0:00:02 > 0:00:04Tonight on the show, he is the Voice, Sir Tom Jones.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05From Silent Witness, Emilia Fox.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09And king of the action men, Steve Backshall. Let's go.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Oh, now, that's too much. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26We have a mother and daughter here tonight.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29A mother and daughter who share an interest.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Where are Lesley and Harriet? Where are...? Oh, they are down...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Oh, hello. There they are.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Well, I don't know, which is the mother and which is the daughter?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- Lesley, the mum?- Yes.- Hello, Lesley, nice to have you here.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- Hello, Harriet.- Hello.- Oh, what a lovely voice you've got.- Aww-ww!
0:00:44 > 0:00:46LAUGHTER
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Not so much when you did that, I'll be honest!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- What's the interest that you share? - We show miniature horses.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Show them what? Show them a good time?!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- Oh, you exhibit them!- Yes.- Wow!
0:00:57 > 0:01:00We've just qualified our new one for the Horse Of The Year Show.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03He's called Bryn.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05No, really!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Really.- Named after anybody in particular?- Well...
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Yeah, because we went to Wales to go and get him
0:01:12 > 0:01:16and he came from, like, the top of this massive scary hill.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Well, "bryn" means "hill" in Welsh. - It does.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- So you've named him after Bryn. - We did.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Oh, that is lovely. And what sort of horse is he?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26He's a miniature one.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28LAUGHTER
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Cheap shot that, really, wasn't it!
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- Is he a male or a female?- Well, he's in all the stallion classes.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Ah, like myself then! Like myself.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- How tall?- Erm, he's about 30 inches.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Like myself!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Well, listen, it's wonderful to have you here. It's love...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- HE COUGHS - Sorry, I'm a little horse.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55LAUGHTER
0:01:55 > 0:01:56APPLAUSE
0:01:56 > 0:02:00We wish you a lot of luck with showing your miniature horses.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02OK, thank you very much for coming.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Right, in a moment, Emilia Fox and Steve Backshall.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08But first, ladies and gentlemen, the greatest voice of them all,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Sir Tom Jones!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Now, then...
0:02:27 > 0:02:32The first thing to say to you is to congratulate you on The Voice,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36because number one, you won The Voice, which was fantastic.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37But it must have been...
0:02:37 > 0:02:40It went very well, but it was a bit of a gamble for you. It was very different.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Erm, yes. The first time I've ever done a show like that.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- But I watched the one in America and I thought it was a good idea.- Yeah.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- It was different from other talent shows.- Yeah.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- I liked the blind-audition thing. - People loved that, didn't they?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Yeah. That was so... Just listening to singers
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and hitting that button when I heard something that I liked.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07So you have no preconceived ideas about what people look like.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- You're not getting thrown by your eyes.- Yeah.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14That's all it is, basically, the sound of the person's voice.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Were you often shocked, when you turned, by what you saw?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Erm, not really. Unless, there was a fella on there
0:03:20 > 0:03:24sounding like a girl. You know?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Sometimes, you know, you expect a girl
0:03:27 > 0:03:29and you turn around and it's a fella.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Yeah, I've been in a few bars like that!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33LAUGHTER
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Let's talk about the Jubilee.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Lots of people said they thought you were the best thing on it. I was there and it was amazing.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- I remember seeing you talking to Paul McCartney.- Yeah.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Two knights of the round table! - Yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49What do you talk about when you get together?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- We talk about the old days. - Do you?- Yeah.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56A lot of the times, when we did this, TV shows and all that.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00But the thing that surprised me, which was a very nice surprise,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Paul said, "Could I introduce you to my grandson?"
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Yeah.- So I said, "Of course!
0:04:07 > 0:04:08"OK."
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- So this little boy comes in and he's a charming kid.- Yeah.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16And he said, "I love you on The Voice." I said, "Oh, thanks."
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- He said, "I voted for Leanne."- Aw.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And I said, "Well, you were the one that must have tipped the scales,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- "you know, your vote." - Yeah.- "You think so!?"
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- So I thought, well, that's great. And Paul said, you know... - That's lovely.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32When have you been in a situation where you've gone,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34"Bloody hell, look at this, look who's here!"?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38You've met pretty much everybody, haven't you? I could throw names at you.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Sylvester Stallone, have you met him?- Yes.- Do you know him well?- Yes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- What does he say to you? - "Hey, Tommy, how you doing?"
0:04:43 > 0:04:45LAUGHTER
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Arnold Schwarzenegger, have you met him?- Yes.- What does HE say to you?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Well, I... LAUGHTER
0:04:51 > 0:04:54It's very similar. LAUGHTER
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Only with an Austrian accent. - Bruce Willis?- Yes.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58I sang at his birthday party once.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Demi Moore, you know, his wife, said, "Could you come up and sing?"
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I said, "Sure." So, I did. That was nice.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08We became friends, so I know Bruce pretty good.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Now, I love talking to you about Elvis and Vegas,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12but you've talked about that so much.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I want to talk about the first time you went to America.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Because it wasn't to Vegas, wasn't it?! New York was your first one.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Yeah. I went to do an Ed Sullivan Show.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24And then, the same year, I did Dick Clark.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29He had a tour going on called, The Caravan Of Stars.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I thought, "Wow, that sounds good."
0:05:32 > 0:05:35You know, so I went on there.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Did you travel down into the Deep South? - Oh, yeah, we went all over America.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Cos in those days, there was still segregation?- Yes.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- When was this?- '65. - Oh, right, OK.- The summer of '65.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49So the closest I got to any trouble with that, there was a singer,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52a male singer called Mel Carter.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55We got friendly. He was a black fella.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00We were in one of these coffee shops, somewhere.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02And these white fellas took umbrage, you know?
0:06:02 > 0:06:06They called him names, so he snapped, and rightfully so.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10The paddy wagon came up, you know, the Black Maria.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12They slung him straight in the back there
0:06:12 > 0:06:15and he was going nuts, you know, trying to...
0:06:15 > 0:06:18And the police, of course, were all there. White police!
0:06:18 > 0:06:21So I said, "Excuse me..." You know, trying to be...
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I said, "You haven't even listened to what happened."
0:06:25 > 0:06:28And this policeman said to me, "Stay out of this, boy."
0:06:28 > 0:06:32And I'd never seen police with guns.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36He put one hand on my chest and he said,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40"I'm going to ask you one more time, you going to stay out of this, boy?"
0:06:40 > 0:06:43And he went for his gun. It was coming out.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48And I saw a headline, you know, "Tom Jones got shot in Mississippi."
0:06:48 > 0:06:52I thought, Jesus. When you're confronted with a weapon...
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- That's a very upsetting experience. - Oh, terrible.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59And the acts you would have liked from that era were people like Ray Charles?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Yeah. I was listening to, erm, blues singers like Big Bill Broonsy.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10You know, when I was younger, and then gospel like Mahalia Jackson.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Yeah.- And some country people like Hank Williams.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17So those people were very important. Brook Benton.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- # Rainy night in Georgia...# - That's right.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23# Looks like it's raining all over the world
0:07:23 > 0:07:27# Neon signs a-flashin'
0:07:27 > 0:07:30# Taxi cabs and buses passin'. #
0:07:30 > 0:07:31LAUGHTER
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Shut your face! - LAUGHTER
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- We are having a lovely moment. - LAUGHTER
0:07:38 > 0:07:42We never... We only ever see you there, entertaining.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46What are you like at home? Where do you live? You live in Los Angeles?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Yeah, yeah.- And do you sing around the house?- Erm, sometimes. Yeah.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I've never seen you, ever on any television programme, playing the guitar.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Well, to be honest, I don't play very well.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03I only ever learned to strum a few cords.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I never, I never really...
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You put that there on purpose, didn't you?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I would never do something... Do you want to have a look at it? I'll just show it to you.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13LAUGHTER
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Just, just have a little feel of it. Oh, there's no strap on it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You'll have to sit down. There's a plectrum there, though.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Has anybody ever seen Tom Jones with a guitar? Never.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Well, let me see.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27STRUMS
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- It's in tune, anyway! - That's a start.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33LAUGHTER
0:08:33 > 0:08:36STRUMS AND HUMS
0:08:36 > 0:08:39# I just got your letter, baby
0:08:39 > 0:08:43# Too bad you can't come home
0:08:43 > 0:08:47# I swear I'm goin' crazy
0:08:47 > 0:08:50# Sittin' here all alone
0:08:50 > 0:08:51# Since you're gone
0:08:51 > 0:08:55# I got a mess of blues
0:08:58 > 0:09:00# Whoops, there goes a teardrop
0:09:00 > 0:09:03# Rollin' down my face
0:09:05 > 0:09:08# If you cry when you're in love
0:09:08 > 0:09:11# Sure ain't no disgrace
0:09:11 > 0:09:15# I got to get myself together
0:09:15 > 0:09:18# Before I lose my mind
0:09:18 > 0:09:21# I'm gonna catch the next train going
0:09:21 > 0:09:25# And leave these blues behind
0:09:25 > 0:09:27# Since you're gone
0:09:27 > 0:09:30# I got a mess of blues
0:09:31 > 0:09:34# Since you're gone
0:09:34 > 0:09:41# I got a mess of blues. #
0:09:41 > 0:09:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- Tom Jones! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Tom Jones. Have a seat, Tom. Beautiful.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Thank you for that. - That's all right.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00What are you like with pathology? Do you like pathology?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04If I knew what it was, I could give you an answer.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06We're about to find out, please welcome my next guest,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09the brilliant star of Silent Witness, it's Emilia Fox.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:25 > 0:10:30- Emilia, Tom. Tom, Emilia.- Yes, how are you?- That was fantastic.- Thanks.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36- That's the highlight of the year, isn't it?- It's pretty much for me. - Well, well.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Now, pathology, Tom...- Yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- The study of dead bodies, et cetera, clues, am I right?- Yes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Emilia's in Silent Witness and has done many series of it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47But it must have been a difficult one to research.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53To research it properly, you'd have had to have been seeing dead bodies.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- I went to see two autopsies. - You went to actual autopsies?- Yes.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- So, you literally saw them... - Yeah. Mm. All of it.- What's it like?
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Well, erm, I was worried that I was going to be...
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I'm very squeamish in real life.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11So I didn't want to sort of hold the process up
0:11:11 > 0:11:13by being embarrassing or anything.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16But actually, it's so riveting, what happens
0:11:16 > 0:11:20once they open up the body, and finding out how someone died.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25I think that might be why people still like Silent Witness.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27The clues are in the body, not just, you know, the sort of whodunit,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32"Where were you last night, Mrs Miggins?"
0:11:32 > 0:11:34And, so, I became fascinated by that
0:11:34 > 0:11:38and it stopped me feeling like I would faint or anything like that.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41God, I mean, the first time you see them...
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Stop.- ..put the incision in.- Stop!
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Does stuff squirt out when they do that? - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:11:47 > 0:11:50You're all wondering it! Does stuff...
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Do you really want to know? - Yes, I do.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57- I do want to know.- No.- It doesn't? - No.- Some autopsy!
0:11:57 > 0:11:58You know, what we...
0:11:58 > 0:12:03But the thing is, once they get the saw out to do the brain,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06then there are bits that fly out.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- They don't fly out?!- They do, when you're sawing through something.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12LAUGHTER
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- And also then, the pulling down of the skin.- All right, all right.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- We'll give it a rest now.- You wanted to know!- Only up to a point. I don't want to upset Tom.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21LAUGHTER
0:12:21 > 0:12:26- So, you met real pathologists to research for it. - They're with us all the time.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31I presume they have a great sense of humour to sort of compensate for what they're doing.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- They do.- And they always encourage us to have humour in the show.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Because it's a lot of medical chat. - Jargon.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Do you understand what you're saying or do you just go with the flow?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I don't understand it when I read it,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46but when I get on set and have it explained by the pathologists,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50and then you've got the body there in front of you, and so, it's easy.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51You've got a picture to go to.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It's remembering the actual names of things.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- All right, let's put this to the test.- OK.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I've written a new series, Tom.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Yes.- CSI Cardiff.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05LAUGHTER
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- All right, there's a script for you. You play Doctor Tom. OK?- OK.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- It's there. Emilia, you play Emilia. - Yes.- OK?- Thanks.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I play Chad.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18LAUGHTER
0:13:18 > 0:13:19I understand.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22So, what's the autopsy result, anything out of the ordinary?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Blunt force trauma to the trachea. - What about the thoracic spine exam?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Shows no evidence of vertebral body collapse,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30pedicular sclerosis or vocalytic abnormality.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Good, any anterior wedging?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35LAUGHTER
0:13:35 > 0:13:36No, no, no.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45I have to be able to use the word "wedging" without contempt, please.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49We'll go back on that line. Sorry, Tom. We'll go back on that line.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Shows no evidence of vertebral body collapse,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55pedicular sclerosis or vocalytic abnormalities.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Good, any anterior wedging?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58GIGGLING
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Mild at the L2 vertebral body,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Schmorl's nodes are evident through the lumber vertebral bodies
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and a lumbarised S1 transitional vertebrae is evident.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08So what's the verdict?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10SHE LAUGHS
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I think we need a second opinion.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13LAUGHTER
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Doctor Tom?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I agree with her.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21LAUGHTER
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Nice. Nicely done. Very nicely done.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Thank you. That was good. That was very good. That was beautiful.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Tell me about Silent Witness. Is there a new series coming?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Yes.- What are you laughing about? What's the matter?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Um, yes, we're filming a new series at the moment.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- What will that be, number... - 16.- Wow, that's...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That's a very popular show, isn't it?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Let me ask you a question you're not expecting.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50What's your favourite animal?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52LAUGHTER
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- I think today it's flamingo. - Thank you. Tom?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Erm, I like dogs.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02A flamingo and a dog. I'm glad we've sorted that out.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04You're going to like my next guest.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07From smash-hit programme Deadly 60, please welcome Steve Backshall!
0:15:07 > 0:15:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:21 > 0:15:23- Have a seat, sir. Have a seat. - Thank you very much.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Deadly 60 is a fantastic show. It is so popular.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32This is the Deadly 60 show, Steve goes round the world looking for the 60 deadliest...
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- I've seen it. - You've seen it, Tom, OK.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35For those that haven't, before we talk to Steve,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38have a little look at this clip. Fantastic.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Here we go.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:47 > 0:15:50They are absolutely extraordinary snakes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Oh, my goodness, look at the size of this.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55No way!
0:16:01 > 0:16:02APPLAUSE
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Wow! That's impressive.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07The crocodile jumped out at you.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Was that the scariest thing from your point of view? It looked terrifying.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14The scariest bit of that was that we were actually lowered underneath
0:16:14 > 0:16:18the helicopter, into the nest of a female saltwater crocodile.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20She was actually on top of the nest when we did that.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24That was very frightening because you are in her environment.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28A female crocodile will lay down her life to protect her nest,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31her hatchlings, her young. So, yes, that was very intimidating.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Wow, wow. What about the snake?
0:16:33 > 0:16:38- That was in a cave, presumably, and it was eating a bat. - Yes, those are non-venomous snakes.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42It wasn't any danger to me, but the kind of freaky part about that was,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I was in the cave for about three or four hours beforehand and they were bothered by the lights.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48They wouldn't hunt while the lights were on.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50The only way I could do it was by having an infrared camera
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and looking into that, having no light on whatsoever.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56So, crawling around in this cave with bats coming thundering past,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59snakes everywhere, just hoping to get that moment,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01when one would snatch a bat out of the air.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06- Have you ever been bitten?- I got bitten on the leg by a crocodile.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Well, it's given me a rather nasty scar to show off at dinner parties.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15- Or chat shows!- Or chat shows! - Where is it?- It's down here.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- It's about there. Can you see that? - Oh, yes, we can. Look at that, yes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'll be honest with you, that is disappointing.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22LAUGHTER
0:17:22 > 0:17:25We were expecting something absolutely dreadful.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29So, that was a crocodile. Were you invading their territory and that happened?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33I was going through a swamp, looking for green anacondas.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I was feeling around with my feet for the snake
0:17:36 > 0:17:42and instead, I trod on a crocodile's head and it bit me, funnily enough.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44What's the most dangerous animal you've ever encountered?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Well, it's kind of a dull answer actually, because it's the mosquito.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52The mosquito is the only one that is statistically dangerous to human beings.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Snakes, really, are not dangerous to people.- They are. They are.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- They can bite you, they can crush you.- They can.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01The one in Jungle Book hypnotised the little boy.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03LAUGHTER
0:18:03 > 0:18:06There he's working with the element of surprise.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10And the hippo. There's the hippo that does the thing with the...
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- That's actually far more frightening, I have to say. - ..when you're in the water there.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19I'm much more likely to have close calls with things like hippos, buffalo and elephants than with...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22There is no snake that can outrun a human being.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25In every situation when you're in front of a snake,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27it would rather move away from you than attack you.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- Are you sure?- I promise. - What if it's sleeping?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- I'm sorry.- What about if it's sleeping and you sort of...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Step on it.- ..step on it by mistake?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39That's the only time that snakes can be dangerous.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The only places are places like Sri Lanka, Burma and India,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44where people work in the fields, and they're walking around barefoot
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and there are snakes around that have sit-and-wait attack strategies.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- There is a danger... - They have a strategy?- Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52LAUGHTER
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Bloody hell, those are organised snakes.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55LAUGHTER
0:18:57 > 0:19:01You have a story, don't you, Tom, about your, erm, your first manager?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05The guy that discovered you, Gordon Mills. He loved animals, yes?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Yes, my original manager, you know,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10he loved animals and endangered species.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13So, he built a zoo in his back garden
0:19:13 > 0:19:15on St George's Hill in Weybridge.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- He had a gorilla and an orang-utan. - A gorilla and an orang-utan?- Yes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21- In Surrey?- Yes.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22LAUGHTER
0:19:22 > 0:19:27And he had leopards and, erm, tigers.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29He came up with this idea one day.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32He said, "You know what, for a picture,
0:19:32 > 0:19:38"a great picture would be for you to go into this cage
0:19:38 > 0:19:42"and have the tiger come up with his paws on your shoulders."
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I said, "I don't fancy it."
0:19:45 > 0:19:48He said, "Don't worry about it, I'll be in there with you."
0:19:48 > 0:19:50So there was a photographer that came in there with us.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56This tiger took a dislike to him, I suppose, and he pounced on him.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And had him by the head.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02And was dragging him through the water,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05this pond that was in the middle of the thing. Right?
0:20:05 > 0:20:10So I'm like, "Jesus!" Gordon said, "Don't..."
0:20:10 > 0:20:13So, I'm right behind Gordon. I've gone right behind him now.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Now, if you've ever had a tiger stare at you, it's unbelievable.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21They have these eyes. And I thought, "Oh, I'm next."
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Well, I got hold of Gordon
0:20:24 > 0:20:25and I had him like a shield.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27LAUGHTER
0:20:27 > 0:20:30And I was up against the side of the cage, on the inside.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I was moving along like this.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I thought, "If this thing jumps, you've had it!"
0:20:36 > 0:20:38LAUGHTER
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I just got to the gate and got out.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Then he said, "Oh, we'll calm it down and we'll try again."
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Meanwhile, the photographer,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50the camera had come up and hit him in the face.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53So he was in Gordon's bar, trying to drink cognac.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56And I said, "And you want me to go back in there?! No, no."
0:20:56 > 0:20:59There's a pattern emerging tonight where your life has been threatened.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01If it's not a gun, it's a tiger.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02LAUGHTER
0:21:02 > 0:21:07Now, Steve, Tom has said how much he loves your shows.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I do, seriously, love the way that kids look up to you. You're such a positive role model.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Are you aware of that, of the example that you're setting?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I'm very lucky. I guess we're always told that kids are fat and lazy
0:21:18 > 0:21:21and spend all their time sat in front of the TV or playing on computers.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26I just don't see that. I see enthusiastic, active, interested, intelligent young people,
0:21:26 > 0:21:30which is one of the great privileges of my job.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34By watching YOUR shows, you're kind of taking them in the other direction, which is lovely.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40I guess I'm hoping to show that by switching on to the natural world, it can just make life better,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43by spending some time outside, by learning about birdsong.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46The second you go outside, you have all these stories going on.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50It has to start in your own backyard because this is our history.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55If you live in Surrey, I mean, you could find orang-utans, gorillas, leopards!
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Let's have some questions from the audience. First is John Dennis.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Where are you, John? Oh, he's there. Down the front. Hello. Who is you question for?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- I've got a question for Sir Tom. - Is that a Welsh accent, John?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- It is, yes.- Cracking.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12LAUGHTER
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- Tidy.- Tidy. - LAUGHTER
0:22:17 > 0:22:18APPLAUSE
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Sir Tom, I'd love to know, what's your karaoke song?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26LAUGHTER
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- Do you ever do karaoke?- No. - Of course not, it's Tom Jones.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I mean, I've never sung at a karaoke.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39If someone held a gun to your head, which, let's face it,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41is quite likely, the way things have gone.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Yes.- What would you do?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- It would be a Jerry Lee Lewis song. - Great Balls Of Fire.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Could be Great Balls Of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin'.- Lovely.- You know?
0:22:50 > 0:22:55- Emilia.- I'd just hope I wasn't in the same karaoke bar as Sir Tom.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59What do you think? Like, Black Velvet or something like that.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02# Black velvet...# That's all about Elvis. Did you know that?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- The girl who did it is Canadian. - Alannah Myles.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05What about you, Steve?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I would probably sing something that was so bad,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11that I would be forced to give up very, very quickly.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Something by Radiohead and just have people screaming for me to stop.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Yes, I think they would.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18LAUGHTER
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Paul Hunt. Where is Paul? He's over there. How are you?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- I'm not bad. You?- Good, thank you. Have you been all right?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- I'm very well, thank you. - What have you been up to?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27LAUGHTER
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- Keeping busy?- Yes, ducking and diving.- Who's your question for?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- My question is for Sir Tom.- Right.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Sir Tom, I met you when I was just three years old,
0:23:38 > 0:23:39and you picked me up.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I can say now that is not going to happen tonight.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45LAUGHTER
0:23:47 > 0:23:49What's your question?
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Now I'm older, would you fancy a pint with me?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- Are you up for that?- Yes. - I have somewhere special.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- OK, you up for it?- Yes.- Let's do it. Come on down. Come on down, Paul. This way, Tom. Come over here.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03APPLAUSE
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Say hello to Sir Tom.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Come around here. There's one for you, look.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Thank you very much.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- And Sir Tom. Here's one for you. - Thank you.- One for me.- Cheers.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- Cheers.- Cheers.- Cheers. All right, let's have a pint.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21LAUGHTER
0:24:21 > 0:24:25APPLAUSE
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Oh, look at the time. Let's drink up.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Lovely.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40WHOOPING
0:24:40 > 0:24:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:47 > 0:24:49MAN: Go on, Tom!
0:24:49 > 0:24:55CHEERING
0:24:55 > 0:24:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Thank you, Paul. Thanks very much.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06APPLAUSE
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Tom, you're going to sing for us, yes?- Yes.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11You're going to do something from the new album. Fantastic.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Do you want to go over and get ready?- Yes. - Thank you, Tom. Tom Jones.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18APPLAUSE
0:25:18 > 0:25:21And before we hear from Tom, please thank my lovely guests,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Emilia Fox and Steve Backshall.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:27 > 0:25:30And now, from his fantastic album, Spirit In The Room,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34performing Tower Of Song, ladies and gentlemen, Sir Tom Jones.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:38 > 0:25:43MUSIC
0:25:45 > 0:25:48# Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
0:25:49 > 0:25:53# I ache in the places where I used to play
0:25:53 > 0:25:55# And I'm crazy for love
0:25:56 > 0:25:59# But I'm not coming on
0:26:01 > 0:26:04# I'm just paying my rent every day
0:26:05 > 0:26:07# In the tower of song
0:26:10 > 0:26:12# I said to Hank Williams
0:26:12 > 0:26:15# "How lonely does it get?"
0:26:15 > 0:26:18# Hank Williams hasn't answered me yet
0:26:18 > 0:26:20# But I hear him coughing
0:26:22 > 0:26:24# All night long
0:26:27 > 0:26:29# A hundred floors above me
0:26:30 > 0:26:32# In the tower of song
0:26:35 > 0:26:38# I was born like this
0:26:38 > 0:26:40# I had no choice
0:26:40 > 0:26:43# I was born with the gift of a golden voice
0:26:44 > 0:26:49# And 27 angels from the Great Beyond
0:26:52 > 0:26:56# They tied me to the stage right here
0:26:56 > 0:26:58# In the tower of song
0:27:01 > 0:27:04# So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
0:27:05 > 0:27:09# I'm very sorry, baby, but that doesn't look like me at all
0:27:09 > 0:27:12# And I'm standing by the window
0:27:13 > 0:27:15# Where the light is strong
0:27:17 > 0:27:21# They don't let women kill you Not here
0:27:21 > 0:27:24# In the tower of song
0:27:26 > 0:27:29# Now, you can say that I've grown bitter
0:27:29 > 0:27:31# But of this you can be sure
0:27:31 > 0:27:34# The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
0:27:36 > 0:27:38# And there's a mighty judgment coming
0:27:39 > 0:27:41# But I may be wrong
0:27:43 > 0:27:47# You see, you hear these funny voices
0:27:47 > 0:27:49# In the tower of song
0:27:53 > 0:27:56# I see you standing on the other side
0:27:57 > 0:28:01# I don't know how the river got so wide
0:28:01 > 0:28:03# And I loved you, baby
0:28:04 > 0:28:07# Way back when
0:28:09 > 0:28:12# And all the bridges are burning
0:28:12 > 0:28:14# That we might have crossed
0:28:14 > 0:28:18# And I feel so close to everything we lost
0:28:18 > 0:28:20# And we'll never
0:28:20 > 0:28:25# We'll never have to lose it again
0:28:26 > 0:28:30# Now I bid you farewell I don't know when I'll be back
0:28:30 > 0:28:34# They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
0:28:34 > 0:28:37# And you'll be hearing from me, baby
0:28:39 > 0:28:41# Long after I'm gone
0:28:43 > 0:28:45# I'll be speaking to you sweetly
0:28:45 > 0:28:47# From the window
0:28:47 > 0:28:50# In the tower of song. #
0:28:52 > 0:28:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:01 > 0:29:06- Sir Tom Jones! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Good night.