0:00:02 > 0:00:04ANNOUNCER: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05APPLAUSE
0:00:05 > 0:00:07..Great Britain.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08CHEERING
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- JAYNE:- I just heard this massive roar.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25And I looked up and saw all the sixes.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28COMMENTATOR: It's right across the board!
0:00:28 > 0:00:32CHEERING That's it. What a marvellous, marvellous set of marks.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- CHRIS:- That is one of your proudest moments ever.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42Olympic gold medals for the greatest ice dancers of all time.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- CHRIS:- In our heads that day will always be
0:00:51 > 0:00:53our perfect day.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14So now Torvill and Dean face the supreme test.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Champions of Europe, champions of the world,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19but can they now become the Olympic champions?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I got up about 4.30 in the morning.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Because I knew that the bus was at least
0:01:26 > 0:01:30an hour before the training session so...
0:01:30 > 0:01:335, 5.15 bus.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Get into the building with a little bit of time
0:01:35 > 0:01:37to get changed and warm up as well.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Before 6am, 6.30 practice.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44On 14th February it was a very early start.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Our practice was at 6am, in the morning.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I remember that because it was 6am in the morning(!)
0:01:50 > 0:01:53All the other competitors that were supposed to be on that practice
0:01:53 > 0:01:55didn't go.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But we felt like it was our opportunity to be
0:01:59 > 0:02:03in the building, cos we didn't have that many practices
0:02:03 > 0:02:06actually in the main building to do the free dance.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08You had other practice rinks that you go to, but you don't
0:02:08 > 0:02:11always get the opportunity to be on the big rink.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13MUSIC: "Bolero" by Ravel
0:02:22 > 0:02:24COMMENTATOR: Torvill and Dean, as brilliant in practice
0:02:24 > 0:02:27as they are in performance and competition
0:02:27 > 0:02:30and a standing ovation from the audience in this practice rink.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32APPLAUSE
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Having had that chance to get on the ice...
0:02:35 > 0:02:37it felt great. It felt like,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42"OK, next time we take to the ice it's going to be for this...
0:02:42 > 0:02:43"this final performance."
0:02:43 > 0:02:47When we finished the run-through, which did go well...
0:02:47 > 0:02:51um, there was a small ripple of applause and we were like,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53"Where's it coming from?"
0:02:53 > 0:02:56There'd been cleaners cleaning from the previous night
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and they'd all downed tools and sat and watched us
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and applauded at the end of it, so...
0:03:02 > 0:03:04..erm, it was a nice little bonus to the morning.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23For me, way back I was very shy
0:03:23 > 0:03:27and it was when I was on the ice that I wasn't shy.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30And I could perform, I could be romantic, funny...
0:03:30 > 0:03:32whatever that person was meant to be.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51I started skating when I was about eight, almost nine years old.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I went on a school trip.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Because the teacher at the time just took it upon herself to think,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01"Oh, I'll organise a coach to take the kids skating."
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And I guess if it hadn't been for her,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I wouldn't have fallen in love with it, really.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I remember the first visit. I went on the ice
0:04:17 > 0:04:19and I just loved it.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I can't describe it any other way, I just loved it and...
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I think the hired skates that they had...
0:04:26 > 0:04:30mainly the boots were all brown and they weren't very attractive.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33But because I'd got probably quite a small foot
0:04:33 > 0:04:36they found an old pair of white ones
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and every week I went I asked if I could have these white ones
0:04:39 > 0:04:41cos it felt like the real thing.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43And then from there it became a way of life, really.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47ANNOUNCER: Michael Hutchinson and Jayne Torvill
0:04:47 > 0:04:50from Nottingham gave a delightful display.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I think it was the feeling of movement that I enjoyed.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59It's very unique to ice skating,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03you don't get that movement anywhere else.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09The audience, with a sprinkling of ex-skating champs among them,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11were obviously impressed by their performance.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14For me when I started skating it was all about the enjoyment of it,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16the fun of it, it was never...
0:05:17 > 0:05:21.."I want to be a world champion and Olympic champion."
0:05:21 > 0:05:25It was never about competing, really, it was about enjoying it
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and also wanting to do it better.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I think when you have a passion for something
0:05:29 > 0:05:31you always want to get better at it.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I came from a little village called Calverton in Nottinghamshire.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51And, erm, at Christmas time I got a pair of ice skates.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54My stepmother had been a recreational skater.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57She thought it might be a good idea for me to get out
0:05:57 > 0:06:00of the little village and go to the big town, Nottingham,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03which was ten miles away. And I think my stepmum
0:06:03 > 0:06:06just thought, "You need to see more than just the community
0:06:06 > 0:06:09"of Calverton" because there's every chance that
0:06:09 > 0:06:13I'm going to be a miner like my dad. Erm, but at that time
0:06:13 > 0:06:16we didn't have a car so we had to get on a bus
0:06:16 > 0:06:20and so Nottingham did feel a long, long way away.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24But for the first two weeks of getting my first pair of ice skates
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I couldn't skate cos I couldn't get to the ice rink,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31so I just walked around the house in them for two weeks.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35And that was my introduction to skating.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41When I walked into an ice rink for the very first time
0:06:41 > 0:06:43it was magical.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46And certainly the Nottingham ice rink, it was an old rink.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51A cavernous place. It just looked exotic, and ice, to me,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53the whiteness of it, the purity of it...
0:06:53 > 0:06:57I know it sounds cliched, but when I skated it felt like I was flying.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I like gymnastics. I like the feeling of
0:07:05 > 0:07:08feeling free, and so as I was skating around
0:07:08 > 0:07:11that freedom became even more.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13It was my escape.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I met Chris at the ice rink, um...
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I'm not sure how old I was, probably about 14.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37I met him because he started skating with a good friend of mine.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I noticed him cos he was very striking with his very blond hair
0:07:40 > 0:07:45and...blue eyes. And I always noticed that he liked to
0:07:45 > 0:07:47skate around fast, as well.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52I previously had another partner, Sandra, Sandra Elson, and...
0:07:52 > 0:07:56but I think we were...too alike, we were both a bit fiery
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and it didn't last very long!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01When Chris and I first skated together it wasn't like,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05"Oh, wow, this feels great, we're going to be great."
0:08:05 > 0:08:09It was just we both had a passion for the same thing.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12And we both had that willingness to work
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and we were both very disciplined.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I mean, we're very different personality-wise, but...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19as far as the ice-skating was concerned
0:08:19 > 0:08:21we both wanted the same thing.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24MUSIC: "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Jayne was at the ripe old age of 15. She'd finished pair skating.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35She was doing single skating, but at 15 she was maybe a bit old,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38but she kept on dancing, and a coach that I had at the time
0:08:38 > 0:08:44- suggested we try out.- Even from the beginning I noticed that Chris
0:08:44 > 0:08:47had that drive in him. He always wanted to...
0:08:47 > 0:08:51do something better and it had to be perfect and if it wasn't perfect
0:08:51 > 0:08:53then you have to do it again until it is.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Erm... And I was very similar in that way but...
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I was happy to keep training, keep repeating everything
0:09:00 > 0:09:01until it was right.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I think we both had "failed relationships" or partnerships...
0:09:05 > 0:09:08erm, that we wanted to make this work.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Erm, the rest is history, as they say.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19COMMENTATOR: A rather special train arrives in Sarajevo carrying
0:09:19 > 0:09:23the West German Olympic team plus the hottest gold-medal favourites
0:09:23 > 0:09:26of 1984, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30We arrived in Sarajevo on the German team train
0:09:30 > 0:09:35because we'd been practising and working in Oberstdorf
0:09:35 > 0:09:40which is in Bavaria. That had become our second home, effectively.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Looks lovely, the hat, we all love the hat.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45PRESENTER: Jayne keeping out the cold in fur coat and hat
0:09:45 > 0:09:48because her official team blazer didn't fit.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You always feel a bit for them, I suppose, having been a competitor
0:09:51 > 0:09:53you know what it's...
0:09:53 > 0:09:56the sort of build up and tensions that come with it.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01And certainly with Torvill and Dean, there was a huge
0:10:01 > 0:10:04amount of expectation.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08They were the hottest favourites of the entire Olympic Games.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11They were the one British hope,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15which was why there was so much attention on them.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Erm, and they didn't quite understand what all the fuss was about.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21PRESENTER: As usual the British, European
0:10:21 > 0:10:22and World Ice Dance champions
0:10:22 > 0:10:24were the main focus of attention.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27They're the best-known skaters in the world
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and everyone wants to talk to them.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31But when it was time to leave for the Village,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33something was amiss.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37When we arrived in Sarajevo we got off the train and there was
0:10:37 > 0:10:42people around us and press and we're moving down the station
0:10:42 > 0:10:44and Jayne suddenly remembers -
0:10:44 > 0:10:46"I've forgot your coat."
0:10:46 > 0:10:49And she dashed off and there she's gone, she's left me.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50"Where's Jayne gone?"
0:10:50 > 0:10:54It was Christopher's coat, he took all the bags from me.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57And said, "Can you get my coat?" But I just forgot it.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59INTERVIEWER LAUGHS
0:11:00 > 0:11:02PRESENTER: Britain's ice dance world champions
0:11:02 > 0:11:05are the only serious medal prospect in our team of 55
0:11:05 > 0:11:08but the endless scrutiny here of their every move
0:11:08 > 0:11:12and one slip in training has left them strangely tense and unsmiling.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16It was hard, when we first arrived, to get an overall picture
0:11:16 > 0:11:20of Sarajevo because you're very much herded around.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24So from leaving the train we were straight into the Village.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35They were very conscious of security and if you wanted to get out
0:11:35 > 0:11:37of the Village you had to get a pass.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41It's all part of the security, now so essential at Olympic events
0:11:41 > 0:11:45that the soldiers and their guns are as familiar as wallpaper.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50Where the British team were housed I remember they kept the boys
0:11:50 > 0:11:51and the girls separate.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54There was one single room within this apartment
0:11:54 > 0:11:59and I got it as I was the most senior member and...
0:11:59 > 0:12:04the one that was... It was possibly going to be my turn to win a medal.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07So I had the single room which I was quite happy with
0:12:07 > 0:12:11because then I can do my own thing, my own preparations.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13We had three bedrooms, we had a kitchen, so
0:12:13 > 0:12:15we, like, had a little house together
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and we were on the same practices so we travelled together,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22we warmed up in the same group together so we were always together.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I was in a room on my own at Sarajevo.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29It was quite a stock room, there wasn't a lot of luxuries,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33it was functional. There was a bed and I think there was a cupboard
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and there was a bathroom shared by all the boys.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It was just kind of an apartment block that had
0:12:39 > 0:12:41just been built and it wasn't the Ritz or anything
0:12:41 > 0:12:44but, hey, you're an ice skater you're there to do a job.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47It was a very basic room, like a dormitory, really,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50just one single wooden bed.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52But my favourite thing was the blankets,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56which had the Olympic rings on and the symbol
0:12:56 > 0:13:01of that particular Games which was Vucko the bear/wolf
0:13:01 > 0:13:05kind of character. And I was really excited to have
0:13:05 > 0:13:07this blanket, I remember.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09How are you feeling, now you're here in Sarajevo?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12It's nice, it was very sort of...
0:13:12 > 0:13:15village-y sort of atmosphere and everybody is getting
0:13:15 > 0:13:17ready for their own thing. It just feels...
0:13:17 > 0:13:22In actual fact you feel sort of a little small within a big event.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I understand that you will be carrying the British flag.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Chris will.- Just heard that, yes...
0:13:28 > 0:13:30it's... can't believe it yet!
0:13:36 > 0:13:41We were the main medal contenders. We were courting a lot of publicity
0:13:41 > 0:13:44so the Chef de Mission asked if...
0:13:44 > 0:13:48one of us would carry the flag. Well, actually, he asked me...
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- I don't think you got a look-in(!) - It's obvious... I know.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Just Chris, not me.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And so, gosh, yeah. No, I was honoured.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Britain's champion duo on ice, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02were kept apart by Olympic regulations this afternoon.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05The organising committee refused to let both of them
0:14:05 > 0:14:07carry the Union flag
0:14:07 > 0:14:11at the opening of the 14th Winter Games at Sarajevo in Yugoslavia.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14So Christopher carried the flag and Jayne marched in the front rank
0:14:14 > 0:14:17of the British team, a few feet behind him.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Michael Blakey describes the Opening Ceremony, which was watched by
0:14:20 > 0:14:23500 million television viewers.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25After days of protest about professionalism
0:14:25 > 0:14:28and a lack of snow, the formal opening of
0:14:28 > 0:14:31the 14th Winter Olympics went off without a hitch.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Lebanon, in the throes of civil war, sent a team of three.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38The Soviet Union, who headed the medals table
0:14:38 > 0:14:40at six of the last seven Olympics
0:14:40 > 0:14:44once again face a serious threat from East Germany.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48One gold medal they don't expect to win - ice dancing.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Christopher Dean carried the Union flag alone, despite the wishes
0:14:51 > 0:14:54of the British team that Jayne Torvill should partner him.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57For once, she was six paces behind.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59The temperatures were freezing.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01And they bussed you in,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04four hours, at least,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06before it was going to happen.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09And so you've got all this thick gear on cos they said,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11"Dress warm, cos it's going to be cold."
0:15:11 > 0:15:13But the buses were like 100 degrees inside.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16So you're boiling, you're taking it off and then they said,
0:15:16 > 0:15:17"Right, off we go."
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- All the gear came on. - Outside it was freezing.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And you're so conscious of not getting a cold,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24so conscious of not getting a fever
0:15:24 > 0:15:26or something like that.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Erm, and yet at the same time we absolutely wanted to
0:15:30 > 0:15:33march and be a part of that team spirit.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39CHEERING
0:15:43 > 0:15:46ANNOUNCER: The fire on the grand pedestal has been lit,
0:15:46 > 0:15:47the venues have been illuminated.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50The contests have been declared open.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04There was this kind of question mark, "Are they an item?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06"Are they together?"
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Talk about American sweethearts, these were two British sweethearts,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14I think that, the nation wanted this also...
0:16:15 > 0:16:17..to work for them.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Thinking of them as an item.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33There was always a lot of speculation about our relationship
0:16:33 > 0:16:38and we never admitted it or denied it. It was just left floating.
0:16:38 > 0:16:45- Hmm.- And I think people kind of enjoyed that, the romantic vision.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48We always equate it to Fred and Ginger.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50You see them on the screen, they perform
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and you believe what they're doing
0:16:52 > 0:16:54and you believe as the movie credits roll
0:16:54 > 0:16:59that they go off happily waving in the distance and, for us,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I think that was our image.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07'I remember doing some kind of a press conference'
0:17:07 > 0:17:12after we'd won and that's when more questions came,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16cos it was Valentine's Day when we'd won and there was lots of,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19"Are you going to get married now?"
0:17:19 > 0:17:22There have been suggestions that you may soon decide
0:17:22 > 0:17:26to make your personal relationship a more permanent one.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Is there any truth in that?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Chris, instead of saying no, cos we had no intention
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- of getting married... - We hadn't got a plan...
0:17:33 > 0:17:35We hadn't got any plan about anything, only that
0:17:35 > 0:17:38we had got the World Championships a month later.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40And Chris said "Not yet"
0:17:40 > 0:17:43as a reply, which sent them all in a frenzy of...
0:17:43 > 0:17:48"Oh, they might be!" Did you do that on purpose?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Did it just come out?- You know how things just come out my mouth,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- sometimes.- I do, yeah.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59We travelled back on the bus from the...
0:17:59 > 0:18:03in the same way going out, nobody else was on it but Jayne and myself,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05the driver and Betty, going back.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09So it was quite a solitary morning until we got back to the Village.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Our coach Betty Callaway was always with us,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24she was guiding us and making sure that we were happy
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and not getting stressed,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29not getting too nervous.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33We went back to the Village and then went and had breakfast.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Canteen was open. Have a lazy breakfast.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40We ate together, the three of us, and I think that was good for us
0:18:40 > 0:18:43cos we had a grown-up there as well!
0:18:43 > 0:18:47When I came across anybody in the canteen, people would be saying,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50"Are you ready for tonight? What's happening?"
0:18:50 > 0:18:53And I tried to make it very brief and short -
0:18:53 > 0:18:57"Oh, fine. Yep, its all going good."
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Moving on. Didn't want to get into a conversation
0:18:59 > 0:19:03about how I'm feeling, didn't want to self-analyse...
0:19:04 > 0:19:06..how I was feeling.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09To actually try to talk to Jayne and Chris on the day of the competition,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I think would have been a huge mistake.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I think they were in a world of their own
0:19:13 > 0:19:15and they stayed in a world of their own
0:19:15 > 0:19:17when they were on the ice and competing
0:19:17 > 0:19:19until it was all over, I think it's fair to say.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24MUSIC: "Bolero" by Ravel
0:19:25 > 0:19:28HE HUMS TUNE
0:19:36 > 0:19:38On paper you wouldn't think it would make a dance.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40But it's a sort of sexy piece of music.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42It was just so...
0:19:42 > 0:19:46tremendously different to anything that had ever been done
0:19:46 > 0:19:49and was likely to be done in the future.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54It was... I thought it was a real masterpiece, truthfully,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55musically.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Because it was one piece.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01As opposed to the usual three cuts that everybody did.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04If you look at what people danced to...
0:20:04 > 0:20:06for ice dance competitions,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08they were much more showy.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13This was a much subtler routine, and quite unique.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15MUSIC RESUMES
0:20:22 > 0:20:25When you watch the Russians, it was all bling.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC
0:20:29 > 0:20:32There were big lifts and it was razzmatazz.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34This wasn't like that at all.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37In our heads it was a driving beat that was taking us somewhere
0:20:37 > 0:20:41and the crescendo of the music that just grew and grew.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44That's what we wanted to create, that emotion that was building
0:20:44 > 0:20:48up to a climactic ending. And Bolero had it all.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Except for it was 18 minutes long!
0:20:51 > 0:20:55The tempo that they both felt was the most appropriate
0:20:55 > 0:20:57was just a little too long.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02And as it worked out we could get it down to 4 minutes 28,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04we couldn't get it down to 4 minutes 10.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Looked at the rules and it says, "The stopwatch starts
0:21:12 > 0:21:14"when you start to skate."
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And starting to skate, in my head, not when you start to move
0:21:17 > 0:21:19but when your blades touch the ice,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and Jayne's blade didn't touch the ice
0:21:22 > 0:21:25until 4 minutes and 10 seconds.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I believe there's a dramatic ending that really involves you, Jayne.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Erm, well, we both die at the end. We're both dead.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46You both die?! So what do you do on the ice?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- SHE LAUGHS - We lie down.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49LAUGHTER
0:21:49 > 0:21:52PRESENTER: In their minds they're thinking about two young people
0:21:52 > 0:21:54who are unable to marry
0:21:54 > 0:21:57and so decide to end their lives. They are climbing a mountain,
0:21:57 > 0:22:02a fiery volcano, and at the top they throw themselves into the inferno.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08It's a made-up story, obviously.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And I don't know how it came about, truthfully.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Which one of us thought of this, but it just came about
0:22:14 > 0:22:16that it was a love story and this...
0:22:16 > 0:22:19These two lovers climbing up this volcano, I don't know,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22don't ask me why a volcano, but as the music built they got
0:22:22 > 0:22:26further and further up the volcano and then in the end...
0:22:26 > 0:22:29that was it, they threw themselves into the volcano and that was...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Bit silly, really, isn't it?!
0:22:33 > 0:22:34HE CHUCKLES
0:22:34 > 0:22:37We've always believed that we need a narrative, even if it's
0:22:37 > 0:22:40in our own heads. We don't have to sell it to anybody else
0:22:40 > 0:22:44but for us it's a driving force of what we're doing
0:22:44 > 0:22:47so it was a Romeo and Juliet scenario
0:22:47 > 0:22:52of two lovers that were destined not to be together in life
0:22:52 > 0:22:55but to be together eternally in death.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58He's killed me, in other words.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01We killed each other.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02LAUGHTER
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- We-we...- We both jumped. - We jumped together.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13CHEERING
0:23:14 > 0:23:18So we'd skate out into position and we'd turn and face each other
0:23:18 > 0:23:22and, for us, the performance really starts here cos we're looking
0:23:22 > 0:23:25really into each other's eyes and at that point we are
0:23:25 > 0:23:28kind of talking to each other and calming each other down.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33And from there we both go down, right knee down,
0:23:33 > 0:23:38left knee down and then we have a moment that we always keep focus.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40And we go into our first position.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Four counts and then we start moving our first leg.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Here, and right from here this becomes the eye contact,
0:23:47 > 0:23:52we never leave eye contact from here, this point from here.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56This is from where they're setting their fate from this moment on.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Creating the pact that we decided.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05And, as you can see at the moment, nobody's blades are on the ice.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Jayne goes forward into an arch,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09we go up into a lift and out of it
0:24:09 > 0:24:13and now she's touched the ice. That's 4 minutes, 10 seconds.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And then off we go into the rest of the routine.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25It's not the literal storyline that runs through your head,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27it's more of a feeling.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29The feeling of desperation
0:24:29 > 0:24:31cos she knows something bad is going to happen.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33But also it's the, the, the...
0:24:35 > 0:24:38..the desperate love you felt for each other.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40The emotion.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42And that, erm, this is...
0:24:43 > 0:24:45This is a very dramatic moment in your life
0:24:45 > 0:24:48and we're heading towards something epic.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51You couldn't not feel the tension of a piece like that
0:24:51 > 0:24:53cos I think the whole,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56the way the music is written builds its own tension.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And the way they created the piece to go with it
0:24:59 > 0:25:00built its own tension.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04So this move in part of our story is the point where
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I'm getting tired and Chris is going to carry me
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and help me along.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13So this was the inspiration behind this move.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15As you can see, we've got a new prop today with us,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18it's the chair, because when we're skating
0:25:18 > 0:25:21it's like being on a bike, you actually have the motion
0:25:21 > 0:25:24but to actually do it stationary, it's very difficult
0:25:24 > 0:25:26so I need a little aid here.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28So as we go into it we go forward...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Jayne has to go past me.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Find the weight, balance, release
0:25:32 > 0:25:35and then it all becomes on one foot.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43So we've just come out of the lay lift
0:25:43 > 0:25:47and in our heads the next part is that...
0:25:47 > 0:25:50there's this look and this kiss of reassurance
0:25:50 > 0:25:54that we're both wanting and doing the same thing and this...
0:25:54 > 0:25:56This picture was taken and shown a lot around the world
0:25:56 > 0:26:00but it comes to this point here and it's almost like a kiss.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11It was a new thing to do something so intimate
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and not smiley and tricky.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17We weren't really there to entertain the public
0:26:17 > 0:26:18as much as we had in the past,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20like with routines like Barnum and Mack And Mabel.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31This was a complete departure.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35This was something that we wanted people to be drawn into,
0:26:35 > 0:26:36but for a different reason.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43I think in the Bolero we both learned the importance
0:26:43 > 0:26:46of eye contact and that intensity that you need
0:26:46 > 0:26:49with a routine like that to make it believable.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54The focus between the two of them as they danced it.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56They're in this huge arena,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59and yet they only had eyes for each other.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01It was just the two of them,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05as though they were in a quiet place just on their own
0:27:05 > 0:27:07and just dancing.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Once you were committed to that, really there was nowhere to hide.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15You had to keep that... keep that momentum going.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18That focus of attention to what they were doing
0:27:18 > 0:27:20was absolutely brilliant.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27When you go to the competition, it's all down to you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29It's all your own equipment.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30You're in charge of your own equipment.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Let me tell you,
0:27:31 > 0:27:35you're not going to let anyone else touch your boots and blades.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36They are your own.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Whether it's from folklore or actual reality,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44but you don't want somebody messing with your blades.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Not that I knew of it happening, but you always heard stories -
0:27:48 > 0:27:52don't leave your blades in the dressing room by themselves.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56These are the actual skating boots that I wore in the Olympics.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I used to save all my old skating boots, I wouldn't throw them away.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Especially not these.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04I put a little label underneath that says, "Olympics."
0:28:05 > 0:28:07They look sort of quite clean and shiny,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10but they are definitely well worn.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16These are the famous skate guards
0:28:16 > 0:28:20that Chris always has to put in a certain position
0:28:20 > 0:28:22before we skate.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27Side by side, then mine would be side by side.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29They'd be facing out towards the ice,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32then they couldn't be moved until we came off.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Who was on which side?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I was on the right side, you were on the left side.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40That's kind of strange, because normally I'm on this side.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41- Don't question it.- OK.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43SHE LAUGHS
0:28:43 > 0:28:45You know, when we got to the venue,
0:28:45 > 0:28:49he would obviously have a look around and decide the best place
0:28:49 > 0:28:51to put the guards when we went on the ice
0:28:51 > 0:28:52that would not disturb anybody
0:28:52 > 0:28:55and they wouldn't get trodden on or moved.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00There's a lot going on in Chris's head.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05There have been instances where the guards have been disturbed
0:29:05 > 0:29:08and the performances haven't gone so well.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10So...
0:29:11 > 0:29:14..when something like that happens, even if it's once,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16it's a superstition after that.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18They've got to remain as they do.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21He was deeply superstitious about the guards.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23He still is, to this day.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27In some kind of way, those guards represented Jayne and myself.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28We didn't want them disturbed
0:29:28 > 0:29:32in that they were uniformly put together and stood together.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34We didn't want somebody crashing into them
0:29:34 > 0:29:37and knocking them all over the place,
0:29:37 > 0:29:41cos in some way that felt like a representation of us on the ice.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47As I say the words, I want to take them back cos they sound so silly.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Courtney Jones was a judge and a former World Champion -
0:30:01 > 0:30:04very respected within the skating community.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06His partner was Bobby Thompson.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08For most of our career,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Bobby and Courtney have been mentors for us,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13or gurus and part of our inner circle
0:30:13 > 0:30:16that we would always discuss everything with.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20But, also, Courtney was a fashion designer.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24So it made perfect sense that he was going to design the costumes.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Chris and Jayne had very definite ideas of what they like.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28So it was sort of...
0:30:28 > 0:30:29We just sat round the table and said,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32"Well, what about this and what about that?"
0:30:35 > 0:30:39The costume was very much a cottage industry kind of thing.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44We bought the silk for my top.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48We dyed it so that it was what we call ombre effect,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51so it got deeper at the bottom as it matched his trousers.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54What we did was we got the material
0:30:54 > 0:30:58and hung it in a bucket with a dye in it.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03Every time we passed, we dipped it a bit further into the dye every day.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06As the days went on, it got darker.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08This is the famous spoon,
0:31:08 > 0:31:12which had previously been used to stir the casserole,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16stirred the dye every two hours for the crepe de Chine,
0:31:16 > 0:31:17which was layered.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22We just did it slowly, slowly, slowly to get this shaded effect.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Then it went away to be pleated.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27In the end, I used a paintbrush on it
0:31:27 > 0:31:30to actually deepen it even more.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33I liked the colour of an iris.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38For me, it was that colouring from the purple that shaded, ombred, up.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42It's got the yellow or golden part in the middle of it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I think that's where the colour scheme came from.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Jayne's was made of pure silk chiffon,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56which in those days was really the only thing
0:31:56 > 0:31:58that actually was suitable,
0:31:58 > 0:32:02because the polyester didn't move as well on the ice.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07When we first had them made, we took them to Nottingham Ice rink,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09middle of the night,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11and they turned all the house lights on,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13because when I fitted costumes,
0:32:13 > 0:32:16I did it from the back of the seating,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19because they're not seen close up.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24The person sitting rows and rows back has to be able to see the detail.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29And so they started off ankle-length, almost, the chiffon,
0:32:29 > 0:32:33and what I did was I had a large pair of cutting shears
0:32:33 > 0:32:35and as they went through the routine,
0:32:35 > 0:32:39I cut off the skirt so it didn't touch the ice.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42So they went through all the lifts and movements they did
0:32:42 > 0:32:46and slowly, as the hours progressed, we got shorter and shorter.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50That's why it has a ragged edging to it - it isn't an even hem.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53When you think you've got something made up...quite nicely,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56then somebody comes out with a pair of huge scissors
0:32:56 > 0:32:58and starts cutting slices off it...
0:32:58 > 0:33:02But, um...the end product was that it really worked well.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18So now, Torvill and Dean face the supreme test -
0:33:18 > 0:33:20champions of Europe, champions of the world,
0:33:20 > 0:33:23but can they now become Olympic champions?
0:33:23 > 0:33:29The whole thing had been set up for this one number, you know.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Because we all got into the fact...
0:33:31 > 0:33:35"There they are, British couple - got a smell of winning a gold medal."
0:33:35 > 0:33:38We'd watch them dance their paso doble,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40we'd watched them with their technical stuff,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43and here it is - the final.
0:33:43 > 0:33:4824 million - that's half of the whole population of Britain at the time -
0:33:48 > 0:33:51is tuned in to watch this.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54I was passing through this village
0:33:54 > 0:33:56on the way to Cambridge
0:33:56 > 0:33:59and I could see through a window the television was on
0:33:59 > 0:34:02and I could see a family preparing.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05And I thought, "I can't spend the rest of my life saying,
0:34:05 > 0:34:09"I was in a car, listening to it on the radio."
0:34:09 > 0:34:12I mean, how can you listen to ice skating on the radio?!
0:34:12 > 0:34:14So I parked the car, knocked on the door
0:34:14 > 0:34:17and said, "I'm sorry to be a complete nuisance,
0:34:17 > 0:34:18"But I was hoping..."
0:34:18 > 0:34:20"Come in!" They said, "come in!"
0:34:20 > 0:34:21And that was the attitude -
0:34:21 > 0:34:23everyone was waiting to see this great moment,
0:34:23 > 0:34:27so the attitude was there, people were warm about it.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29So I sat and watched the whole thing
0:34:29 > 0:34:33with a family in a little village on the way to Cambridge.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36The competitors that were in the top group
0:34:36 > 0:34:40and Chris and I, Karen and Nicky, got on the same bus.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42I remember it so clearly - it was raining
0:34:42 > 0:34:46and I could see Jayne's reflection in the window, just in front of me,
0:34:46 > 0:34:47she was sat in front of me, as we always did,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50we sat near other or with each other.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52But as I gazed at her reflection,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I thought, "I think I've got a tough day, but this...
0:34:56 > 0:34:59"This is going to be life-changing."
0:34:59 > 0:35:03There you are, travelling on the bus with your nearest rivals
0:35:03 > 0:35:06sitting a couple of rows behind you.
0:35:06 > 0:35:07And you always hello to them,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10and...you know, there's not much conversation,
0:35:10 > 0:35:14because...er, the Russians didn't speak much English and vice versa,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16so, um...
0:35:16 > 0:35:21But, yeah, again, a quiet bus with...a bit of tension in the air.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31The routine was that we arrived at the arena.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35We both walked in together, went to the separate changing rooms.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38When I arrived there in the evening, I just wanted to make sure
0:35:38 > 0:35:43when I was in the communal changing room, like a hockey room,
0:35:43 > 0:35:48that I sat in the same spot that I'd sat every day the past ten days,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51and so it was important to me to be in that same spot.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53So I wanted to get there early enough
0:35:53 > 0:35:57that somebody else hadn't taken it, because they could well have done,
0:35:57 > 0:36:01and if they had, I would have, in some polite way,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04moved them out and taken my spot again,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07because it was important, it was what I'd done every day
0:36:07 > 0:36:09and you wanted to replicate that.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11You didn't want change.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18The leading five pairs in the competition
0:36:18 > 0:36:19skate in the final pool
0:36:19 > 0:36:23to decide the gold, the silver and the bronze medals.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24They're about to warm up
0:36:24 > 0:36:27as we go now to the Olympic Stadium and Alan Weeks.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33ALAN WEEKS: Well, I'm sitting here, along with 8,500 other people,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35not only in the seats, but I must say,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37they're sitting in the aisles, the gangways,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39they're standing around the back.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42This building has not yet been as full as it is tonight.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46In the warm-up, I went out and scuffed the ice up a little bit,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50because fresh, clean ice is slippy
0:36:50 > 0:36:54and when you're kneeling, I didn't want to slide around.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56So if the ice is scuffed up a little bit,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58it gives you a little bit more traction.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01So, knowing the spot, I went in and skidded over it.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05I saw Chris scuffing up the ice in the middle,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08because he knew that's where we were starting
0:37:08 > 0:37:10and he didn't want it to be too slippy.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13So it was just a little...little ploy.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14It was quite clever, I thought.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16And a lot of competitors go out
0:37:16 > 0:37:19and they practise moves from their routine.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21At this point, I was trying to get every lift in
0:37:21 > 0:37:23that was within my four-minute routine,
0:37:23 > 0:37:24trying to do all the bits that worried me.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I glance over to Chris and Jayne - they were just...literally,
0:37:28 > 0:37:30forward pushes, stroking round the ice
0:37:30 > 0:37:31and they never touched.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33So it already gave me that feeling of...
0:37:33 > 0:37:34SHE GASPS
0:37:34 > 0:37:37.."I'm panicking, but they're...they're so prepared,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40"they don't need to use that warm-up as the rest of us did."
0:37:40 > 0:37:41It was that last chance.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43I think sometimes the other competitors
0:37:43 > 0:37:46thought that it was a bit strange.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49They thought we were maybe doing it to try and psych them out.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51But it was actually more of a practical reason,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53that we didn't want to get injured.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57You never give way in the warm-up.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59And I'm not the biggest guy, but I never give way.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03You just learn to be strong and it's a battle
0:38:03 > 0:38:06and you take your position on the ice and...you're in that.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08You're in the top of the world, this is how you do it.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11The Russians have a bit of a reputation -
0:38:11 > 0:38:13they're going to do whatever they're going to do,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16regardless of whom might be in the way
0:38:16 > 0:38:18and sometimes even get hurt in a warm up,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20which sounds silly, but everybody's doing their business -
0:38:20 > 0:38:22going backwards, flying around - and BOOM!
0:38:22 > 0:38:23That can happen.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27And in our heads, we're so confident in what we're doing
0:38:27 > 0:38:29that we don't need to do those practices.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31We know what we're there to do.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35And so, psychologically, I think, to everybody that was there,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38that was watching, competitors, judges, even ourselves,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41there was a certain confidence
0:38:41 > 0:38:43in the way that we approached the whole aspect.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47It's like, "We're not giving anything away until we perform it,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50"until that music starts, that's when the performance starts."
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- ANNOUNCER:- Julie Blumberg and Michael Seibert...
0:39:01 > 0:39:02HE SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:39:02 > 0:39:04..United States of America.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08ALAN WEEKS: And it's Michael and Julie, from the United States,
0:39:08 > 0:39:10who start this last session.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15After we finished warming up, we were fifth to skate,
0:39:15 > 0:39:19so that's going to be, like, 20 minutes later.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22And that 20 minutes is a long 20 minutes when it's 20 minutes...
0:39:22 > 0:39:25We stepped off the ice, put the guards back on,
0:39:25 > 0:39:26went behind the stands,
0:39:26 > 0:39:32didn't listen to anybody else's scores or watched their routines.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35In our minds, it was about what we had to do
0:39:35 > 0:39:38and not about watching others
0:39:38 > 0:39:41and even to the point that if we were in a corridor
0:39:41 > 0:39:43that was near enough you could hear the marks,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46when the marks came up for the other competitors,
0:39:46 > 0:39:47we used to cover our ears.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51I didn't want to hear
0:39:51 > 0:39:55that somebody had skated really well just before we were going out.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Um...and so, it was like, really, the caged lion moment,
0:39:59 > 0:40:01of pacing up and down,
0:40:01 > 0:40:04just...just wanting to be out there.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10The main challengers to Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Remember, this isn't a cut-and-dried situation.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Jayne and Chris have got to beat this couple in this free dance.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18MUSIC PLAYS
0:40:18 > 0:40:23It's almost gladiatorial, you know - you can hear the stadium,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27you can hear the anticipation, and you're in the background,
0:40:27 > 0:40:29warming up and getting ready.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31MUSIC PLAYS
0:40:37 > 0:40:43When I left the dressing room, I put on a tracksuit top...team top.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48And it's not until you take that off and step onto the ice
0:40:48 > 0:40:53that you take on the persona that your performance is all about.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58That's when you feel that you're really...in the zone, as it were.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01You've got the costume, you've got the skates on
0:41:01 > 0:41:04and that's all you've got to think about and focus on.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06When I'm putting on my skates -
0:41:06 > 0:41:09and it happens every time, but certainly at the Olympics -
0:41:09 > 0:41:13just at that point when you're tightening up before you go out,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16you get this really tired feeling.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21It's almost...you're plateauing, that you've all this anticipation,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24and that last little bit before you go out and skate
0:41:24 > 0:41:27or go out and warm up, there's a sense of...
0:41:27 > 0:41:29HE SIGHS
0:41:29 > 0:41:34..and really, your body feels heavy, you feel a bit sluggish, but...
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I've come to realise it's part of the process,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39you seem to get this level of adrenaline
0:41:39 > 0:41:43that's been at a certain level and it plateaus,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46but then it spikes again when you go out.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51So I anticipate that feeling, knowing that when I go out there,
0:41:51 > 0:41:55there's going to be a...a new breath of life there when you go out.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Betty, as we stood on the ice, ready to be announced,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01would always tap us on the shoulder and say, "Skate well."
0:42:02 > 0:42:05And that was her "good luck" to us, really.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07We always felt good that she'd done that.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09If, for any reason, she wouldn't have been there,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11I think we would have felt strange.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15She made a point of not saying "good luck" but "skate well",
0:42:15 > 0:42:19because it's not about luck - it's about skating well.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26ALAN WEEKS: They are four minutes away from Olympic gold
0:42:26 > 0:42:30and the reason they're waiting is that, at the other end of the rink,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32that little girl has picked up a bouquet
0:42:32 > 0:42:36and is trying very hard to pick up something that was stuck to the ice.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38She's a tiny little girl,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40you can see how small she is alongside the barrier
0:42:40 > 0:42:43and...my goodness, what a moment to come on the ice.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45They usually have youngsters,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48going around the ice, picking up flowers and this sort of thing.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I remember there was one little girl -
0:42:50 > 0:42:54if my memory serves me right, they sort of looked towards her,
0:42:54 > 0:42:58maybe...that cut a little bit of the tension,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00which they must have been feeling.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Jayne, smiling at the little girl,
0:43:02 > 0:43:06as she goes off and they await the announcement
0:43:06 > 0:43:08to start their free dance.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I remember, stood there, that's that moment -
0:43:11 > 0:43:15you go hand in hand, and it's all connected, you know?
0:43:15 > 0:43:19It's all connected, it's all...alive. And, um...
0:43:22 > 0:43:26..we just do a final glance and a squeeze of the hand.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30We'd been waiting for that moment that was going to count -
0:43:30 > 0:43:33that we were going to perform it and it was going to count.
0:43:33 > 0:43:38- ANNOUNCER:- Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Great Britain.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40There's no turning back.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43This...this is the time.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44This is the moment.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48We knew what we had to do. We just skated out to position.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50We were very centred and calm, but when I think about it now,
0:43:50 > 0:43:52the anticipation of all of that...
0:43:53 > 0:43:55It almost takes your breath away.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:06 > 0:44:09It felt like I was looking down, watching myself.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14Like we were in an altered state of consciousness as we were doing it.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22MUSIC: "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56APPLAUSE
0:48:48 > 0:48:49RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Once again, a roar of applause
0:48:54 > 0:48:57and on the far side of the rink,
0:48:57 > 0:49:00the people are standing and applauding.
0:49:01 > 0:49:06The Union Jacks are flying around the ring but not only...
0:49:06 > 0:49:09The very end was... There was that feeling of
0:49:09 > 0:49:16so much excitement but at the same time, this huge sense of relief.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20That really dramatic performance by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Ravel's Bolero...
0:49:23 > 0:49:26In some ways, you kind of... there's a slight sadness
0:49:26 > 0:49:29because you won't be doing that ever again and you know
0:49:29 > 0:49:31when you've enjoyed something, you think,
0:49:31 > 0:49:33"Oh, I want to do that again," and it was that kind of a feeling.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35APPLAUSE
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Still...they applaud.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43I just remember going to take a bow
0:49:43 > 0:49:47and then just a sea of flowers coming at me from everywhere.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54I just heard this massive roar.
0:49:54 > 0:49:55CHEERING
0:49:56 > 0:49:59And I looked up and saw all the sixes.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01It's right across the board.
0:50:01 > 0:50:07That's it. What a marvellous, marvellous set of marks.
0:50:07 > 0:50:12It was a full row of sixes and it was like...("Wow!")
0:50:12 > 0:50:17This was just a phenomenal moment. I mean it had never, never happened.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19People like that who do things really well
0:50:19 > 0:50:23and appear to do it terribly easily are good to watch.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Do you know? I watched it
0:50:29 > 0:50:31and I got so excited that when
0:50:31 > 0:50:38those sixes started flying out, I jumped up and went...like that,
0:50:38 > 0:50:43in euphoria, fractured my thumb on the wall.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45When they just got clean sixes,
0:50:45 > 0:50:47I mean, the whole family and I just
0:50:47 > 0:50:50leapt into the air and I think I thought,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53"That's fair, "That's right, they are the best.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56"I have witnessed something that I may never witness
0:50:56 > 0:50:57"again in my life."
0:50:57 > 0:51:00Well, it's just once in a lifetime.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05Very special.
0:51:11 > 0:51:12That's it.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20And now we can go straight back to the Olympic arena where
0:51:20 > 0:51:23tonight, as you will well know, Torvill and Dean from Great Britain
0:51:23 > 0:51:25have won the Olympic championship.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27OLYMPIC ANNOUNCER: Gold medal Olympic champions
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean...
0:51:29 > 0:51:30APPLAUSE
0:51:36 > 0:51:43Once again, Jayne and Chris receive the plaudits of the crowd.
0:51:50 > 0:51:56Cheers, roars, from this very mixed audience of all nationalities
0:51:56 > 0:52:01around the world - everyone appreciating their skill, their art.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04When we stepped on to the podium,
0:52:04 > 0:52:08and the medal was placed round our neck...
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Three times in European Championships,
0:52:10 > 0:52:12three times in World Championships,
0:52:12 > 0:52:15and along the way accumulated more maximum marks
0:52:15 > 0:52:16than any other skaters.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19Now, it's the most cherished prize in sport -
0:52:19 > 0:52:24Olympic gold medals for the greatest ice dancers of all time.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
0:52:29 > 0:52:32..and the flags going up,
0:52:32 > 0:52:35and the National Anthem playing...
0:52:37 > 0:52:41That is one of your proudest moments ever.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48They were playing the National Anthem,
0:52:48 > 0:52:51you've got massive gold medal around your neck
0:52:51 > 0:52:55which is... You know, it's the best thing ever.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:53:00 > 0:53:02When it's round your neck,
0:53:02 > 0:53:05that's when it's like, "Yes, we really, really, really DID win
0:53:05 > 0:53:08"the gold medal, because I'm wearing it right now."
0:53:13 > 0:53:16The charisma that they had on the ice
0:53:16 > 0:53:18drew the whole country.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22And drew anybody from other nations who was lucky enough to watch them.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24ANNOUNCEMENT IN FRENCH
0:53:24 > 0:53:27- ANNOUNCEMENT:- Dear visitors, that will be all
0:53:27 > 0:53:30for this evening's figure-skating competition.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32I'm not sure what there WAS to ask them.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36I mean, no interviewer wants to say, "How do you feel?"
0:53:36 > 0:53:38but that's actually what the public...
0:53:38 > 0:53:40They wanted to hear from them.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44All I had to do was just stick a microphone in front of them.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48But...they were still very shy,
0:53:48 > 0:53:51and so I had to push it a little bit.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Can you look at me, you two, please?
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Jayne and Chris, I think you must know that the reaction in the rink
0:53:57 > 0:54:01has just been mirrored millions of times around Great Britain.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04- On behalf of the people watching, many congratulations.- Thank you.
0:54:04 > 0:54:09Tell me, if it's possible, which emotion is uppermost in your minds?
0:54:09 > 0:54:11I can't believe it.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14I can't...
0:54:14 > 0:54:15We'd...
0:54:15 > 0:54:18We can't remember the skate.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20- I just happened, it came and it went.- So quickly.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23There was none of this, none of the roaring away
0:54:23 > 0:54:25at having been successful.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28They had done what they'd set out to do,
0:54:28 > 0:54:30so there was a quiet reaction.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33You seemed so relaxed before you went on the ice.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36I mean, you even smiled, didn't you, at the little girl?
0:54:36 > 0:54:40Yes. I felt that I wanted to go out there and perform,
0:54:40 > 0:54:43and I was happy there were so many people here from England
0:54:43 > 0:54:45and from Nottingham especially.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48- One or two from where you used to work.- That's right, yes.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52So many people from England and from everywhere tonight,
0:54:52 > 0:54:54it was a great support. We really felt it.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57What do you do now, in terms of a celebration?
0:54:57 > 0:54:59Don't know.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02- Go and find a quiet corner.- I'm told there's a party at the Village?
0:55:02 > 0:55:04- No idea.- I didn't know that, no.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Most probably we'll just find a bed tonight.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10'You really don't feel like doing it,
0:55:10 > 0:55:12'but you have to do a press conference.
0:55:12 > 0:55:17'You just want to go back and sort of share it with your team members.'
0:55:19 > 0:55:24'After all that excitement, you've got to go to doping control.'
0:55:24 > 0:55:28You've got this undignified moment of having to produce a sample,
0:55:28 > 0:55:31so that kind of brings you back down to earth pretty rapidly.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35I was quite dehydrated by that point, so it took a while
0:55:35 > 0:55:37to produce the sample. Er...
0:55:37 > 0:55:40And so there was lots of waiting around, drinking a beer or two.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I remember that at the end of the day, very long day,
0:55:43 > 0:55:45it was probably about midnight,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48we were the last people in the building.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51We'd been the first and we were the last.
0:55:51 > 0:55:52A very long day.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56It's almost like you lived a life through that day.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58And then it was the end of the day
0:55:58 > 0:56:00and it felt like we were closing the door on it.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09We're still on a high, and heading back to the Village
0:56:09 > 0:56:12expecting just to go to bed,
0:56:12 > 0:56:17and, um...we were told that Princess Anne was waiting
0:56:17 > 0:56:22- to congratulate us.- We thought that she would have gone by that time.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24But in actual fact, she hadn't. She'd stayed and waited,
0:56:24 > 0:56:27and so we... We got to meet her,
0:56:27 > 0:56:29and she toasted us and congratulated us.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32You never quite knew when people were going to turn up,
0:56:32 > 0:56:34after successes like that.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38Because, you know, everybody wants to celebrate.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42It was... It wasn't too late so you could actually afford to
0:56:42 > 0:56:45be able to do it afterwards, when they got back.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49And they couldn't get hold of glasses so they had paper cups,
0:56:49 > 0:56:52or plastic cups, and it just seemed... It was kind of...
0:56:52 > 0:56:55I don't know, it was kind of special to do it like that,
0:56:55 > 0:56:57because we didn't expect anything, really.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01I was probably expecting to make a cup of tea and go to bed.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Like you do.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06I don't think there was anything very much there. Um...
0:57:06 > 0:57:08We're slightly better organised now,
0:57:08 > 0:57:11but in those days, it was... SHE LAUGHS
0:57:11 > 0:57:15I think going overboard for glasses and that kind of thing
0:57:15 > 0:57:19would probably not have been part of the catering at that stage.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22And anyway, parties usually happen better
0:57:22 > 0:57:25if they're done on the spur of the moment.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27And there was the champagne and everyone cheering,
0:57:27 > 0:57:30and it was...the perfect end to the perfect day.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38There aren't many moments like that in life.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40I remember when Everest was conquered.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42I remember when we won the World Cup.
0:57:42 > 0:57:45There are just... There are a few moments like that,
0:57:45 > 0:57:49and frankly, Torvill and Dean was one of those moments.
0:57:49 > 0:57:54It's one of the most iconic moments in, not just Winter Olympics,
0:57:54 > 0:57:56any Olympics.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01It was a brilliant idea, and it was just brilliantly executed.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03It's why they won a gold medal.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13Here we are, 30 years on.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15Which I find so difficult to believe.
0:58:15 > 0:58:19Er...and people are still enraptured by them.
0:58:19 > 0:58:23If that's not a definition of style, I don't know what is.
0:58:25 > 0:58:26It's the final bow.
0:58:31 > 0:58:33Quick, get the flowers! Come on!