders are shut.

There are fences everywhere. Some

people are on Greek islands for over

16 months. Some have tried to commit

suicide because they are depressed.

The environment has changed. You no

longer see people with refugees are

welcome.

Have attitudes hardened a

bit?

Absolutely, the far right in

Greece and Germany. That's something

we filmed with people we followed

through the second production.

We

have a clip from the new series,

where Afghan refugee Azizula shows

the conditions people are living in

Belgrade as they wait to cross into

Hungary.

Bill, it is hard to watch footage

like that without putting your own

life into perspective.

Yes, these

people are just stuck, in limbo.

They are stateless. They can't go

anywhere.

Absolutely, with no hope

of getting anywhere.

There are

thousands of them. How do you know

which stories to choose when making

this documentary?

You wish you could

tell all the stories. These people

have fled countries where freedom of

speech is not allowed, so for the

first time in their lives they are

able to express their voices. On a

human level, you wish you could tell

all their stories, but on a

practical level, you choose the

people who are comfortable being on

camera, sharing the intimate details

of their lives and what they have

gone through to be where they are

right now. So these are the people

we filmed.

We are lucky to have you

to tell the story.

Thank you, Hassan.

Exodus: Our Journey Continues starts

on Thursday at 9pm, on BBC Two.

Bill, we know you're a huge fan

of birds, and your new tour

is called Larks in Transit.

So we think you're

going to enjoy this.

We're calling it

Peregrines in Training.

As a wildlife cameraman, identity

spend much time sat at a desk, but a

tip-off has brought me to this

office in Woking. Because on top of

this building lives a family of the

world's fastest predators, the

Peregrine fall can. And right now,

the parents are teaching the kids to

hunt. Welcome to Peregrine flight

school. These photos, taken by One

Show viewer Craig Denver said,

showed the parents dropping prey

midair for their young to chase. It

is a vital lesson that is going to

change the young peregrines into

deadly aerial acrobats. The

designer's office is just below the

nest, and he follows their lives via

a live feed to his desk.

This is the

chicks just a few days old. You can

see the five chicks, and the little

rant is a bit smaller than the

others, but he is a fighter. A few

days on, you can see the difference.

The flight feathers are coming

through. This is the little runt

there, and you can see he is doing

well. This is lovely. They are a bit

older here, and they look big enough

to fly now. Yes, two or three of the

juveniles have taken flight.

With

these birds already flying, the

pressure is on to learn to hunt.

Flight school is well and truly

under way. Craig is taking me to the

car park where he took his photos,

and it is the perfect place to see

the action.

This huge office block is the

perfect place for the birds to nest.

It's just like their natural cliff

habitat. And if you look around,

there are all sorts of pigeons, the

bird 's favourite prey, so perhaps

it's no wonder they've managed to

raise five very healthy chicks. But

at this stage in their development,

they only have one thing on their

mind... Hunting. And like all

siblings, they pick fights with each

other. Oooh, WoW expat one of the

youngsters just really went for the

other one. In only a couple of

months, these birds will be on their

own. This dogfighting is getting

them used to hunting and defending

territory.

It's like an aerial battle to prove

who can be the most agile, who rules

the skies. During the dive they can

reach speeds of 200 miles an hour.

Peregrines are the fastest animals

on earth.

These fights are exciting, but the

key lesson of flight school is with

real prey and that's what we have

come here to see, but there is no

sign of it yet. Not least because I

haven't seen either parent for some

time, and I'm starting to wonder if

I've come here on the right day to

see this vital lesson.

But then, Peregrine appears in the

distance and it's carrying a kill.

Is this going to be their behaviour

I've waiting for? Here we go. Here

is mum with the kill, coming in so

fast. Here come the youngsters,

right underneath her, right above my

head. They are taking it...

That's it, that was flight school

happening right above our heads.

Tempting the young in with prey and

dropping it made their allows them

to develop the agility they required

to successfully hunt for themselves.

The family will continue to practice

this breathtaking manoeuvre and in

eight weeks, the chicks will have

graduated from flight school, ready

to leave their parents for good, and

with what it takes to be masters of

the skies. Wow.

Epic.

Epic. You

don't need the Fords of Norway to

make a wildlife documentary. A car

park in Woking, that's all you need!

200 miles an hour.

Yes. Mostly

flight, but regular flight 60 miles

an hour.

I think you are a man with

Peregrine facts.

Here is an amazing

one, in the Second World War pigeons

were taken on bomber crews so if the

plane went down, the homing pigeon

would go back to relay the location

of where the plane went down. But of

course, as you saw there, what likes

pigeons? The peregrine falcon. As

part of the war effort, the

government issued a destruction

decree of peregrine falcon. Eggs are

taken, hundreds killed in order to

allow the homing pigeons to get

home.

Is he making this up?

I know.

The absolute truth.

APPLAUSE

Incredible trivial knowledge.

A mind

filled with Peregrine facts.

Every time you come on the show

with a new tour we have to ask

you about the title because there's

always a story behind it.

You've had Limboland,

Qualmpeddler and now

it's Larks in Transit.

So - off you go.

Larks in Transit, it sounds like I'm

transporting larks. A sticker in the

car... But it's not about

transporting larks. It's larks in

the context in the sense of fun,

from Dickens.

Having a lark, larking

about.

Yes, and in transit means...

That travels I've had as a comic and

also the kind of fun I've had along

the way, the passage of time, and

getting the most out of life. That's

what the show is about, about

positivity.

I get the impression you

are a guy who gets the most out of

life.

I do.

This series, you haven't

finished writing it, where do you

get the material from? Do you

practice in front of people, a live

audience for example?

I do. I

usually have a small theatre, a

little crowd where I can try things

out, sometimes just with a and

notepad took out off ideas. It's

quite a long process.

How do you

sell tickets if it's not the proper

tour? LAUGHTER

Comedians do this thing is trying

out the less good jokes.

This joke

isn't quite finished so half price.

And into the next one!

Potential for

a punch line.

LAUGHTER

You want a punch line... For

heaven's sake, that's the VIP

package.

You have 170 dates? On the

last tour? Yes. Do you remember, if

I say number 135?

There's a point

naturally you have a bit of a lull.

When you start there's lots of

adrenaline and then...

A meltdown.

I

wouldn't say a meltdown!

LAUGHTER

The tour manager knocking on the

door. There you go, half price. But

there is a lull in the tour when you

think how many more dates? Then you

get a great crowd and the crowd

lifts you up.

In this tour, there

are parts where you talk about being

recognised as Bill Bailey. What

would you say about that, a blessing

or curse?

Quite a recognisable look,

this.

Matt Fish the earlier!

I get

recognised by different species. --

the fish recognised you earlier.

It's tough. A very distinctive face.

A little birdie tells me you are in

a forthcoming episode of Midsommer

Murders. If I wasn't watched that

episode, do you do the murder? Are

you responsible for the murder?

Spoiler alert.

I cannot say, I

cannot die votes such information! I

play a mysterious comic book writer.

Who murders someone? He may do or

may not stop

Moving swiftly, acting

alongside Idris Elba?

Yes indeed.

Starting a show, based on Idris

Elba's childhood in London, growing

up in London. I play a character,

his father. He praises father and I

play the next-door neighbour.

That

sounds fantastic.

The tour runs until the 16th of

June.

Bill, there's a piano over

there with your name on it...

And shortly you're going to be

messing around with some

very familiar music.

On that very piano.

Looking forward

to that.

First, our gardening expert,

Christine, has been to see a whole

new city sprout up from the ground.

The traditional English garden city.

Quaint, utopian and different era.

Two of their country's best-known of

examples were built at the end of

the last century. The garden city

concept was the brainchild of the

Victorian visionary, the wonderfully

named Ebenezer Howard. He wanted to

marry the commerce housing in

industry of the town with a green

open spaces of the countryside. And

for the first time in nearly 100

years, a brand-new garden city

development is taking place here in

Ebbsfleet in Kent.

It currently has a population of

just over 2000, but its projected

that this fledgling city will

accommodate 45,000 residents by

2031. And there's a lot more

activity on site now than when One

Show last visited Ebbsfleet when

plans were announced in 2014. Three

years later, people are beginning to

call this home are so I've come to

see how things are shaping up. But

with the government's ambitious

target of building 250,000 new homes

in Britain the year, our garden city

is really the best solution?

Why are we seeing the rise of the

new garden city 100 years on?

We

just can't meet that need of housing

needs of a block by block basis. We

can't fill in any playing field in

every town and city, we need those

spaces. In this country we have seen

lots of bolt on estates on the edge

of town, no doctor 's surgery or

shop, no transport links. By

planning a new community, you can

get that right.

It's the way

forward?

I think so, part of the way

to solve our housing crisis.

It is a mammoth task involving

multiple developers and the man

overseeing it all is Paul Spooner

from an Ebbsfleet development

Corporation.

What will the average

house cost?

Just over £300,000. We

start with properties around

£280,000 for a two bedroom hot

property. It sounds like a lot of

money but it is a competitive area

in terms of prices, compared with

the London.

Is it not just another

commuter town?

It will have a strong

and vibrant city centre, attracting

new businesses. We will be creating

a heart to the garden city at the

city centre as well as creating

homes.

But it will be many years

before all of these promised

facilities will come to fruition. So

just why are these new parents --

why have they bought a house

already? Which one is yours?

That

one there.

Why do you buy into the

garden city concept? Not all the

facilities will be here.

I guess

that's one of the drawbacks of being

one of the first people on site, but

then again, because property prices

keep increasing, better to bite the

bullet now. I will have all the

benefits of living outside of London

but still be able to go into London

in a quick amount of time.

Some

houses in Ebbsfleet are already

complete and in the spirit of

neighbourliness and bringing this

couple to meet Jess, who has just

moved in. Hello. Lovely to meet you.

These are potentially new

neighbours.

Lovely to meet you!

Welcome to my house.

It's lovely.

Thank you.

You have very different

expectations to Sharon and jazz,

because you are a single person and

you will be bringing up a family?

Yes, we have a baby so we are

looking forward to moving in,

getting settled in and seeing what

the neighbours alike.

I think that

when I originally looked at the

plans I thought, it looks like this

place is going to build a community,

because they will have shops and

things like doctors and all of that

kind of stuff.

You are all looking

forward to a new life and new living

and new friendships?

100%,

definitely.

Only time will tell if Ebbsfleet can

live up to Ebenezer Howard's

century-old ideals but one thing

isn't in doubt... Human society and

the beauty of nature on then to go

together, and I couldn't agree more.

Bill, we know you as a musical

virtuoso and we've heard you play

around with a lot of theme tunes,

but there's one that you've

never put your spin on...

Until now...

I thought I would have a go at the

One Show theme tune... A very

uplifting... Jolly tune that you

can't change the nature of it by

playing a different card, taking on

a different harmonic journey...

LAUGHTER

It's the facial expressions as well

but I really like.

You like them?

Yeah.

Something surprising like

that.

APPLAUSE

Or take it in a minor key.

LAUGHTER

Slightly mysterious.

It needs your

eyes to really illustrate the two

units.

I like it, thank you very

much. Best of luck with the tour.

Thank you so much Bill and best

of luck with the tour.

We'll be back tomorrow with "top

of the Strictly leader board"

Debbie McGee and Giovanni.

Bill choose a style

to play us out with...

Something grand in the classical

style...

PIANO MUSIC.