Children in Need Special The One Show

Hello and welcome to

The One Show with Greg James.

And Alex Jones, and we're counting

down to what we hope will be

the biggest Children In Need ever!

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There's just 30 minutes to go

and we are the official warm-up act.

And the stars of our show tonight

are, of course, Team Rickshaw,

because, after nine days on the

road, facing freezing temperatures,

heavy rain and far too many hills,

they're due to complete

their epic 500-mile ride

to the Clyde later tonight.

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Their proud friends and family

are waiting for them at the finish

line in Glasgow and we'll find out

how they're handling the final few

miles a little later.

A brilliant turnout.

Our guests in the studio have been

on a bit of a journey themselves

for Children In Need.

Well, if you count bringing

Walford to the West End.

# Such a sky you never did see

# And put it in a box for me

#

Please welcome Christopher Ajer

Timothy -- Christopher Timothy,

delete keeper -- Tilly Keeper and

Dean Gaffney. We're going to see a

performance later. How are you

feeling about it, is it they hide

behind the sofa moment or are you

proud?

I'm really excited to see it.

Is the first we've seen it.

What did

you think?

I thought I had some good

moves!

We're going to see more

later.

It will change his career!

I'm serious.

It's the start of

something.

It is the last push for

Team Rickshaw as they make their way

from Edinburgh to Glasgow and this

is how the day has gone so far.

Oh, my work is happening, it's

happening, everyone. We are about to

leave our final start line of this

challenge. It's been a heck of a

bike ride from London to Glasgow.

Goodbye! The team have loved every

minute and it is sad it is coming to

a close.

It's the last day!

Ooh!

Don't be sad.

I'm going to miss

everyone.

56 miles. We're going to

have a party every mile.

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from one last party to one more

surprise and for the Doctor Who fan,

Shona, luckily it isn't a Dalek.

Because you'd been so epic... It is

the Doctor himself. You deserve a

treat.

Shona, you did it! Shona,

Shona, Shona! You should be really

proud of yourself. What a job,

goodbye!

Wow!

What do you make of

that?

Good! I'm happy.

Greg is 18

and from Dunfermline. When he was

nine his dad tragically died.

My dad

was in hospital for quite a few

months. And then they sent him home.

I've seen him struggling to breathe.

The hospital came in and from there

we were told he'd died.

Then Greg

moved from Poland to Scotland with

his mum and after finding a new

partner she began to neglect him.

My

mum wasn't really looking after me,

she doesn't feed me and I started

living on the couch. I was wearing

shoes that word two sizes down. My

mum just turned her back on me and

said, I want nothing to do with him,

take him away.

Do you ever think

about how you managed to get

through?

You sit and cry sometimes,

thinking why did all that happen?

Why did I have to go away from all

my family and friends. Being told my

life is going to get better and it

was the worst. Thinking what it

would be like if my dad wasn't dead.

Because when my dad was alive there

was nothing like that going on ever.

Thankfully Greg was taken into

foster care and he is life got

better.

How does that make you live your

life now?

Now I have a better life.

I think about the people who helped

myself. You always look for

positives in bad things. My dad

taught me how a bike when I was

younger. I think he'd be very proud

of me doing this.

Every year, I'm

bowled over by the riders that we

have an The Rickshaw Challenge.

Every single one of them has just

got their heads down and worked as

hard as they possibly can.

got their heads down and worked as

hard as they possibly can.

got their heads down and worked as

hard as they possibly can. They are

just incredibly inspirational and

they will go

just incredibly inspirational and

they will go on to do great things

in their lives because they've got

what it takes.

in their lives because they've got

what it takes. Let's see it for Team

Rickshaw, everyone! CHEERING

I just wanted to do something like

this while I still can.

You go,

girl!

The rickshaw makes me feel

invincible right now.

Team Rickshaw!

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Thank you.

This

is the last push tonight and I'm

sure after hearing the story of Greg

it will inspire people to pick up

the phone. Please do before 7:30pm.

A brilliant week. Preparations are

underway at the finish line in a

drizzly Glasgow to cheer our

rickshaw riders home. Joe is there.

Not long now, Joe?

# No stopping

# No stopping!

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Yes, you are mailing this now! Yes,

welcome to the banks of the Clyde ea

in Glasgow. This is the final

destination for Team Rickshaw. We

have our choir. Boka miasma, we're

getting the party started. We have

something else that is very

important, a remarkable finish line.

This is what the riders have been

thinking about over nine days, 500

miles. It comes down to this,

they'll be here later and to cheer

them in, their family and friends.

We've just seen Greg and his film

just now. It's been incredible so

let's speak to you guys, Greg's. Mum

and dad. He has earned himself a

nickname, the king of the hills.

Phenomenal, Lake District and

Scotland. Surprised by the strength?

Not really, Greg is the kind of

person who goes out there and does

what he wants to do. That's the kind

of person he is.

Very determined?

So

determined, and very strong!

You can

be very proud of him. I'm going onto

Sabah's mum and that. Last night

Sabah said that she felt invincible.

What is it like to hear that as a

parent?

Amazing, I never thought I'd

hear her say that. The positivity

and strength she's gained from The

Rickshaw Challenge, the best,

totally amazing.

Wow. And she's a

confident young lady but this has

helped her even more.

Yeah, she is.

Fantastic. Alex, you are Luke's

brother, we've seen from Luke at the

grief is very raw and fresh as it is

for the whole family. How has this

helped in processing the grief?

The

whole thing has been one large

therapy session for the lot of us.

Having it out in the open forces us

to deal with the emotions coming

with grieving, for all of us, it has

really helped. It has brought us

much closer together.

Please to hear

it. It has been a huge challenge and

we don't just get them to ride on

the rickshaw, we give the riders a

chance to say why they wanted to be

involved. Tonight it is then's turn

and he took to the X Factor stage.

-- it is Ben's turn.

I'd like to introduce two people

with a different kind of star

quality, it is Amy, in Simon's check

and her brother, Ben. Give it up for

Ben, everyone. -- in Simon's chair.

Hello, I'm Ben I'm 16 and I live in

North Wales with my mum, my dad, my

brother, two sisters, three dogs,

lots of sheep and Davey chickens!

I've always been very close to my

sister, Amy -- and a feud chickens.

Going out she always looked after

me. When she was 14 she was

diagnosed with a syndrome that is

very rare. Children with this

condition normally only live for

eight years but thankfully, Amy is

still here. She used to be able to

run, climb and talk. But now she

can't walk and even struggles to

eat. It's heartbreaking to see how

tough her life has become. I help

her around in her wheelchair and

look after her the best I can. She

makes me smile all the time and I

feel lucky to have her in my life.

Mum started a charity called Amy and

friends, which tries to support

sibling carers like me who may be

struggling, and to help other young

people going through similar

situations. This year I'm taking

part in the Children in Need

Rickshaw Challenge. I want to do it

for my sister, Amy, and others with

the same condition. We'd love to be

able to do something so physical but

can't -- they'd love to be able to

do something. Every penny you give

makes a difference. Thank you.

I'm delighted to say that we have

Amy and Ben's family here. Amy, you

are a big fan of X Factor so that

must have been incredible?

Yeah.

I'm

so pleased for you. Ben's mum, he's

a very sweet and caring boy,

incredible compassion and he's

clearly very motivated by his love

for his sister but lots of others at

your charity.

The is, he wears his

heart on his sleeve. This week we

have lost four of our young people,

Ben has known that and it has

encouraged him to keep going for

those children with this syndrome

and illness. All of the families who

have been behind him, even those who

lost Jordan, and we are so grateful.

-- lost children. He knew about

those children who have been lost

and it was pushing him on.

Compelling stuff, thank you. Luke's

family, given that this was a kid

who not long ago had to teach

himself to walk again, did you ever

think you'd be standing here

tonight, and he's gone 500 miles on

a bike?

I can't wait to see him but

no, I never thought we'd be here.

When Luke was picked to do the

challenge all he wanted do was show

other children with Zverev palsy

that they can achieve amazing things

and I think he's done that --

cerebral palsy.

Shona's family, we

spoke to you last night. What on

earth have you done to your car?

Decorated my 70s classic Citroen as

Pudsey and we raised over £1000 with

our very own Stig.

Thanks, guys.

They should be here in 90 minutes.

Give us a wave, crowd. Tallo! To

keep them all we have the choir. So,

take it away.

# I'm a racing car

# There's no stopping me. If

families and parents are going to be

so relieved to see the team going

over the finish line. I'm sure it

will be the highlight of the night.

Extraordinary.

It is. In 17 minutes,

Children in Need will kick off and

as ever we are promised a night of

famous faces making us laugh, smile

and cry. The question is, which

category do you lot fall into? Come

on, Dean?

We don't want to give too

much away.

But here it is the bit of

what you've been up to four Children

in Need.

# He's getting married in the

morning

# Ding-dong, the bells are going to

chime

# Let's have a whopper

# And get me to the church on time

# Step, step, step, step, step,

step, step

#

We saw in the clip, I'm going to the

first bit, giving it some welly!

Always. It was nice to see it was

shot differently, obviously in

EastEnders we filmed in HD but that

is ultra HD.

It looks amazing. You

got a really busy schedule on

EastEnders so where did you fit that

in?

On a Saturday.

In one day?!

It

was pre-recorded which meant, I

can't speak for the rest because

there are some voices you will hear

that are to die for, wonderful

singers. That's not how you would

describe me! But pre-recorded means

you can do it again and again. Even

I sound almost acceptable! I'm

delighted and I think it looks

fantastic.

Tilly, you are no

stranger to the West End, you must

have loved it.

I love musicals

anyway and I was in Oliver Webb I

was about ten years old and ten

years later I have come full circle.

I'm still thinking it like I did

when I was ten! I don't know if that

is a good thing now that I'm 20!

EastEnders always do these epic

performances but how do they choose

who gets the lead parts?

I don't

know.

You don't have to audition?

No, there are some amazing singers

in the cast like Shona and

Jacqueline but I'm quite competitive

as well! I want the solo.

Like the

nativity play at school? Were you

happy?

We went into the recording

studio and I literally realised then

that I can't sing! I was told to

hold a note. In the musical director

said, don't worry, in the edit will

make it look OK.

Maybe it isn't

singing that is for you but we

wanted to show something from when

you were on Children In Need a few

years ago, 1996, hosted by Paul

McKenna who was hypnotising you.

This is extraordinary the

-- extraordinary TV.

Can you

remember any of it?

I can't even

answer because I'm looking at my

hair! I think I was under! It was 21

years ago.

Amazing.

You are worried

about the hair but it needs to come

back!

And we have to mention quickly

gone Strictly is Blackpool this

weekend and Davood is doing

incredibly well.

Incredible.

And he

is one of the nicest guys as well. I

hope he goes really far.

I can see

you doing this, Dean.

I would be the

funny one that everybody watches to

see what he's doing! But I want to

win.

Thank you for being here this

evening.

Let's take a look at some

of the other highlights planned

for tonight's Children In Need.

Tess and Ade kick things off

at 7.30pm with a special performance

of Annie starring the fabulous

Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood.

And an exclusive first-look

at the Dr Who Christmas special.

Then it's over to this lot

and the rest of the EastEnders

cast with their West End medley.

And after 8pm, Peter Kay takes

to the driver's seat

with a Car Share exclusive.

The Countryfile presenters

don their stetsons for a special

live performance after 8.30pm.

And then, fingers crossed,

Team Rickshaw will be crossing

the finish line in

Glasgow just before 9pm.

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Then there's Strictly Blue Peter,

Poldark, Weakest Link,

performances from Rita Ora,

Sam Smith and of course Ore Oduba!

The list is endless.

I think it is about time we truly

kicked off Children In Need and

launched the official phone number.

Grab a pen because this

is the number you'll need to call

if you want to donate at any point

during tonight's big show.

I have been practising all day.

The number is...

03457 33 22 33.

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Standard geographic

charges from landlines

and mobiles will apply.

And the great news is that

if you phone that number right now,

the money you donate will go

towards the Team Rickshaw total

so please give what you can.

We've heard all week about some

of the amazing charities that

are supported by your donations,

and I've been to visit one

group that helps children

facing life-changing brain

injuries and illnesses.

It was Friday, she was playing with

her brother in the bath and

everything was fine and within five

minutes she was unconscious.

Coco

was just six years old and suffered

a stroke.

When we first arrived at

A&E there was a big team of doctors

ready to work on her and I remember

thinking at that point, this is not

good, and that was when we were told

they had found this big lead on her

brain.

She needed emergency surgery

to release the pressure on her brain

-- the big bleed.

We had to sign the

forms that advised us she was likely

to die.

Coco survived surgery and

was put in an induced coma for a

week. A stroke was caused by a

tangle of arteries and veins in the

brain.

She was not waking up and

that was almost as difficult as

being told she was likely to die.

But then she smiled. And from there,

she gradually got better.

Three

months after her stroke, Coco came

here to the children's trust in

Surrey, a leading charity

specialising in helping children

with brain injuries. Here,

individual children receive

tailor-made individual Tilly

rehabilitation programmes including

speech and language therapy and a

bit of play therapy.

Coming here, therapists were very

positive about everything. For the

physio, her goal was to walk again

which she did after five months

which was an amazing moment.

Look at

you!

That's really pretty, isn't it.

Another one.

Going from not being

able to do anything apart from lift

her head to this... It's incredible.

How rewarding is it for you to work

with children like Coco and see

their development?

We have children

coming in who are not mobile and

more on their beds and need a lot of

input, to being able to start to

walk and seeing that progression is

amazing.

I'm doing some colouring.

The Children's Trust provides

opportunities for children who have

a brain injury or neuro visibility

which has been caused by accident or

illness. -- neuro disability. We

have supported 900 children and

their families in the last year.

She

was paralysed down one side of her

body. She can only just sit up and

now she can crawl. At 1.I was told

she might never walk and she might

have a different outcome -- at one

stage. It is the best thing in the

world.

Fundraising is challenging

but without that we could not

provide the vital therapy that the

children received.

It's really

inspirational to come here and see

first-hand what great causes your

money is going towards and to meet

parents and children like Coco who

are being helped. Your money can

help a lot of other projects and

children across the country so

please keep giving what can. Thank

you.

Well done, Coco.

We love Coco.

Amazing.

Last year Alex visited

The London Centre for Children

with Cerebral Palsy which helps

support children with the condition

and their families.

Like Andy and his mum Afrothedi.

Welcome to the show.

It is great to see you. You have

grown so much!

And your ears are

enormous!

When I saw you last the

focus was on improving Andy's

balance and walking and you had a

fundraiser to help with that.

Yes,

he has been given the OK to have a

life changing operation at Great

Ormond Street Hospital to

unfortunately it is not completely

funded by the NHS so we have been

fundraising for him. Fantastic

community support and the school he

attends have recently fundraiser

over £19,000.

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That is a big donation!

And the, you

are amazing, and we are waiting at

each other which is good fun but I

know you like in years and also

dressing up. There is an amazing

photograph of you as Luigi! That's

great!

And your brother Christopher

was Mario, wasn't the?

Yes!

And you

met Spiderman?

Yes!

What did you say

to him?

Help!

When did you shave off

your moustache?

A few years later!

And how important is the Children In

Need money for Andy and when he has

been cared for?

He attends a centre

as you know and Children In Need

give the centre of grant which goes

towards funding the sessions he goes

to and the professionals and

specialists that help teach him to

do everyday things like walking and

sitting.

Thank you so much for being

here.

Good luck with the operation.

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Now while team which have been

racking up the miles on the road we

would like to thank everybody who

has taken a spin on virtual rickshaw

-- Team Rickshaw.

That includes

Harry who has raised more than

£2000! Well done.

And then there is

Lauren, her bike broke down so she

set up her exercise bike and cycled

65 miles and raised £193! Brilliant.

Thank you to everybody who has got

on their bikes and together you have

ridden more than 38,000 miles and

raised over £30,000.

Well done and

thank you.

Team Rickshaw do not have

long left to complete their right to

the Clyde with one last push.

Matt

has sent us a final update.

Hello! We are in touching distance

of the Finnish!

-- of the finish line. I can't

believe I'm saying it, what a week

it has been. Starting with the

highlights, Shona?

Just going

through the borders, and through

Hawick because nobody really knows

where it is!

Your highlight?

Being

on the road with my idol. We have

had fun times and learned a lot of

things.

We should go to keep

yourself?!

Yes!

Being with the best

people and making the best memories.

Well said.

Getting to know the whole

team and the stories.

Yeah, I agree

and also the support we have got

from the crowds of people has been

really special and amazing.

Luke, we

cycled out of The One Show studio

last Thursday. The finish line it up

ahead. Can you believe it?

No. There

have been a few tough days of the

hills in the Lake District, but as

you said we have got near to Glasgow

and that is thanks to the

camaraderie and team spirit. We have

bonded so well and that has helped

us get to this stage.

That is the

key, the team spirit, this lot have

left nothing back there in the 490

odd miles they have achieved and it

has been brutal at times. But they

have found the strength to do this

because of the support of Children

In Need. Each and every one of them,

and if you have donated in the past,

you have been a big part of what you

can see here. We don't need to be a

kidney specialist, a bereavement

counsellor or a doctor of science,

all you have to do is help to

provide that expert care. And then

this happens. And each and every one

of them cannot wait to see how many

children they are going to help.

When they are standing there

underneath the total, they will know

what a difference that money is go

to make to the children who are now

in the same position that they used

to be in. And you know what? Let's

make it a brilliant total, total

they absolutely deserve. And if you

have already donated that a huge

thank you for all of us. If you have

come and supported on the road,

thank you, thank you, thank you all

so if you have not had chance to

show your admiration and respect,

there is still a chance. We will not

get that total until 8:50pm and I

hope you are watching to see how big

it is. From all others here, we are

going to enjoy last few miles. Let's

do this, team! Let's take the

rickshaw at home! APPLAUSE

They are going to do it.

That's almost it for tonight's show.

Thanks to our guests,

Christopher, Tilly and Dean.

And Mary Berry's here on Monday!

On behalf of everyone

at The One Show, thank

you to all who've supported Team

Rickshaw.

It means the world.

Now, all that's left

for us to do is hand over

to Children In Need 2017.

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