0:00:02 > 0:00:05Hello, I'm Jimmy Carr and you're watching The One Show: Best of 2011.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Shouldn't take long, should it?
0:00:18 > 0:00:22Thanks for that, Jimmy, but as it happens there's been a ton of good stuff to remember,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25so, everybody, welcome to a very special holiday One Show.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Now, we've snuck back into the studio to pick out
0:00:28 > 0:00:32the top 20 things we loved about the One Show in 2011.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And, as you can see, we've made it as comfy as we can.
0:00:34 > 0:00:41- Here we go, Al, it's a cup of props Dave's special mulled wine.- Lovely.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- Mmm.- That tastes like paint.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49Yeah, I think it might be. Anyway, coming up is stuff like this...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Things don't get much better through the Scottish Borders...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And this!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And you can see, that's a new ear.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And just a quick glimpse of this!
0:01:04 > 0:01:09So is your favourite One Show moment on the way? Sit tight and find out.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Right, let's get on with it. Let the countdown begin.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Kicking us off at number 20, it's our wonderful wildlife spotters
0:01:16 > 0:01:19who will do absolutely anything to get close to the action.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Here's some of our favourite creature features from this year.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Absolutely brilliant!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37We are so close and there are loads and loads of seals. Brilliant.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Seals have very sensitive whiskers that can pick up movement
0:01:43 > 0:01:48left by swimming fish and they're very inquisitive about divers' fins
0:01:48 > 0:01:51which brings them really close to have a gentle nibble.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01This UV light will show a bizarre feature that all scorpions have.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Under UV light, they all glow like a beacon.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I found it - look! Oh, look at that!
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Euscorpius flavicaudis, the European scorpion.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19This is something you never expect to find in the UK.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21That is a absolute beauty.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I never thought I'd be chasing a scorpion along a wall, in Kent!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27HE LAUGHS
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It's just brilliant!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32The bridge's top platform is just short of 50m high,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36a typical height an osprey could plunge from.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37But as I don't possess wings,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41I've got to walk the 210 steps up.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Really nervous. Can't believe what ospreys put themselves through.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48HE SCREAMS
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Here's to some more great wildlife in 2012.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02But some of our wildest moments happened right here in the studio.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Welcome back to the new look
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Gothic One Show with Matt 'the bat' Baker...
0:03:07 > 0:03:09And Alex 'bones' Jones.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Fish and chips.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17You just launched a literacy project with Peter Andre,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20can you name one of Peter Andre's songs and can you sing it?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Um, Peter Andre, he's a brilliant singer.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- LAUGHTER - I would say... Mysterious... Girl!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Give us a kiss, give us a kiss!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39ROUGH COCKNEY ACCENT: Happy Christmas, Ange.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47This is me, this is me, this is the real me!
0:03:48 > 0:03:51We have a chick alert, Kate, over to you!
0:03:51 > 0:03:55We've had a little chick hatched out of the egg over there.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Look at that, what are we going to call it?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- I reckon it's got to be Russell! - Russell!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Dennis The Menace celebrates his 60th birthday...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Stop it, Dave!- Dave, stop it. - AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Alex, you're up next.- Oh...OK.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Oh, in we go.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15SHE SCREAMS, LAUGHTER
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- What is it?!- A little baby animal, I promise, furry and cute...- Oh! Oh!
0:04:20 > 0:04:23HE REPEATS: You'll frighten it. LAUGHTER CONTINUES
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Oh... I think it's a rabbit.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- No, it's something that would attack and kill a rabbit.- A little cat.- No.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Is this actually going out on television?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Yes, it all went out on television. Live.- Yes, it did.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I found loads of Christmas presents in the office,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59that we didn't open before the break.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I wonder who this one's from and what's in it?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Maybe it's a little cat?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Hi, Al and Matt! Peter Kay here! Hope you had a good Christmas.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Sorry it's late, got your pressie here in case you get the urge
0:05:11 > 0:05:14to throw things at each other. Here you go.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Knife throwing kit! Ha-ha! Have a good new year.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Thanks, Peter, we'll keep practising.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Yup, here comes number 18.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23BOING! >
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And it's a moment I'll always remember.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29In January, I went to Zambia for Comic Relief
0:05:29 > 0:05:32and met people like Joseph - a widowed father of four
0:05:32 > 0:05:34who was having an operation to save his sight.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46'Today Joseph will get his sight back.'
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- Hello, Joseph. Hi, I'm Alex. Hello. Lovely to meet you.- And same to me.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54'The cataract has built up around the lens in Joseph's eye,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57'but it's simple for Dr Mumba to remove it.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01'A new, plastic lens will mean Joseph can see again.'
0:06:03 > 0:06:08It's absolutely incredible. I mean, in less than 15 minutes,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12we hope that Joseph's sight has been restored.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18OK...
0:06:19 > 0:06:21..and that's it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Brilliant.- How is it?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Really fantastic, I can see.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- You can see?- I can see! - Oh, it's quite emotional.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33LAUGHTER
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- Ah, my daughter!- Who are these? - These are my daughters!
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- Come on!- Aw!- My own eyes, I can see your beauty.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Hundreds of you came into the studio
0:06:44 > 0:06:48to raise money, including some brave souls who stripped to their undies.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Let the mass wax-off commence!
0:07:02 > 0:07:06# If you wanna be my lover you gotta get with my friends
0:07:06 > 0:07:10# Make it last forever Friendship never ends!
0:07:10 > 0:07:15# If you wanna be my lover you have got to give
0:07:15 > 0:07:20# Taking is too easy But that's the way it is! #
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- On your marks. - Drop your robes... And run!
0:07:23 > 0:07:26KLAXON BLARES
0:07:26 > 0:07:29MUSIC: "Yakety Sax" from The Benny Hill Show
0:07:41 > 0:07:44That was definitely a moment to remember.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46It was, thanks to all who came to take part,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49and everyone who donated to help people like Joseph,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- and we lost a streaker!- Apparently, he's still running around here.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Woo! - BOTH LAUGH
0:07:56 > 0:08:00He must be a bit chilly! Quick, what's at 17?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Some of the people who appeared on our show this year
0:08:03 > 0:08:05had incredible stories to tell.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Here's Joe Crowley with one of my favourite films of the year.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Shining amid the hills of North Wales,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Llyn Celyn is a cold, deep lake.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It may look like it's been here forever, but it hasn't.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Hidden beneath these troubled waters
0:08:26 > 0:08:29lie the remains of a once happy village.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Capel Celyn was a traditional, Welsh-speaking village.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Families had lived there for generations,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39farming the valley and attending chapel.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Well, it was typical of a Welsh community in the 50s and 60s.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Very tight, very friendly.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Very, very fond memories, really.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Time in school was a real pleasure.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56It revolved, really, around nature and all the things you could find.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Yeah, there's me there.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- This is you?- That's me, that's really weird.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Very smart in your double-breasted blazer.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08To look at these faces going back 30 years is really strange and eerie.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Spooky, like ghosts.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15'The children expected that, one day, they'd farm the valley
0:09:15 > 0:09:20'like their parents, but in 1955, the outside world came crashing in.'
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The people of Capel Celyn received compulsory purchase orders.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Their entire valley was to become a reservoir.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Their homes, farms and memories were to be lost forever.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35'60 miles away, Liverpool wanted extra water
0:09:35 > 0:09:39'for post-war regeneration and had chosen the Tryweryn valley -
0:09:39 > 0:09:42'with its narrow neck - perfect for damming.'
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Despite local opposition, planning permission wasn't required
0:09:45 > 0:09:50as Liverpool Corporation had the backing of a parliamentary bill.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52It didn't really become reality
0:09:52 > 0:09:57until you actually saw places that you thought were going to be
0:09:57 > 0:10:02there forever coming down in front of your eyes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06It was greeted with disbelief that such a thing had happened,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09but it was irreversible.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13As the dam slowly rose, residents were permitted to exhume loved ones
0:10:13 > 0:10:16from the graveyard before it was bulldozed.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18My parents never spoke about it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23I don't think they could bring themselves to imagine such a thing...
0:10:23 > 0:10:25would ever happen.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29They believed, once you were dead and buried, you were in peace.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Capel Celyn was soon razed to the ground, but the school was left standing till last.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52What I remember is the sound of the chainsaws coming closer and closer.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57The bulldozers, the mud, the dust, the uncertainty,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00the black cloud getting closer and closer and closer,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03till, eventually, it swallowed up our school
0:11:03 > 0:11:06and destroyed it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09On the day the reservoir was opened, passions ran high.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11The loss of Capel Celyn had a profound impact
0:11:11 > 0:11:13on Welsh national identity.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17There was the cultural argument that villages that still held
0:11:17 > 0:11:20to Welsh traditions were getting increasingly rare,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24and to destroy one was an act of vandalism.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27There was a feeling that, well, at least we've got MPs
0:11:27 > 0:11:32to give the Welsh view. They did, but nobody took any notice at all!
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Wales at the beginning of the 21st century is a much different place,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40and if one looks at a single source causing that change,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I would say Tryweryn.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It was my mother that was born in the valley.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53In their last years, well, you could see how the trauma had affected them
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and they were just talking about the valley all the time,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00asking, "Is the water coming? Is the home still there?"
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It's impossible to imagine, for someone like me
0:12:02 > 0:12:06who never knew it any other way, that it could be different, really.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08It's difficult for me as well.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12But despite what they've done here, it's still a very beautiful place.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18And there's still people here, we're still here.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20And we always will be.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26In 2005, Liverpool City Council finally apologised
0:12:26 > 0:12:27for what happened here.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Some may have forgiven them, but few will forget.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36As the 40-year-old graffiti still says - "Remember Tryweryn".
0:12:42 > 0:12:46The One Show wouldn't be the same without a few famous bottoms
0:12:46 > 0:12:47sitting on our green sofa.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Here's just some of the best of the guests.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54How do you fancy a film about beetles and judo?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I'd fight anybody who'd stop me watching it!
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Oooh!- I'm his biggest fan. - Thank you very much, Ruth!
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Thank you very much.- I'm so overcome!
0:13:10 > 0:13:14You've let everyone down, including the pig, OK?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I was just thinking, actually, we could swap points,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19cos you just have to put this scarf on your head.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I'll tell you this, my darling, darling doctor,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33goodness knows where those lovely hands have been.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35LAUGHTER
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Facing the wrong way, come on!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40RETCHES
0:13:40 > 0:13:43LAUGHTER
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- I'm going to be in a pumpkin? - You are.- I love this show!
0:13:46 > 0:13:51It's like chatting with your nan - you don't know what's going to come out next, but I'm enjoying it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56There's a "Come on, England". That'll keep you nice and warm.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- You can put that on. - I want this on VT, OK?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Just to double-check, is that the right number there?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I always had a bit of a thing for you.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I did for you, but it never happened, did it?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Stardom took you away from me. - There's time.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- I'm single. I'm not seeing anyone at the moment.- I am as well.
0:14:25 > 0:14:31- They did end up going for a drink. - Yeah, they did.- Oh, I've lost it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- It's your go.- Thanks. - More famous faces are coming up soon.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Of everybody we've had on, who was your favourite?- It's a tough one.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Erm, I loved Sarah Millican and Miranda Hart, always good.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Dame Edna, brilliant.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- I suppose maybe Dannii Minogue was my favourite.- OK.- What about you?
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- That's quite a wide range! I think my favourite would have to be Dolly Parton.- Oh, yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- She was just class, wasn't she? - She was great.- Brilliant.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Do you know what? We've loads more presents to open.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Shall we go with this one? - Let's have a look.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Wonder what's in here and who's it from?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Hi, guys, to make sure you have a great new year,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I've got you a classy bottle of champers.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11If you want something a little less poncey, why not get a few beers in?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Decide which one and who gets what. Happy New Year.- Happy New Year.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Keep yours.- Lovely!
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- Cheers, lads. What shall we start with?- I'll go with the champers.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- OK. All the best.- Cheers.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Whenever a big story hit the UK, The One Show was there.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28And they don't come much bigger than our number 15.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33During one week in August, England endured night after night
0:15:33 > 0:15:36of destruction and looting.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Anita Rani met some of the victims,
0:15:38 > 0:15:43and we saw first hand how communities came together to clean up.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Everything empty,
0:15:45 > 0:15:50every single thing went. Even the shelves and everything.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Ceiling they rip off, the cameras took off.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56There's nothing left in this shop.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00This shop has been completely annihilated.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- This is all your livelihood? - Livelihood 11 years.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06We work 80-90 hours a week. And end up with this?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Go with empty hand.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14He took a running kick at the window. Then they all join in.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I'm 54 years of age.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19For the first time in my life,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I now feel vulnerable.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I devoted my life to it.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29This person destroyed it, destroyed our livelihood overnight.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32My father's father must be turning in his grave.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37When I saw it go up, I thought. "We're all dead," you know?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Difficult.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Trevor, this is the first time you've seen this footage.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- You're obviously very shocked and emotional.- It's terrible.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51I was standing by it and it didn't look anything like that.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55It felt pretty horrible, but that's just disgraceful.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58They are unbelievable pictures. They are unbelievable.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Standing and seeing them like that, that's frightening.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04That is frightening stuff.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10The high street is closed till 1pm as investigations go on.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13This group of people have seen it on the news, read it on Twitter,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16they get down here and help out where they can.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20All the hate and violence from the riots
0:17:20 > 0:17:23has sort of brought a backlash and an anti-riot feeling.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It's showing community spirit at its heart.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I looked out and there were literally 100 people
0:17:29 > 0:17:35walking along our road with brooms, ready to help, and bin liners. It brought tears to my eyes.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Fantastic support.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40My house is full of flowers. My house is full of cards.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45We'll have a new building, and off we go. Good comes out of bad.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- That's an amazing attitude to have. - That's how I look at it.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Away from the turmoil of the cities, The One Show's hot-air balloon
0:17:52 > 0:17:55floated serenely over our countryside.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Christine Walkden used it to show us flowers
0:17:57 > 0:17:59like we'd never seen them before.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08You've been growing for 11 years,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12so what does it feel like to be up here seeing them from this angle?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16It's amazing to see the colours and to see them intermingling together.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19We get the RAF pilots at RAF Marham, not too far away,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22They come over very slowly and have a good look.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32It looks like a giant deckchair. How do you get the stripes?
0:18:32 > 0:18:38We use the latest GPS equipment to get as much in the field as we can.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40We want to utilise the field to its utmost,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and all the input of chemicals and fertilisers.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47What amazes me, having been to Holland hundreds of times.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51This is enormous! The Dutch fields are tiny.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54We're lucky here that we've got large arable fields,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57doing horticulture on an arable scale,
0:18:57 > 0:19:01trying to do it the most economic way we can.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- How many flowers do you think are down there?- Millions, millions.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09We'll probably produce 20 million bulbs from these fields.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I actually think that was my favourite shot of the year.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Yeah, it was lovely. You know, I think... Oh no!
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I think I'm getting the hang of this-ish. Here we go.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- That's good.- Down you come.- That's good. Wiggle the tail. Perfect.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Let's open some more presents before Chris gets here.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Hi, guys, Professor Brian Cox here.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Hope you have an astronomically good new year.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I've brought you something, it's a piece of the sun.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Be careful, it's hot.
0:19:41 > 0:19:4427 million degrees Fahrenheit, about 15 million degrees Celsius.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Very hot. Happy New Year.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- "Please wear glasses provided." - OK. Here we go.- Ready?- Yeah.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Wow! We can toast some crumpets on that later.- Yeah!- He's a clever boy.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Well done, son. Talking of which...
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Hmm, shiny.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Our science team don't just blow stuff up.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Well, they do, but they can do other stuff as well.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Like crunching up entire planes. Time for our favourite bits of boffinry.
0:20:18 > 0:20:24We're not here for the making. We're here for the breaking.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28With just the airframe left, it doesn't take long for the team
0:20:28 > 0:20:32to reduce this 737 to 25 tonnes of scrap aluminium.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37With just a teensy bit of help from yours truly.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It's now time for the surgeons to carve
0:20:45 > 0:20:49the rib cartilage into the shape of an ear. With no spare cartilage,
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Mr Sabbagh and Mr O'Toole only have one chance to get it right.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59You can see... Good. That's a new ear.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03People don't stare at me any ore.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Because I've had a new operation.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I'm going to be like everyone else.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13And I can wear glasses.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18The Electric Mountain's proper name is Dinorwig, a massive hydroelectric
0:21:18 > 0:21:21power station which can cope with sudden surges in demand.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24It's hidden inside a mountain called Elidir
0:21:24 > 0:21:27within Europe's largest man-made cave.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30This is the main inlet valve, which is opening right now.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35It's allowing 60 cubic metres of water per second.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40You can hear it flowing from the top reservoir through this pipe.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49The water then spins an enormous turbine in here,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52which looks a bit like that one over there, which in turn makes
0:21:52 > 0:21:59this huge drive shaft spin at 500 revolutions per minute.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03And that makes an electrical generator on the floor above us
0:22:03 > 0:22:05generate electricity.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07When you're chatting to celebrities on the show,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11the one thing you can be sure of is that you can't be sure of anything.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Here's just some of the things they've said that surprised us.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Here's why I'm excited. It is the same motorcycle Steve McQueen used
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- to jump the fence in The Great Escape.- Really?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24And then I got to sit on it,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26cos I don't actually know how to ride a bike.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- So you don't know how to ride a motorcycle?- I actually don't. - The Fonz, with the jacket...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- That's how good I was! - LAUGHTER
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Is it true you lived in a tree for a short time?- Well, I did. You've done your research.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I lived in a tree my senior year of university.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I wasn't, like, in a squirrel's house or anything.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47I actually had a platform,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50and you know, in California then, in the Seventies,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- everyone was very, everyone was living in a dome or a...- Right.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57..hut or an igloo or what have you, so I fit right in.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Well, I was taken into care pretty much straight from court,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05at the age of 10½, nearly 11, and went into care homes then.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Eventually, by about a year in, I was settled in one place in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The worst thing is being separated from your family.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16You know, your siblings and your parents, and coming to terms with that.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I was making a film called How I Won The War with Richard Lester,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22who did all the Beatles films.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26And John and I, he was then married to Cynthia,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29we stayed, I was married to Gabrielle,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and the four of us stayed in this house.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37And he started, in the evening, we'd play table tennis or something,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41but he'd sit on the end of the bed, going, "Strawberry Fields Forever."
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- LAUGHTER Did he write...?- "Oh, I'm not sure."
0:23:43 > 0:23:48I said, "Don't worry, that's great, John. That's coming on very well."
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- Some unbelievable stories!- Yeah. - Is that Sigourney Weaver in our tree?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53I don't think so.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Do you know what? We just had a text from Chris, he says he's on his way.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00He's got something for us, which is nice,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03and something about a streaker in the car park?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Mmm, intriguing.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Anyway, on with the best bits of The One Show 2011.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09We are now up to number 11,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13and covering amazing local stories even the locals don't know about.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Here's our Gyles explaining how a world-famous man of peace
0:24:16 > 0:24:19ended up in a Lancashire mill town.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Mohandas Gandhi, also known as the Mahatma, meaning the Great Soul,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28was famous the world over for promoting the creation
0:24:28 > 0:24:32of an Indian state, uniting Hindus and Muslims,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34and independent of British rule.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41In the 1920s, Gandhi spearheaded an Indian boycott of foreign goods
0:24:41 > 0:24:44in an attempt to bring production back to his country.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48The boycott especially targeted products like textiles from Britain,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51as the British Empire had imposed tax and trade restrictions
0:24:51 > 0:24:55that had made many Indian industries uncompetitive.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00In doing so, Gandhi was peacefully taking on the might of the Empire.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Gandhi was no stranger to Britain.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05As a young man, he'd studied law in London.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08But 80 years ago, during the struggle for Indian independence,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11he returned to England to take part in round-table discussions
0:25:11 > 0:25:14with a reluctant British government.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18And then, in the middle of his trip, he got on a train heading north,
0:25:18 > 0:25:23and ended up here in the small Lancashire town of Darwen
0:25:23 > 0:25:27on Friday the 26th of September 1931.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Why?
0:25:28 > 0:25:32'Jayne Waring is a local historian.'
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- So Darwen WAS cotton mills?- Yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Built on the cotton mills, that was its sole trade.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44And then one day, to this square, to this town hall, came Mahatma Gandhi.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Why?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Gandhi visited Darwen
0:25:46 > 0:25:50to see how the people of Darwen were coping with the boycott.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52He also wanted to highlight
0:25:52 > 0:25:56that the Indian people were a lot worse off than the people of Darwen.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- So Gandhi came up here to see the trouble he was causing at mill. - Yes, yeah.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03This whole town had been hit hard by the boycott.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07India was the major recipient of textiles from this area,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and the drop in demand had put hundreds of people out of work.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16As a result, the Greenfield Mill owners invited Gandhi to visit,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and see the effects of his boycott on the workers of Darwen.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Modern detached houses now sit where the mill once stood,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25but over the road, you can find the homes
0:26:25 > 0:26:30that the Quaker owners of the factory once built for their workers.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33'And it was at this unlikely spot, in a top floor room
0:26:33 > 0:26:35'at Number 3 Spring Vale Gardens,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39'that a spiritual leader spent his first night in Lancashire.'
0:26:39 > 0:26:43And this is the little attic bedroom where Gandhi actually slept.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Though I hadn't realised that Mahatma was a Liverpool supporter.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Fearing reprisals, the police kept a large presence around Gandhi.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55But despite this, the townsfolk were keen
0:26:55 > 0:26:58to see an internationally renowned leader on their streets,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00and they gave him a warm Lancastrian welcome.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04And more than 80 years later, there are still some who remember
0:27:04 > 0:27:06coming face to face with the Mahatma.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10My father sat me down and told me
0:27:10 > 0:27:16who Gandhi was, and what Gandhi had done to the Lancashire cotton mills.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17He was a little bit peeved.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21He explained why Gandhi was coming,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25and he admitted himself, which I do now,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27that Gandhi was a very brave man.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29What did he look like?
0:27:29 > 0:27:34This funny man with skinny legs and ten-to-two feet,
0:27:34 > 0:27:39he came nearer to passing, and when he saw me, he stopped.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41And he moved towards me, stroked my hair,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45patted my face with both hands like that.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Stood there looking down at me, smiling,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52didn't say a single, solitary word.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55And then he walked away.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59For a 10-year-old, it didn't really mean a lot,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03but for some reason or other, I've never forgotten that.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Despite witnessing first-hand the hardship his boycott was causing,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Gandhi was not to be swayed from his country's struggle for independence,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15whatever the cost to the mill-workers of Darwen.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18At the beginning of the 20th Century,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21there were more than 79,000 looms in Darwen.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23By the end of it, there were none.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28Cheaper overseas labour changed the face of Lancashire forever.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Hey, Matt, Al! Sorry I'm late! I almost had an accident in the car park. There's a naked man around.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- Yeah.- You heard about this?- I know. - Unbelievable.- He must be cold. - Anyway, presents.- Thank you.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48- Thanks. We've got one for you too. - Oh, come on, let's open them up! - Shall we open them?- So exciting!
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Novelty slippers!- Slippers! - Aw, they're really nice!- Yay!
0:28:51 > 0:28:56- Lovely.- I'm going to put them on. - You work together, think together - that's how it is. Great!
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Listen, I'm late - have I missed anything?
0:28:58 > 0:29:02You've missed quite a lot, but don't worry, we've got lots coming up.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- Like this... - Whoa! Look at this!
0:29:05 > 0:29:07A bit of this...
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- CHEERING AND LAUGHTER - And a whole lot of this...
0:29:10 > 0:29:13A coconut, for example, you chop it in half and it looks like a haystack.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Cool. Well, I'm just going to get comfy. What's next?
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Well, who else could be at number ten but the Prime Minister?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23And watch out for THAT question to David Cameron.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27We thought we'd start with four quick questions. The same questions
0:29:27 > 0:29:30your civil servants came up with to measure the nation's happiness.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- Right.- Right. - Prime Minister, these are
0:29:33 > 0:29:37the exact questions being asked to 200,000 households next month.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- So here we go. Ready for the first one?- Fire away.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45On a scale of zero to 10, overall how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47HE LAUGHS
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- How long have I got? - It's just a scale of one to 10, we just need a number.- Six.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- Six?- That's pretty good, just over half, though. A bit worrying.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Second question - overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- Um... What was yesterday? Monday. Before...- You were in Derby.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Oh, I was in Derby. I love Derby. Quick, quick! - THEY LAUGH
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- You were at Rolls-Royce.- I was. I had a great day, actually. It was really interesting,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- such an impressive place.- So is that a 10?- Better give that an eight. - Yeah, good.- OK.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16That was lucky. I was just thinking, Monday...
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Thank you so much for coming on. - Really lovely to come on. - Such a wonderful evening.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Just very quickly, how on earth do you sleep at night?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- Um... I've always been able to sleep OK, actually.- OK.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30I find it you work hard during the day, try and get your stuff done...
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- You sleep OK at night.- ..and try and put it behind you.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Because at the end of the day, if you're exhausted, you'll make rotten decisions.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41There was the Prime Minister having a perfectly lovely time with your happiness rating on The One Show,
0:30:41 > 0:30:47and then you caused a stir with that last question. Were you attempting to make a political point there?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Or were you genuinely asking him about his sleep patterns?
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Let's move on to number nine, shall we?
0:30:54 > 0:30:58This year, our history team really got hands on.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Here they are at their absolute historical best,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04starting with an intriguing discovery in Northern Ireland.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13This is actually a late 16th-early 17th century tuning peg for a harp.
0:31:13 > 0:31:19- Oh.- That find was found literally in the gutter, just outside a blacksmith's.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23We know that travelling harpists, travelling musicians,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26were visiting the houses at night within this settlement,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30and it's tempting to say that this particular harpist left one of the houses very late at night,
0:31:30 > 0:31:36made his way back up the cobbled surface and bumped against the corner of the blacksmith's forge,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40and lost this quite valuable item in the gutter beneath it.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Keeping the skin and hair clean was only part of Roman hygiene.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46You also needed to keep the clothes clean.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49And for that, instead of detergents, the Romans used...
0:31:51 > 0:31:52..urine.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Oh, this...- Aah. - SHE COUGHS
0:31:54 > 0:31:57'The urine helps in cleaning, as it contains ammonia.'
0:31:57 > 0:32:01And the idea is that you're going to stamp on the clothes, almost like a dance.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07This is agitating the fibres, and pushing the urine into the cloth,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10and the stains, the dirt, the smells of everyday life
0:32:10 > 0:32:13are being lifted up into the water.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- This is just what a washing machine does, isn't it?- Absolutely.
0:32:17 > 0:32:2060 years ago, jet aircraft like this one, the Hawker Hunter,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24began to show the potential of being able to break the sound barrier.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27But that wasn't a task for the faint-hearted.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31My wife was asked, "Did you ever think he could get killed?",
0:32:31 > 0:32:34and she said no, because she had no imagination.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38You never thought you could make a hole in the ground.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41I suppose this is what you need.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44A bit of blind faith.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Our resident art expert is Phil Tufnell.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- No, we can't believe it, either. - And this year, he met a man
0:32:51 > 0:32:54whose photographs are literally good enough to eat.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59The iconic London skyline has been photographed thousands of times
0:32:59 > 0:33:02by professionals and amateurs alike,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04but there's one British photographer, Carl Warner,
0:33:04 > 0:33:10who has immortalised Tower Bridge and the Gherkin in a unique way.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14MUSIC: "London Calling" by The Clash
0:33:14 > 0:33:17If you look closely at Carl's London skyline,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20you can see it's made out of crackers, green beans and broccoli,
0:33:20 > 0:33:25amongst other edible ingredients.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Carl makes landscapes out of food, and then photographs them.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I've always had a love of landscape photography,
0:33:32 > 0:33:36but I've always worked all my life as a still-life photographer.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39This kind of combines the two,
0:33:39 > 0:33:43I can make my own scenes, I can travel the world through food.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I think it works brilliant.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49This was the very first one I did. I started off very simply.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54I found these beautiful Portobello mushrooms, and I looked at them and thought, "these look like trees,"
0:33:54 > 0:33:56so I brought them back to the studio,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59put them on a big tabletop with some rice and beans,
0:33:59 > 0:34:04- and it's down to the lighting and the camera angle, to get really low underneath them...- Yeah.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09..to make them look like they really are trees in some alien world.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14We can trace the use of food in art as far back as the 1500s,
0:34:14 > 0:34:18when Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo
0:34:18 > 0:34:20first painted fruit and vegetable faces.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Then, from the 20th century onwards,
0:34:22 > 0:34:27a few artists began using foodstuffs to create mosaics.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Carl Warner has taken this to the next level.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34By photographing actual sets made from food,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37his final images have a sense of depth and perspective
0:34:37 > 0:34:39that food mosaics don't.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Today, we're working on the last picture for my new kids' book,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46which is basically landscapes made out of food,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48but predominantly one colour.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50So this one today is going to be pink.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- I was fortunate to come across this wonderful Italian nougat... - Ooh, lovely.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56..which has got a pink backing,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59and these beautiful nuts inside, which look like a flint stone wall.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04So over my shoulder here is Paul, making our cottage,
0:35:04 > 0:35:08and he's actually cladding the lower part of the cottage
0:35:08 > 0:35:11with this nougat, which gives us a very realistic look.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16- I bet they're happy with you down the local sweet shop.- They love me down the local sweet shop, yeah!
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Primarily, I look for things that do look like the similar, larger counterparts in nature.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24For example, a broccoli obviously looks like a tree, and that's quite an easy one,
0:35:24 > 0:35:28but a coconut, for example, you chop it in half, and it looks like a haystack.
0:35:28 > 0:35:34I made a scene out of smoked salmon, where the texture of the surface of the water is very similar
0:35:34 > 0:35:37to that of smoked salmon, which I spotted in a restaurant,
0:35:37 > 0:35:42thought, "Ooh, look at that," you know. "'Scuse me, sir, can I have your plate of food? Look at that!"
0:35:42 > 0:35:47- And what are the difficulties about making sets from food?- The hardest part, of course, is food perishing.
0:35:47 > 0:35:53Coriander, for example, it's a very fragile herb, so the moment you cut it and stick it into your scene,
0:35:53 > 0:35:56you turn around, and then 30 seconds later it's wilted.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59So I tend to use more robust things like curly kale.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02It lasts well under the lights, and it's great stuff,
0:36:02 > 0:36:04cos I can use it close up as bushes,
0:36:04 > 0:36:08but I can use it in the distance as tree canopy or rainforest canopy,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10so I love curly kale.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15- How do people respond to your work?- Well, I think they initially do, like, a double take,
0:36:15 > 0:36:20on the more realistic-looking images, people see it and they think it's actually a real place,
0:36:20 > 0:36:24and then suddenly realise that it's actually made of food, and at that point they smile,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27and I find that's the nicest part of it, seeing their reaction.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Because there's so much doom and gloom around,
0:36:29 > 0:36:36and just to see something that, you know, gives people a bit of joy, I think is a great thing.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39I could happily live in that finished scene.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Carl's food landscapes are certainly full of surprises,
0:36:42 > 0:36:46and definitely bring a huge smile to everybody that sees them.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- And now, proof that Matt watches The One Show when he's not on it.- Yeah.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57The proof is that I now do food art to make my kids eat.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- You should have kids as well, so The One Show works for you.- Right.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- What about we get on with opening the presents?!- Who's this one from? - I don't know!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06It's from David Walliams!
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Hello, The One Show. David Walliams here.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Hope you're having a great Christmas.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13I got you a little something to help you swim into the New Year.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Have a very happy one. Bye!
0:37:15 > 0:37:20And thank you to David Walliams for the budgie smugglers, which I'm now wearing on my head.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Ha ha! Signed! Ooh!- Lovely. Now to prove that it doesn't always go smoothly,
0:37:23 > 0:37:27our next clip is the only time that the show has come to a full stop.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Yeah, but why did we choose this one?
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Yep, a moment we will never forget. I mean, you just settle down
0:37:35 > 0:37:38to a nice chat with Tamsin Greig, and then this happens...
0:37:38 > 0:37:40And you just realise that, you know,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44the women are the heart of those communities, the heart of those families.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47You obviously have those qualities, as well, don't you? SHE LAUGHS
0:37:47 > 0:37:48You do!
0:37:48 > 0:37:52Well, you know, maybe my cooking could brush up a little bit.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53FIRE ALARM SIREN
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- Ooh!- Ooh! I think that's our fire alarm.- We've got a fire alarm.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- TAMSIN LAUGHS Wow.- OK...
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Or maybe that's me talking about... - Right, then. We'll link to a VT just in case, shall we?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Well, listen, while we've got the fire alarm,
0:38:05 > 0:38:07we've got a very odd question for you.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- What do you get if you cross cows and bats?- Cows and bats?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- Battle.- OK.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- No. What you get is very happy bats. - SIREN RESTARTS
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- We're going to pop out, you watch this VT.- See you in a little while.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21CHEESY MUZAK
0:38:30 > 0:38:35- And now, where were we? Oh, yes, welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker...- ..and Alex Jones.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37And before we start, we must apologise
0:38:37 > 0:38:40that your One Show was interrupted last night.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Now, believe it or not, it was somebody cooking a baked potato
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- in a microwave which set off all the fire alarms here.- Yes.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49So, if you're listening down there, do you mind having your tea
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- after 7:30pm tonight, that would be great.- Yeah.- Brilliant,
0:38:53 > 0:38:54BEEPING Dave?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Dave, didn't you get the memo?
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- Dave... - EVERYBODY: Oh, Dave!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02I didn't get one.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03I didn't get it.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Dave...
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Thankfully we had loads more time to talk to our guests
0:39:08 > 0:39:11on the other 231 shows this year.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14And there were some stellar names. Here's another choice selection.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19BOTH: It's Keanu Reeves! Excellent!
0:39:19 > 0:39:21GUITAR RIFF, CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Here we go...!
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Have you heard of an inventor called Thomas Thomson?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Yes! He invented the, um, glass bottle thing.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35LAUGHTER
0:39:36 > 0:39:37APPLAUSE
0:39:37 > 0:39:41INAUDIBLE
0:39:41 > 0:39:44My real name is Ramon Estevez, and I never changed it officially.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47The children were all baptised with that name.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- It's a cause for much confusion when the cops pull you over. - LAUGHTER
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- Let's reveal the dead parrots. - Oh! The dead parrot!
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Ooh, I'll have that one.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02ALL: Heyyyy!
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Favourite Bond film other than your own?- The Spy Who Loved Me.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- Oh, apart from... - Apart from yours, yes.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Oh, were there any?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15I am the egg man, I am the walrus, coo-coo-coochoo.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- Is it nice and humid in here for you?- Yes, it feels lovely.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21That door opens and in walks an orang-utan.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Uh-uh-uh...
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Has there ever been this much male hair on this sofa, do you think?
0:40:27 > 0:40:28I thought that!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- We're like in the '70s or something. - I know.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34It's like we're some really awful prog rock band.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- I'm non-gluten, so I'm looking at this...- What do you mean?!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39You used to throw TVs out of the window!
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Why on earth did I ever do this?
0:40:42 > 0:40:43That was brutal!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I have no idea what you're talking about.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55It's amazing to think we've spoken to that many people.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Well, we have, but only when Gyles Brandreth lets us get a word in.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01By the way, Gyles has got some presents
0:41:01 > 0:41:03so we'd better be nice to him. Hang on...
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Even this is talking!
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Hello, you beautiful people. I hope you're are having a very cool Yule.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12As a man of many, many, many words,
0:41:12 > 0:41:17I just had to get you some little literary goodies for the festive season.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Hope you enjoy them and Happy New Year! There!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Dear me, did you know he used to be the king of Latvia?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26It's all right for you two, I haven't got a book.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Never mind that, 15 down, five more to go - Al.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Yeah, number five has got to be the romance of the year.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36It's the Royal Wedding, of course.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Everyone remembers where they were on April 29th,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42when Wills and Kate tied the knot.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46I certainly do. I was at the One Show street party with you,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48and a whole neighbourhood of wedding watchers.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- BOTH:- Welcome to the One Show street party!
0:41:51 > 0:41:53# The heart is a bloom
0:41:55 > 0:41:58# Shoots up through the stony ground... #
0:41:58 > 0:42:01What's going to happen here...?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Oh, it was so close, wasn't it?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06# No space to rent in this town... #
0:42:06 > 0:42:09At any moment now we will be crossing live to Clarence House.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14- Do you feel like you're on standby? - I am like a royal coiled spring waiting to burst forth.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19# And you're not moving anywhere
0:42:19 > 0:42:21# You thought you'd found a friend... #
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Who have you come as? - Chris Evans.- Chris Evans!
0:42:26 > 0:42:28KLAXON
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Come on, guys, come on! You've got to be quicker!
0:42:31 > 0:42:33We didn't cheat!
0:42:33 > 0:42:37# It's a beautiful day
0:42:37 > 0:42:39# Don't let it get away... #
0:42:49 > 0:42:52I think it's about time we had another
0:42:52 > 0:42:56One Show Wildlife Highlight of the Year on this list.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Absolutely.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02How about Mike Dilger witnessing a breathtaking bird display in Scotland?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Each winter, around 30,000 barnacle geese
0:43:05 > 0:43:09should arrive in the Solway Firth, near Dumfries.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13Making for a truly remarkable wildlife spectacle.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16The geese have migrated some 2,000 miles
0:43:16 > 0:43:19from their summer breeding grounds in the high Arctic,
0:43:19 > 0:43:24to gorge themselves on the Solway grasses.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26They fly in from Spitsbergen,
0:43:26 > 0:43:29a remote island inside the Arctic Circle,
0:43:29 > 0:43:31and return to this very spot year after year,
0:43:31 > 0:43:35producing a breathtaking display.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39But last winter there was a worrying drop in numbers,
0:43:39 > 0:43:43and Brian Morrell from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
0:43:43 > 0:43:46thinks it's due to... polar bears?
0:43:46 > 0:43:48It has been seen in the last few years
0:43:48 > 0:43:50that the habits of polar bears are changing
0:43:50 > 0:43:53and they're visiting some of the island nest colonies
0:43:53 > 0:43:56of the barnacle geese up in Spitsbergen.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59This island is usually covered in ice and snow.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02But as the ice sheets are melting, things are changing.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05What we think's happening is the bears are being stranded on land
0:44:05 > 0:44:08and not able to get to the seal colonies.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10So they're just looking for anything they can find to eat.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13And if there's a nest with eggs in it, they're eating them.
0:44:13 > 0:44:18One polar bear can eat over 1,000 eggs in a season.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22And so, unsurprisingly, last year the records for young geese
0:44:22 > 0:44:25were down by 50 per cent.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28But this year, scientists in Spitsbergen
0:44:28 > 0:44:31think the geese may be making a comeback.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34To be sure, Brian must count every single goose
0:44:34 > 0:44:37arriving to the Solway Firth.
0:44:38 > 0:44:44I presume this massive pair of binoculars is what you use.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46These are just ideal for the job.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49How do you count those?
0:44:49 > 0:44:51I must admit, it's not easy.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53We start at one end of the flock,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56see if we can picture what ten of them look like,
0:44:56 > 0:44:59then using a clicker like this one,
0:44:59 > 0:45:03and clicking off tens all the way through until you get to the end.
0:45:03 > 0:45:04They're not staying still,
0:45:04 > 0:45:07and more are being added the whole time. This is not easy.
0:45:07 > 0:45:12'At this time of year, 5,000 can arrive in just one day.'
0:45:14 > 0:45:15Finished.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19- How do you stand? Go on.- 3,090.
0:45:19 > 0:45:223,090?!
0:45:22 > 0:45:244,506.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29'Well, either way, numbers are looking good
0:45:29 > 0:45:33'and importantly the numbers of goslings are up too.'
0:45:33 > 0:45:35It has been quite a good breeding season
0:45:35 > 0:45:38for some of the barnacle geese on Spitsbergen.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40I reckon the cliff nesting birds
0:45:40 > 0:45:42are out of the reach of hungry polar bears.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46'Thanks to this clever shift in their nesting locations,
0:45:46 > 0:45:48'the geese of the Solway Firth
0:45:48 > 0:45:51'should keep coming here in their thousands.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54'And this means they'll continue to put on
0:45:54 > 0:45:56'their amazing evening spectacle.'
0:45:56 > 0:46:00The geese roost at night on the mud flats just out there.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04At the moment, they're just behind me,
0:46:04 > 0:46:07the other side of that gorse, feeding in a field.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09As the light fades and dusk approaches,
0:46:09 > 0:46:13they should rise up as one huge flock.
0:46:13 > 0:46:18'Right now, there are just 15,000 geese here,
0:46:18 > 0:46:20'half the final number.
0:46:20 > 0:46:24'But when they lift off, there's no mistaking them.'
0:46:24 > 0:46:28The vanguard have just taken off.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Listen to the wall of sound.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32BIRDS CALL
0:46:32 > 0:46:37All that noise you can hear is Mum saying, "Come on, kids, catch up."
0:46:37 > 0:46:39And the kids returning, "Wait for me!"
0:46:42 > 0:46:46That is why I'm into wildlife. For sights and sounds like that.
0:46:47 > 0:46:53The backdrop of a beautiful sunset to mark the end of a beautiful day.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Listen to this. Whoa, look at this!
0:47:03 > 0:47:07Right over my head.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15Just doesn't get any better than that, does it?
0:47:17 > 0:47:18How about that?
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Mike Dilger at number four,
0:47:20 > 0:47:23beating the Prime Minister and the Royal Wedding.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25- We know he'll be thrilled. - He will be thrilled.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28We're into that top three now. Who's going to be number one?
0:47:28 > 0:47:32- What is that moment?- Don't know. Place your bets now.- Can't wait.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37At three, it's time to take things outside.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40As you can see, this year we've got our guests to do things
0:47:40 > 0:47:44you've never seen them do before. And they thought they'd never do.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46OK, that's good.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Now he's going for the bag of flour.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51I pick the chicken!
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Oh!
0:47:54 > 0:47:58OK, Marvin is in the lead from pole position,
0:47:58 > 0:47:59but he's got the outside lines...
0:47:59 > 0:48:02Ripping it up into the lead, Oritse, the back leader.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06The man who knows what it's like to get things together.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09We have a real battle, oh, my goodness me.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Coming through!
0:48:11 > 0:48:13CHEERING
0:48:15 > 0:48:17And here it comes!
0:48:17 > 0:48:18This is Joey.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21It's the horse from the National Theatre production of War Horse.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25Two seconds will be deducted.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28He's over the line.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31She's through the heart!
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Nothing so far.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40KLAXON
0:48:40 > 0:48:42There's one. Come on, Rod.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45She's got a fourth goal, yes.
0:48:45 > 0:48:50Fourth ball. Six goals. A result.
0:48:51 > 0:48:557-3, that means, Alyshia, you get the special One Show trophy.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58APPLAUSE
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Give it a tickle, and she's got the ball! That's the way.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Yes!
0:49:05 > 0:49:06Yes!
0:49:06 > 0:49:09WHISTLE BLOWS Winner!
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Who knew Alex Jones was so good at basketball?
0:49:12 > 0:49:13And who knew that Rod Stewart
0:49:13 > 0:49:16would go down like the clappers at that penalty?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Had it not been for Al's Welsh, womanly, warm charm with his lawyer,
0:49:19 > 0:49:22we'd have been sued for all we're worth at the BBC.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25However, he didn't sue us so we still have some money left
0:49:25 > 0:49:29and that means we get to number two which is very tuneful, apparently.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33From brass bands...
0:49:35 > 0:49:37..and bhangra...
0:49:40 > 0:49:44..to Barry Manilow, the show has been filled with music in 2011.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Here's three of our favourite studio performances.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49And isn't Hugh Laurie good?
0:49:49 > 0:49:53# Let me tell you about a girl I know
0:49:53 > 0:49:56# She's my baby and she lived next door
0:49:58 > 0:50:01# In the morning when the sun comes up
0:50:01 > 0:50:04# She brings me coffee in my favourite cup
0:50:04 > 0:50:09# Yes, I know, yes, I know
0:50:09 > 0:50:11# Hallelujah, I love her so. #
0:50:13 > 0:50:16# But if I still believe you love me
0:50:16 > 0:50:19# Maybe I'll survive
0:50:19 > 0:50:22# So I tell myself you're coming home
0:50:22 > 0:50:25# Like you've done a million times
0:50:25 > 0:50:30# And if it's all right I'll still be loving you
0:50:30 > 0:50:35# Cos I can't break it to my heart. #
0:50:45 > 0:50:46# I'm walking away
0:50:46 > 0:50:48# Like Rupert Murdoch told me
0:50:48 > 0:50:50# I'm walking away
0:50:50 > 0:50:52# My shrink gave his OK
0:50:52 > 0:50:54# I'm walking away
0:50:54 > 0:50:56# The self-help book implored me
0:50:56 > 0:50:58# I'm walking away
0:50:58 > 0:51:01# Jubilation day. #
0:51:01 > 0:51:04- Brrr!- So, here we are at number one
0:51:04 > 0:51:06and it is of course the moment when...
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Wait, Alex.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10You've got to build up to these things,
0:51:10 > 0:51:11you can't just blurt them out.
0:51:11 > 0:51:15- There's still one more present to open.- The drama!
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Hello, One Show, Sarah Millican here.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Just got you a belated Christmas gift.
0:51:19 > 0:51:23Hopefully it will keep you warm on winter nights. Happy New Year.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26- Thanks, Sarah. Don't they look wonderful?- Amazing.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29They cover your belly up, oh, no, they don't.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Now for our number one highlight of the year.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36What could it possibly be? No back-pedalling here.
0:51:39 > 0:51:43It's Matt's incredible rickshaw ride from Edinburgh
0:51:43 > 0:51:45all the way to London for Children in Need.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Well, it had to be, didn't it?
0:51:48 > 0:51:50One man, three wheels
0:51:50 > 0:51:55and 484 miles of open road.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58You've got a minute and ten seconds left.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01I want more pace on those legs, come on. Last minute.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Drive, drive, drive.
0:52:03 > 0:52:08Keep it going. Max out, max out.
0:52:08 > 0:52:13Five, four, three, two, and recover.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16OK, Matt, ease up. Well done.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19'I know how horrendous it's going to feel'
0:52:19 > 0:52:22when I've got somebody in the back and I'm going up a hill.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25You've just got to prepare yourself for that really
0:52:25 > 0:52:28and take one step at a time. One tiny cycle at a time.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31It's going to be hard work, it's going to be painful,
0:52:31 > 0:52:35but I'll do my best, that's all I can do.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- ALL:- Three, two, one, off you go.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Let's go! Goodbye, Edinburgh.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44See you later.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48Just over a mile down, 483 to go.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Now I've got a piper in the back.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Things don't get better through the Scottish borders.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Yes!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Let's just roll on down to London.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01One minute I was really happy,
0:53:01 > 0:53:05and the next I was, like, hanging over the bars in tears.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07MATT CRIES AND SNIFFS
0:53:11 > 0:53:14# On the road again... #
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Missed you, rain. Pudsey in the back.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Uphill, a wonderful cocktail at 6 o'clock in the morning.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27We've got a mini Pudsey. Can you come the whole way to London,
0:53:27 > 0:53:31because you are much lighter than the bigger Pudsey...? No.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33County Durham!
0:53:33 > 0:53:35I'm slipping.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37- Come on, Matt.- Come on, Matt!
0:53:37 > 0:53:39Tell him to follow my line across the road.
0:53:41 > 0:53:48200 turns away from the highest point in the whole route.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51- The money we've raised... Look at this.- Well done, Matt.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54How long have you been waiting at the top of this hill for me?
0:53:54 > 0:53:58- About an hour, at least.- I'm sorry to keep you out in the wet.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59Thank you all. Thank you all.
0:53:59 > 0:54:03York, here we come!
0:54:03 > 0:54:06Let's go.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08The last four days has just hit me like a...
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Oh... Sharp pains in the old knees...
0:54:14 > 0:54:19..I've got the back of my kneecap grinding against my bone.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23It's excruciating, it makes you feel sick.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26All these people that are waiting out to cheer me on and keep me going.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29And I just feel so bad that I just can't get to them
0:54:29 > 0:54:32when they're expecting me to get to them.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Thank you very much indeed.
0:54:36 > 0:54:41'The people of Lincolnshire didn't let me down.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43'It was worth every minute of pain.'
0:54:43 > 0:54:48Somebody just told me, just today, over 100,000 pledged TODAY.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49Today? Really?
0:54:49 > 0:54:53Well, we've now left Lincoln behind us...
0:54:55 > 0:54:59I am hoping to get to Peterborough by about 6:00pm if you can do that.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02- What's your average speed? - We're doing ten miles in an hour and a half.
0:55:02 > 0:55:03I should have brought a picnic.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05CHEERING
0:55:05 > 0:55:08Here we go!
0:55:08 > 0:55:09Isn't that wonderful?
0:55:10 > 0:55:13And into a headwind...
0:55:13 > 0:55:18Less than 100 miles! Less than 100 miles!
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Look at the schoolkids...
0:55:24 > 0:55:27What lesson should you be in now? Maths? This is harder than maths.
0:55:44 > 0:55:48Matt's ride may be well and truly over,
0:55:48 > 0:55:50but you can still donate.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Just text the word Matt to 70705.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56Texts cost £5 plus your standard network charge
0:55:56 > 0:55:58and £5 goes to Children in Need.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02Text lines close at midnight on 31st December.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06For full terms and conditions visit our website at
0:56:06 > 0:56:07bbc.co.uk/theoneshow.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14- Amazing stuff, Matt. - I'm through, I'm through.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Is that Children in Need? Hi, Pudsey, how are you doing?
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Can we give some more money to Matt cos he was so good?
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Thank you, bye.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Anyway, so far you and the viewers at home
0:56:24 > 0:56:29have raised an incredible £1,823,648.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32It goes without saying, a massive thank you to everybody
0:56:32 > 0:56:36who came out and supported me, made me food and got me to London.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Thank you so much for all of your donations.
0:56:38 > 0:56:39Well, that's it.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42Only a fraction of what we got up to in 2011.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44The best thing about these highlight shows
0:56:44 > 0:56:47is it always looks so much better than it was.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50- You can't say that! - I know, but I just did.
0:56:50 > 0:56:532012 is going to be off the scale, we have the Olympics.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55Yes, the Diamond Jubilee, of course.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58And the best bit, Chris here is pole vaulting
0:56:58 > 0:57:02- across the Grand Canyon for Sports Relief.- Naked!
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Anyway, thanks for watching us all year.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07We are back on Monday, January 9th.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Until then have a really happy new year,
0:57:09 > 0:57:12we'll leave you with some more of our clever, enthusiastic
0:57:12 > 0:57:14and often kooky, strange One Show family.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16- Bye.- Bye-bye.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22MUSIC: "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge
0:57:26 > 0:57:28INAUDIBLE UNDER MUSIC
0:57:28 > 0:57:31# We are family
0:57:32 > 0:57:36# Get up, everybody, and sing
0:57:36 > 0:57:39# We are family
0:57:40 > 0:57:44# I got all my sisters with me
0:57:46 > 0:57:48# We are family
0:57:48 > 0:57:51# Get up, everybody, and sing... #
0:57:52 > 0:57:54Wasn't ready.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
0:57:56 > 0:57:58E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk