0:00:02 > 0:00:05- On zee Graham Norton Show tonight. - A brilliant actress.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07A singer most incroyable.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08An hilarious actor.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11And zee world's most famous fashion designer. Oh, it's no good.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14I can't keep up this silly French accent, can you?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17- What silly French accent? - Let's start the show!
0:00:17 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:26This programme contains some strong language
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Very kind, thank you very much.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49Hello, good evening, welcome, bonjour tout le monde.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Something for everyone on my sofa tonight.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Yes, my favourite TV detective, DCI Vera herself,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Brenda Blethyn is here!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier is on the show!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10APPLAUSE
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I know. That's what you wore!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And star of Episodes and Green Wing,
0:01:15 > 0:01:16the hilarious Stephen Mangan is here!
0:01:16 > 0:01:19APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Plus, ladies and gentleman,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26a true showbiz legend, performing one of his greatest hits,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29He not only writes the songs, he sings them as well,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32it is Mr Barry Manilow! On this show!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I know!
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Lovely.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Of course, I'll be talking to Jean Paul Gaultier about the infamous
0:01:44 > 0:01:47conical bra he designed for Madonna.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Do you know what, it looks good on Madonna, doesn't it?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Less good on other women.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58That's a hard one to wear.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The great thing about fashion designers like Jean Paul is
0:02:01 > 0:02:04that they're full of brilliant, simple ideas
0:02:04 > 0:02:07for everyday things to wear, chilling out at home...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Going to the office...
0:02:10 > 0:02:13A spot of gardening, you know.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Just throw it in the washing machine.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Back in the '90s, Jean Paul also championed the kilt.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23There he is in his kilt. Yeah, and everyone was wearing them.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Looking good, Barry Manilow!
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Tell you. There he is at the start of the gig.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Here he is at the end. Oh!
0:02:32 > 0:02:36I can see his Copacabana!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Barry and Brenda are both such icons.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Barry of Las Vegas, and, thanks to Vera, Brenda of Newcastle.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46They're not so different. Vegas has hotels.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49So does Newcastle.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Vegas has gambling.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54So does Newcastle.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Vegas has scantily clad singers.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00And so does Newcastle.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05APPLAUSE
0:03:05 > 0:03:09I'll also be chatting to Stephen Mangan about his new role as Postman Pat.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Someone close to Postman Pat is hell bent on world domination.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Don't want to give away any spoilers,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19but here's Pat's black and white cat.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24That's all coming up later,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26plus more of your stories in the red chair.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Let's get some guests on.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Later, I'll be having chat and music from Barry Manilow!
0:03:30 > 0:03:34First, it's Stephen Mangan.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36APPLAUSE
0:03:42 > 0:03:46It's Jean Paul Gaultier!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48APPLAUSE
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Asseyez-vous!
0:03:53 > 0:03:58And it's time to say "aloe Vera" - it's Brenda Blethyn!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Beautiful. Beautiful. Hello, my darling.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Welcome all. Lovely to see you all.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16Now, Jean Paul, if at any moment you are lost in the programme
0:04:16 > 0:04:20or aren't following things, Brenda Blethyn speaks French fluently.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Absolument.- Perfect.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- You do, don't you?- No!
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- You do a bit!- I do a bit! I'm just learning.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I found this wonderful teacher in Ramsgate and she's teaching me.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38I'm making a film entirely in French at the end of the year. My God.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40You have to learn quickly, no?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Yes, yes. Keep talking to me.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Oui...
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It starts well. "Oui" is already there.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Stephen, you've done a French accent, in Chunky Monkey?
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Yes, with Alison Steadman I played a French cabaret singer.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03He was a bit of a love God, he thought he was a love God.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06French is tough. It's a tough accent to do.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I just mumbled a lot and hoped I got away with it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13"You are so beautiful." That sort of thing. Oui, oui, oui.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I understand better, to be honest.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Brenda, were you worried when you heard Jean Paul was on the show?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Of course.- I think you look nice.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29She looks fabulous. I love the jewellery.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Thank you.- Very elegant, classy.- Stephen?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Fabulous, I love the blue and I love the shoes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Shiny, look at myself.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41They are superb.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Of the four of us, you look like you made the least effort.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I'm feeling like we needn't have bothered.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52"Jean Paul is coming... Really?"
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Stephen, do you know who you are wearing?- This is Spencer Hart.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I did catch a look in the mirror on the way in
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and it looks like I work for Lufthansa.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I should be serving drinks.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I thought it was a nod to Postman Pat.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07It's the Royal Mail blue.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It has a bit of Pat about it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Total fluke, but it does, now you say that.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13I thought it was good!
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I don't want to put you on the spot, Jean Paul,
0:06:16 > 0:06:20but if you were going to design a costume
0:06:20 > 0:06:22for, say, a high-ranking, powerful police detective,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26a female detective, no nonsense attitude, great mind,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28how are you seeing her?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- What sort of outfit?- A detective? - Yes, very powerful, very clever.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33No nonsense.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I should like to make like a version,
0:06:36 > 0:06:41like a feminine version of Sherlock Holmes image, no?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Who?- Sherlock Holmes.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45He's a very famous detective.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Corsetry, Sherlock Holmes type of...
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Or something about a trench coat.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- This may help you.- Trench coat.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Did you, in your mind's eye, see this at all?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Nothing to change. Perfect.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Excellent. Perfect detective. - Where did you find that hat?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I have never seen the like.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It looks like the sort of thing you get to go on safari
0:07:12 > 0:07:14and even then you don't wear it.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19I found it in a fishing shop in Newcastle.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22It is all your own work?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Yeah. That hat is.- Good stylist.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I thought I'd lost it in the middle of the last series.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29There were ructions trying to find it.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33We'd already shot some scenes with it on, so we had to find it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35We did find it,
0:07:35 > 0:07:40but meanwhile, I'd bought another four. Just to be on the safe side.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44You wouldn't have thought that outfit was high fashion in any way.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45But then your friend...
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Yeah, he was on a theatre tour in Italy
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and there was a whole window display.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53It was like Vera standing in the window.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55He took a picture of this.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It's like you're a trendsetter.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01You've inspired designers' collections.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- "We've gone Vera." - Are you wearing Vera?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Currently on Sundays, ITV at 8pm, I love this show.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15It's one of those shows you just, "Oh, good, that's on."
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Is it true, when you were reading the script,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20you were waiting for the part you were playing to show up?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Yeah, I didn't know, from the novels of Ann Cleeves,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I didn't know her work.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I hadn't got a script yet, I rushed out and got the books.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I was halfway through before this character came in.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I thought, where is she? It was a tiny part.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Then it says, "The door of the church opened and in lumbered
0:08:36 > 0:08:41"the scruffiest woman ever, with carrier bags, like a bag lady.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45"She was huge." I thought, that can't be her.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I thought they're offering me like a Jane Tennyson.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56Why have they thought of me for this part? It was a bit shocking.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Then I read on and I loved the character.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Obviously, because of the books, that's why it's in Newcastle.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- Did you think, Geordie, no problem, Brenda can do that?- No.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I never think that. I had to work at it.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- You hadn't done it before? - No.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Can you give Jean Paul a bit of Geordie.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You have to coach me.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- DCI... - DCI.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Vera Stanhope.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Huh? - Vera.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Dera. - Vera.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24- Dera. - Vera!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Vera.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Stanhope. - Stanhope.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Let's just applaud that and say it was very good.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35APPLAUSE
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Let's hear Brenda in action.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45This is a clip from this Sunday's episode of Vera.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Right, door knocking round the parish, house to house, pub,
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Post Office, if they've still got one.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54All the usual standard questions, did they know him,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57what did he do, and when did you last see him?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- At this stage, let's say missing. - Village folk will believe anything.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02He's right. They'll all know.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Here we go. Uses of hair.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Voodoo, wig making.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Crop protection, acts as a repellent.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Explains a lot, our Ken.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Against deer. They won't go near anything that smells of people.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19If hair repels them and fodder attracts,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23confuse the beast, you've got him where you want him, right?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25With me.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28APPLAUSE
0:10:28 > 0:10:32That's so beautiful. That part of the world is gorgeous.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39How did they make your hair look that bad?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Well, actually, it shouldn't really look that bad.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48I made a film in New Mexico and I had my hair bleached white for it.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52And it all broke off. It started snapping.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55So when it was dyed... It's been dyed,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59because I start series five in a couple of weeks.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01But it kept snapping off.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04So it looked like a rat had been gnawing it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Now, we know how good Brenda is at accents.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Your American accent, we heard that in a River Runs Through it,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15which was flawless, with Brad Pitt, no less.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21Films are fake but this really was filmed in the wilderness in America.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Yeah, it was in Montana.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Didn't you have wildlife encounters?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Oh, I tell you what, there was one time me and the make-up department
0:11:30 > 0:11:34went for a walk up into the mountain into the wilderness,
0:11:34 > 0:11:38in the mountain, and there was not another soul for miles.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41We drove to the bottom of the mountain and walked up.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Halfway up, we had walked for an hour-and-a-half,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and I was getting a bit puffed.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51I said, "I'll tell you what, I'll sit here and wait on this log
0:11:51 > 0:11:52"and wait for you to come back."
0:11:52 > 0:11:55They said, "We'll be 45 minutes, no more."
0:11:55 > 0:11:59I kicked a log, made sure there were no snakes under it.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I sat down. It was so beautiful,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04just me and nature.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06It was beautiful.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10I thought, I'll look in the brochure. There was an insert
0:12:10 > 0:12:13in the brochure. It said,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16"Ladies, attention, under no circumstances,
0:12:16 > 0:12:21"venture into this area if you are menstruating
0:12:21 > 0:12:25"because of the bears..."
0:12:28 > 0:12:32LAUGHTER
0:12:37 > 0:12:40That was the longest 45 minutes!
0:12:41 > 0:12:45I thought they would come back and find my T-shirt.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I was so scared.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- But no bears.- No, there were loads of bears.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54They weren't attracted to you?
0:12:54 > 0:12:55They're attracted to...
0:12:55 > 0:12:58No! I get it!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I understood the brochure, Brenda.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You survived, that's the main thing.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13It wasn't all bad because you got to be directed by Robert Redford.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Apparently, the first meeting with him didn't go that well?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I didn't audition for it. Somebody else saw me.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I first saw him on set. I turned up on location
0:13:23 > 0:13:27and saw him coming out of a trailer and he went, "Brenda!"
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I thought, "Oh, it's Robert Redford."
0:13:30 > 0:13:34He came over and gave me a big hug and nearly winded me.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36And said, "Let's talk about this character."
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Went inside his trailer, he said, ""Now this woman, she works hard.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46"She knows work and if things get tough, she just, she just..."
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I said, "Gets on with it." He said, "Excuse me?"
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I said, "She just gets on with it."
0:13:53 > 0:13:55He said, "Oh, yeah, yeah."
0:13:55 > 0:13:59He thought I said, "Oh, get on with it!"
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Yakety yak, yak.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09"I've got bears to meet."
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Because, Jean Paul Gaultier,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17you had a bizarre meeting with the diminutive pop star Prince
0:14:17 > 0:14:20when you were... was it the Fifth Element?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23You were designing costumes. He was supposed to be in it.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It was in Paris, he was coming for a show.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27He phoned and says he would like to come
0:14:27 > 0:14:30because he was supposed to play the role that did...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Chris Tucker. Get on with it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38He was supposed to do that role.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42He arrived, Prince, with his bodyguard and that's it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45I say, "Hello, Prince, how are you? Welcome to Paris."
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Hmm, mmm. Turning around.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52He had these big, big high heels like that. Very elegant, in some way.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59He looked and I say, "Hello, I show you the clothes," because nobody saw.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04I thought maybe he wants me to present him myself. So if he likes.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10I start, and I arrive to one, it was a sketch.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13It was done like for him because it was quite extravagant.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16I love him also to be like that. So like fishnet, all fishnet.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Like total suit in fishnet, with some hair, curly hair, like not rasta,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27but like afro hair, here and here and here,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31and I'm explaining, "Like hair here and here and here.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36"It's made like that. Even like you have a faux-cul there..."
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Alors...
0:15:38 > 0:15:42"Make something like that." I said, "Yes, like a faux-cul."
0:15:44 > 0:15:48He said three or four words and then he left.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51After that, it was quite strange, the situation.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54After, he received a phone call, like from Prince,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56saying that he didn't like so much...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58"It was too gay," the clothes,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00because there was something like "fuck you."
0:16:00 > 0:16:04He thought that I said...
0:16:04 > 0:16:10like "fuck you," you know? He thought that I wanted to fuck him or whatever.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14So that was it. A big mistake, a big faux pas.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16But I still don't...
0:16:19 > 0:16:22But Jean Paul, what were you saying?
0:16:22 > 0:16:26It's my accent! I'm sorry, but a faux-cul.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31It's something like a pompadour on Marie Antoinette.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I see! And while we're talking about meeting famous people,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Stephen Mangan, you got to meet Robert De Niro.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Yes.- In New York? - At the Tribeca Film Festival.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44A couple of times in my life, I've seen people I really admire
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and not gone over to say hello but I thought I had to say hello,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50so I sort of steeled myself. I'm really nervous.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54And I walked up to him and I said, "Hello, I'm Robert De Niro."
0:16:54 > 0:16:57LAUGHTER
0:17:03 > 0:17:07And he said, "No, I'm Robert De Niro."
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I said, "Sorry, you're Robert De Niro,"
0:17:09 > 0:17:11and I left, that was it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Blew it.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18But you can see how that would happen.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Your brain goes to scramble.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24And talking about meeting famous people, Brenda Blethyn is an OBE.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Who did you meet when you got the OBE?- Prince Charles.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Who did you bring? - I took my old aunt.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34She was about 90 at the time.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36What a lovely thing to do.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I said, "Do you want to come to Buckingham Palace with me?"
0:17:38 > 0:17:41She said, "Oh, yes. Will I have to wear..."
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I thought she was going to say "a hat."
0:17:43 > 0:17:47"Will I have to wear my teeth?"
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I said, "Not if you don't want to!
0:17:49 > 0:17:54"But it will be a long day. I'll have to take the wheelchair.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56"You'll get tired walking around."
0:17:56 > 0:18:01She said, "All right." And we turned up, and when we got there,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04they said because she was in a wheelchair,
0:18:04 > 0:18:05she could go right to the front.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10So she was wheeled by this bloke all done up, right to the front.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15And when the trumpet fanfare started for the entrance of royalty,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20Auntie Fran shot out of that chair and stood to attention!
0:18:21 > 0:18:24"Sit down! Sit down"
0:18:26 > 0:18:30They'll think you've come up here on false pretences!
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Did Prince Charles know you?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I had met him before.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- I do stuff for the Prince's Trust.- Old friends!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Showbiz mates.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Jean Paul, you are slightly obsessed by the British royal family?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51You seem to like the British royal family.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Yes, I love them, definitely. I think they are fabulous.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57In France, we are not educated with the royal family,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59because we killed them, you know?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05It's very exotic and I love it! I think it's fabulous.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11The fact that at the same time we are fascinated, we killed them,
0:19:11 > 0:19:16but after we took an emperor as well. Napoleon.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18So it is the stupidity of the French.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I'm part of that stupidity.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22We hate them and love them.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25We admire them in England, but they have to stay in England.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29They are fabulous, and love them.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I love the Queen Mother, how she was dressed, the hat.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38I have a fixation, a fetishism about the hat of the Queen Mother.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42But the opening of your big exhibition here in London,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45is this supposed to be the Queen?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Yes...
0:19:47 > 0:19:49She looks so tiny.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Because I am very tall!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I have changed a little of the look.
0:19:55 > 0:20:02She is wearing a white motorbike jacket, like a shawl.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06She was quite nice in leather with the white mink.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09But you know she went in a helicopter for the Olympics,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11so she can take a bike.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Yes. But listen, this exhibition, it is fantastic. I've seen it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I really, really enjoyed it. It's called The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier
0:20:19 > 0:20:21from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and it's here in London at the Barbican
0:20:23 > 0:20:25until 25th August.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30- Then it continues around the world, no?- Yeah.- Yeah, yeah. Very good.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Now, I didn't quite know what to expect.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36You think an exhibition of clothes will slightly be like posh shopping.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- But it's so much more than that. - Yeah. Yeah.- Things like...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43This is so special that they've lent us this,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45this is your own teddy bear...
0:20:45 > 0:20:51- Yes. My first muse. - ..which is very fragile.- Tres.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Now, they very kindly lent it from the exhibition,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56so if you saw the exhibition today, you didn't see this. Sorry.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- We had it.- It's a real one. - What's the name of your teddy bear?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Nana.- Nana.- It's a little monster.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- My little monster.- Here is Nana.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10LAUGHTER
0:21:10 > 0:21:11I explain. I explain why.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15So, it was before Madonna having the cone bra. You know why?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Because I wanted to have a doll and to dress a doll.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22My parents said that for a boy, it was not good to have a doll.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27So I took my little teddy bear and tried to make it like a doll.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29So it's a kind of transvestite...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31LAUGHTER
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- And this is the original cone bra? - It is the original cone bra.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38My first muse. I put him make up, like...
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- It's adorable.- Those eyebrows... - His eyebrows.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- The shade of colour on here is called...- Has he dyed his hair?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Yes. I dyed the hair. Exactly.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Sometimes it was... But it was not going well, the black.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- A little lipstick.- You know what is this here? It's an operation.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57It was a long time ago, it was the first operation,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00open-heart, Professor Barnard in Canada.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I wanted to do the same thing.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05But he has the cone bra, I couldn't. So I made it here.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07It was my version, you know.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- How old is this bear? - He must be, like...
0:22:15 > 0:22:20a little younger than me, so he must be like 50, 50 something, 56.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Wow. Looking terrible.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24LAUGHTER
0:22:24 > 0:22:27You know, it's already... Bon, bon.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Does Madonna know that her bra was first modelled on this?
0:22:31 > 0:22:35No, she thinks that it was done only for her. But no, I did it before.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- I think she would have loved it. - I should put this down.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42She would not have appreciated it.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44She'll say, "I will look like that? No."
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- Oh, dear. I'm putting Nana down. - It's very fragile.- Yes.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- Very, very fragile. - But he is the star of the show.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- And thank you very much... - Has he got a name?- Nana.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Nana.- Nana. It was from a movie, of the '40s, '50s,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01she was like a heroine.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02A little prostitute.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05LAUGHTER
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- He has been busy.- Et bon.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12So, yeah. So, the Madonna thing, you worked together,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- you got her in the costumes and everything.- Yep.- But then I'd forgotten...
0:23:15 > 0:23:18This picture was everywhere at the time, but I'd forgotten
0:23:18 > 0:23:19this picture until you were coming on.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23How do you get Madonna to do this? Cos that's real.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28- That's all Madonna.- Please, I didn't push her to do that.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- I didn't oblige her. She did it by herself.- OK.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I must say that the dress, I did it,
0:23:32 > 0:23:37but the idea to take off the jacket, it's her idea.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- She's a very good director.- She wears it well. She wears it well.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Everything is real.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Oh, yes.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Now...
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- We will not say names but...voila. - That was then.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Now, actors do find themselves in these intimate situations.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Weren't you filmed in a bath, Brenda?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Oh. Yes.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08How do you know that?
0:24:08 > 0:24:12I was in a film for the BBC called Floating Off. It was about...
0:24:14 > 0:24:19It was about selling a peer on the stock market
0:24:19 > 0:24:24and there was one scene where I was in a bath, like a bubble bath,
0:24:24 > 0:24:29and I thought I was supposed to get up, out of the bath.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33The camera's like this height looking at me in the bath
0:24:33 > 0:24:35and I stood up...
0:24:35 > 0:24:39so there was a gasp...
0:24:39 > 0:24:42from the entire studio and then a silence.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And I thought, "Nobody's said cut. What's going on?"
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I was covered in bubbles...
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and the camera was right here.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53LAUGHTER
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- Bit embarrassing.- Bit embarrassing, yes. Does that film exist somewhere?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Somewhere, yes.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Stephen, this is quite shocking.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- What's the name of this play? Birthday?- Birthday, yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07This is Stephen Mangan in Birthday.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10LAUGHTER AND GROANING
0:25:10 > 0:25:13What? What's wrong with that?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16It's not as bad as it seems, ladies and gentlemen.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I know you just think you've seen Stephen Mangan naked,
0:25:18 > 0:25:19but explain why we haven't.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23There's a man over there who looks like he's seen a ghost.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Shocked and appalled.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Yeah, I play a pregnant man.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31This was last year at the Royal Court. I played a pregnant man
0:25:31 > 0:25:35and they made a prosthetic, full body costume.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37The Dougie-like breasts,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41the pregnant belly and a prosthetic penis.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I mean... It's...
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Can I just say, by the way, Stephen brought this picture?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49We didn't have this picture.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51He decided we should see it.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I bring it with me everywhere.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- Yeah, my wife's not keen on that photo.- Is it on the piano at home?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02On the front door. At least they know what they're getting.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- Do you sign it for fans? - People write in. Postman Pat fans...
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- ..will be getting that. - Children rocking and sobbing.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18- But did audiences realise that it was prosthetic?- They... Well...
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I mean, they see me give birth in the play. That was what happened.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- OK.- We wanted to show the indignities of giving birth,
0:26:25 > 0:26:30but it happening to a man and people might realise how unpleasant it is. At one point, I have to try and pee
0:26:30 > 0:26:32in front of a lot of other people.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35We thought, "Well, we've got this prosthetic penis, let's get it out."
0:26:35 > 0:26:38We thought, "If people think it's fake, they'll laugh.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41"If they think it's real, they won't."
0:26:41 > 0:26:44It was the quietest...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I've ever heard 600 people in a theatre to be.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Just lots of jaws... People looking away in disgust.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52A couple of people tutting.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55And I have to stand there and pretend to try and pee for a while.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57It went on. It was about 90 seconds of...
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- I didn't get it out after that.- No. - Kept it in its cage.- Keep it away.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Now, how to follow that? Well, I know.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Let's talk about Stephen Mangan's new movie, Postman Pat.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10CHEERING
0:27:10 > 0:27:13The toddlers have sat through quite a lot to get to this bit.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18There's a lot of four-year-olds going, "Finally!"
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- "Yakety yak, fashion."- Whatever. - "Yakety yak, prosthetic penis.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23"Yakety yak...
0:27:23 > 0:27:26"Finally, we get to my movie."
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Yep. This is the target audience.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It's out on 23rd May.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Your own children must be so geeked, cos how old are your kids?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- I've got two boys. Six and three. - This is perfect for them.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Perfect age. I was so excited when I got the job. I rushed home.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I said, "I'm Postman Pat!"
0:27:46 > 0:27:47"No, you're not, Dad.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50"That's Postman Pat. You're not Postman Pat."
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I'm very excited that they're going to see I am actually Postman Pat.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55In fact, we went to the Lego movie recently
0:27:55 > 0:27:57and there was a trailer for Postman Pat
0:27:57 > 0:28:01and during the trailer it said, "Starring Stephen Mangan,"
0:28:01 > 0:28:02in letters about 60-foot wide.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04The two of them were like that...
0:28:04 > 0:28:06LAUGHTER
0:28:06 > 0:28:09..in their seats. So I'm excited, yeah.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Now, in case any toddlers are listening, we don't want
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- any plot spoilers. Don't ruin it for everyone.- OK.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18But give us a taste of what happens to Postman Pat.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Well, it's hard cos Postman Pat, in five-minute sections, it's one thing.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- But you've got to go on an emotional journey over an hour and a half.- Yes.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27He's the nicest character ever created.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- I mean, he hasn't got a nasty bone in his body.- Or indeed any bones.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Any bones!
0:28:35 > 0:28:36So...
0:28:36 > 0:28:40So, he's seduced by fame and glamour.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43There's troubles, there's troubles with his wife.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45He falls out with his kids
0:28:45 > 0:28:47and there's a bit of argy-bargy with Jess.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- AUDIENCE GASPS - No!- The gasps!
0:28:51 > 0:28:57It turns out he has an amazingly, jaw-droppingly good singing voice.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58- Wow.- A bit of like a Susan Boyle.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01He goes on a talent show
0:29:01 > 0:29:04that's run by a man called Simon Cowbell.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- Are you making this up? - This is the plot.- It's improv.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Brenda's like, "No, no, but seriously, what happens?"
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- And that's the story, yeah, he's seduced by fame.- Wow.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Auntie Fran used to do her exercises to Postman Pat.- Did she?- Yeah.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Sitting in the armchair.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25# Postman Pat, Postman Pat
0:29:25 > 0:29:28# Postman Pat is a very nice chap. #
0:29:28 > 0:29:30It's the right sort of rhythm, isn't it?
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Jean Paul, has Postman Pat made the journey across the Channel?
0:29:34 > 0:29:35No.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37LAUGHTER
0:29:37 > 0:29:40You just looked a bit blank. I thought, "He's not following this,
0:29:40 > 0:29:42"is he? He's following this."
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Let's have a clip. Now...
0:29:45 > 0:29:47this is complicated. Postman Pat...
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- He does go to the dark side a little bit.- Yes, he does.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55There's also the Patbot which is a robot Postman Pat
0:29:55 > 0:29:58which was introduced by an scrupulous character in the film.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I don't why I'm telling you this.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05This is the clip and if you are of a nervous disposition, be warned.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09This is Postman Pat trying to escape
0:30:09 > 0:30:11the dreaded Patbots.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17More Patbots. Carbuncle isn't taking any chances.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19What do we do now, Jess? We have to get inside.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21JESS MEOWS
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Manoeuvre 17.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Hurry, Jess! Hurry!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Here they come, Jess.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49What was that?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Oh, my God.- That's terrifying. - Terrifying.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55That's for children?! Children are going to watch that?
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- My children will never sleep again. - Oh, dear.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Now, listen, it is time to meet our singing guest tonight.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06This man really is one of the all-time musical greats.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome,
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Mr Barry Manilow.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Sit down. Barry Manilow, everybody!
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Barry Manilow's here! Hello.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Always a pleasure, never a chore.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I've been enjoying the show down in the dressing room.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- You guys are great.- And we have Mr Jean Paul Gaultier on the couch now.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- I know you love fashion.- Are you going to bring up that picture?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Well, there's many pictures, in fairness, Barry.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55There was a wide selection to choose from.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59That... I got in such trouble with that Copacabana jacket.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03That's what I was going to say. The Copacabana jacket. Look at it!
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- I knew he was going to do that. - Yeah, but it's a fabulous jacket.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Wonderful.- It's truly great. Honestly, I love it.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- I got in such trouble with that. - No, it's great.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14It's Copacabana, this fun, up-tempo, silly song.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I thought, "How am I going to stand there and sing it seriously?"
0:32:17 > 0:32:21So, I had them make me a silly Ricky Ricardo rumba shirt.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Did I ever tell you the story about the Smithsonian?
0:32:24 > 0:32:25- The Smithsonian Institute?- Yeah.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28They asked me... They wanted to put it at the Smithsonian.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I mean, how could I take that seriously?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33This jacket at the Smithsonian?!
0:32:33 > 0:32:35So, I gave an interview to somebody and I said,
0:32:35 > 0:32:39"I always knew it would wind up in an institution someday."
0:32:39 > 0:32:41LAUGHTER
0:32:41 > 0:32:45And they got insulted and they sent it back to me.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- No!- I still have it. Anybody want it?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- They put in the mail?- They did.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54They sent it back. They didn't like that joke.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- No sense of humour over at the Smithsonian.- That's shock...
0:32:58 > 0:33:01If I was you, I'd have sent it back again.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- "Sorry, I don't know..." - I love that shirt now.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- It reminds me of really great times.- Yeah, you should.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- Jean Paul, have you done the...? - A little, but not that much.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I think he did truly a lot. I love it.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16That's coming from Jean Paul Gaultier!
0:33:16 > 0:33:19You have to be strong to wear all of those frills because it's like...
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- It must be heavy. - It weighed a tonne.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25And to sing with it, fab.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- Fab, fab.- Would you wear that, Stephen?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31I might later, if you've got it with you.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32I don't carry it with me.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36We'll keep checking eBay. It'll show up eventually.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Now, what brings you to our shores?
0:33:39 > 0:33:43I'm doing a tour here now and again. I come back every few years.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47You can't get rid of me. I come back every few years and I do a tour.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- So, we begin in Wembley. - These are big gigs.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55- Next week, you're doing the 13th and 14th at Wembley Arena.- Right.- Now...
0:33:55 > 0:33:58things I never thought I'd say.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Barry Manilow will be appearing at Ipswich football ground.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04LAUGHTER
0:34:04 > 0:34:06You know...
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I don't know how I got so lucky.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12I'll make them have a good time.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15This year, it's a smaller band, not the royal philharmonic any more,
0:34:15 > 0:34:19but it's a smaller band. A small, powerful band. It's fun.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Because the new album, Night Songs, which has done incredibly well,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25that is a totally stripped-back sound.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28It's an amazing experience, this Night Songs album.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30It's just me playing the piano and singing
0:34:30 > 0:34:33some of the most beautiful standards ever,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35written by some of the greatest composers.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40You know, I looked at the charts and it entered at the top ten,
0:34:40 > 0:34:42I didn't know the people around me.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45They're so young
0:34:45 > 0:34:48and they're so different to this little album.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I'm so happy that people are getting to hear this great stuff.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Now, Brenda, do you have a favourite Barry Manilow song?
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Um... Well, I like lots of them.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02What was the one I was singing in the dressing room just now?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04# Lola, she was a showgirl. #
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Copacabana.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Now, Jean Paul Gaultier, are you familiar with Barry Manilow's songs?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Yes. Copacabana is my favourite, of course.- OK.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- Two votes for Copacabana.- Even Kylie Minogue, she's singing it
0:35:14 > 0:35:18in her last concert. She did it.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- It was great.- Thief.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- And Stephen?- The one sung to me at school by all the other kids...
0:35:25 > 0:35:27# Oh, Mangan
0:35:27 > 0:35:28# When you came... #
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- Lovely song.- I love that.- Well, he's not singing any of those.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36What are you singing for us tonight?
0:35:36 > 0:35:40- You'll hear it when they first note comes out, I bet you know it.- OK.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Do you need to go get ready? Are you ready?- I'm ready.- You're ready.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Audience, all ready?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46CHEERING
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Ladies and gentlemen, it is Mr Barry Manilow.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:14 > 0:36:19# I've been alive forever
0:36:19 > 0:36:23# And I wrote the very first song
0:36:25 > 0:36:31# I put the words and the melodies together
0:36:31 > 0:36:32# I am music
0:36:32 > 0:36:36# And I write the songs
0:36:38 > 0:36:44# I write the songs that make the whole world sing
0:36:44 > 0:36:49# I write the songs of love and special things
0:36:51 > 0:36:56# I write the songs that make the young girls cry
0:36:56 > 0:36:58# I write the songs
0:36:58 > 0:37:02# I write the songs
0:37:07 > 0:37:13# My home lies deep within you
0:37:13 > 0:37:17# And I've got my own place in your soul
0:37:19 > 0:37:24# Now when I look out through your eyes
0:37:24 > 0:37:26# I'm young again
0:37:26 > 0:37:30# Even though I'm very old
0:37:32 > 0:37:37# I write the songs that make the whole world sing... #
0:37:37 > 0:37:41I see you singing out there. Sing a little louder.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43# And special things
0:37:44 > 0:37:49# I write the songs that make the young girls cry
0:37:50 > 0:37:52# I write the songs
0:37:52 > 0:37:54# I write the songs
0:37:56 > 0:37:59# Oh, my music makes you dance
0:37:59 > 0:38:01# And gives you spirit to take a chance... #
0:38:01 > 0:38:03That's it!
0:38:03 > 0:38:05# And I wrote some rock 'n' roll
0:38:05 > 0:38:09# So you can move
0:38:09 > 0:38:11# Music fills your heart
0:38:11 > 0:38:14# Well, that's a real fine place to start
0:38:14 > 0:38:16# It's from me, it's for you
0:38:16 > 0:38:18# It's from you, it's for me
0:38:18 > 0:38:21# It's a worldwide symphony... #
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Come on!
0:38:23 > 0:38:29# I write the songs that make the whole world sing APPLAUSE
0:38:29 > 0:38:35# I write the songs of love and special things
0:38:36 > 0:38:42# I write the songs that make the young girls cry
0:38:42 > 0:38:43# I write the songs
0:38:43 > 0:38:48# I write the songs
0:38:48 > 0:38:54# I write the songs that make the whole world sing
0:38:54 > 0:39:00# I write the songs of love and special things
0:39:01 > 0:39:07# I write the songs that make the young girls cry
0:39:07 > 0:39:09# I write the songs
0:39:09 > 0:39:14# I write the songs... #
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Listen to the music!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18# I am music
0:39:18 > 0:39:24# And I write the songs
0:39:25 > 0:39:30# And I write the songs
0:39:31 > 0:39:42# I write the songs. #
0:39:42 > 0:39:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Wow.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Barry Manilow, everybody!
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Genius. Come here, sir.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Barry Manilow!
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Thank you so, so much. Grab a seat there.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Grab a seat there and we'll be out here in a second. You sit there.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13That is so beautiful.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- What a treat.- Thank you. - Thank you very, very much.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17You are lucky people! Yeah.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21In another land, they're paying to hear that. OK.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Just time for a quick story or two in the red chair. Who's there?
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Who's there?
0:40:25 > 0:40:29- Hello!- Hi.- Hi. What's your name?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30- Alexi.- And where are you from, Alexi?
0:40:30 > 0:40:34- I'm from London.- OK. And what do you do in London?- I'm an events manager.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37She's an events manager, everyone!
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Oh! Who knew we'd meet an events manager tonight?
0:40:41 > 0:40:46I wasn't expecting it. Designers, singers, actors, event managers.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48All human life is here.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50What sort of events?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- I work for an accountancy firm.- Oh.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54LAUGHTER
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Wow. And you managed to get the night off.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00OK. Off you go with your story, Alexi.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03OK. So, I was driving home for Christmas,
0:41:03 > 0:41:05bringing back my grandparents.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09My grandma was in the back of the car and she gets travel sick.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12So we were driving along and she was feeling really bad,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- so we gave her a plastic bag and she unfortunately...- Can I just stop you?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Actually, I'm just going to do that.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22"We gave her a plastic bag?!"
0:41:22 > 0:41:25You stop the car, you rude cow.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27LAUGHTER
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Your grandmother's feeling ill.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35What is wrong with people?!
0:41:35 > 0:41:38They didn't put it over her head, did they?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40That would quieten her down.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- Let's see who's in the chair now. Oh, hello.- Hello.- What's your name?
0:41:45 > 0:41:51- I'm Andy.- Andy, are you from New Zealand?- Yes.- We love New Zealand.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- You must have toured New Zealand? - I've never toured New Zealand, no.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- You're kidding?- No.- You're kidding? - I would love to, but I never went.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- But you've been everywhere. - I know. Everywhere but New Zealand.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Let's hear his story.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Let's hear his story.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Off you go with your story.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10OK. So, I was out for a run with my friend, Dunc,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and we were running past...
0:42:12 > 0:42:13LAUGHTER
0:42:13 > 0:42:17..a park and Dunc really needed to go for a poo.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- We saw...- Can I just stop you?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24That's why you've never been to New Zealand.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28So, we saw a toilet block and there was a men's
0:42:28 > 0:42:32and a woman's and we ran over to the men's and he was busting,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35he really needed to get this thing out of him.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38The men's was closed. At this stage, he didn't even care,
0:42:38 > 0:42:42so he went over to the women's toilet and that was closed as well.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45So, he's frantically looking around, "Where can I go? Where can I go?"
0:42:45 > 0:42:49So he ran over to this bush and crouched down behind this bush
0:42:49 > 0:42:51and he went and about 30 seconds later,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55I saw... This big German Shepherd, came bounding over
0:42:55 > 0:42:58and Dunc pulled his pants up, jogged off.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03Then about 20 seconds later, the owner of the German Shepherd
0:43:03 > 0:43:08came over and she was like, "Oh, Roy, you naughty boy!"
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- LAUGHTER - Puts a bag on her arm,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14picks up the poo, ties it to her belt
0:43:14 > 0:43:17and then just wanders off with the poo dangling from her belt.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Well done! Very good story. Very good story.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Well done, everyone. If you'd like to join us on the show
0:43:25 > 0:43:27and have a go in the red chair, you can.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Contact us via our website at this very address.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34A huge thank you to my guests tonight, Mr Barry Manilow...
0:43:34 > 0:43:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:36 > 0:43:39..Stephen Mangan...
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Jean Paul Gaultier...
0:43:41 > 0:43:43and Brenda Blethyn...
0:43:43 > 0:43:46CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:46 > 0:43:49And join me next week with music from Sam Smith,
0:43:49 > 0:43:52action man Bear Grylls, comedian and writer Dawn French
0:43:52 > 0:43:54and Hollywood star Kirsten Dunst.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56I'll see you, then. Good night, everybody. Goodbye.