Jim'll Fix It with Shane Richie

The most magical show on telly is back.

Who is ready to make some dreams come true?

CHEERING

# If you can imagine your one dream come true

# Just send in a letter Jim can fix it for you

# If you want to be the star of the show

# Or get together with your own hero

-# Jim'll Fix It

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-Thank you!

# ..Fix It. #

Thank you very much.

Thank you and welcome to Jim'll Fix It with me, Shane Richie.

Many of us will have grown up watching the late Sir Jimmy Savile,

sitting in that chair right there.

Answering letters, dishing out surprises and making dreams come true.

Tonight, I'm going to get to do it, so my dream has already come true.

We have already had 5,000 "please fix it for me" letters,

and tonight we will be answering some of them and giving the lucky few the chance of a lifetime.

First, let's have a look back at a few highlights from Jim'll Fix It,

a truly inspirational show that ran for a staggering 286 episodes.

And let's pay tribute to the extraordinary, unique and never-ever-to-be-forgotten host,

the one and only Sir Jimmy Savile.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Jim'll Fix It.

Over three decades...

Now then. Now then. Now then.

INAUDIBLE

..millions of children wrote to Sir Jimmy Savile...

This, in all truthfulness, is just a fraction of the mail that we get.

..hoping he could make their dreams come true.

"Please could you fix it for me

"to surprise my cousin by arriving at her house as a Christmas present?"

# Today this could be the greatest day of our lives... #

And there was nothing Jim couldn't fix.

"I have broken my arm, please fix it for me."

LAUGHTER

-Your ambition is to be an admiral?

-This is Harriot speaking.

I want to be a bus conductor.

I will do my best, sir.

He allowed children's imaginations to run wild.

If a young lady wishes to carry a piece of wood, why not?

-From the surreal...

-You want to be a suitcase?

-You write to Jim'll Fix It, you will finish up as a suitcase.

-Thank you very much.

..to the inspirational...

I am very glad you have come, because we are very short on doctors. Very good.

-Four years of age, unbelievable.

-..and the legendary.

Through it all, Sir Jimmy was never afraid to make an impression.

I beg your pardon! Goodness gracious!

-And from his famous magic chair..

-Out of the other side comes the teapot.

..he awarded over 1,500 fix-it badges.

How about that, then, ladies and gentlemen?

Fix-it badge for you, a Jim'll Fix It badge for you.

After years of entertaining the nation, Sir Jimmy's legacy lives on.

We get lots of smiles on Jim'll Fix It.

A fix-it is one of the rare jewels of their life.

APPLAUSE

Wow, what an amazing man. Of course, a hard act to follow -

especially in the wardrobe department! But, let's give it a go.

If I am going to make dreams come true, I am going to need to sit down.

What better place than in the actual chair, folks?

AUDIENCE: Wooo!

A drum roll, please.

-DRUM ROLL

-Here we go!

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you! Yes! This is my dream come true.

So, for the first time in 17 years, it is time for a letter.

LAUGHTER

And this one is from Emma in Kingston,

who clearly knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up

Because she wrote, "Dear Shane, can you please fix it for me

"to be a well-known actress on the stage?"

"I would love to take part in a proper show in the West End

"that people pay to see.

"It does not have to be the biggest part,

"although one day I hope to be in a starring role.

"It would be the best Christmas present ever."

And that's from Emma, age nine, Kingston upon Thames.

Well, that is the sort of present that money cannot buy,

but luckily I know a bloke who knew another bloke who knew this woman,

who thought she could do even better than getting it just on one stage, no!

We got it all sorted and Emma was given instructions

to go to London's West End and ask for Joey.

# There's no business like show business... #

Look up there. Theatre-land, Drury Lane. Warhorse, that's Joey.

Cool! Bye!

Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

Hi, I'm Emma.

And I am Finn. I am the puppetry associate here at Warhorse.

-Would you like to come and meet Joey?

-Yes, please. Thank you.

-He loves it! Would you like to try and ride on him?

-Yes, please!

-Whoa!

-Are you all right up there?

-Yes. I am fine. It is so cool.

Go On, Joey! You trot. Go on, boy! Good lad.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Good lad.

-Easy, Joey. How is that? Is that OK?

-That is so fun!

Emma, we have got to get Joey ready for his show now

and you have got another theatre to go to.

-And I think you are going to need these.

-Oh, thank you.

-Very exciting. Bye, Joey! Nice to meet you.

-Stand, Joey!

HORSE WHINNIES

MUSIC: "A Town Called Malice" by The Jam

-Oh, my gosh!

-Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you, too.

I am Damian, I'm the resident choreographer.

-Hi, Damian. This is Adam, one of current performing Billies.

-Hi, nice to meet you.

-We're here to teach you some dance moves.

-Oh, lovely.

-All comfy?

-Yes.

The piece that we will learn today is called Solidarity.

It is the part in the show when Billy is learning how to dance, basically.

-One... two. Turn. Move it around.

-That's it.

-One.

-And turn.

# Solidarity, solidarity

# Solidarity forever... #

Good girl.

# Solidarity forever... #

This is a real West End stage

and you are always sitting watching and it's exciting, but it's even more exciting performing on stage.

Now you're going to need these for the next part of your fix-it.

-They're are beautiful, thank you.

-You're welcome.

# You're off to see the wizard The wonderful Wizard of OZ

# You'll find he is a wiz of a wiz...#

It's massive.

I'm Kate, the director of The Wizard Of Oz.

We are going to show you the magic that we used to bring the world of Oz to life.

-Oh, my gosh!

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Come on, let's go for a walk.

-I can't stop smiling!

-That's good! Here we are.

-Hope that wasn't too scary.

-I really enjoyed it, thank you very much for having me.

-You're going to have to hurry if you want to get to the next part of your fix-it. Do you know what to do?

-Yes.

MUSIC: "I'm A Believer" by Smash Mouth

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Is that Emma?

-Yes.

-Nice to meet you, Emma.

-Do you want to come into the tower?

-Thank you.

I was wondering if you could be my little helper for the day.

Yes. Yes, I will.

# And then I saw her face... #

How did that feel?

Oh, hi, Emma.

-Hi, it is your five-minute call.

-Cool.

-Break a leg.

-Thanks very much!

I know that you have always dreamed of being on the West End stage, so I have got a little surprise for you -

-your very own Princess Fiona dress.

-Oh, my goodness.

-And shoes.

-Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my God!

Thank you!

A few weeks ago, she wrote into Jim'll Fix It and asked if she could appear on a West End stage.

Please welcome Emma!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

-Give me a kiss.

-Thank you.

Take a bow, right in the middle.

# I believe, I believe I believe... #

Ladies and gentlemen, Emma!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You were great! Fantastic!

Can you believe that?

Only nine years old and already been on four stages,

took me 20 years to get on one.

So, tell me, what was the highlight for you?

All of the shows were so exciting,

-but my favourite, my highlight, was definitely Shrek.

-Really?

Is that because Kimberley is sitting next to you?

I did just prod her!

So what was it like being in front of thousands of people?

-It was so exciting, it was a dream come true.

-Were you nervous?

-I don't think I was, Mum and Dad were more nervous than me.

-Really?

-And you got to meet everyone as well.

-Yes.

So, Kimberley, tell us how this young star did.

She was an absolute natural.

-And she has a great attitude as well, which I think you need. I think she will go very far.

-Wow.

-Emma, that is coming from Kimberley!

-And she looked great as Princess Fiona.

Well, Emma, there is one thing missing.

You have no idea how excited I am about this.

I am about to give out the first medal in 17 years.

-Are you ready for this?

-Yeah.

-OK. Watch there, ready?

Da-da-da-da!

-Especially for you.

-Wow!

Wow!

Kimberley, if you would like to do the honours.

It says, "Jim fixed it for me."

If you ever lose it, though, on the back it says, "With Shane." OK?

If someone finds it, just send it to the BBC. Or even Walford! I'll always get it. So, Kimberley...

-I'm really excited to be holding a real...

-It's not for you, love!

No, just to be holding one, I would have loved this when I was your age.

-Look at that!

-It gives me great pleasure to present you with this.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Ladies and gentlemen...

-Just to interrupt for a second,

we've also got a few little gifts from Shrek.

You've got your very own Princess Fiona crown,

I'll just put that on for you. Beautiful.

And, because you looked so fantastic as Princess Fiona,

we thought we would give you the outfit to keep.

Wow! Look at that.

Ladies and gentlemen, Kimberley and Emma!

CHEERING

Now...

We'll see what we've got in here.

Now, I've been reading all your mail

and my eye was caught by a letter from Joshua in Yorkshire.

"Dear Shane, please can you fix it for me

"to be like Willy Wonka for a day."

"I would love to visit a chocolate factory to see how

"chocolates are made. I also have lots of ideas

"for new chocolate inventions,

"which I really want to try and make while I'm there."

So, not just a chocolate-lover, but also an inventor!

It's time for Team Fix-It to find a factory. Not a problem.

Then we sent Joshua off with his chocolate bar designs

to meet a real-life Willy Wonka.

-Good morning.

-Good morning.

-You must be Joshua.

-Yes.

My name is Lee, I'm the master chocolatier,

-and today, I'll help you bring some of your creations to life.

-Thank you.

-Would you like to follow me?

-Yes.

-OK, Joshua, do you want to take me through your designs?

-Yup.

-OK.

So my first design is called Surprise!

This chunk is white chocolate, this chunk is milk chocolate

and this chunk is dark chocolate.

My next design is called Blast.

There's a sharp citrus orange flavour,

dark chocolate to blast your mouth.

My last design is called Treasure.

There's toffee or fudge inside.

-This is your favourite one, yes?

-Yes.

-Shall we have a go at creating this today?

-I'd love that.

Thank you.

-Excellent.

-How does that feel?

-I like it.

-Fantastic.

# Sweet sugar candyman. #

This was the mould that we thought we'd use.

So, it will look like the top of a treasure chest.

To help us bring the treasure to life,

we've got some actual gold dust that we can brush into the mould as well.

-Does that sound good?

-Yes.

-Excellent.

-Do you want to get messy and chocolate?

-Yeah!

-OK.

That's great, that's really good. How does that feel, Joshua?

-It feels great.

-So, these are the coins, yeah? Give it a good stir.

Coins in the treasure chest.

# Who can make a sunrise? #

What's in this tank?

-In this tank? 20 tons of liquid chocolate.

-Wow!

Look at the speed of this.

-This actually wraps 600 bars a minute.

-Wow!

-# The candy man.

-Oh, the candy man can... #

We've got your drawing that you sent through to us.

We'll see how we can make that more into a logo. Like that? Yeah.

-Could we have the sky a different blue to the sea?

-How about that?

-We thought, a little parrot as a mascot.

-That's great.

OK, Joshua, so that's the wrapper design looking great.

I think it's time to go and taste the finished bar, don't you?

-Yep.

-Great. Thanks, Andy.

-Cheers.

OK, Joshua, the moment of truth!

Can I see how it tastes?

You may, very much so.

This is the first-ever Treasure bar. It's excellent!

APPLAUSE

Well, Josh, what a great day that was!

What was the highlight of the whole day?

-When I was making my chocolate.

-But how much chocolate did you eat in that whole day?

I think I ate about three Kit Kats,

and I ate one-and-a-bit of the Treasure bar.

-Lee, how well did he do?

-He was fantastic, Shane.

A real inspiration for us all, and I think he ate his own bodyweight in chocolate!

Well, let's have a look at the finished bar, shall we?

I'll press my magic button, let's see what I've got here. Oh!

Wow! Joshua, you lucky boy! Look at that!

AUDIENCE: Woo!

Isn't that fantastic? This is Josh's invention.

Listen, we've got something very special for you as well. If I press this button here.

Because, look - especially for you...

-Lee, if you would like to do the honours, my friend.

-Fantastic.

-Oh, wow!

-That's great. OK, Joshua, congratulations.

-Thank you.

You are a real-life Willy Wonka inventor.

-Shane, actually, one last thing as well.

-OK.

For doing such a great job,

we thought we'd have to commission his own special chocolate Jim'll Fix It badge as well.

That's for you, Josh.

Josh, look at that. That is fantastic.

We think we have an apprentice chocolatier in the making.

We would love to keep in touch and offer Josh a future apprenticeship.

Get out of here, are you serious?

APPLAUSE

Josh, you might think this really rude,

-but, I have got to test it, am I right?

-Yes.

-The big test.

Actually, I don't know why I am surprised,

that is really, really good.

Do you want to try some?

CHEERING

I suppose, because it is Christmas, hold on.

WHISTLES

Wow, look who it is. Come on, Joshua, come over here with me.

Let's go and see Santa.

Ho ho ho ho!

-Hello, Santa.

-Hello!

-Hello.

-Merry Christmas.

-I'm Shane, this is Joshua.

-Hello, Joshua.

He's a modern-day Willy Wonka, and I think we might have some chocolate bars for us.

-We certainly have, they are wonderful. The elves eat them and everything.

-Look at these.

Who would like some down there? Do you want some down there? Go on, grab. There we go.

A big hand for Lee and Joshua!

APPLAUSE

Is there room for one more? Can I squeeze in?

Who didn't get a chocolate bar? there we go, enough to go around.

-One for you and one for you. Hello, young lady, how are you?

-Fine.

My name is Shane. I hope you do not mind me asking, have you ever written to Jim'll Fix It?

-Yes.

-Yes, and what is your name?

-Kristin.

And can you remember what you asked for?

To be a fairy and to fly like her and wear a pretty fairy dress.

Is that what you wrote in and asked for? In fact, I already knew that.

Because I have your letter right here.

You wrote in asking to be a fairy. We better see what we can do about that.

Why don't you and your mum follow Santa over there and we are going to catch up with you later,

-is that all right?

-Yes.

-Brilliant. Can I look after the chocolate? Thank you!

There she is with Santa!

Thank you, my dear. Wave goodbye!

Ho ho ho! Come on!

Now, some people are keen on their hobbies,

and that is certainly the case with 12-year-old Mitchell.

He wrote, "Dear Shane, can you fix it for me?

"I am the ultimate racing fan."

"My favourite racing driver is Lewis Hamilton.

"I have always wanted to meet Lewis and pick up on some of his driving skills."

That's from Mitchell, aged 12, from Burnham in Buckinghamshire.

OK, so let me get this straight, Mitchell.

You want to meet and hang out with one of Formula 1's biggest stars, year?

Have you any idea how busy Lewis Hamilton is?

Not a problem, I give Lewis a lift the other morning.

He was trailing his caravan and got stuck on the M25

and he promised that he would return the favour. Have a look at this.

MUSIC: "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith

Mitchell.

-Hey, how you doing? Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you.

How's things?

'm so excited to meet you. I'm the ultimate racing fan.

-Serious? You know about the cars?

-Yeah.

What do you want to do when you're older?

I definitely want to be an F1 driver.

-Wicked. So you have to make sure you work hard at school.

-Yeah.

-I have a car downstairs. I thought you might want to go for a spin.

-Yeah, sure.

Yeah? We'll go and have some fun out there.

# Oh, yeah... #

So who's driving, me or you?

You're a bit young for that for now, so I think I'll take you for a spin.

-All right then.

-Is that cool?

-Yeah, that's cool.

MUSIC: "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac

-Have you ever been round a track before?

-No.

No? Might be a little bit different.

-OK.

-He seems really cool and chilled about it!

130mph. 140mph. 150. 160.

-That was sick!

-LEWIS LAUGHS

-Is that the fastest you've ever been?

-Yeah.

Ever been sideways before?

Woo!

-Good?

-Yeah.

Whoa!

-Lewis Hamilton takes pole position!

-Yeah.

All right. Give me five, man.

Today has definitely confirmed that I want to be a Formula 1 driver

and hopefully be Lewis's team-mate.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done. You're the man.

How excited were you to meet the man Lewis Hamilton?

It was amazing!

-How fast were you going?

-170.

-Was that the top speed?

-Yeah.

-Did you feel like you wanted to be sick?

-No.

Did you not sit there with G-force, going, "Slow down!"

Have you got any tips to give him as a driver?

No, I can't give him any tips, he's too good.

-Did he give you any tips?

-He said if you want it that badly you've got to keep at it.

Good lad, but not near my house. Stay on the track!

I've got something very special for you, young man. Look at this.

Especially for you, young man. Here we go. Come here.

"Jim Fixed It For Me."

And on the back, in case you lose it, my name's there.

But that's not all. I've got a little something else for you.

Look at this, buddy. Look at that.

And that is from Lewis Hamilton.

Look at that!

Good lad.

And what about this?

-Look at that. That's a signed helmet.

-Love it.

Thanks to Lewis Hamilton and a round of applause for Mitchell here.

Well done, buddy.

Good lad.

Now earlier we met Kristin, who more than anything wanted to be a fairy.

Let's see how she's doing.

APPLAUSE

Wow!

Kristin. Hello.

Do you think you can fly? Yes? You can fly for me?

OK, all you got to do is just wave your magic wand.

Go on. Off you go.

Kristin, you're flying!

Whoa!

We've got our very own fairy!

Yay!

Hold on.

You know what, hold on, I've forgot something.

What I should have done before I sent you up there

-was to give you your badge.

-LAUGHTER

I'm sorry, listen - I guess I'll have to bring it up there myself,

so could you wave some magic fairy dust?

Oooh! I'm coming up. Yes!

-MUSIC: THEME FROM STEPTOE AND SON

-Yes! Hello, you!

Hold on, let me try and come over to you now.

LAUGHTER

-You all right there?

-APPLAUSE

Congratulations! Listen, you are really now a fairy.

Hasn't she been fantastic, everybody?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Good girl. Now, we've got just time for one more fix-it. It says...

"We would really like you to persuade Mr Alfie Boe,

"the famous opera singer, to meet us.

"We have written stories to him about our class hamster

"that we named after him."

HE SINGS OPERATICALLY

ALL: "Yours sincerely..."

Well, I think everybody here knows Alfie Boe. No, no, not the hamster!

I mean the singer Alfie Boe! That's him! Yes, him.

The star of Les Miserables, a man with a sell-out tour.

I had a talk with Alfie,

-cos we're always going to karaoke together, me and him.

-LAUGHTER

Anyway, he said he would love to help.

# Bring him peace

# Bring him joy

# He is young... #

Hello.

CHEERING

-How are you? Are you OK?

-ALL: Yes.

It's lovely to meet you all.

-Is this Alfie?

-ALL: Yes.

Where is he? Hello, Alfie.

How long have you been singing?

I've been singing since I was a kid, since I was your age.

How long can you hold a note, and please can you show us?

Erm, I'll have a go.

SINGS NOTE

So, I've got a question for you.

Would you all like to come and join me in the studio

and sing a Christmas carol?

ALL: Yes!

# Have yourself a merry little Christmas

# Let your heart be light

# From now all your troubles will be out of sight

# Have yourself a merry little Christmas

# Make the Yuletide gay

# From now all our troubles will be miles away

# Here we are as in olden days

# Happy golden days of yore

# Faithful friends who are dear to us

# Gather near to us once more

# Someday soon we all will be together

# If the fates allow

# Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow

# So have yourself a merry little Christmas now. #

CHEERING

Wow!

-Right... Oh, thank you!

-LAUGHTER

So, Alfie, Alfie, Alfie.

-Sorry, man!

-What was it like singing with this lot?

Fantastic, they're great. They're coming on tour with me now.

Are they! Oh! You have just been singing with Alfie Boe.

What was it like?

ALL: Amazing!

Yes! Kristin, I need your help here, darling.

Can you give us some fairy dust?

Good girl! Here it comes down now.

Wow, look at this! Isn't this a beauty?

# Jim'll Fix It. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You two can hold there for me like that. Have you got it?

Me and Alfie will run round

and wrap you up in this GIANT Jim'll Fix It ribbon like that.

While I do that, a big, big round of applause to Oak Class...

..and both our Alfie Boes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, that's all we have time for,

and a huge thank-you to all the people

that have helped make tonight so special

and not least to the children.

Their dreams have come true and I hope yours do to,

so hopefully we'll see you again soon.

-Meanwhile, have a fantastic New Year, good night. See ya!

-CHEERING

# Your letter was only the start of it

# Getting better and now you're a part of it

# Now you've done it Shane has fixed it for you

# And you and you

# There must be something that you always want to do

# The one thing that you always wanted to

# Now you've done it Shane has fixed it for you

# And you and you and you. #

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