31/10/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to a ghostly and ghoulish One Show with Alex Jones.

And Matt Baker. Tonight's guests on this dark night are this man.

was Dr Jekyll. He is now Mr Monroe, and soon he is going to be a hobbit.

It is James Nesbitt! And joining James drought this evil evening is

this man. Yet, striking fear into the heart of any budding apprentice,

it is Sir Alan's right hand henchman, Nick Hewer! Welcome to

you both. What do you think of our Hallowe'en theme? Fabulous. My ten-

year-old daughter is currently trawling the streets of Dulwich,

dressed as death. And my 15-year- old, I don't want to know what she

is doing. The reason we ask is because we had a special group of

people that decorated the set for us today. They are Team Rickshaw.

We sprung it on them. We will chat to you later about Children In Need,

but you have done us proud. But have you transform your home into a

Hallowe'en ordered house? This send us a picture of you and your

creations. Do you get stuck in with Hallowe'en? I try to avoid it and

let my daughters get on with it. When kids come round to the house,

they are a bit frightened by me if I open the door. Even without a

mask. But it was not such a big thing in Northern Ireland. We used

to do their games on Bonfire Night, bunking off for apples. But now it

is such a huge commercial thing. But the kids love it. Mary is

dressed up as death, based on me, I think. I have no recollection at

all as a kid. I don't think you were allowed to do it. You are not

a big fan of trick or treating? at all. We used to have something

called barmbrack cake. Wasn't that something to do with hollow ring?

We will be moving on to that shortly. You may not like this if

you don't like trick or treating. Trick or treat! Yes, watching live

from Blythburgh Church in Suffolk are some of our younger One Show

viewers. Show us your scariest faces. Now, there is a reason why

they are in that particular church on Hallowe'en night. That is

certainly true, because throughout tonight's show, I shall regale them

with a ghoulish tale from the wilds of the Suffolk coast. It is the

story of the Hell Hound, and it comes to a very grisly end. So

don't be scared, children. It is only a story. Or is it? It is only

a story. Now, whether you are into how we nor does think it is an

American idea gone mad, it does have origins in a tradition from

this side of the Atlantic. The Americans lay claim to a lot of

things. Trick or treating is just one of them. But the origins of

Hallowe'en were not born in the USA, but much closer to home. It turns

out that the ancient Celts were at it long before, about 2000 years

ago it. They marked the end of harvest and the beginning of winter

in the equivalent of October or November in and the modern: the.

The ancient Celts believed that on this evening, the barriers between

the spirit world and the natural world were broken and the soles of

the dead freely roamed the earth. But it is not all about spooks. The

Kerrin around harvest time, how a wheen is a real food festival, too.

Here at the Ulster folk and Transport Museum, the cooking

traditions of Hallowe'en are being kept alive. Linda is decorator.

Every Hallowe'en, we have demonstrations of food that might

have been made in the past. Barmbrack cake is one of the more

hollow weaned intriguing treats. It is a sweetened bread which many

Irish bake around this time. What does it mean no, barmbrack cake?

That seems to come from a word meaning bun or cake. And speckle,

meaning dried fruit. So at the station run rife on this night, and

the Hallowe'en speciality of barmbrack cake took on powers of

prediction, a chaotic cake of destiny, if you will. Where does

the idea of it having special powers come from? Hallowe'en is a

special time of year, when all kinds of powerful spirits are

thought to be abroad. It was also cure a time for working out the

future. Trinkets would be big into the cake, and when people were

eating it, if you would get a certain trinket, that would tell

you your future. What have we got in terms of trinkets? We have a

thimble, associated with a spinster. So an unmarried woman getting a

thimble, what would that mean? would suggest that she would not

want to get that. Most traditions would be observed by women rather

than men, but the bottom would be for the man. A bachelor would stay

a bachelor. And the last one? final one is the ring. Denoting

marriage. So if you are a spinster, you are hoping for the ring. The

fortune telling trinkets are placed in the mixture before baking. At

the museum, they do things the traditional way. But what will this

cake predict for me? Will you be mother? What is the best way to eat

this? As much butter as you can manage on a slice. Maybe with a cup

of tea. Can I cut myself a bit? There is something hiding in here.

I have got the button. Which means I will stay unmarried. That might

surprise my wife. Well, you are not going to get married. That is true.

To be honest, I don't believe in these stories, what matters is how

it tastes. I may not be a fortune teller, but I can predict that I am

going to enjoy this. It is very good.

I thought that was a good idea, but then it got spooky. Anyway, we have

got some cake predictions here. We wonder what they mean. But any idea

of this one? What could that mean, Alan Sugar? I don't know, but I

will ask him tomorrow. Young Apprentice starts tomorrow. It is

hard to distinguish the face from the bread. Don't be unkind. Be for

we talk about the a apprentice, let us have a clip from tomorrow night,

and the girls have some life skills to learn before going into business.

Where do we put it? A, you put it in this? A no, that is for the

money. That is a bit dodgy. There are clubs, so you obviously took it

in. Not too much. Don't go to crazy, because then it will start foaming

up. Don't put it in there. That is a drier. I told you it was a drier!

Classic apprentice seen. They are a brilliant bunch. We must not make

fun of them, because they are youngsters and decent kids. And the

tasks they are given, that was a bit unfair of you guys. The tasks

are very tough, just as tough as in the big Apprentice. Tomorrow, 8

o'clock, BBC Two. Two months of joy. He isn't it BBC One? Is it BBC One?

Anyway, there is a wonderful young chap called Patrick. He is special.

Very sharply dressed. But we are so proud of all of them. Last year, it

won a BAFTA. And I still keep in touch with the youngsters. The

runner-up last year was a guy called James McCulloch, who is now

working at Saatchi. They are bright and wonderful people. Time to look

into the future again. We are going to go back to the cake. I wonder

what this could mean, James. hobbit, never read it. Tell us

about how it is going. How long have you got? It is great. I went

to New Zealand for 18 months. I had three months off to come back and

fill Monroe, but it was incredible. I play one of the dwarves. It is a

tale about a hobbit, with Martin Freeman, a visit and 13 dwarfs. It

is a universal and timeless story. It has been anticipated for a long

time. You look incredibly different. Have you got a lot of prosthetics

on? No, that was just a bad morning. You are at four in the morning

going into make-up. That can be a bit wearing, but it was an

incredible experience. There was a lot of excitement. I did not

realise before, having not done a movie of that epic nature, that

there is a huge global obsession about it and people were keen to

find out if we have honoured the tail. But if anyone was going to do

it, Peter Jackson is the one to do it. And the set is vast. Is it true

that you have to go by helicopter from one part of the other? We are

based in Wellington, which is beautiful, right on the sea. Peter

Jackson has studios there, but we have eight or nine studios with the

most incredible, intricate and beautifully structured it sets with

incredible detail. We had our own glass blowers in the group and have

a leather maker. Everything is done very authentic it. But when we go

on location, you would have won Borth per chopper. He would be in a

helicopter with your make-up and a wardrobe person. It was like

Apocalypse Now, all these choppers. And there is a third one coming?

ro a bit surprised by the third one. But I think Peter had filmed so

much and there was so much rich material but they thought, why not

do another trilogy? So I go back in May for the third one. But the

first one opens at Christmas. about Star Wars? Lucas film have

been sold. Disney have bought that. I think I will do the hobbit and

then go back to wee things for a bit. And the last episode of Monroe

is coming. Now, time for our ghost story to start. We have an audience

listening in from Blythburgh Church in Suffolk, just down the road from

Bungay Castle, both important $:/STARTFEED. Hello there children.

Hopefully you haven't been scared off yet. There's plenty of time for

that. Are you sitting uncomfortably? Then I shall begin.

Let me take you back 1,000 years, to the market town of Bungay in

Suffolk. There lives a real rogue named Hugh, an earl in fact, in

Bungay Castle. Hugh is a treacherous, wicked man who

terrorises the townsfolk. He leads the most feared gang in the land,

burning villages and torturing the people. In time, a new King comes

to power, and Hugh is forced to surrender to the law. His castle is

destroyed. He flees, powerless, and dies soon after. The good people of

Bungay couldn't be happier, but their elation is short lived. For

soon they realise that Hugh's wicked soul will find no resting

place in heaven. His evil spirit is bound to return. 100 years later, a

young farmer works the grounds of the ruined castle, when he has the

most terrifying encounter. Blocking his path is a monstrous hound, a

shaggy black beast of enormous size, his teeth yellow, bared and

slavering, his eyes like scorching blood red flames. Hugh's twisted

soul in the form of the dog. Anyone who looks into his flaming eyes

will live no longer than 12 months more. Is the Shuck a creature of

legend? Not to the people of Suffolk. They know he exists. On a

seemingly normal day in 1577 the skies turned black, the winds

howled, the air turned deathly cold and suddenly there in their midst

was the hound, eyes blazing, hungry for revenge.

THUNDER Wow! I hope them children aren't

too scared. Their parents are there. Oh, look at their little faces.

Don't worry about it. Honestly, it is fine. Part two a little bit

later. In the past few weeks One Show

viewers have been fantastic in giving up their spare time.

Amongst other things you have rehomed dogs, planted 50,000

snowdrops and formed a band of retired musicians in Liverpool.

Angelica is in Belfast. What's in store tonight?

Hello Angelica? Go for it, I thought you had been taken by the

ghosts and ghouls! Here in Belfast it is a little bit chilly. I'm at

Belfast City Hall and for the last few days I've been looking for a

special kind of volunteer, one that people who hopeful will come here

tonight, fingers crossed, and sign the necessary forms.

What type of volunteers are we This is a One Show to the rescue

with a difference A few short months Northern Ireland will play

host to the biggest and most diverse sporting events ever. The

world Police and Fire Games. It all began 27 years ago in the US to

encourage camaraderie amongst is services. Next August 10,000

competitors from 71 countries will compete in 66 sports right across

Northern Ireland. Including this, the ultimate firefighter challenge.

That's hard! What we want to do is challenge people to come along and

be volunteers for the Games, just like they did in the London

Olympics. How can The One Show help you? People who perhaps can speak

different languages, stewards, people who can drive, escort

visitors. How long have they got to get involved? The deadline is 31st

October. You are not giving us much time. I've got my mission. Let's do

this. I've got my list and I'm catch catching a list with

firefighter and a veteran of the Games. In Vancouver in 2009 I

competed in the downhill mountain biking and slalom. The atmosphere

was buzzing. I'm confident we can replicate that in Belfast. I'm on

the hunt for people to direct and escort the international visitors

If I don't know my way around Belfast, I don't know who will.

think I've found translators. Belarus, Russia, Ukraine. He could

be very handy for. This Thank you. But I think we need to ramp it up,

so I'm going to need one of these and one of these. Belfast, The One

Show needs your help. Lady in the black coat, we need your help. We

need volunteers. Come on, Belfast! The word is out and I've even

signed up the bus drivers to transport competitors and crowds

around the events. Next up I need guys to capture the Games spirit

forever. The university is a great place for that. Have you got your

breath back? Yes. Nice running. Have you heard about the Police and

Fire Games? It's the biggest Games that have ever come to Northern

Ireland. You have until Wednesday to make sure you have got your

application Is there anyone who hasn't applied but would like to?

He's going to aren't you? Yes. We need people to capture the moment,

can you do it? Yes. I can rely on you? Yes! Zoo keepers are the

perfect people to be Games make wers a smile. Fantastic. I've

managed to recruit some more people. It is the end of the day but I've

got one last push many me to up our volunteer numbers. We need your

help. We need announcers, so Lynley you can do. That you would be

fantastic. We need people who've been in the area a long time to

help with information, directions and just being a friendly face. How

are you getting on tonight? Nothing yet, as usual. I hear you do lots

of volunteering and stuff. I will help in anyway I can. We'll see you

on Wednesday. Lovely. Excellent. Can I counts on you to become

volunteer? Of course. Can I count on you, Margaret? Yes. Excellent.

And what about you Jill? Jean. Jean! Nice one.

Job done. Let's hope they all come on Wednesday. Fingers crossed.

Fingers crossed indeed. You certainly covered a lot of ground

there. Are you feeling confident Ms Bell? Alex, I will be honest with

you. It is 50-50. This is a big night in Belfast. Hallowe'en is a

special occasion. So hopefully people will come down. I have Wendy

with me who is very hopeful. You are in charge of the volunteering.

Do you think the people of Belfast will come and support these Games?

Absolutely. People in Northern Ireland have great community spirit.

This is one of the world's largest sporting events and we want it to

be the friendliest Games ever. We need to volunteers to help make

that happen. I like that positivity. This is Conor, who put me through

my paces. I am broken today. Maybe I should take part? You did really

well, 100% effort. It give as good perspective on how physically

demanding the event is. This is the first Games you are going to take

part It is. What's the event you are in? It is ultimate firefighter.

Which is hard core. It is a physically tough event but I'm

looking forward to it. Do you think you've got a home advantage with

the crowds here? Definitely. I think the people of Belfast really

get into it. Will it give us that extra incentive to give it 100%. I

don't think the weather will hold anybody back. Do you think people

will come? Definitely. I want to introduce you to Raymond. You were

at the bid in Adelaide. Waysen deed. Neil and I were part of the bid

that won the Games. How big are these Games? Massive, the biggest

multi-sport event to come to Belfast and ever to come to the

island of Ireland, we are very proud of. Fingers crossed people

will turn up. Back to us later. Do you think people will turn up?

Chancellor of the University of Ulster. I am, if you will. I will.

Which is something I'm very, it's a real privilege. And where they were

filming that, one of the campuses, the high-performance centre, opened

by Lord Coe a few years ago. I think people will turn out tonight.

It's a fantastic time for people to be in Northern Ireland, emerging

from the conflict. The Games will attract 10,000 competitors and

15,000 friends and family. I would urge people at home to put off

going to the pub until a wee bit later and get down there and

volunteer. The ultimate firefighter will definitely get some girls

there. Anyway... Nick is the latest host

of Countdown. It celebrates 30 years on our screens. The climax of

every one of the 5,000 episodes is the Countdown conundrum. I've come

to put the people of Ipswich to the test. They will only have 30

seconds to solve this conundrum. my gosh;; She is thinking very hard

here. Um... Think of the time of year. That's Hallowe'en. It took

three seconds to do that. Hallowe'en. Let's see. CHEERING You

are correct. Unfortunately it took you double

the amount of time! Consonant, vowel. There is an art

to this isn't there? Yes. You've now gone past the two-hour mark but

let's keep running. Is that a word? No. You're rubbish. What is it?

it tombstone? Well done! Can you give us the

famous tune? When it comes to solving conundrums the people of

Ipswich have proved to be a rather mixed bag. Do you want to try

another one? I don't care. Here's a clue. This is something that

strikes terror into the sturdiest of hearts.

James nods. Go on. I think it is the dreaded Apprentice boardroom.

Yes! You've been hosting since January. Nearly a full year. What

happens, everybody must ask this, when people offer up some rude

words? Obviously the programme is edited. You remain very cool and

ask whether it's acceptable of Susie Dent and the guest in the

corner. Incidentally Gyles has been a guest, our favourite guest, for

30 years. I knew he had been a guest for 30 years but not your

favourite guest! He is a legend at Countdown. He is coming soon, I

hope, to talk about his new Oscar Wilde book. He is wonderful. James,

the first thing you said to me when you came I love the programme.

There are few programmes on telly that are accessible to everyone. I

watch wit the kids. I dip in and out of it. The format is fantastic.

My grandfather is a big fan Nick. I get grannies. Some people get up

at 4.30am to watch it. Have you learnt any new words? Lots.

your favourite? Suzi dents, who sits in the corner, she is an

education, it is like going to a lecture every day. We learn new

words every day. We hear one of them is quirting? You've been

talking to the producer have not you? Do you know what quirting is?

No. Courting? Quirting. courting like in Northern Ireland?

Shall we go to your favourite guest of 30 years? Quirting is what you

do with a quirt. It means to hit someone with a leather riding whip

or quirt, consisting of a short, shout stock and a lash of braided

leather. There you go! Nick says I shouldn't do that because I have a

racehorse not because I hit people! A very good racehorse.

riverside Theatre is a very good horse. Damned good quirting. Have

you picked up any Middle Earth language? Yes, there's very few of

them I could say on telly. There is a language and there is someone

they would send off to throw in a bit of the language. They send the

words to and they get a translation back. They have trouble enough

understanding we with my Northern Ireland accents. I love that whole

rich tapestry of the thing. It is such an enormous canvas, the Hobbit.

And it is the 30th birthday on Friday? The first programme to be

broadcast on Channel 4 all those Now off to the Yorkshire moors with

Miranda Krestovnikoff. Our natural world has no need of masks and

costumes. It has its own terrifying beasts. I've come to the north York

moors to find animals with one of the spookiest reputations, in a

place with a chilling history. This forest outside Helmsley looks

innocent enough, but underneath lurks a series of deep and

dangerous caves. The only clue they are here are

ominous holes like this, with drops of 30 metres to the cave bottom.

Each is riddled with a dark and terrifying history. They have

attracted people from the Bronze Age onwards and they seem to be

place which is are regarded as possibly links to another world.

Research has suggested that towards the end of the 1st century AD there

may well have been sacrifice here, possibly human sacrifice. Because

on the cave floor they covered four human skilltons and the bonus tell

a story of ritual killing. This lower jawbone has a deep cut in it,

which appears to be the result of someone being decapitated and the

axe impacting on the jaw as well. Why were they sacrificing people

here? It was time of immense pressure in this part of the

country. The Roman Army was moving north. It could be this was an

attempt to bring the gods onside, to placate them if it was support

the gods were not supporting them. But these chilling cavers are

exciting more than just the local archaeologists. Dr Anita Glover

from Leeds University has discovered these cavers are swarm

sites for bats, who arrive in huge numbers every autumn from across

De bats are in huge numbers for good reason. They are coming for a

ritual, too, but it is more about mating than murder. The flight

patterns seen to be ducking and diving and swooping and swirling.

What is going on? This is courtship behaviour. They are chasing each

other. Sometimes it might be a male chasing a female, or there might be

more than two bats within that Chase. You can assume there is some

kind of assessment of the males being conducted by the females

during these chases. But this is such a crucial site at Anita and

her team set up next at this time of year to catch the courting

couples and discover more about what is going on. That is a lot of

facts. Listen to that. Is that a cross back to? This bat has a long,

pink face and clicking sound. What is important about what they have

found here is the distance these bags are travelling. We know from

our wringing studies that the bats can be coming from as much as 60

kilometres away. That is a long journey. The catchment area of

these caves is enormous. Bats flying in from so far away to mate

ensures a good mix of jeans and helps keep the bat population

healthy. That whole may have looked at the sinister, but the animals

using it are anything but. They are fascinating, charming creatures.

And to discover that they may travel up to 60 kilometres just to

be here emphasises the importance of this site. This one is itching

to go, so I will let it disappear. Off to do a night's work.

Now, we have mentioned our lovely Hallowe'en set and that we gave our

children in need of Team Rickshaw, Lauren, James, Jack, Darren, Ciaran

and Jamila, the task of decorating the studio. You can't just cycle.

Riding 411 miles in eight days is no easy task, and they will need a

bit of teamwork, so we thought this might get them in the mood. Got to

make it look Gothic, with cobwebs, trying to get the ambience. Lauren,

It is quirky. Cobwebs on the table? I think Matt Baker will be more

terrified than Alex. Happy Hallowe'en! Who is the cheeky

chappie in this team? Impossible to guess. Darren, you cycled here from

Durham? No. Got the train. Have you started training yet? Yeah, I have

been doing some training at college. Three days a week, they let me use

the bike machine. And they let me use the gym for free. What is the

most daunting part of this for you? And probably the sheer distance I

have to travel. But I will be in 18, so I have lots of support. Loads of

support. Kieran, you have been training very hard. But

unfortunately, you fell off your bike. You didn't hurt yourself?

I have a tricycle. If you lean too far one way, it can fall over. And

I was going round a corner. And I ended up on the floor. But I have

been on it since, and no injuries. They add to hear it. Obviously, you

all have your reasons for doing this, but what drives you, Jack?

want to get all the donations recognised. I had a kidney

transplant before my 4th birthday. It is to show people that even

though I have had problems, I can still do a massive challenge like

this and do normal things. Are you worried? Not particularly. I have

kept my fitness levels up. You are pretty sporty. Lauren, this is a

huge challenge for you because you have not ridden a bike since you

were hit by a car at 11 years old. Tell everybody how many miles you

can cycle now? I have cycled five. Well done. We will hear all of your

stories as we go up. It will be a long journey. You can support Team

Rickshaw. You can donate �5 use your phone. If you don't do it now,

you will not do it later, so get If you want to send a cheque, you

can: do it now, or you will forget it. And ask the bill payer's

permission before you text. The full terms and conditions, visit

our website. In honour of Team Rickshaw's hard work in the studio

earlier, we asked you at home to send in pictures of your

transformed houses on a Hallowe'en thing. This message says happy

Hallowe'en, from Newport in Gwent. It doesn't say who it is from.

is from Kirsty in Tamworth. this is from the Thomson family.

They say, this is our house in Beverley, East Yorkshire. The

pumpkin keeps going out because of the wind. And you lot are cycling

home, yes? Come on, you have got to get into this! Over to Gyles now

for the final part of our ghost story, the story of the Hell Hound.

Our trick or treaters are still listening in from Blythburgh Church

in Suffolk. The year is 1577. The air is cold,

the sky heavy with thunder. The winds hole. After years of myth and

legend, the Hell Hound is back. He is in a small Suffolk village

called Blythburgh, not far from Bungay. The villagers are running

for their lives, but where can they high? The village church is there

any hope. Yes, where you sit now, listening to my tail. They Hell

Hound prowls through the deserted Village, his nose alert for the

centre flesh, his ears pricked for human voices. He follows the trail

of whispered prayers. He arrives at Blythburgh Church. Baring his teeth

in a poisonous snarl, he slips through the gate and between the

gravestones. He looks up at the church with his burning eyes, his

claws are scratching at the Earth. He waits. A clap of thunder, and he

pounces, leaping through the Church's south door, tearing down

the aisle and fixing the congregation of villagers with his

blood red eyes. He condemns them to death with his deadly stare, each

and every one. With a second cup of thunder and a flash of lightning,

the spire of the Church crashes down into the roof. Amid the horror

and the chaos, the Hell Hound hurls himself at the north door and flees

into the marshland. All now is silent, by the sound of rain. Black

should still wonders these parts, you know. At first, you may not see

him, his thick coat hidden in the darkness of the night. But when his

heavy padded footsteps sound behind you and you feel the blast of his

hot breath on your back, you will do well to shut your eyes. Shut

them tight. It is just a story, of course, children, but if you turn

your heads towards the north door now, you can still make something

out, something that looks an awful lot like scratch marks. Go and look.

Look now. Ooh! Oh, dear. We seem to have lost the children... Forever.

No, we haven't! Children, did you enjoy the story? Yes! If all of

that has inspired you to write a ghost story, you can, because there

is a link on our website to one unfinished Victorian horror story

by the author Emma James. Tonight being Hallowe'en, tomorrow is of

course All Saints Day. One man who is getting to know the Saints won

by one is Phil Tufnell, with his old friend, Sister Wendy Beckett.

St John the Baptist is one of the most distinctive characters in the

New Testament. He had an unusual flair for fashion. He wore wild-

looking clothes made from camel hair and a leather belt around his

waist. He lived in a desert wilderness. He ate a locusts and

wild honey and preached about the coming of the Messiah or. He was

called John the Baptist because he baptised people with water as a

sign that they had repented their sins. He even baptised Jesus

himself. Sister Wendy has picked out two paintings from the

collection at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham, which

will tell us more about this extraordinary figure. Not many

artists have shown John starting his career. They usually show him

baptising. But there is John at the beginning, with no idea what life

will hold out for him. He went to live in the desert. Why the desert?

He wanted to prepare himself in solitude and austerity, preparing

the world for listening to Jesus. I don't believe for one minute that

he went as a kind of gangling adolescent. That is a very young

John. I am sure he was grown up. It is an interesting picture, but I

don't think he has got the drama of it. John looks rather miserable to

me. But I would be, going off to the desert to eat locusts and honey.

Not if you had a vocation. If God said, no cricketing for you, Phil,

I want you to be a prophet, you would go to the desert. But his

parents agreed to it. They both have halos. They are saints, and

they are miserable, because he is their only child. I wish he would

turn and waved to them, but that thought would not have occurred to

the artist, who was a very straightforward painter. He is not

a great artist, but it tells the story so clearly. It's Sister

Wendy's second choice shows us St John the Baptist about to meet a

tragic fate. John had got into trouble by condemning the marriage

of King Herod to his former sister- in-law. She got her revenge after

her daughter thigh impressed Herod or so much with her dancing that he

offered her anything she wanted in return. She famously asked for

John's head on a plate. This is how a nineteenth-century artist sees it.

The Impressionists were impressed by him, because nobody was doing

this kind of thing. They weren't doing religious paintings. There is

John, perfectly poised in the middle. He is a sacrifice, and a

light glowing behind him shows that. And the people who want to destroy

him, they just don't matter. All that matters for John is that he is

giving himself at last. To God. it a good representation of the

story? Well, it tells us the story in a very striking way. But I can't

believe in John. When I look at it, I am more impressed by the style,

elegance and grace, from more than I am by any spiritual feeling.

is almost as if he is not really there. That is what I feel, you see.

His spirit has already gone, and that is just his body. There is a

body going through all the right motions. But what is John feeling?

What is his heart saying as he faces got? I don't get any fear of

that. Now, I can't get this out to my mind. Thanks so much for sharing

your thoughts about the paintings. We enjoyed it, didn't we? You share

your thoughts, too. I enjoyed $:/STARTFEED. And we did too. He is

very perceptive is our Phil. James, you had to come back from

New Zealand for three months to film Monroe, but it must have been

a shock to go from dwarf to surgeon. Because he already done one series

of Monroe and he a wonderful year in New Zealand. It is such an epic

thing, it was great to slip back into a character I'm familiar and

comfortable with, and a show I really love doing. I think what

people seem to like about it is that it has the interest of the

medical stories each week, me with the brains and Sarah Parrish with

the heart. People are relating to it. It has bubbled along nicely now.

I can't believe we are at the last one on Monday. Here is Monroe doing

his ward visits, displaying his distinctive bedside match. Wilf has

early onset Alzheimer's. He likes to play the piano. It is unaffected

by the Alzheimer's. His wife Olive, is worried that the brain surgery

doesn't damage his musical gift. He doesn't like pyjamas, so we are

going with smart casual now. soon as we played that you looked

away. You do get embarrassed? always think I'm much younger than

I look. I still think I'm 25 and I think, "Who's the old guy!" it is a

show I really love. He is a great character, a bit outspoken, a bit

flawed and complex. Surgeons are incredible. They are very arrogant

but they deal with life and death eevery day. You did quite a lot of

research before you took the part didn't you? I sat in on four or

five operations. The first operation I sat in on, they drilled

into this brain, peeled it back. The surgeon called me over and said,

"You see that? That's thought." That's an incredible hook to me. If

you are dealing with that stuff on a daily basis in your workplace,

the home becomes a bit complicated. Monroe lost his wife, hates his new

boss. He split from his wife. Although last week he got together

with his wife again. His an east tist has been having a relationship

and a child with the heart surgeon -- an's tist.

Hospitals life is quite complicated. Amidst that is all these medical

procedures which I think is were the show has authenticity. With

drama comes humour. It is something I like doing. Are you slightly

squeamish Nick? I have a bad back. I'm fairly confident I can be a

surgeon, a typical actor. Give me the tools and I could probably is a

good go at it. How you do cope with your back when you are on a long

journey. That's a good question. Soon, in deerks I'm off to Sierra

Leone. I'm -- in December I'm off to Sierra Leone. I was there a

couple of years ago for a charity called Hope and Homes. I'm a patron.

We did some filming there. I ran into a young chap called James, who

was busy beating people up in the street. We trained him, our charity,

to be a carpenter. He had something about him. He wanted to run his own

business. I thought, you do know something? I love these long drives.

I drove to Mongolia, and I met you once in Kazakhstan. Indeed.

thought I would buy a trailer, stick some woodworking stuff on it.

Get a 4x4, a chap from the London Mining Company gave to me. I'm

going to drive down there and say, "Remember me?" He doesn't know I'm

coming. I'm going to start him up in business. I'm really looking

forward to it. Channel 4 is any moreing it. It gives them such an

opportunity. I was in Sudan a couple of years ago with the kids

who've had their childhood taken away from them. I salute you.

getting something out of it too, because I like to drive. But it is

exciting to do it. I want to help this kid and he's got the same name

as my son, James, who is in the audience. I will be tweeting. If

anyone wants to support me it is Nick undercore Hewar. I'm looking

forward to it so much. It is fun. Brilliant. And the reason Matt

asked about the trailer will clear. You will be facing some quite

tricky and dangerous conditions. Guinea, Gambia and Sierra Leone.

Anita and Justin have been investigating Britain's roads and

their own driving. Which according to Justin's wife is pretty awful.

So it is good news that Justin is in the passenger seat on one of

Britain's most dangerous A roads. This is the A530, ranked as the

sixth most dangerous road in Great Britain. On just one eight-mile

stretch of this road 46 people have been killed or seriously injured in

the last ten years. We are using this vehicle. What can you tell

about a road? As I drive along, almost every single risk factor

that you could imagine is popping up on this ate-mile section of road.

Nearly half of the crashes on this road are at junctions. Look at that

lamppost and Telegraph pole close to the roadside. Hit one of those

at any speed and you're dead. This is pretty much a crisis stretch of

road. What do you mean? We would close the railway network if we had

the number of deaths and serious injuries that just occur on this

road in five years. How Safe Are Britain's Roads is on tonight at

9.30 30pming on BBC Two. -- 9.00pm. The roads are pretty safe tonight

because Justin is in the studio. I'm sorry Justin. Would think

motorways, because they are fast and would think they are the most

dangerous roads. But it is A roads. You are five times more likely to

have an accident on an A road than on a motorway. It's the roads you

take every day to and from work. You might have had the experience

of driving along and you can't even remember what you were doing and

how you got here. That's the most dangerous thing you can do. Alex,

don't worry, women are good drivers. We'll talk about this in a minute.

Justin, I hate to bring it up again but you do drive a people carrier

badly, apparently, so they tell me. I think I'm a capable driver.

is your wife telling us this. on, you want to be objective.

happened when they put the drive cam technology? It is incredible

monitoring technology they are putting into cars now. They put

this drive cam. It looks ahead and looks at me. If you go over a bump

or you are going too fast it films what happens so you can see what

you're doing and what's happens on the road as accidents develop. I

got a real insight into my driving. It is useful, because you see

mistakes, not paying attention, you can see things that could develop

into an accident happening. They've got a huge body of films elsewhere

of people having an accident. We've got this amazing clip of a woman

looking into her mirror. You can see her drifting and hitting a car

and spinning around. Dramatic footage. You get an insight into

the risks of driving when you don't pay attention. And you went out

with Prince William's and Prince Harry's driving instructor?

trains the police to drive, so is an expert in high-speed driving. He

gave me a driving lesson. It is a tough thing. It is hard to do.

There you go Nick. Get involved. Everybody thinks, if you ask them,

are you a good driver, most people will say yes, I'm better than

average. But watching Justin having that driving lesson. You are a good

driver but just to see you go through that and relearn the little

mistakes. It's all about looking out for the danger spots. The

junctions which is where a lot of accidents happen, overtaking, a

real risk of accidents. And spinning off on bends, losing

control. And they've got a wonderful term in road safety. They

call them aggressive objects? That's a tree or a lamppost. These

when you're driving is aggressive objects. And you are going fast

when you are driving. Hit a tree and that is very aggressive.

don't, police don't even call them accidents. We do but there is no

such thing as an accident. They call them collisions. There is

though such thing as an accident. There is quite a lot of competition

between you two clearly. James, would you say you are a good drive?

I am a magnificent driver but I wouldn't put a cam in an actor's

car. Next week you unveil whether women or men are the best drivers.

Drum roll. It is... What do you reckon? Well, it is a difficult one.

If you are looking at accidents I would say men have more, but the

driving skills... Then maybe... They are skillful but have more

accidents. I've got three sisters. So have I. The answer is women.

Thank you. On everything apart from. There is only thing men beat women

at, and that is at junctions turning left or right. The most

complicated part of driving. Let's see if Angelica has been successful

in recruiting volunteers in Belfast. How is it going?

Well, it is not too bad. Welcome back to Belfast City Hall. I've

been charging around Northern Ireland trying to get volunteers

for the world Police and Fire Games. Could due we have some volunteer?

Yes! I wasn't sure many people would come. We've had a future I

would have liked a few more but we've got some gems here. Caroline

has had an amazing summer of volunteering. I was a Games maker

in the London 2012 Games. I would encourage anybody to volunteer.

That's why I signed up to volunteer for the Games here. Absolutely.

do you think it is important? people you meet. The whole personal

gains that you get. I've met so many people. They've enriched my

life. I would say volunteer, even locally at home. I'm not misting

this for the world. -- missing this for the world. Thank you. Knowna

you work for a tour company. I just heard about it today. When I got

home I researched and it sounded interesting. I have never

volunteered. I've always thought about it. Good luck with that. And

Jim, he is a photographer. Hi. haven't signed up have you? No, I

haven't. Why not? You've been trying to convince him haven't you?

I have and he is a lecturer at the university. She warned you. I'm not

speaking to you any more. Wendy, how well do you think The

One Show has done? It has done fantastically. All these wonderful

volunteer this is evening. What can people do? Lots of things. They can

be ambassadors. They can be moats vaitors. They can gets involved by

signing is up before midnight tonight to be a volunteer for the

Games. Thank you. Go to our website if you wants to get involved. It

only takes ten minutes to fill out the form. And send it You've got

until 12 o'clock tonight, 31 October. Belfast, thank you. Good

job Belfast. Well done. Lots of wonderful things have been

coming in. This is Tom who is aged four. And Maggie the dinosaur in

four. And Maggie the dinosaur in Swindon.

This is 64-year-old grandma Maureen, who is awaiting trick or treaters

as we speak. That's amazing. This is Lauren and Emmy from Bradford.

Have a super Hallowe'en evening. This is Alison from Ilkley. She's

taking Hallowe'en a little too seriously.

We've had an incredible one from Simon McManus. We are doing a split

screen. It is a 3D pumpkin carver from Lancashire. How extraordinary.

from Lancashire. How extraordinary. We did ask him. This How Thanks to

all our guests tonight. Impressive. You can see James in the final

episode of Monroe on Monday at 9.00pm on ITV1. And The Young