0:00:06 > 0:00:10Something troubling is happening in schools all over Britain.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Teenagers are falling
0:00:12 > 0:00:14out of love with reading.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- I hate reading. - I don't see the point in doing it.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- It's boring, really.- It's not really a thing that I like.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24I don't do reading.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Studies have proved that teenagers who read for the joy of it are much
0:00:30 > 0:00:33more likely to get better jobs as adults.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Yet there's been a steady decline in teenage reading rates
0:00:39 > 0:00:41over the last 30 years.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Nobody reads because they want to.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45We just do it because we're forced to by teachers.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Now, one of Britain's rising stars wants to do something about it.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Actor and comedian Javone Prince...
0:00:55 > 0:00:56What?!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00..is going into the biggest state school in Lancashire
0:01:00 > 0:01:03to tackle a problem that used to affect him.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07When I was at school, I hated reading, cos I thought reading was just boring.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10It was getting in the way of what I wanted to do.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12And I wanted to become an actor.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15We're all here, so we're going to be a team.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Javone believes that discovering books changed his life.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21And then I picked up my first book,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and it was Kite Runner - the most amazing book I read.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28And then literally just getting lost in the world of the novel.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33He's got just three weeks to convert the school's most reluctant readers
0:01:33 > 0:01:35to his passion for literature.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Start forgetting about what the words are and start imagining what the thing is.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Let Leon do it. I don't want to read.- OK, OK.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Now, for someone who hates reading, you read pretty well.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I just can't deal with it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53He'll call on children's author and television presenter Helen Skelton...
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Don't stress.- I AM stressing.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00..to help him face his toughest audience yet.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I reckon I can do it.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And I reckon I can show them that words are important,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09reading is, like, the most amazing thing in the world.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Did you read the book?- No.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12- No, I didn't.- No.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14What did you do last night?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Facebook, I think.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31It's Monday morning at Ripley St Thomas in Lancaster,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33one of the top comprehensives in the country.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Ripley gets impressive academic results
0:02:38 > 0:02:42but it still suffers from the same problem affecting schools across the UK.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47A lot of pupils don't like reading.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50We've done everything we possibly can.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52We've been to national conferences.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55We've built a brand-new library to complement our other library.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57We've introduced reading on the timetable.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58We have guided reading.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00We have people coming into school.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02We are doing everything possible.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Ripley has taken a bold step by seeking help from the most unlikely of sources -
0:03:09 > 0:03:11comedian Javone Prince.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17But he hasn't been near a school since he left at 16.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Kids, children, teenagers, young people.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25I'm scared. I think they are the hardest audience.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Why should a teenager give me a chance?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Wow!
0:03:32 > 0:03:35School.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Ah!- Good morning, Javone. - Good morning.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Welcome to Ripley. Lovely to see you.- Lovely to see you.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Have you always been a reader or did you...?- No, no, I was never a reader.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I was terrible at school.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I didn't do well in exams.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54And then going to drama school, sort of, it just kind of grew with me,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56so that's why I'm here because I want to sort of like say,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58"Look, come on, guys.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- "These words are so amazing if you just let them speak to you."- Yes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Javone is taking on the school's 14 and 15-year-olds,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18an age when reading rates decline dramatically.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Well, good morning, Year Ten.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24It's lovely to see you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28I'm very delighted this morning to be able to welcome a special guest.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30This is Javone Prince.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32You may have seen him on the television,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35so I hope you'll give him a really good Lancashire welcome.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37So, over to you, Javone.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Hi.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41How are you? Are we good?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- STUDENTS:- Yeah.- Yeah!
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Can everyone stand up for a second? Everyone stand up.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51He's hoping his own rocky relationship with literature might just help him
0:04:51 > 0:04:53relate to the teenagers.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Sit down if you've read a book this week.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Sit down if you've read a book in the last two weeks.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Three months. Eight months?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Nine. A year.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Two years.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17OK, the ones left standing...
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I would love it if you lot could give me a chance...
0:05:21 > 0:05:22..to try...
0:05:23 > 0:05:26..and inspire you to love reading like I love reading.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Everybody's staring at you. You're just proper, like...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34You want to sit back down and just say, "Oh, I've read a book last week."
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But you haven't, so I didn't lie about it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I've chosen a book that I love, that I am confident
0:05:40 > 0:05:44that you will love and have the same passion as I do.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48When he started introducing the book, I was like,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50"Oh, God, we're going to have to read."
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It's called One. It's about acceptance,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55you know, about identity.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58He seems like a nice guy. I think I could connect with him.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But at the moment, I don't think he's going to persuade me very well.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I don't think he's going to make me read, no.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06You lot still don't look convinced.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07But it's fine.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14So let's do it.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Javone's challenge is simple -
0:06:19 > 0:06:24his new class must read an award-winning novel by Sarah Crossan.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29One is a gripping tale about teenage conjoined twins Grace and Tippi.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36This book's amazing. It's from the perspective of Grace.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38And she's telling... You know,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41she's letting you know what it's like to be a conjoined twin
0:06:41 > 0:06:44and what they have to go through. And they start being home-school.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47They can't afford it - Dad's lost a job,
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Mum's got to take on a bit more work.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51So they've decided to go to the local school,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54and they know they'll get looked at or they're being...
0:06:54 > 0:06:55They're different.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Hopefully this will open up their minds,
0:06:57 > 0:07:02cos this is a book you can pick up and just get lost in,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04without it being work.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08If I can fall in love with this character, I'm sure they will.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Let's see how it goes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14If it's weird, I probably wouldn't read it.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17It makes you think, but it's not necessarily like I went,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19"Oh, yes, I'll start reading today because...
0:07:20 > 0:07:23"..a guy came into my assembly telling me I should," you know?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I'm not a reader. And no famous actor
0:07:29 > 0:07:30is ever going to get me to read.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35And the pupils of Ripley are not alone.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Reading has fallen out of fashion
0:07:38 > 0:07:40with youngsters all over the country.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44In one recent year,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48the number of 11 to 17-year-olds who don't read at all more than doubled
0:07:48 > 0:07:51from 13 to 27%.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05It's the next morning, and Javone's arrived to take his first-ever lesson.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09He has only three weeks to convince the school's least enthusiastic
0:08:09 > 0:08:11readers that they're missing out.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16First, he's meeting Ripley's head of English.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Hello. I'm Javone.- Hi, I'm Rebecca. I'm head of English.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21So have you got any tips for me?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Cos I've never taken a class before.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26You'll need a lot of luck. No...
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Are they scary? Are they scary? - No, they're not.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30But they are teenagers.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Do you want me to show you where the classroom is?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Please take me to the classroom.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I'm really scared. I'm really scared.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40This school... We can't deny
0:08:40 > 0:08:43that this school is doing really well academically.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It does feel great on results day when you know you've got the child from A to B
0:08:46 > 0:08:48and they can go on to the next destination.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51But the whole point for me is actually making them want to,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54when they leave school, pick up a book.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Thank you.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- This is the classroom you'll be using.- Ah. OK. Cool.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03'I think the idea he thinks he's going to get all those students'
0:09:03 > 0:09:06loving reading the same way he feels about it
0:09:06 > 0:09:08is questionable at this stage.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12I think he needs to be aware that not everybody feels the way he feels about reading.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Javone is starting to appreciate the difficulties ahead.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26He's not convinced anyone will turn up.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Literally, there is no-one.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31There is no-one outside.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36They're not obliged to come to this lesson. Er...
0:09:36 > 0:09:41But I thought I convinced them enough to come to this lesson,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45to want to read, to want to pick a book, to read for pleasure,
0:09:45 > 0:09:46not just part of the curriculum.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Not just because the Government says you have to,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53but just to, sort of, you know, expand your mind.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56So...we'll see.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Please, come in, come in.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Yes. Come and take a seat, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- What's your names?- Olivia.- Olivia. - Emily.- Emily.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Alex.- Alex.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10- Hi.- Hello.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Hi, Charlie.- Hi.- I'm Javone.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Sit next to Leon.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Alex.- Alex.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Hello. I met you, Oscar, from yesterday, from assembly.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- And you were...?- Header.- Header. - Like a football.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Like a...- Football.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26- Header!- Yeah.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28THEY CHUCKLE
0:10:28 > 0:10:30We're all here, so we're going to be a team
0:10:30 > 0:10:33for the next couple of weeks.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35So, you've had the book for 24 hours.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37How much have you read of the book?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I read the first two pages.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41And why didn't you read on?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42I got distracted, I think.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- What was you doing? What distracted you?- Er...
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Facebook, I think.- OK.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Hi.- Hi.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- I'm Megan. I just read the blurb. - You just read the...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Yeah, the back of it.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58So you didn't read any of the book at all?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59No, cos I didn't have time.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02What did you do last night that was important, that you didn't read the book?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I just kind of watched Netflix.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06OK. So, did you read the book?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Er, I read a bit of it.- Yes!
0:11:09 > 0:11:12OK, so what is the name of the sister?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I can't remember.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15What was the name of the brother?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- I forgot.- They didn't have a brother.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20They didn't have a brother.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Did you read the book?- No.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- No, I didn't.- Did you read any of the pages, Olivia?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26No, I didn't get a chance.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I read the first few pages of the book.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- No.- Did you read the book?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- No.- What did you do last night?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- I was at t'gym.- No, I didn't.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Not at all?- No.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38And you haven't read anything?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42This is sad...
0:11:42 > 0:11:44that only a few of you read the book.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Most youngsters today prefer screens to books.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53But researchers have shown that teenagers who spend
0:11:53 > 0:11:56just an hour a day playing on their screens
0:11:56 > 0:11:59can drop the equivalent of two GCSEs.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07And it's not just technology that's distracting them.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Tell me your name.- My name's Alex.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Hi, Alex.- All right. - Tell us about yourself.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I milk cows.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Do you?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Do you milk cows?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Oh, wow!- And I read the first page of the book.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21And you read the first page of the book.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- That's good, that's good. Just one page?- Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Alex already knows what he wants to do when he leaves school -
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and it's got nothing to do with books.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Don't get me wrong - I like school.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39But if a lesson's dragging on a bit,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I get distracted and I start thinking, "Oh...
0:12:43 > 0:12:47"I wonder if we're mowing grass today for silage," or...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I just sit there. You know.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53If I've put a cow out into the paddock that's going to calf,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55"I wonder if that cow's calved."
0:12:55 > 0:12:58"I wonder if it's had another little heifer."
0:12:58 > 0:13:01All these things just run through my mind.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I suppose it's because I love this farm,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and it's always going through my mind.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10But you can't read a book and learn how to be a good farmer -
0:13:10 > 0:13:11it comes to you.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I mean, there's things books can't tell you.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18And that definite... You know, a book can't describe
0:13:18 > 0:13:20what farming's actually like.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21No, it can't.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25And did you read the book?
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Well, yesterday, I read to page... five.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- And then?- I went to bed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36And then you went to bed. Did you visualise anything in the book?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37No.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Not really.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Like Alex, Charlie doesn't think that books are relevant to his life.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47I would never think of reading.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It's never really anything I'd ever want to do.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57I find it really boring and I never imagine anything.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Whereas in other film... Things like films and...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03TV shows and that, it's pretty much given for you -
0:14:03 > 0:14:05you just have to watch it.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Charlie's mum wishes he would change his mind.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13It was a battle I just chose not to have.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20But I could have done, being somebody who can think of nothing better than reading a book.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I do think he's missing a massive part of his life,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27so I think I'm disappointed for him.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29He would very quickly improve his spelling,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32his vocabulary would have a wider range, he'd have longer sentences -
0:14:32 > 0:14:34all the things I can see he's probably missing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I always say, "You're never bored if you've got a book."
0:14:38 > 0:14:41And you never are bored, are you, in life, if you've got a book?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Parents play an important role in helping their kids love literature.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Children at primary school who are read to each night by their parents
0:14:52 > 0:14:54tend to be the biggest readers as adults.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09Javone thinks reading out loud could be the secret to getting the class hooked on his chosen book, One.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11So...
0:15:13 > 0:15:15We're going to read some of the book together.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Together, we're going to read, we're going to listen
0:15:18 > 0:15:20and we're going to say what we think. Yeah?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22As a child, Javone didn't read,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26but he loved being read to by his sister.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27My sister would read beautifully.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30She would actually read and you would get lost
0:15:30 > 0:15:32in the world of what it is.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35She was a great reader - she would make you imagine these things,
0:15:35 > 0:15:36or creating this world.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Would you like to read a little bit? - Go on.- Yeah?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43" 'We're out of milk,' Grammie says.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47" 'Well, go and get some,' Tippi says.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50" 'You know I have a problem with my hip,' she says,
0:15:50 > 0:15:51"and I laugh out loud.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55"Grammie is the only person on the planet
0:15:55 > 0:15:58"who ever pulls the disability card on us."
0:15:58 > 0:16:00That was fantastic.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02What did you feel?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Are they speaking about them as two different people?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09See, that's what... But you imagined it. So that's what you created -
0:16:09 > 0:16:11that was the power of your reading, what you did.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12OK, Olivia.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- What?- Would you mind reading page 40?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Just a little bit.- No.- Please.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I don't want to read. Just that little tiny little bit.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Go on. Doesn't matter.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24"I never usually rush her, but we can't be late.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26"Not on our first day of school.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29"So I quietly cleared my throat, hoping..."
0:16:30 > 0:16:35"HOPPING it will stir her from her daydreams.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40"It's...what happens when you're bound like we are
0:16:40 > 0:16:45"by a body too stub-BORN
0:16:45 > 0:16:49"to peel itself apart at conception."
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Sick! Sick! What was you thinking about when you was reading the book?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Was you thinking about the words, was you thinking about the picture,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- the imagery?- I was more concentrating on what the words were, like, on the page,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- rather than trying to picture it in my head.- Thinking about...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05I find it quite hard to read.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Olivia finds reading difficult.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It's a problem that Javone knows only too well.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16She really struggled with that.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17She really struggled.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I felt bad for her cos I could feel her stressing and getting hot and
0:17:22 > 0:17:26just, sort of, like... Cos she looked like she was fine.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29But I know she was crumbling inside,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32really badly. Cos I've been there
0:17:32 > 0:17:33and I know what it's like.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Like Javone, Olivia has dyslexia.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42It's a reading disorder which slows down the connections in the brain
0:17:42 > 0:17:44between letters and sounds.
0:17:44 > 0:17:50It's not rare, and one in ten suffer from dyslexia in the UK.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I just can't deal with it.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59They start staring. It's just the fact that...
0:17:59 > 0:18:01And I hate school - that's why I don't try in class,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04because if I ask a silly question, they'll go,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06"Why have you just asked that?" and all that.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I'm so scared about my GCSEs,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11because I feel like I'm never going to get anywhere in life.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12You will, you will.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Cos I feel like if I come out and I've not done very well
0:18:17 > 0:18:20and I put everything into it, then that's the end.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22It's not, man. It's not.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28You can't beat yourself up when your mind does...shut down.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30You can't blame yourself. All you've got to remember is,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34"You know what? I do know this, I just need a couple of minutes."
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Take a couple of minutes and then start again.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Is it easy to go to your parents and kind of confide in them and sort of
0:18:42 > 0:18:46say, you know, "I need help, Mum, Dad?"
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Mum, so easy.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- What about your dad?- No, he makes me feel a bit stupid.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Why is that?- Because he found school really easy,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58and I don't find school easy.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59So you never read to him?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01No. I feel like I have to live up to something,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04cos he does so well in life.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07And I know I'll never get there.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10So I'm always trying to, you know, impress them, little things.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Of course.- Like grades or something.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20It is really hard for other people to understand, who are not dyslexic,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24or who find it really easy to just sort of, "Right, I can read that,
0:19:24 > 0:19:25"that information's there."
0:19:25 > 0:19:27They look at you like, "Why can't you do it?"
0:19:27 > 0:19:29And it's sort of convincing her that
0:19:29 > 0:19:32you're not that different from everyone else -
0:19:32 > 0:19:35it's just that your brain works in a different way.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38That's all it is. Your brain works in a different way.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40And it's getting her to celebrate that,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43rather than punishing herself for that.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50There's another pupil who Javone identifies with -
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Charlie, an aspiring actor.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03but this fellow said you'd make it worth my while.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Charlie's story reminds Javone of his own journey to books.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12When he was at drama college, he was introduced to Shakespeare.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17From there my love of reading began because in our first year, we did Romeo And Juliet.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20These two people are in love but their families are at bitter war,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23no matter what, ready to kill each other, death.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27But they're in love. And I was like, "Wow, how has he'd done this?"
0:20:27 > 0:20:29And that's when
0:20:29 > 0:20:30the love of reading came.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Charlie!- Hello.- Hello.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34You going to put your stuff on there?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Javone wants to use drama to hook Charlie into reading.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40So you want to be an actor?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- I do, yeah.- And one big thing about being an actor is reading -
0:20:45 > 0:20:48learning scripts. You know, characters.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Because if you want to be an actor, that's the whole point.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54You can't be an actor and not read anything.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Where's your Swiss Army knife? You lost it?- In my pocket.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58- Where?- Here.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- I'm worried about you.- You're lying.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02You killed Wellington.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Hey.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Now, for someone who hates reading, you read pretty well.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11So what is it about books that you don't like, then?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14As an actor, yeah. I only really need to read the script and once I've learned my lines,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- I can put the book down and I don't have to look at it.- Yeah, OK.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19What is it about it that you just find...?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- I just don't like it.- Really? You just...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I'm just the opposite, pretty much, of people who do like reading.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30As an actor, you have to use your imagination so much.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I don't understand the point in it at all.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34You read a book, yeah...
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Yeah, great, you've learnt something about something that's not real.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40BELL RINGS
0:21:42 > 0:21:46I just want him to realise it now before it's too late -
0:21:46 > 0:21:47before he throws...
0:21:48 > 0:21:51..his dream of maybe being an actor away.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Because being an actor is not easy and there's, like,
0:21:56 > 0:22:01a thousand actors who look like him, who sound like him, who probably put more work...
0:22:04 > 0:22:07..into it and he will lose out.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I think that's a bad attitude to have, cos I would never...
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I wouldn't jeopardise this for nothing, for no-one.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Javone has been at Ripley St Thomas for a week now
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and he's still struggling to get his class to engage with One.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31So far, all of his 15 pupils have read just a few pages.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Javone is a great guy - I have to give him kudos for that -
0:22:37 > 0:22:40but he's not going to get me to read, in the end.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I was engaged but I'm not really sure that it's encouraged me to read yet.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48He's like a teacher - he's forcing you to do it. I don't think that's what we're here for.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54I need a plan. I need another plan, cos I thought my plan was working
0:22:54 > 0:22:56but I need another plan. So I need to think about that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Javone fears he'll never get through to the class on his own...
0:23:03 > 0:23:07..so he's calling in some backup -
0:23:07 > 0:23:11children's author and former Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16He's hoping her years of working with young people could give him some ideas.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I may be naive but I actually don't think it's going to be difficult.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I think once you start reading,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26once you find a book that captures your imagination
0:23:26 > 0:23:29and whets your appetite for reading other books,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33you're really opening up a whole new part of your life.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37For me, reading kind of excites your heart and your soul.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41I feel like this could be a journey for these kids and I think it would
0:23:41 > 0:23:42be really nice to be on that journey
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and kind of help open some doors for them.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Helen!- Here he is!
0:23:52 > 0:23:53What's wrong?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Thank you so much for coming down.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01- Right, what's happening?- OK, well, I've worked with many audiences,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05but 14-year-old kids ain't my thing.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07They just don't... They don't want to read.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Don't stress.- I AM stressing.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- They've got you on the run, you know?- I know, I know.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15They smell the fear, OK?
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Show no fear! - Don't let them scare you.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Hi.- Oh, hi!
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Hello.- Hiya.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Hiya.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I have come along because my good friend here tells me that he's
0:24:29 > 0:24:34asked you to read a book and he suspects you're not really into it.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35He could be on to something there.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37THEY CHUCKLE
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Would it be fair to say that some of you are struggling with the book
0:24:41 > 0:24:45because you've got no idea what it'd be like to be a conjoined twin?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I never thought about it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- Right.- It's never gone through my mind.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- But we've got the other surprise for you today, haven't we?- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54STUDENTS GROAN
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Helen is about to bring the book to life in a most unexpected way.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- OK, go, go, go.- OK.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08So, first up, Emily.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Emily and Olivia.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Dominic and Alex.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Charlie is with Ike.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Oh, God!
0:25:17 > 0:25:21'The kids are not getting the book but I think Helen has got a really smart idea here,'
0:25:21 > 0:25:25where she can make the book come to life. I think that what we need.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Helen's idea is to split the class into pairs,
0:25:28 > 0:25:33bind them together and send them out into the world as conjoined twins.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Megan...
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- Lois.- Pardon?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- You can't have that. - Is that everyone?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Those are your pairs.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47You cannot change.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50What if you had a fight with your twin, a bit of a scrap?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Twins.- STUDENT:- It was quite a good fight, to be honest.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55We are not going to be fighting.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01For two of the class, the idea of being joined at the hip doesn't appeal.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Megan and Lois aren't exactly the best of friends.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08So the plan is for you two to be a conjoined twin.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11How do you feel about that?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12- Are you two friends?- No.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14What happened? We had a fight.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- A proper fight.- I'm sorry that I pulled your names out of the hat,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21but we're going to have to do this task.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24And I'm pretty sure there are days that the twins hate each other
0:26:24 > 0:26:26but they cannot get away from each other.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Exactly. This task is about understanding what these two twins went through
0:26:31 > 0:26:35and being a team and working together, being one.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37So you lot are going to be in this.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42We appreciate it's difficult to empathise with the characters in the book
0:26:42 > 0:26:45but hopefully these can give you an idea of what it's like to be
0:26:45 > 0:26:46literally tied to someone.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Reading is one of the best ways to strengthen our empathy.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56American psychologists report that reading literary fiction helps us
0:26:56 > 0:27:01recognise other people's emotions and understand how they feel.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04And that sleeve. There you go.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Right.- Go on, put your leg in.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12You're in.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13I'm just a bit uncomfortable.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The last time I touched Megan, I was on the floor.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21It was really hard.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Like, the Year Sevens and Eights, who wouldn't really look at you - they would be scared of you -
0:27:25 > 0:27:29were actually laughing and looking at you, like as if we're monsters.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41It's very embarrassing but I guess that's how they feel so, in a way,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44it's good cos you can visualise how they're feeling.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Next leg.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51The most things I've had to overcome is maybe the odd thing at school but
0:27:51 > 0:27:54I've never had to overcome being joined to my sister or my brother.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58It's...sort of my worst nightmare.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- I'm going to go in. You go that way, I'll go this way.- Yeah, yeah.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Budge up.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Right, pour some more Coke in.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- You hold it.- Oh, teamwork.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17I'm not like everyone else and not a lot of people look like me
0:28:17 > 0:28:20and because I'm from different ethnicity as well,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22so it's kind of hard to fit in and so I guess the twins
0:28:22 > 0:28:27I can relate to a bit, being the odd ones out in society, I guess.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32There you go. It's good.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Because they are conjoined, the twins in the book need to compromise on everything -
0:28:44 > 0:28:47something Lois and Megan are having to learn, too.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51So you're doing this task -
0:28:51 > 0:28:55do you feel like you're getting in the world of these two...
0:28:55 > 0:28:58The characters in the book?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Yeah. When Tippi and Grace would fall out, it's kind of...
0:29:01 > 0:29:05You can't fall out for longer than, like, a short time...
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- Because you're joined. - You're just going... Yeah, you've got to get on with it.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09It helps you face things.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Would you say that you need each other?
0:29:12 > 0:29:13In this situation, yeah.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20Yes. It feels nice to be, like, with, like, a team. Like...
0:29:20 > 0:29:23A partner, like, to help you out.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25It's really interesting to try and, like,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29understand from their point of view because as soon as I saw the book,
0:29:29 > 0:29:31I was like, "How would this work?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33"There's two of them and they're together."
0:29:33 > 0:29:37It's, like, different than twins because you're actually like one person.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Like, you're together but you're separate.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I think the reason they were so close and why I felt that closeness
0:29:42 > 0:29:46with Megan was because you're literally touching and it's weird -
0:29:46 > 0:29:48you just feel more similar when you're that close to someone.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50It's really odd.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54I think that this exercise has probably raised a lot of
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- questions for them. Hopefully a bit of intrigue, which will make them read.- I hope so.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Fingers crossed, when I see them again they'll have read a bit more
0:30:01 > 0:30:03and then we can kind of actually discuss the book.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14THEY EXCHANGE GREETINGS
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Javone is halfway through the three-week experiment -
0:30:18 > 0:30:22and he's hoping his class will be halfway through the book.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Is this everyone?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- What did you read?- To 80-odd.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29And then I...
0:30:29 > 0:30:33And then I skipped to the part where the big thing happens.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Why did you skip?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Cos I just wanted to know what happened.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Do you not think some people might really not enjoy reading?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Do you know what you want to do?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Dancing, performing.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46So any, sort of, books about...
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Biographies about actors or anything like that? No?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I'm not into it like that, I'm not into knowing about...
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- What people do.- Yeah, I don't care.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56OK. That's cool. You don't care.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- No.- So you don't reckon that you will have to read up about that
0:30:59 > 0:31:02to know anything about that, or it'll just come to you?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I can google it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06STUDENTS CHUCKLE
0:31:06 > 0:31:10That's... I've got nothing, I've got nothing.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11It seems like you haven't got time,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14you just need a quick fix for something and it's...
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- What about you?- Er...
0:31:17 > 0:31:19It's just effort to pick up a book and sit there and read when you've
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- got other things to do. - Was you always like that?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25No. In primary, I used to read loads but I just stopped.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29So it's Year Seven - cool, everything was all right?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30- Yeah.- Year Eight...
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Nah.- Nah. Just nah. Tell me about Year Eight.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34- What happened?- I don't know.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37You just grow up and you're like... You don't want to read any more.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42- How was your day?- It was all right.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48- Would you like summat to eat?- Er, no, I'm not really hungry.- OK.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Now she's 15, Emily is much happier
0:31:51 > 0:31:54glued to a screen than reading a book.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58When Emily was little, the first thing she did was pick up a book.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01She was great. You know, obviously, as kids grow up, I suppose, they...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07There's more exciting things, maybe,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09than actually a book.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Social media, friends...
0:32:11 > 0:32:14She has a lot of sporting activities that she does.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Distractions such as TV,
0:32:18 > 0:32:19just the internet in general.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21If she had nothing else to do, she would be on it,
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Snapchatting to her friends or whatever else they do. Facebook.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Hours, definitely.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Like Emily, most schoolchildren are addicted to their phones.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39It's their favourite way to access the internet.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Today's teenagers spend nearly four hours a day online -
0:32:44 > 0:32:46double the time of ten years ago.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Better things to do than read.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Books or phone.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52I can either read or just watch YouTube, you know?
0:32:52 > 0:32:53I'm going to choose phone.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57They are dedicated to their passions, what they love, and reading's not one of them.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Reading is not one of them.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I just don't think I have the attention span to get into the book
0:33:03 > 0:33:05enough to actually understand the character
0:33:05 > 0:33:07and therefore put myself in their shoes.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Maybe authors have to get them right at the first page.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12You have to kind of... You know,
0:33:12 > 0:33:16as a writer you want to start at the beginning and get people lost...
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Get people familiar with the world that you're in.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21But they want to be, like, "Give it to me now."
0:33:21 > 0:33:24We're probably of a generation that is that, now.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Facebook, now. Netflix, now.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Don't give me the beginning - get me straight in, get me hooked.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38Can old-fashioned words on a page ever compete with new technology?
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Helen wants to find out from head of English Rebecca.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46There are loads and loads of very popular books that are read
0:33:46 > 0:33:48and authors that are read by young children.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51What happens at 12, 13, 14? What changes?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Well, if you think about your primary schoolchildren,
0:33:53 > 0:33:57parents put them to bed and they have a little read with them when they go to sleep,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59they get books as treats and things like that.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Whereas when they become older, they start being a little bit more independent,
0:34:02 > 0:34:07so suddenly they get the iPads and the other bits of distractions.
0:34:07 > 0:34:08How much do you think they would...
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I mean, you know these kids - how much would they get out of reading?
0:34:11 > 0:34:14I think they'd get a lot out of reading if they found the right texts.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17But we've got 271 students in our current Year 11,
0:34:17 > 0:34:21so therefore it's being able to tap into each of their interests
0:34:21 > 0:34:24and being able to show them, actually, it's a bit like watching television -
0:34:24 > 0:34:27you watch one programme, you don't like it, try something else.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30But it's just not as cool as watching the box sets
0:34:30 > 0:34:33that are out there and that's the bit of convincing that I'm trying to do.
0:34:40 > 0:34:46Helen's chat with Rebecca has given her ideas about how to inspire some of the non-readers.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I don't think it's the right approach to go for one book for the whole class,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55because I think young people are all different -
0:34:55 > 0:34:57they have different interests, different needs,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00different wants, different skills -
0:35:00 > 0:35:03and I think that's what we need to recognise and address.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11She wants to try her new tactic out on budding farmer Alex.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15But first, she needs to know what makes him tick.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Alex. Nice to see you. You look like you've got your hands full.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Whoa! They're feisty, aren't they? - Yeah.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29So, how clear are you in your mind about what you want to do
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- when you leave school? - In an ideal world,
0:35:32 > 0:35:35I'd go straight to being probably a dairy herdsman.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38That is music to my ears. I love cows. I grew up on a dairy farm.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40There's nothing better than 'em, is there?
0:35:40 > 0:35:44They're a lot easier than people. They give me less trouble.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47You don't have to go through all these mixed emotions you get off people and girls -
0:35:47 > 0:35:51it's just straightforward with cows.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54But do you not feel like you're missing out on a bit of a social life?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Not really, because it doesn't really take my fancy, going out.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01I'm not going to any parties - I've got to get up in the morning and milk the cows.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Girlfriend?- There is one girl I took tanking.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- You took what?- I took her slurry spreading.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08She's been milking a few times.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- She liked milking.- She came back after the slurry spreading?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Oh, yeah. I didn't take her slurry spreading first. I thought,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- "Best leave that for later."- Yeah. Is there going to be another date?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Probably not.- Trust me -
0:36:19 > 0:36:23you will learn some lessons from certain books.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Would you be willing to start reading a book that I recommend?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Go on, then.- Deal?
0:36:29 > 0:36:30Yeah. We shaking on that?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40While Helen is making progress with Alex,
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Javone is still struggling with aspiring actor Charlie.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50I can find a million things better to do than actually just sit and read.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Like, I don't understand how people do it or why people do it.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58What would make you want to write a book...
0:36:59 > 0:37:03..about something that most people don't understand or know anything about?
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Javone is looking for help from Rebecca, head of English.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I've sort of, like, hit a brick wall with Charlie.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18I feel like I failed him because Charlie wants to become an actor.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I'm an actor and I thought, "You know what?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23"He'll be, like, the easiest one."
0:37:23 > 0:37:25But I haven't got through to him.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29He's going to walk away from this having learned nothing or having
0:37:29 > 0:37:31taken away nothing from this experience,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33which makes me feel a little bit sad.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36It's really tough. I mean, I walk out of lessons every single day
0:37:36 > 0:37:38when I've thought, "I haven't engaged that student today.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41"What have I not done, or what could I do differently?"
0:37:41 > 0:37:43What you've got to remember is, not every child is going to
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- click on to the same thing at the same time, because they're human beings.- All right.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51They're teenagers, with all different interests and all different things going on
0:37:51 > 0:37:54and external things going on in their lives as well.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56And for Charlie, actually, one day, hopefully,
0:37:56 > 0:37:59he might look back and think, "That was a really rewarding thing
0:37:59 > 0:38:02"and I didn't realise what I'd learnt at the time."
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- But you don't learn every lesson at the time that you're meant to, do you?- True, true.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14Next morning, Helen thinks she's found the ideal book for Alex,
0:38:14 > 0:38:17although it's got nothing to do with cows.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20It's called Eleanor And Park and is about two young lovers
0:38:20 > 0:38:23who don't quite fit in.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Alex?- Hello.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32So, I've brought you a book that I hope you might find interesting,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34I hope you might learn a few things from.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37This book is about love - young love.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38Right.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42In a school. He likes her, she likes him.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- But there's more to it? - There's more to it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Right.- So I think you might find it interesting,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I think you might find some similarities,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I think you might learn a few things from this.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Put it in this one and then...
0:38:54 > 0:38:56You will be a single man...
0:38:56 > 0:38:58for not very much longer.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Single man with a plan.- Exactly.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12It's the end of week two and, at last, some of the class are
0:39:12 > 0:39:14getting into reading.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19They've all started One, and five are past halfway.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24I got quite connected to the characters when I actually sat down and just read it.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27And one pupil has even finished it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I've got to the end and I can say I have enjoyed it,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35which I was surprised at because I didn't think I would enjoy it.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I felt proud of myself because I hadn't read for so long
0:39:37 > 0:39:40and I realised it is a really enjoyable thing to do.
0:39:42 > 0:39:48It's going to take more time for me to get convinced to read more and stuff.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52I don't read a lot and he said he didn't read a lot
0:39:52 > 0:39:56when he was my age, so, I mean, why not? Why not start now?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01But not all of them are relishing the read.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04I'm not really liking One.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06It's not my kind of book.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10The only reason I'm reading any of it is mostly because I'm being told,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12"You really should read it."
0:40:13 > 0:40:16If I wasn't being told that I should read it...
0:40:18 > 0:40:21..I would stay away from that book like the plague.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25And Olivia is still trying to overcome her dyslexia.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29I do wish I'd read it last night, cos I wanted to.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33I got home and I was like, "Yeah, I'm going to read that tonight just before I go to bed."
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- And then I can't do it.- Why?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Because I'll read it, like, you know, simple words and then, like,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44a word I don't understand, like, that I can't read
0:40:44 > 0:40:47but if somebody read it out loud I could say it again and know it.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56Javone suspects the key to unlocking Olivia's fear of reading might lie at home.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05I'm off to Olivia's house because I want to meet her parents,
0:41:05 > 0:41:09but the reason why I'm going there is cos I'm really worried about...
0:41:09 > 0:41:12her, because dyslexia is really affecting her
0:41:12 > 0:41:17and it's not just affecting her academically - it's affecting her everyday life.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21So I just want to know what it's like for them and what their experience is.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Olivia was only diagnosed as dyslexic less than a year ago.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29- Hi.- Hi, good afternoon.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- Hi, I'm Javone.- Javone, nice to meet you. I'm Daniel, Olivia's dad.- Hi.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Come in. This is my wife Karen.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- Hi, Karen.- Pleased to meet you. - I'm Javone.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40So the reason why I've come to speak to you guys today is because
0:41:40 > 0:41:45I really empathise with Olivia because I was diagnosed with dyslexia really late,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48when I was about 19, and seeing her story and I'm like,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50"Do you know what? That was me. I was you."
0:41:50 > 0:41:54So I just wanted to know what it's like as parents
0:41:54 > 0:41:57and how you felt when Olivia was diagnosed.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01It was a very emotional time because when somebody actually sits you down
0:42:01 > 0:42:06and goes, "Right, your answer is there in black and white,"
0:42:06 > 0:42:08it's almost a happy moment.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Yeah.- You know, I'm not ashamed to say
0:42:11 > 0:42:15I nearly broke down because I actually felt guilty.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And I think our relationship's got a lot better since then.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Seeing that diagnosis actually gave her a massive boost because she
0:42:21 > 0:42:25understood why she was struggling at school.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Speaking to her, she says she really...
0:42:27 > 0:42:29She really looks up to you.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33She says, "My dad - he just gets it."
0:42:33 > 0:42:35I've always been quite gifted in that area.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I found it easy to pick things up.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41So I think another element of our relationship that has been very
0:42:41 > 0:42:42- strained...- Right.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47Very, very strained over the last 10, 12 years...
0:42:47 > 0:42:51I couldn't understand why she couldn't pick it up.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54"You're not trying. Come on, put the effort in.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58"You can do this." And you think... I think, as a parent, you think...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00if you try you can achieve it.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05- And, you know... - But have you ever told her yourself how that made you...?
0:43:07 > 0:43:09I don't think I ever told her how that made me feel,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11the emotion of finding out, because, to be honest,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I wouldn't want to burden her with
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- the worry that I felt as a parent. - Course.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20I think the release was understanding why for all these years I'd seen
0:43:20 > 0:43:23her struggle and find it hard,
0:43:23 > 0:43:25and then understanding, actually, that that was OK
0:43:25 > 0:43:28and what she'd achieved was...
0:43:28 > 0:43:30- beyond expectation.- Yeah.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Thank you so much for talking to me. I really...
0:43:32 > 0:43:35I really appreciate that. Thank you.
0:43:38 > 0:43:44What was so thought-provoking was that they struggled as a family
0:43:44 > 0:43:46before she was diagnosed with dyslexia,
0:43:46 > 0:43:49and once they got told, the doctor said,
0:43:49 > 0:43:52"Yes, you're dyslexic," it just...
0:43:52 > 0:43:55That was a mending process, a healing process for that family.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58To say, "Right, OK, well, we've done everything as parents
0:43:58 > 0:44:01"and it's not us and it's not us as parents, and we're not to blame,
0:44:01 > 0:44:05"and we're going to try and help our daughter and give her that confidence that she needs."
0:44:05 > 0:44:07So I think that's quite a beautiful thing.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10I thought they're a lovely, loving family
0:44:10 > 0:44:12who went through a tough time.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14It's just nice and it's just much better
0:44:14 > 0:44:17and I feel a lot more confident...
0:44:18 > 0:44:20..knowing he doesn't think down on me.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Yeah.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Hello!
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Come in.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Come in!
0:44:36 > 0:44:40It's only four days until the end of the experiment
0:44:40 > 0:44:44and Javone has asked all the pupils to gather in the hall.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48You're probably thinking why we're not actually in our same room.
0:44:48 > 0:44:49We're in a different space.
0:44:49 > 0:44:54The reason we're in a different space is because I've got a surprise for you.
0:44:54 > 0:44:55- STUDENTS EXCLAIM - Ooh!
0:44:55 > 0:44:59But before we get to the surprise, language doesn't have to be boring.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Just look at me like that. Like...
0:45:01 > 0:45:04"You know what? Language is boring."
0:45:04 > 0:45:05But language doesn't have to be boring.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Communication is the key.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09It's proven - fact -
0:45:09 > 0:45:14reading helps you in your future, your future life.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19If you want to have that lovely house with a nice car with the rims,
0:45:19 > 0:45:21black-on-black with the tinted windows.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24If you want to have that nice dress, you want that Versace suit,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27if you want to have those Prada shoes, reading -
0:45:27 > 0:45:31just reading maybe five, ten minutes a day - will help you get that.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33It's proven - people who read more get a better job.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36They earn more money. It's a fact.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42Scientists recently discovered that of all a teenager's hobbies,
0:45:42 > 0:45:46reading is the most important one to secure a good job.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50But to help me...
0:45:50 > 0:45:55convince you guys, I got someone who loves reading just as much as I do.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58Loves writing jokes just as much as me, who writes comedy.
0:45:58 > 0:45:59It's Russell Kane.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03Stand-up comedian Russell Kane is living proof
0:46:03 > 0:46:06that reading can change your life.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Hello, everyone.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12- How you doing?- If you could share with them your story,
0:46:12 > 0:46:15maybe that might unlock something.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Basically, I earn my living by working one hour a night doing stand-up comedy on a stage.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21I get up, go and make people laugh, come home again.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24So how have I got from starting life on a council estate to there?
0:46:24 > 0:46:25What happened was this -
0:46:25 > 0:46:28I grew up in a house with no books, no reading.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31My dad actually said, "You can't learn anything from a book,"
0:46:31 > 0:46:33which is literally the opposite of the truth.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36I didn't read at all. I wasn't reading by the time I was your age.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40I left school, left with nothing, wasted my talent, basically.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44And everyone will find their own way into literature and reading,
0:46:44 > 0:46:47and mine was anger - the thought that I was about to throw my life away.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50I used books as a way to climb up that mountain and overtake a lot of
0:46:50 > 0:46:52the people that had private education,
0:46:52 > 0:46:54and I left my uni with a first.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Whether you want to be an actor, whether you want to work in academics,
0:46:57 > 0:46:59whether you want to be an accountant - whatever -
0:46:59 > 0:47:02reading a book trains your mind to work faster.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Javone hopes Russell Kane has convinced his class
0:47:06 > 0:47:09that it's never too late to start reading.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13So now I want you to come up with stories,
0:47:13 > 0:47:17something funny that you can either read in a book or it can be a personal story,
0:47:17 > 0:47:20but I want you to get a pen and paper,
0:47:20 > 0:47:23I want you to try and make a scenario or a situation funny.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29This may seem a bit removed from reading a book,
0:47:29 > 0:47:33but these guys are so consumed with Facebook, Twitter,
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Instagram, Snapchat. I want to give them something more,
0:47:36 > 0:47:38like a narrative, a storyline,
0:47:38 > 0:47:42something with a chunk that they can sort of, you know,
0:47:42 > 0:47:45grapple with rather than just read something in 140 characters
0:47:45 > 0:47:46and then they're done with it.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50You punched a bear in the paw?
0:47:50 > 0:47:53No. It was Bradley the bear in Pontins or Haven.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Right, still good.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59So if you write that story down and we can start from there.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01She goes to, like, Zumba.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Your gran goes to Zumba?
0:48:03 > 0:48:04Yeah.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06There you go. You've got a Zumba gran.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08That's a funny story. That's a great story.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10This is great - it's actually working.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12They're actually engaging with the story.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14She told me to strip off, right? So I did.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17And I'm naked and she was like, "I'll get you a towel."
0:48:17 > 0:48:20So I wait in the shed and she just didn't come back.
0:48:22 > 0:48:23After about 20 times,
0:48:23 > 0:48:25you will be able to make that story properly hilarious.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Building in pauses, building in drama.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31I mean, you just told that to me in one minute. That's a five-to-ten-minute story.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35OK, guys. Can we all give a big round of applause
0:48:35 > 0:48:38for Russ Kane for coming down, please?
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Before they go, there's one final challenge.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Next week in assembly, we are going to be...
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Well, not me, but you guys
0:48:48 > 0:48:51are going to be performing these stories.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55We're going to get the best bits from the stories and we're going to keep on going until it's funny.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58I know you hate me right now, but that's what we're doing.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59Yeah? Yeah?
0:49:02 > 0:49:06Javone hopes the workshop has given them the confidence to write
0:49:06 > 0:49:09and perform a script in front of the school.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Most of them are on board...
0:49:14 > 0:49:16..but not all.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19If you want to be an actor, this is what you have to do.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21You know what I mean? That's what you have to do.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24You can't go in to a director and have that attitude.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26You won't get the job - you won't work.
0:49:26 > 0:49:27And that's the truth.
0:49:29 > 0:49:30Thank you.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35I just want you to do well, man. I seriously do.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38You probably think I don't but I seriously want you to do well.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40I'm not trying to give you a hard time.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49In a last-ditch attempt to get Charlie reading, Javone is
0:49:49 > 0:49:53pressing him to connect with the book One through his own life.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58Can you do it again?
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- Right.- You got a brother, you got a sister?
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Yeah, I've got two brothers.
0:50:02 > 0:50:07OK, say your brother, your oldest brother, and you are conjoined.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- You've just had an operation.- Yeah.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12And he's not going to make it.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15And he's right next to you and you're not going to see him again.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19"I blink and he speaks.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21" 'Tippi is gone,' he says.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25"All I can say is, 'I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.' "
0:50:25 > 0:50:28And you're in the room. The doctor's come and he's like,
0:50:28 > 0:50:30"I'm sorry - I've got to give you bad news."
0:50:30 > 0:50:32- Yeah.- "Your bro didn't make it."
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Use that anger and hold it, hold it, stand your ground.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39Hold yourself.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44Let the words touch you, let the words speak to you.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Whatever comes through that, that's what you give out.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49" 'Get out,' I say,
0:50:49 > 0:50:52"turning away from everyone and hating them equally.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54"Tippi. Tippi.
0:50:55 > 0:50:56"Tippi!"
0:50:56 > 0:50:58How did you feel?
0:50:58 > 0:51:00- Tell me what went...?- That was...
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Honestly, just your honest opinion.
0:51:02 > 0:51:03It made me sad.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06- Why?- Because if you think about it,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09you've lost your sister or brother
0:51:09 > 0:51:11that you've literally been attached to,
0:51:11 > 0:51:15they've gone and they're never coming back and you're never going to see them again
0:51:15 > 0:51:18and after everything you've shared and learned with them, and then
0:51:18 > 0:51:21- it's just gone.- And as an actor... You want to be an actor...
0:51:21 > 0:51:25- Yeah.- Do you see how that can maybe help you in your career,
0:51:25 > 0:51:27little techniques like that could help you?
0:51:27 > 0:51:31Yeah, because in a way it's making me feel like I am the character,
0:51:31 > 0:51:37that I've lived but they haven't, and it just... It hits you.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39I'm scared to ask the question cos I don't know
0:51:39 > 0:51:42how you're going to answer it, but I'm going to ask anyway.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46Has it kind of, just a little bit, changed your view on reading at all?
0:51:46 > 0:51:48- Yeah, in a way. - HE SIGHS
0:51:48 > 0:51:53- I wouldn't say I'm going to go home and read every book I can possibly find.- Cool, I understand that.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57If I see a book that may vaguely interest me,
0:51:57 > 0:51:59just to give it a go rather than just saying,
0:51:59 > 0:52:02- "No, I can do something else instead."- I'm happy.
0:52:14 > 0:52:15Hi, guys.
0:52:15 > 0:52:16- STUDENTS:- Hi.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19Hi. What are we doing?
0:52:19 > 0:52:21It's the second day of rehearsals...
0:52:21 > 0:52:22Rehearsing what?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24..and Javone is surprising his class.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26You've got a sketch? Can I see it?
0:52:26 > 0:52:29He wants to see if they've managed to turn their personal stories
0:52:29 > 0:52:31into one big performance.
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Come on, Charlie.
0:52:37 > 0:52:38Let's see what you've got.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45But it's not what he's expecting.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47They've come up with a new script.
0:52:47 > 0:52:52The arrival of comedian Javone Prince at Ripley School has led to some unusual behaviour.
0:52:52 > 0:52:53And it's all about him.
0:52:53 > 0:52:58- Hi, guys. Today I'm going to talk about how books are amazing. - OTHERS JEER
0:52:58 > 0:53:02The students have been seen wandering around clutching strange paper objects.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05PlayStation controls and smartphones have been put down
0:53:05 > 0:53:07and exchanged for...books.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- Books?- Books.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Books set us apart from animals.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14We're the only species that communicates in writing.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Books contain all.
0:53:17 > 0:53:22With only two days to go before the performance, Javone lends a hand.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Stop. Can you go and say the lines again, please, Jess and Lois?
0:53:27 > 0:53:31- We're starting from the top.- Hello, good morning, and welcome.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33In the news today...
0:53:33 > 0:53:35I mean, what have books ever done for us?
0:53:35 > 0:53:36Can we do that again?
0:53:36 > 0:53:38That little section up to there.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41The librarian has reported actually seeing some children
0:53:41 > 0:53:45- entering her library.- Yeah, well, don't worry - we're going now.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49- Ha-ha-ha-ha. Maybe. - I am a changed man!
0:53:49 > 0:53:52- I feel...- Sorry, we're nearly out of time here.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55Hmm. Girls!
0:53:56 > 0:53:58Yes, Charlie!
0:53:58 > 0:54:00BELL RINGS
0:54:05 > 0:54:09The reading experiment has nearly come to a close.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Alex has been reading Eleanor And Park
0:54:12 > 0:54:15and has even picked up some dating tips.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20The book has helped me to sort of understand that...
0:54:21 > 0:54:25..boys and girls do think differently and that...
0:54:26 > 0:54:31..you've sort of got to get a bit of common ground, you know, because
0:54:31 > 0:54:34what are you going to talk about if you haven't got common ground?
0:54:34 > 0:54:39Like, my main things are milking cows and, er,
0:54:39 > 0:54:41tractors and farming, really, and...
0:54:43 > 0:54:47I don't think I'm going to change. I'm not going to change much.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50I'm definitely not going to change to liking sheep,
0:54:50 > 0:54:55so I've just got to find somebody who likes the things that I like.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59You never know - I could go into reading more books. I could...
0:54:59 > 0:55:02By the end of this, I could be a die-hard bookworm.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10Javone's time at Ripley is almost over.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12I'm not going to lie to you - it wasn't easy.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16I thought it was going to be a walk in the park but it wasn't.
0:55:16 > 0:55:21I've learnt a lot and I hope they've learned something.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25But before he goes, his class of reluctant readers
0:55:25 > 0:55:29are about to put their new literary skills to the test.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Hello, good morning and welcome.
0:55:32 > 0:55:33In the news today...
0:55:33 > 0:55:37The arrival of comedian Javone Prince at Ripley School has led to some unusual behaviour.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42- Hi, guys. Today I'm going to talk about...- Boo! Shut up!
0:55:42 > 0:55:44..how books are amazing.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Students have been spotted clutching strange paper objects.
0:55:47 > 0:55:52PlayStation controllers and smartphones have been put down and exchanged for...books.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54- Books?- Books.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57Of Javone's class of 15 die-hard non-readers,
0:55:57 > 0:56:0211 are reading and enjoying One and three have got to the end.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Even if I just planted a seed of "reading is important",
0:56:06 > 0:56:08just, like, picking up a book
0:56:08 > 0:56:11or having a relationship with language...
0:56:12 > 0:56:15If they take that away from this experience,
0:56:15 > 0:56:17then I've achieved something.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19How do you feel?
0:56:19 > 0:56:20I feel positively ecstatic.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26Reading's not just boring or the curriculum or just school -
0:56:26 > 0:56:30it's a way of life, something you should enjoy.
0:56:30 > 0:56:34Just, sort of, like... Just get lost...in a book.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40Even Charlie is starting to see the benefit of books.
0:56:41 > 0:56:45Apart from the civilisation of the human race, what do books do for us?
0:56:45 > 0:56:47- Books make you clever. - And more interesting.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49And improve your vocab.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52Well, books can contain beautiful poetry.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54It's really helped me as an actor
0:56:54 > 0:56:59because the emotion helps me with the characterisation.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01- ALL:- And some girls like poetry.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04Hmm! Girls.
0:57:05 > 0:57:10It's made me understand that books aren't as complicated as you think.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14And for one pupil, the experiment may even have been life-changing.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Four weeks ago, I wouldn't have been brave enough
0:57:18 > 0:57:21to stand up in front of the whole year.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25I used to hate reading. Now I find learning lines and reading easier.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Javone has shown me that dyslexia doesn't have to hold me back.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39The three-week experiment has come to an end,
0:57:39 > 0:57:42and Javone has left some parting gifts.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46You know what? There's a book out there.
0:57:46 > 0:57:51Pick it up, have a nice summer, get reading because it's great.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53Reading is amazing. So thank you.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55APPLAUSE
0:57:58 > 0:58:01But did anyone pick up a book after he left?
0:58:03 > 0:58:05In the summer, I went to Majorca for two weeks
0:58:05 > 0:58:06and I read the Twilight series.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10I went on holiday to Greece and my mum grabbed a book,
0:58:10 > 0:58:13so I thought I might as well get one as well seeing as, like,
0:58:13 > 0:58:14everything that we've done at school.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17I've read on the beach and although it's quite loud on the beach,
0:58:17 > 0:58:19I couldn't really hear anybody because I was reading.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22I read every single night, about at eight o'clock,
0:58:22 > 0:58:25and then I read for about 20 minutes
0:58:25 > 0:58:29and then I'll end up reading it for more than 20 minutes
0:58:29 > 0:58:31because I enjoy it.