0:00:02 > 0:00:04How often have you watched the news and seen disasters...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06The sea rose up 20 feet, flooding the area.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07..and tragedies?
0:00:07 > 0:00:10The bomb exploded at about 3:10 this afternoon.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11SIRENS
0:00:11 > 0:00:13But what if you were caught up in the events?
0:00:13 > 0:00:14GUNFIRE
0:00:14 > 0:00:18I've been out there and checked. So many bodies and she's not there.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19And now, inspired by your past,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22you are on a mission to help someone today...
0:00:22 > 0:00:26The support that we had after the fire was so tremendous,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29you just want to do something for the people that helped us.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Hopefully, I'll be able to help him to achieve some of his goals.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37..someone who has no idea that this life-changing gift is coming.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Oh, my days!
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Why's there so many people outside?
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hiya, Paul.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42CHEERING
0:00:44 > 0:00:48We're here today to surprise somebody very special.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:50 > 0:00:52This is Going Back, Giving Back.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01It's September 2003.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03A group of ordinary Yorkshire women
0:01:03 > 0:01:06find themselves thrust into the limelight.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- What do you make of the red-carpet treatment?- Oh, amazing!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- Massive! - I want one at home!
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Stars overnight for the unlikeliest of reasons.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20The middle-aged WI members had all posed for a calendar naked
0:01:20 > 0:01:22to raise money for charity
0:01:22 > 0:01:25after Miss February lost her husband to cancer.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Unimaginable success followed, leading to a blockbuster film,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32a stage show and a West End musical.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The calendar has sold by the hundreds of thousands
0:01:35 > 0:01:39and the girls, well, they are international media stars.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Now this extraordinary woman wants to help someone else
0:01:41 > 0:01:44who's also suffered a terrible loss...
0:01:44 > 0:01:48If I could help somebody who was in my position...
0:01:48 > 0:01:52just a little bit, just give them a little bit back,
0:01:52 > 0:01:53that would be fantastic.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57..putting them centre stage to give them the gift of a lifetime.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- The minute they've done their first bow, we go on stage.- Yeah, OK.- OK?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- I'm ready for it. - Look at you! OK, let's go.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07CHEERING
0:02:14 > 0:02:17TRAIN WHISTLE TOOTS
0:02:18 > 0:02:2171-year-old Angela Knowles, formerly Baker,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24lives in a quiet village in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
0:02:24 > 0:02:2819 years ago, she lost her dear husband John to cancer.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30His death triggered the fundraising calendar.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32And I can't wait to meet Angela.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34And get out of the rain!
0:02:35 > 0:02:36DOORBELL CHIMES
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Hiya!- Hello.- How are you?- I'm good.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- How are you?- Good, thank you very much.- In this lovely weather.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Proper Yorkshire weather, yeah?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48We won't melt, I don't think.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51I feel like I know you so well already,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- but I bet I'm not the first person to say that, am I?- No, you're not.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58But we're recognisable when we're in our black and sunflowers more,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02but occasionally we get recognised now in the supermarket.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05But Angela was never after fame.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07The saucy calendar was dreamt up to raise money
0:03:07 > 0:03:11for research into blood cancer, that killed her husband John.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14You guys have raised so much money for charity.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Yeah, we have, yeah. Nearly £5 million.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Look at that smile on your face when you said that. I love it!
0:03:19 > 0:03:24And when we raised the first million, I sat at this table,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28just writing it all day with all those noughts at the end.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30I could not believe that that's what we'd done.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33But now we can put a five in front.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39John was just 53 when he found out he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42It's a cancer that affects the immune system.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45He died just months after diagnosis.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49It was such a shock, because he was such a healthy person.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Never had a day off work.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53And we just couldn't believe it.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Angela was heartbroken.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58The couple had been inseparable
0:03:58 > 0:04:01since they'd met in their late teens.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Where would you be, do you think,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and what would have happened without the support of the girls?
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Oh, I don't know.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I would have been in a much sadder place, I think,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13if I hadn't had the girls and my friends and family.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Best friend and fellow WI member Trish would drop in all the time.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Trish used to come round and she'd bring her pyjamas and say,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27"You know, I'm stopping tonight."
0:04:27 > 0:04:31It was just great because I hated being on my own.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34And they were just there, all the time.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37After John died, I thought my world had come to an end.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41But, you know, the girls got together and we did what we did,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44never thinking what would happen.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Not in a million years.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48You've raised so much for charity, as I say.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- But now, you want to help someone individually.- Yes, I do.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I'd like to help someone in my position.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Well, in order for you to give back, I think we need to go back first.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I've got the car outside, so we're going to go on a little drive.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03All right. Great. Sounds good. Are you a good driver?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05We'll find out. Come on, let's go.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Angela's life has played out like a Hollywood movie.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12But before we hear about that,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I want to find out a bit more about John.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18So our first destination is a place that was very close to his heart.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Tell me a bit about John and how you first met, then.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Because you were both very young, weren't you?- Yes.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- I was 17 when I met John.- Right.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28I had the best job ever.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32I worked in the students' union at Sheffield University
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- and I ran the National Union of Students travel bureau.- OK.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41John came in one day with a group of friends to book a holiday
0:05:41 > 0:05:45and I thought, "Oooh, he looks a bit of all right."
0:05:45 > 0:05:48You should've been concentrating on your job.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50And, of course, you know, he filled his application form in,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53so I knew where he came from, what he was doing...
0:05:53 > 0:05:54- And you were keen. - Yeah, I was.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59After a couple of meetings, John asked Angela out,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03having heard she had free tickets to a student dance.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06John phoned up at 4:55 and said,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10"I hear you're going to the dance tonight. Can I take you?"
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Oh...
0:06:11 > 0:06:12He was a bit of a Yorkshireman,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15because he knew I'd got free tickets!
0:06:15 > 0:06:16ALED LAUGHS
0:06:16 > 0:06:18So that was the reason, then, OK.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20So, anyway, yes. So...
0:06:20 > 0:06:21And that was that.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28A year later, we got engaged on graduation day.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Gosh.- And a year after that, we were married.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Angela and John's wedding was in 1966 at her local church.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Two years after their big day, their first child Rachel was born.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45And their second, Matthew, came in 1971.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47They were extremely happy.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51What was so special about him?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Well, he was good-looking.- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55And he had a lovely smile.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- And he was quite shy.- Right.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02You know, it was just one of those things,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05kind of love at first sight and you just click.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06He very much was your soul mate, wasn't he?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10He was my soul mate, yeah. He really was my soul mate, yeah.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13It was good. Life was good.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Well, you've guessed where we are now.- Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20This is a place where...
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Lots of memories. - Lots of memories.- Mm-hm.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27We're at the Dales Countryside Museum.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31An assistant National Park officer for 24 years,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33John was passionate about the Dales.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34The last project he undertook
0:07:34 > 0:07:36was converting this disused railway station
0:07:36 > 0:07:39into a museum for the area.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43This is one of the places that I managed to bring John
0:07:43 > 0:07:45when he was really, really poorly,
0:07:45 > 0:07:50because he was desperate to see them starting the alterations.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Well, this was his place, wasn't it? - It was his place.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- So, yeah, his place.- Yeah.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59The museum documents the Dales' past,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01focusing on the 19th and 20th century.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03- You know this person. - I do know this person.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08The museum manager is Fiona Rocher. She used to work with John.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- I usually come when you're not here. - That's right.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12How are you? Nice to see you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Thanks so much for being here, showing us around.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16That's all right. You're very welcome.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21So we've come to a building that means a great deal to you.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Yeah. We have.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26The John Richard Baker exhibition hall.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- It's just wonderful. - Isn't it just?- Mm-hm.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30"A man who loved the Dales,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34"striving to sustain their natural beauty for future generations."
0:08:34 > 0:08:37John was highly regarded by his colleagues,
0:08:37 > 0:08:41always pushing himself and others to deliver the best for the Dales.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- What was John like to work with? - He was really enthusiastic.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Good fun to work with,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50but very determined in everything that he was doing.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52And he had a huge passion for the Dales
0:08:52 > 0:08:53and a passion for this project.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Only 54 when he died, John still had so much to live for.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- It all happened so quickly, though, didn't it?- Yeah. It did.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05In the grand scheme of things.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Because he was such a fit man, wasn't he?- He was, yeah.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And then suddenly, bang!
0:09:09 > 0:09:14And it was, you know, diagnosed, massive operation
0:09:14 > 0:09:15and then...
0:09:17 > 0:09:21..they tried chemo, four lots, and it didn't work.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- And it was how many...? - Five months altogether.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Five months altogether?- Yeah.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- And if anyone tried hard to get better, he did.- Mm.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Really, really tried hard.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39And thought that he would, really.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Cos he was so positive right to the very last day.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45How do you feel when you're here?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Erm...I try not to cry.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51But really proud.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Yeah.- Really proud.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- This is his legacy.- Yeah.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- It is.- It's pretty impressive.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59- It is.- Yeah.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04But to have this room named after him is very special.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07He's here.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10He's here. He was a huge supporter, wasn't he?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12He's here.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18It's interesting, isn't it, you know, through his work,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- getting people to know about the Dales and your work...?- Yeah.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Between the both of you,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- you've brought a lot of people to the Dales.- Well, yes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Calendar Girl country.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I don't know what... I think he'd approve of it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Yes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38We're now going back to the day
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Angela and her WI friends thought might cause a stir in the village.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45But instead, it caused a frenzy all over the country.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48We'll have a little test now, then, OK?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Miss February?- Me.- Yeah.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I knew you'd know that one.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Miss November?- Ross.- Yeah.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Trish was Miss October.- Yeah.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Chris was Miss September, with her buns.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- That was a funny one. - Teapot and buns.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07The 11 women who dared to bare
0:11:07 > 0:11:10were all members of the Rylstone and District WI.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13The Women's Institute was set up in 1915
0:11:13 > 0:11:17to help rural communities grow their own food in World War I.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Since then, it's become the largest
0:11:19 > 0:11:21women's voluntary organisation in the UK.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26We help each other, we learn from each other,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27we enjoy being together.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29In 1974, Angela joined.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31And she's never looked back, making lifelong friends,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33including best mate Trish.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37So they do a national WI calendar.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38And they ask for...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It's always on a theme.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44So a nice picture of a sunset or a village green or whatever.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49And this particular year they were asking and Trish just nudged me
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- and said, "You know, we could do our own calendar."- Yeah.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55"We could do it depicting the crafts of the WI,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58"but Pirelli style."
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Yeah.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03And I just looked at her and said, "As if we'd do that!"
0:12:03 > 0:12:06We had a very funny half-hour saying what craft we'd be.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09But we never did anything about it.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11We just talked about it for ages.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Until John was ill and he was in hospital.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19And one day, all the girls were there.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- And we were telling him, you know, "We're going to do this."- Yeah.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27And he said, "You'll never do that. You're just all talk."
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- But you see...- Red rag to a bull.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Feisty Yorkshire ladies.- Yeah.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Three months after John died in 1998,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Trish suggested they did the calendar
0:12:39 > 0:12:41to take Angela's mind off things,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43as much as raising money for blood cancer,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46which is the third-biggest cancer killer in the UK.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47The night was set.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51We went with our dressing gowns, slippers and a bottle of red wine.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It's great, isn't it? You couldn't make it up, could you?
0:12:54 > 0:12:59Angela and Trish recruited nine other volunteers, all WI members.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Local artist Terry Logan, the husband of one of the ladies, Linda,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04volunteered to take the pictures.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11And Linda had the fire stoked up so we wouldn't get cold
0:13:11 > 0:13:15and all the curtains closed and the door locked, you know,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- in case one of the neighbours popped in.- Yeah.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Was there a lot of nerves or a lot of laughter?
0:13:19 > 0:13:23A lot of laughter. A lot of laughter and...
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Just what you needed.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Yeah, just what I needed. And...
0:13:28 > 0:13:31You know, I'd gone and I didn't take any pearls or anything,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I just wore whatever there was.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36And took my clothes off and they just said,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39because I could play the piano, they just said, "Sit here.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- "Play Jerusalem."- Brilliant.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50So you've finally guessed where we're going now?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Probably, we're going to Cracoe.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Could be.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Probably the pub.- Could be.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Cracoe is a village in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It's where Angela and John had their family home.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It's also where the calendar was created.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- So you guessed right.- Yes.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- What's the pub in the village? - The Devonshire Arms in Cracoe.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Shall we head in?- Yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- No point standing out in the rain. - No.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21When Angela and her friends printed the calendar,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23they arranged a launch.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26They only expected a few friends to turn up.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Even in their wildest dreams,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30they couldn't have imagined what was going to happen.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33The WI women were about to go global.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36This is the room where we launched our calendar.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38What was that like, that day?
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Well, that morning, I woke up to Sarah Kennedy talking about us.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- On Radio 2?- Yeah. And then Terry Wogan.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47And then I thought, "Oh, my goodness."
0:14:47 > 0:14:50And then I rang Trish and I said, "Everyone's talking about us."
0:14:50 > 0:14:53She said, "You want to see the pub car park.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56"It's full of white vans with satellite dishes on the top."
0:15:01 > 0:15:03A simple press release had caught the eye and imagination
0:15:03 > 0:15:06of news editors all over the country.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09It's called the Alternative WI Calendar.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12It features 11 members of Rylstone and District WI.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16The UK's media were desperate to see the middle-aged women,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19who were taking their clothes off for a risque WI calendar.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- What went through your mind? - "Oh, what have we done?"
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I thought, "What have we done?"
0:15:24 > 0:15:28By lunchtime, we were on the local BBC.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32And at evening, we were on the six o'clock BBC News.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Goodness me. - It was just incredible.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36What was the atmosphere like in this room?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Well, everybody was just so excited.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41You know, and it's not what they expected.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- Shall we get into the car? - Yes, let's go.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03By the end of 1999, eight months after it was first launched,
0:16:03 > 0:16:0788,000 copies of the calendar had been sold in the UK.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09The WI friends had become household names.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Voted women of the year, they even went to Buckingham Palace
0:16:12 > 0:16:16to present copies to Her Majesty the Queen and the Queen Mother.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Our last stop is Kettlewell,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22the setting for the blockbuster hit Calendar Girls,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25the movie based on Angela's powerful story.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- Shall we go and have a little sit down?- Yeah, let's.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32The year after the calendar was launched in the UK,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34it was released in America.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36240,000 copies were sold.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39The women had become international stars.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I was getting phone calls from Hollywood.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Which sounds wonderful, but it's quite scary,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49when you've no idea, you know, how to cope with it.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Studios were fighting over Angela's story.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Eventually, she, along with five of her WI friends,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57agreed to have a film made
0:16:57 > 0:16:59but set strict terms.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02A percentage of the profits had to go to Bloodwise,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04the blood cancer charity they supported.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It also had to be set in the Dales with an all-British cast.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Angela, an ordinary woman from Yorkshire,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13was about to get a phone call that dreams are made of.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17An A-list film star was to play her in the movie.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19The phone went one day and I answered the phone
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and this person said, "Hello, Angela, it's Julie here."
0:17:22 > 0:17:25And I went, "Julie? Do I know a Julie?"
0:17:25 > 0:17:26I said, "I'm sorry?"
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And she said, "It's Julie Walters."
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Well, I nearly stood to attention.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35She said, "What are you doing on Thursday?"
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Well, if I'd been doing anything, I would have cancelled it, wouldn't I?
0:17:37 > 0:17:42- Of course you would have.- And she said she'd like to come and meet us.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44And I baked scones for them.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- But I didn't do it for you, honey. - No, thanks for reinforcing that fact.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Yeah, lovely. Cheers!
0:17:49 > 0:17:54But then, after Julie came, they all came.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56And they were just like friends.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Julie Walters played Angela,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01whilst Helen Mirren took on the role of Trish.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04The delightfully funny film was released in 2003
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and was an instant hit.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Off!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Off! Off!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Off! Off! Off!
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Off!
0:18:23 > 0:18:26For months, the girls travelled the world promoting the film
0:18:26 > 0:18:28and their charity.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Everywhere they went, they wore a sunflower
0:18:30 > 0:18:33in memory of Angela's husband John.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Look where the ladies of the Women's Institute have been tonight.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39A world premiere with red-carpet treatment.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42We don't think we're stars. We just dip in and out of this.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43We don't think this is our lives.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45This is something we do now and then
0:18:45 > 0:18:47and then we go back home and that's where we want to be.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I mean, we still do the washing on a Monday
0:18:49 > 0:18:52and the ironing on a Tuesday and we have to go to the supermarket
0:18:52 > 0:18:55and no-one kind of makes a fuss of us. And it's good.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04We thought, after the film, there couldn't be anything else.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06And then there was the stage play.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- And then we thought, "That must be it."- Yeah.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- And then, David Pugh came and said...- He's the producer, yeah?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Yeah, the producer of the stage play, as well.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20..that Tim Firth and Gary Barlow had been writing a musical.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Well, what do you say?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Heavens...
0:19:25 > 0:19:27But do you know what the great thing about it is?
0:19:27 > 0:19:31As you say, the reason you did it in the first place is to raise money.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32And you've raised how much?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Nearly five million. - Nearly five million.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And the amount of hearts that you've touched along the way.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39- Yeah.- Incredible.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Including this one today, I've got to say.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I've so enjoyed taking you back, I really have.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And has doing all this, you know, all the places we've been,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- has it made you want to help someone even more?- Yes.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51That would be really good.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56If I could help somebody who was in my position, just a little bit,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00just give them a little bit back, that would be fantastic.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Well, listen, I'll see you in a week or so.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- And thank you for everything. - It's all right.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- It's been great seeing you. - And great to see you.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09And I forgive you for not baking me a cake.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Just about!- Next time.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Oh, yeah, promises, promises!
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Wow, what an inspirational day.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24I've thoroughly enjoyed meeting Angela. She's such a ray of light.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26And, you know, what she and her fellow Calendar Girls achieved
0:20:26 > 0:20:28is astounding.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30They are life-savers through the money that they raised
0:20:30 > 0:20:31for their charity.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34And taking Angela back on this journey into her past
0:20:34 > 0:20:35has been moving.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38But it's also focused her mind to really want to help someone today,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42someone who's in a similar position to the one she was in 18 years ago,
0:20:42 > 0:20:44when she had the support of her friends.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48And we think we've found somebody who really fits the bill.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Katie Moore lives in Hampton, Middlesex,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57with her son Archie, who's five.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Three years ago,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Katie lost her husband and soul mate Tom to leukaemia.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03He was just 35.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Angela is about to meet Katie for the first time
0:21:06 > 0:21:08to see if there's a way she can help her.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I'm expecting to learn lots about Katie.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I think, once we get chatting to each other,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22we'll probably find out that we've got a lot of things in common.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24So it'll be good, I think.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I've never been short of a conversation.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Katie believes we're making a programme
0:21:30 > 0:21:32about losing a loved one to cancer.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34She's completely in the dark
0:21:34 > 0:21:37that she might be in line for a generous gift from Angela.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Lovely to see you. Can I come in? Thank you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- This way?- Yes, straight through. - Thank you.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49It's really nice to meet you. You have a story to tell.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And I have a story to tell.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- So I think...- Unfortunately. - That's why we got together.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57So you tell me how you met.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Tom and I were on the same course,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02so we both did sports studies with business.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03And a very long story short,
0:22:03 > 0:22:08we got together towards the end of our final year.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And obviously, we were together until he passed away at 35.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- 35...- Mm.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14That's very early.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Katie and Tom were studying at Southampton University
0:22:18 > 0:22:20in the late '90s.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22They married in 2010.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24A year later, they had baby Archie.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Just like Angela's John, Tom was seemingly fit and healthy.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32He loved sport, playing football every week.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36He'd also landed his dream job working for the Premier League.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40But in August 2013, he started complaining of feeling ill.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43He was always getting the flu. He would have night sweats.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45He would be coughing.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Probably very similar to what you witnessed.- Yeah.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51The GP was just giving him antibiotics
0:22:51 > 0:22:54or telling him to go home and rest.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58So I called a private GP and I got him a blood test.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59We took the blood tests.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I absolutely didn't think it would be what it was.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07And I got a call from the GP to say could I bring Tom in.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11And when the word "leukaemia" came out of her mouth, I...
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- I don't know, just glass shattered. - Mm.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19He was in pieces.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I was in a sheer panic. I just thought, "You've got this wrong.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24"You've absolutely got this wrong."
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Tom was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, or AML,
0:23:30 > 0:23:34an aggressive form of blood cancer requiring immediate treatment.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Two days before his 35th birthday, he started chemo.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40And you're in hospital for four weeks
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and then he was allowed home for a week.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And then it would happen again and again.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48And we were positive and we just thought we'd get through it.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Tom underwent gruelling chemo.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53After three rounds, he was approved for stem cell treatment.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57A donor had been found. It looked as if he was going to recover.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01But then, after a blood test, his consultant called.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05He said, "Can I speak to Tom? Because we've seen
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- "irregular cells in his blood." - Yeah.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11And basically, he'd relapsed.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14And he then underwent his fourth chemo.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16And then he caught an infection.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19And...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22..he went to intensive care.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27And in intensive care, Tom just deteriorated and deteriorated.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Eventually, I got told that...
0:24:31 > 0:24:32..Tom wasn't going to make it.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39So how long had he had it? How...?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Five months.- Five months?- Yeah.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Because it's so similar, you know?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- He had the night sweats. We thought he had flu.- Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51And he had four lots of chemo, too.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53But then, eventually, erm...
0:24:54 > 0:24:57..it went into his brain.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02And he couldn't stand up, he couldn't walk.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07And the consultant said, probably, he would never have walked again.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11And John heard that and he just said he'd had enough.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14He didn't want anything else.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18And that's it.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- So we've got a lot in common. - Yeah, we have.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Five months.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28So quick from being...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30well.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- And...hard to take.- Yeah.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36While Angela is with Katie,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I've arranged to meet one of Katie's best friends - Debbie.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42- Hi. How are you?- Come in.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45- Please, come in.- Thanks.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I'll take my coat off.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52It must have been awful for you as a friend seeing her go through that.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56It was terrible, because her and Tom were just one of these couples
0:25:56 > 0:25:58that we had up on a pedestal.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01He just was a very well-rounded, thoughtful and kind man.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Just gave her what she needed.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05They were thinking about another child.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08When we got the news that he had died, it was just...
0:26:08 > 0:26:11a kind of punch to the stomach for all of us.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- You don't expect it, do you? - Not at that age, no.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18She'd sent us all a message saying, "My angel has gone."
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And she didn't say any more than that.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It's just so unexpected in life.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35And I just remember that day, we went round the day after he died.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37And just going into the room she was in
0:26:37 > 0:26:41and she was under the covers and just broken.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44And just having to hold her was just...
0:26:44 > 0:26:46It was really sad.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49How has she been since then, then?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Sorry...- No, it's OK. It's obviously still raw, isn't it?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- You know?- Yeah.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56She's been amazing.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- She's strong, isn't she?- Yeah.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Just...
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- I'm so proud of her.- Yeah.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I think the first year of Tom passing away was a complete blur.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16And I even look back and think, "What did I do in that first year?"
0:27:16 > 0:27:19I absolutely don't know how I got through it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22And the hardest thing was when...
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I mean, yes, I was busy
0:27:24 > 0:27:26and we were here, there and everywhere
0:27:26 > 0:27:29doing everything with the calendar and the film,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33but, you know, the other girls, when we'd gone anywhere,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- we were on a train and all their husbands met them.- Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Yeah, I've been there.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- You know, and you just get off and you know there's no-one there.- Yeah.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49As well as dealing with her grief,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Katie was left trying to do the best by little Archie,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54just a toddler at the time he lost his dad.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57She's had to be strong for the both of them.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- Archie was two when Tom passed away. - Mm-hm.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05So he doesn't really remember his daddy.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Obviously, we have pictures and we do talk about him all the time.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15It would have been hard on your own, coping with that and a small child.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I can't imagine what it was like.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19It is hard. It's hard just juggling everything.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Like Angela,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Katie's had a huge amount of support from close friends.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Debbie was on maternity leave when Tom died.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34She would drive two hours across London every day
0:28:34 > 0:28:35to be there for Katie.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38She knew there was a group of us and we were on the phone
0:28:38 > 0:28:41and we were there for her, no matter what.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44You're a very close unit. All of you, you're friends.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46We have been friends for a long time,
0:28:46 > 0:28:47some of us since the age of five.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49There's so many parallels between your story
0:28:49 > 0:28:52and that of the Calendar Girls, as well, and Angela.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Katie works in fashion, an industry she loves.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58But since Tom died,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01she's had to juggle her career to look after Archie.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04While she takes a break from full-time working, just like Angela,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07she'd like to raise money for blood cancer research
0:29:07 > 0:29:09and also for young widows.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I would love to do something.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15I've done a half-marathon. We have raised money for Bloodwise.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18But it's now how to take that forward and what else to do.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20It will happen, I'm sure.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Angela is trying to think if there is a way she might help Katie.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28But first, she's planned a little treat.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- Katie, you've been told that you've got to be free tomorrow.- Yes.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34You're going to have some very good friends
0:29:34 > 0:29:36that are going to come and join you.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39And you're going into the West End...
0:29:39 > 0:29:44and you're going to see The Girls musical.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Oh, my gosh!
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Your show?- Yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Oh, my gosh! That's amazing!
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Thank you. That's... That's so sweet.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56It's a pleasure. It's a pleasure.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Not only will Katie get to see the show,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02but Angela is hatching a plan to surprise her at the theatre
0:30:02 > 0:30:04with an even bigger gift...
0:30:04 > 0:30:06She's going to be, erm...
0:30:06 > 0:30:08excited or angry?
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- She's got a tendency to be a bit cross sometimes.- Oh, no!- So...
0:30:12 > 0:30:14No, I think she'll be excited
0:30:14 > 0:30:17and it will just be quite overwhelming for her
0:30:17 > 0:30:18to take it all in,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- because she doesn't feel she deserves anything special.- No.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Which is exactly why she deserves something special.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Well, she's going to get something special.- I know. It's amazing.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Hey, listen, I'll leave you to it.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Next time I see you will be, erm...
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- in a busy theatre.- Yeah. Oh, God... - I'm not sure who's more nervous.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Anyway, thanks for talking to me. - Thank you.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Our stories were so similar.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44They really were.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46And, yeah, it was...
0:30:46 > 0:30:51I didn't think they'd be so similar. But it was amazing, yeah.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52And we both...
0:30:52 > 0:30:54felt, you know?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57You just feel what you went through and what it was like.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59And it was good to talk about it.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01I would love to be able to support her
0:31:01 > 0:31:04and I feel sure that I will be able to.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12To help Angela work out how she can give something back to Katie,
0:31:12 > 0:31:14she's asked her best friend Trish to London.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17She's the perfect person for advice.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20After all, the famous fundraising calendar was all her idea.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23- Hello, you.- Hello.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Fancy seeing you here! Are you all right?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Well, you know what I've been up to?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30Well, vaguely.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36Yeah, well, I went to meet this girl yesterday called Katie,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38who's only 35,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41who's got the same story as mine, really.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44She met her husband at university.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- She's got a little boy.- How old?
0:31:48 > 0:31:51He's five now. Nearly five, yeah.
0:31:51 > 0:31:58And Tom, her husband, gorgeous- looking, you know, and so happy.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02And he was diagnosed with leukaemia.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06And he died after five months.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07- Just like John.- Yeah.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- She's really young to be widowed, isn't she?- Yeah.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13How many years is it since he died?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15I think it's three.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Angela is wondering if she can help Katie achieve her dream
0:32:19 > 0:32:23of raising a substantial amount of money for blood cancer in Tom's name
0:32:23 > 0:32:26and help young women who've lost a partner.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29You know, we're so similar in so many ways, because, you know,
0:32:29 > 0:32:34just like me, I had you and all the other girls.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- And we were always so focused, weren't we...- Mm.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38..on doing this calendar?
0:32:38 > 0:32:43- And not really knowing what was going to happen to us.- No, no.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46And also, like for me, with the calendar and everything,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- you feel as though you are doing something so positive.- Yeah.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Yeah, even though it's hard to do, it was something positive,
0:32:54 > 0:32:55- and in John's memory.- Yeah.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57And he would have been proud.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59And I'm sure her husband would be proud of her...
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yes, that's what I said.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- ..to know that you've got up and done something...- Yeah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06..and perhaps helped a lot of other people.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- Like our money will have. Like the research has.- Yeah.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- So, yeah, it's a really good thing.- Yeah.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Trish has reaffirmed Angela's decision to give something back.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21And she thinks she might have found a way to help Katie.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I'm on my way to meet Angela.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I'm really looking forward to catching up with her again.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31I'm also excited to hear how her meeting with Katie went.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I reckon Angela is the right person to help Katie.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36The million-dollar question is...how.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Angela's waiting for me just around the corner
0:33:39 > 0:33:43from where the musical of her story is playing in London's Theatreland.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Katie and her friends are on their way to see the show,
0:33:46 > 0:33:50so time to find out exactly what Angela's got planned.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Thanks so much for meeting up with me. I know you've met Katie.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- How did it go?- She's amazing.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01And we really got on well.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Because I met her friend.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05And one of her best friends was saying that, you know,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07explained, of course, what she's gone through,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09which is absolutely horrendous.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11But also, you know, I thought of you instantly,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13because she's got this close set of friends
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- that have really helped her through it.- Yeah.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- We were so similar in so many things.- Oh, really?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20The friends, you know, helped.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24And then Tom was only ill, you know, after being a very fit guy,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26for five months. Like John.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29So we had so much in common to talk about
0:34:29 > 0:34:31and how we felt and everything.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33So how are you going to help?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Well, her job has been in fashion.
0:34:37 > 0:34:44- And she had thought about doing a fashion show in memory of Tom.- OK.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- And Bloodwise are going to help her do that.- Oh, wow!
0:34:47 > 0:34:51And maybe get some celebrities, as well, along the way.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Oh, so a massive...? - Yeah, quite a big one.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59The charity Angela supports raises money for blood cancer research.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01They're going to organise a fashion show with Katie
0:35:01 > 0:35:03in honour of her husband.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05They've also offered to make Katie an ambassador
0:35:05 > 0:35:08and she's going to meet the CEO to discuss
0:35:08 > 0:35:11how they can best help young widows.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12So it's just brilliant.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- So she'll be working with a whole team?- Yeah, it couldn't be better.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18And me, as well. I'm going to help her. And the other Calendar Girls.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Oh, really?- So we're going to be like mentors for her.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Oh, that's amazing. - So, it's good.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26You know, I'm hoping it's going to give her something to focus on.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Something to work for.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31And feel in a real good... feel good for herself.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Talking to her friends, that's exactly what she needed, really.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Yeah, yeah.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Well, combining both her passions,
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- the fashion and also the charity work.- Yeah.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- Oh, fantastic. - So I'm sure she'll love it.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Have you put all your thoughts down in a letter?- I have.- Right, OK.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- So the musical starts a little bit later.- Yes.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I reckon, at the end of the musical,
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- we should go on stage and surprise her. What do you think?- Yeah.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Yeah!
0:35:56 > 0:35:57- Are you nervous about that?- I am.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00But I think she'll be up for it. I really do, yes.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Oh, I'm excited. This is going to be a good one.- Yes.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09The stage is set, as Katie and her best friends Debbie and Alexia
0:36:09 > 0:36:11arrive in London's West End to see the musical.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17As they settle down for the show,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Katie still thinks we're filming her for Angela's treat.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24She has no idea that, as soon as the performance ends,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27we'll be taking to the stage to surprise her.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35It's just five minutes until curtain call.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- Right, how are you feeling? - A little bit nervous.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- I'm nervous, as well. - I know, but excited.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42So they're about to bow.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- So the minute they've done their first bow, we go on stage.- Yes, OK.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- I'm ready for it.- Look at you. You're all, "Oh...!" Let's go.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Angela and I take our place backstage.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Trish is with us.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02I'm used to being in the wings, but even I am feeling the nerves.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10There are hundreds of people in the audience
0:37:10 > 0:37:12and no-one but Katie's two friends
0:37:12 > 0:37:15have any idea what's about to happen.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Please welcome to the stage two original Calendar Girls,
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Angela Knowles and Tricia Stewart
0:37:22 > 0:37:24and Aled Jones!
0:37:24 > 0:37:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:37:38 > 0:37:40We won't keep you very long, ladies and gentlemen.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Angela and I are here for a reason.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45I'm Aled, by the way. That's Angela.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49And we're here today to surprise somebody very special
0:37:49 > 0:37:51in the audience.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53One of you.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55This person has no idea this is going to happen.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01So as I invite her onto stage, please give her a round of applause.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04The one and only Katie Moore, ladies and gentlemen!
0:38:04 > 0:38:06CHEERING
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Brilliant.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20You didn't see that coming, did you?
0:38:20 > 0:38:21How are you?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Katie, you thought we were making a programme
0:38:29 > 0:38:31about dealing with bereavement.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Which is part of the story.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Not the full story, is it?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36No.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39What happened to me and what happened to you is so similar.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- So similar.- So similar.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43So many things are the same.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46And I wanted to give you something back,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49like these people here have given me.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- I'm going to cry now. - No, don't cry.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04I can't say it, but it's in a letter.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- And if you can... - Go on, you go.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- ..I'd like you to read it out. - I won't be able to read it out.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- You won't? - No. But I've got two darling friends
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- that might be able to read it out. - Aled?- Come on, then, yeah.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I've got no make-up on, but I'll do this, anyway!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27"Katie, your story of losing your husband Tom
0:39:27 > 0:39:30"is so similar to my story.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32"You, like me, have a desire to raise money
0:39:32 > 0:39:35"and help find a cure for blood cancer patients.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37"I also know how knowledgeable and passionate you are
0:39:37 > 0:39:39"about the fashion industry.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42"With that in mind, we've teamed up with Bloodwise,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44"who are going to lend you their full support
0:39:44 > 0:39:46"to set up your own charity fashion show
0:39:46 > 0:39:47"in the memory of your husband Tom."
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Wow! Oh, my God!
0:39:49 > 0:39:51That's amazing!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58"I also want to make you an ambassador for the charity,
0:39:58 > 0:40:00"working directly with the CEO
0:40:00 > 0:40:03"to help support young people who are bereaved.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07"And I want to act as a mentor to you in all your fundraising efforts.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10"Onwards and upwards, as we Calendar Girls say."
0:40:12 > 0:40:14There you are.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24There you are.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- A few sunflowers for her. - Can I just ask you...?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Let me carry it for you, darling.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35It's been quite a day.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37It is really heavy, wow!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Put it down, it'll be fine.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Let me ask you, I know it's very emotional...- I'm sorry.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Don't be sorry.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Please, don't be sorry.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47I was gone before I even got onto the stage, to be honest with you.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- How do you feel about all this? - Erm...
0:40:50 > 0:40:55throughout watching the theatre performance, there was just so much.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Even the dressing gowns you were wearing...
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I've got one. And it was a bit like,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04"Oh, my God, she's wearing the same dressing gown." And, yeah, bizarre.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Just so many... Just too much in common.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09And now an ambassador.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10I can't even take that in.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13And what am I doing on the stage?
0:41:16 > 0:41:20And finally, if you need a couple of models for your fashion show,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23then Angela and I are available.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27- But we're definitely going to keep our clothes on!- Definitely!
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Don't start.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a very emotional day for Katie.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I'm sure you'll join me in giving her a round of applause.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37But also, as we leave the stage,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39a massive round of applause for these guys.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Incredible stars from The Girls!
0:41:42 > 0:41:44CHEERING
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Oh, it's amazing. I can't comprehend it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55I'm completely and utterly gobsmacked.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56I haven't taken it in.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00I actually just need to sit down and digest it, because I just...
0:42:00 > 0:42:01I don't know. I...
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Yeah, it's amazing. And...
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Yeah.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09And I don't think she had any idea, really, what was happening.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12And I think she's kind of, you know, taking it all in.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14It'll take a while, I think.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16But, yeah, it was really, really good.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18I nearly didn't cry. But then I did a bit.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20But it was very emotional.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24- It was amazing. - Amazing and emotional.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25- Yeah.- Just so special.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27She didn't expect it at all.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30I think her and Angela had such a special connection
0:42:30 > 0:42:33that she gets why this is a really important step for her.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35And she will do amazingly with the fashion show.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37- Fashion's in good hands.- Definitely!
0:42:37 > 0:42:39It's an absolutely amazing opportunity for her and her life,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42and coming out of something so horrendous this happens, so...
0:42:42 > 0:42:44And Tom would be so proud.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Well, what a privilege it was to see the joy on Katie's face just then.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54You know, Angela knew instinctively
0:42:54 > 0:42:56what Katie needed at this point in her life.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58And she was completely right.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Combining Katie's love of fashion
0:43:00 > 0:43:03with a charity that she cares so deeply about was spot-on.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05And now Katie is going to be mentored
0:43:05 > 0:43:07by the Calendar Girls themselves.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Well, that's the icing on the cake.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11How can I do a programme involving the WI
0:43:11 > 0:43:14and not even get to enjoy a slice of cake?
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Well, as they say, onwards and upwards.