0:00:02 > 0:00:04TV - the magic box of delights.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06As kids, it showed us a million different worlds,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08all from our living rooms.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- This takes me right back. - That's so embarrassing!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I am genuinely shocked!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Each day I'm going to journey through the wonderful
0:00:16 > 0:00:20world of telly with one of our favourite celebrities...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22It's just so silly!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24- SHE LAUGHS - I love it!
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Is it Mr Benn?
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Shut it!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31..as they select the iconic TV moments...
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Oh, hello!
0:00:33 > 0:00:36..that tell us the stories of their lives.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Oh, my God!
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Cheers!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- Some will make you laugh... - WUUURGH!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46..some will surprise...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- SQUEAKING - Oh!
0:00:48 > 0:00:49..many will inspire...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- Oooh!- Look at this!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Why wouldn't you want to watch this?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55..and others will move us.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Seeing that there made a huge impact on me.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59BABY CRIES
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Got a handkerchief?
0:01:02 > 0:01:07So come watch with us as we rewind to the classic telly that shaped
0:01:07 > 0:01:11those wide-eyed youngsters into the much-loved stars they are today.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Welcome to The TV That Made Me.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25My guest today is on our screens every day fronting the one show
0:01:25 > 0:01:26we love to watch,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30it's the gorgeous, the wonderful Alex Jones!
0:01:30 > 0:01:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Hello, Brian! Are you well? - I'm very well. I hope you are too.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- It's lovely to be here. - Come and sit down.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Well! I love this sofa. - Do you?
0:01:44 > 0:01:45- Yeah!- Are you comfy?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Having swapped her Welsh homeland for a spot on The One Show sofa,
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Alex is fast becoming one of the best known faces on the BBC.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Thanks for tuning in to The One Show with Alex Jones...- And Chris Evans.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Coming up from our top team tonight...
0:02:02 > 0:02:06In the last few years, there has been no stopping her.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Shows like Tumble...
0:02:08 > 0:02:11..and a run on Strictly Come Dancing, where she reached
0:02:11 > 0:02:16the semifinals, have all helped turn her into a household name.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18And amongst the TV that made her,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22comedy in the best possible taste from one comedian who dominated our screens in the '80s...
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Spread your legs and your arms.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29..as well as close encounters with kids and animals on S4C.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34This is a celebration of television that you know and love
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and that you've grown up with. Are you excited about that?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Really excited.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Because actually, when you think back, you can
0:02:42 > 0:02:45remember different eras by what you were watching at the time.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47I've always been a huge telly fan.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Today, we're going to watch some classic TV shows,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53but before we do that we going to rewind the clock
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and have a look at a very young Alex Jones.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Alex grew up in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, with her mum,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05a bank clerk, dad, an engineer,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07and Jenny, her younger sister by three years.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11She was seen chatting away in her native tongue
0:03:11 > 0:03:14after attending the local Welsh speaking school.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Giving up childhood dreams to be a ballet dancer,
0:03:18 > 0:03:23she headed off to university to study theatre, film and TV.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26After working briefly behind the cameras it wasn't long
0:03:26 > 0:03:29before she found herself on screen and starting her TV career
0:03:29 > 0:03:34presenting the Welsh language channel S4C.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- So what about nostalgia? Are you one for nostalgia?- Yeah, I am, yeah.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Um, you know, when we were thinking about shows we used to watch,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46it brings back really happy memories,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49especially of watching television as a family.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And I think back when we were young
0:03:52 > 0:03:55it was more of an appointment to view, then.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58People would sit down as their family - nine o'clock on a Friday,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02so-and-so is on, get the fish and chips in, and we'd all be there.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And I don't think that happens as much any more
0:04:04 > 0:04:06because you can watch things on catch-up.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I dunno, when I look back it reminds me of really happy,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11comforting, cosy times.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14And we want to make you comfy, we want to make you happy today.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Did you have any TV snacks?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19TV snacks would be mostly, well, tea and biscuits.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Tea and biscuits. Don't go anywhere. - Well, it's great service here!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I'm going in the kitchen now.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- I hope you like builder's tea.- Oh, I love builder's tea.- There you go.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Drop of milk, that's all you need.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33We have a small selection here - do you want to take any?
0:04:33 > 0:04:38Well, I'm spoiled for choice here. I think I'll have a custard cream.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Oh, custard cream! - Do you mind if I dunk?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Oh, I'm going to have a dunk as well.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- The good thing with a custard cream is they're robust.- Very robust, yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50What you don't want is a biscuit and you dunk it
0:04:50 > 0:04:52and then it goes pathetic.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Yes.- Custard cream, nice and chunky. It can withstand the tea.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Yeah, see, you've learned something today, haven't you, ladies and gentlemen?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01LAUGHTER
0:05:01 > 0:05:03A custard cream is robust!
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Good for dunking. So not a digestive, then?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I'm not opposed, I love a digestive.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I like Rich Tea, and I'll tell you why.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Because they're so thin you can eat loads of them.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17LAUGHTER
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It's time for your first choice now, Alex.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Let's take a look at an early TV memory. Here it is.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31# Sunny day... #
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Sesame Street!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35This takes me right back
0:05:35 > 0:05:37to being probably four or five.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Really?
0:05:38 > 0:05:44With over 4,000 episodes over the last 47 years, Sesame Street
0:05:44 > 0:05:47has become an institution on both sides of The Pond.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52It was originally created for nursery-aged children to prepare them for school.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56The educational content of the series was delivered by children
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and adults interacting with puppets provided by the then relatively
0:05:59 > 0:06:02unknown Jim Henson.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07# Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? #
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It reminds me of school holidays, especially summer holidays.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13We'd get up really early, Jen and I - Jen is my sister -
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and first thing we do, Mum would bring us some cereal,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20turn the telly on and Sesame Street would be on.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I used to absolutely love it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26It's one of the most vivid memories, you know, as a child.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Sesame Street was a big...
0:06:27 > 0:06:32On our street, we lived on a sort of cul-de-sac,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and all the parents bought houses at about the same time
0:06:36 > 0:06:40because they were new houses then, back in the early '80s or whatever.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43And so all the children were around the same age
0:06:43 > 0:06:44and we were all friends.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47And we'd all watch that in the morning and then we go out
0:06:47 > 0:06:51and play our own version of Sesame Street. So we were all big fans.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55What sort of games would you play that stemmed from watching Sesame Street?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Well, we had a tree in the field that was near this
0:06:57 > 0:07:03cul-de-sac where we lived, and the big tree would be Big Bird's nest.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Of course, of course.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- You've just got imagination when you're little, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11(Bert is it!)
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Oh, Bert and Ernie!- Yeah.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18The very first Muppets to appear were Bert and Ernie.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Henson himself performed as Ernie.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Fellow puppeteer Frank Oz played Bert.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- You're it, Bert!- Aaaagh!
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I'LL GET YOU! I'LL GET YOU!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I'M GOING TO GET YOU!
0:07:28 > 0:07:31It's been claimed that Bert's irritation at Ernie's endless
0:07:31 > 0:07:34harebrained schemes bore a strong similarity
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to their real-life friendship.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I'm going to get you!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- BERT PUFFS - Oh, you got me, Bert.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Actually watching it as an adult, you think, this is weird!
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Do you think it was exciting because it came from America?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Yeah, probably.- Do you think there was something about that, as well?
0:07:50 > 0:07:55I suppose. You know, we were all, as children, I suppose, um...
0:07:55 > 0:07:59obsessed with anything American. It seemed quite exotic, didn't it?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Especially in Wales.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03And of course it was educational.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06It was, yeah, because every day and have a different letter
0:08:06 > 0:08:10and a different number, one or the other. Definitely.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13So yeah, I suppose it was educational, you know.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- It won over 150 Emmys. - Did it? Sesame Street?- Mm-hm.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- 150 Emmys?- Yeah. - That's incredible, isn't it?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So, Alex, tell me about where you lived.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27So, yeah, it was a little cul-de-sac in South Wales.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Well, in Carmarthenshire. That's the house we've always lived in.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Oh, right, even to this day?- Mum and Dad still live in the same house.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Where was the telly, in the lounge?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- So our lounge, the cat used to sleep on top of the telly.- No!
0:08:41 > 0:08:43But then the telly...
0:08:43 > 0:08:45well, it sort of exploded, for want of a better word...
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Not with the cat on top of it?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- No, thankfully. But all her fur had gone into the telly...- No!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Yeah, and had blocked it.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56She used to love it because it was hot on top of the telly.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And she lived until she was 24.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- What was the cat's name?- Medi, which is Welsh for September.- September.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04She was born in September.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Has he got a cat?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10LAUGHTER
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- I shall place the cat... - Awwww! Well, now it's perfect.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- I feel right at home now.- Yeah. Happy with that, are we?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22There she is.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31The next clip I want to show you now, Alex, is from a show that your dad used to enjoy.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Spread your legs and arms.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38HE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:09:38 > 0:09:40What language is he speaking?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41It's French.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Oh, Canned Carrott!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Voulez-vous une armoire, maintenant?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Que?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49What did you say?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- It is the only bit of French I know. - What does it mean?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55"Do you want a wardrobe at the moment?"
0:09:55 > 0:09:59From the early '80s, Jasper Carrott wrote and performed in numerous
0:09:59 > 0:10:02comedy sketch shows, including Carrott Confidential
0:10:02 > 0:10:03and Canned Carrott.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05His regular characters,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09hapless detective duo Louis and Briggs, with Robert Powell,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11became so popular that they were
0:10:11 > 0:10:13given their own spin-off series in 1993.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19- Dad was obsessed with - OBSESSED with - Jasper Carrot.- Really?- Yeah.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21This was kind of on quite late at night,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I think it was about nine o'clock or something.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25So it was the last thing we were allowed to watch
0:10:25 > 0:10:28before we had to go to bed.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Then you search his jacket.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34What's this? I have found a quantity of drugs?
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Oh! I have been naughty!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I have got really vivid memories of sitting on Dad's lap,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and I would get really annoyed because he would be laughing
0:10:41 > 0:10:43so much, he would be jiggling up and down and I would fall off,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and then I'd get back on and he would laugh again and I'd fall off.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Weirdly, about, I don't know,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51a couple of weeks ago, a few weeks ago,
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Jasper Carrott presented The One Show with me.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57APPLAUSE
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Lovely...to see you. - Love to see you.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- A1, A1. Really looking forward to this.- Good!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Are you ready for all The One Show has to offer?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Dad was completely made up.- Yeah?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It was...kind of his highlight, I think.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13He said, "Well, there we are.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16"She is sat next to Jasper Carrott, I am a happy man."
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- And that is the only One Show he has ever recorded.- Really?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21The cheek of it.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25So, was comedy and laughter a big part of the Jones' household?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It was, looking back, I can remember,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I mean, that is one of my most vivid memories,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34is of watching television as a family and belly laughing
0:11:34 > 0:11:36at all sorts of things.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44What was it your mum used to enjoy?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Um, we used to like family sitcoms,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Sunday night drama, she loves, as well.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55She will watch Downton, you know really enjoyed War And Peace,
0:11:55 > 0:11:56that sort of thing.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59But there is one programme your mum used to watch which should really
0:11:59 > 0:12:02have carried a government health warning.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- This, of course...- This, of course, Dynasty.- Yeah, Dynasty.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13This is the only show that we were allowed to stay up late to watch,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16because Mum was obsessed, and, to be honest,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18when Dynasty was on, nothing else mattered.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20It was the only time Mum would really switch off.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Never has she been one of those mums to say,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25"Don't talk to me, so-and-so is on,"
0:12:25 > 0:12:28but during this, she was less keen to chat.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Throughout the '80s, perms and shoulder pads were in abundance.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Actors in Dynasty, like British-born Emma Samms, commanded
0:12:43 > 0:12:44huge weekly audiences.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I used to want to be her.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Spanning nine series and over 200 episodes,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56at its peak it was the number one drama on our screens.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01So, the opening titles of Dynasty, do you remember?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04All of these glamorous ladies used to come down the stairs
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and they would stop and they would turn to the camera like that,
0:13:07 > 0:13:08and they would be, like, windswept,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and then their name would come up,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and I thought that was the epitome of glamour.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So, my sister and I would run upstairs,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19grab the closest thing to glamour we could find,
0:13:19 > 0:13:20which, in South Wales,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22was my mother's thermal dressing gown from M&S,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26and drape that over our shoulders, because it was nice and long.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28And then we would stick on a pair of
0:13:28 > 0:13:31her high-heels and recreate the scene.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- And come down the stairs. Unfortunately...- Yes?
0:13:35 > 0:13:40..a child in high heels is never a good combination on stairs,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43and, twice, I ended up in accident and emergency
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- having broken my arm.- Broken your arm?- Broken my arm.- Not once?
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Not once, but twice, thanks to Dynasty. It was worth it.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- It was worth it?- Yeah. The lengths girls go to for a bit of glamour!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Should have carried a health warning!
0:13:57 > 0:13:58I know! Should have a warning!
0:13:58 > 0:14:00When you were rushed to the hospital,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01was it your dad that took you and
0:14:01 > 0:14:03your mum carried on watching the programme?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Yeah, "You take her, Al!"
0:14:05 > 0:14:08LAUGHTER
0:14:08 > 0:14:11What brings you here? And why didn't you let us know you were coming?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14It was a last-minute thing, Jeff has to see mother about some business,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16and I thought, "I am going, too,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18"just to see my father's great smile."
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Everybody was in lovely, massive shoulder pads and massive earrings.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I think it was just an insight into a really glamorous world,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30and nothing else on television really compared to it at that time,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32from what I can remember.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Excuse me, I thought you were alone, but I see...
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Hello, Fallon.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44My aim in life as a young child was to be Fallon off Dynasty.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45I used to think she was so pretty
0:14:45 > 0:14:48and I thought, "Gosh, she has got everything going for her."
0:14:48 > 0:14:52I know you saved my sister's life, we are all very grateful for that.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54You know, we have had Joan Collins on.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I couldn't believe it,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59that Alexis was sitting in front of me.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03I think it is people that you watch as a child that really stand...
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You know, I don't get really star-struck any more,
0:15:05 > 0:15:10but when Joan Collins came on, I thought, "Wow, you're amazing."
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Really?- Yeah.- Did she look that good in the flesh?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Oh, she is flawless, she is literally...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I looked really close up, I pretended to go in for a kiss,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21but really, I wanted to see how many wrinkles she had.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23LAUGHTER
0:15:23 > 0:15:25There was nothing there. She is amazing.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35- So, Alex, it is now time to move on to your must-see TV.- Right.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Oh! Beadle about!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- BOTH:- # Watch out, Beadle's about
0:15:41 > 0:15:43# You better watch out
0:15:43 > 0:15:46# Cos Beadle's about! #
0:15:46 > 0:15:48APPLAUSE
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Oh, my gosh, it is funny, isn't it, how a catchy theme tune,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57just, can transport you to a time and a place.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00On Saturday afternoon, you know, pools would be on.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Oh, yeah!- And do you remember the noise of the pools?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06And it was really monotone, wasn't it? It would be like,
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- IN MONOTONE VOICE:- "Swansea City, one. Bristol...three."
0:16:11 > 0:16:13And it just went on for ages,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16and you were, like, "Oh, come on! Where's the good programmes?
0:16:16 > 0:16:17And Dad would go, "Ssh! Shh!"
0:16:17 > 0:16:22And then, you know, this would come on and we would all sit down.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25We are here at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex to try and pull off...
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- He's got classic '80s hair.- Yeah.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31And now they are off to enjoy a lovely lunch,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34but they better watch out, because Beadle's about!
0:16:34 > 0:16:39Starting in 1986 on ITV, Jeremy Beadle's hidden camera show
0:16:39 > 0:16:43played practical jokes on members of the public for a whole decade.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46As top Saturday night entertainment,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49it regularly attracted 15 million viewers.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Even though this was a long time ago,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- the stunts were... - Oh, amazing, yeah.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Amazing, and really big scale, weren't they?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59What did you do that for?!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13I just used to love it when people would get angrier and angrier,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16and then he just, the timing that he had,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19just before it all kicked off badly,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22it was brilliant, wasn't it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24What do you think of Brian, though?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I think he is an outright BLEEP!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I used to love that, and I think it was really forward-thinking.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34It was the first big prank show, wasn't it?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- It was, and it wasn't small-scale stuff.- Oh, no.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I mean, it was huge things.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I have had a lot of things happened to me where I thought,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43"Is Jeremy Beadle anywhere near here?"
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Any that spring to mind?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47I was a runner at the time.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Oh, I see.- I had just started out in television.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53There was a man who was the first, well, it was Michael Crawford,
0:17:53 > 0:17:54and he was doing a documentary all about
0:17:54 > 0:17:56being the first Phantom Of The Opera,
0:17:56 > 0:18:01and my task that day was to go and collect him from the station
0:18:01 > 0:18:04and take him to the location where we were filming.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06He comes off the train, lovely, lovely man.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08And I said, "I am just going to take you, Michael, now,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11"to the location where we are filming." He said "Yeah, absolutely."
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Anyway, they rang and said, "We are running late,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20"so ask him whether he wants some lunch, and take him if he does."
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Well, at the time, I had no money, because I had only just started out,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and I thought, "Oh, God, how will I pay for this?"
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I said "Are you hungry, Michael?" And he went,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30"Oh, yeah, I could do with a snack."
0:18:30 > 0:18:32So I took him to McDonald's, to the drive-through.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Because I thought, well, it is going to be really embarrassing
0:18:37 > 0:18:40if I can't afford to buy him lunch, so I thought, I can shout him
0:18:40 > 0:18:43a burger or something.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47He was happy enough, but they were absolutely horrified.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Oh, and then there was another one, there was an alarm on the building.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- The alarm had broken. As it does. - Mm-hm.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03And then, one morning, a man called Mike, who was in a band
0:19:03 > 0:19:07called The Alarm... Have you heard of a band called The Alarm?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08AUDIENCE MUTTERS
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Some of you.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13So, Mike comes to the office, I only hear the word "alarm"
0:19:13 > 0:19:15and I wasn't familiar with the band,
0:19:15 > 0:19:16and he was in something that
0:19:16 > 0:19:18I thought looked a bit like a boiler suit,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23so I gave him a cup of coffee and steered him to the alarm,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27and said, "There we are, it has been awful, it has been playing up,
0:19:27 > 0:19:28"we can't get it to switch off."
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- And I left him there. - That is lovely!- And off I went.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36And then my boss said, "Where is Mike?"
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I said, "Well, he is downstairs by the panel."
0:19:41 > 0:19:43And he said, "What Mike is downstairs?"
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I said, "Yes, Mike, you know, the alarm."
0:19:46 > 0:19:48He said, "No, he is in a band called The Alarm!
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Oh, gosh! Right, OK, so they said, "Listen, this isn't working out."
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I was young, Brian, I was 21, straight out of university,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and so they said, "Do you know what?
0:20:02 > 0:20:06"We might see if you are better off on-camera."
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- And, so, that was that. - The rest is history?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12They didn't have much choice, they thought,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15"We are not having her back on production, stick her on a show!"
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Now, Alex, we are going to look at a clip from a show,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- and from a presenter that has had a big influence on you.- Yeah.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30This is the first ever episode of...
0:20:33 > 0:20:34TFI.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Beginning in 1996, and running for
0:20:39 > 0:20:42four years in its distinctive warehouse set,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45the driving force behind TFI Friday was
0:20:45 > 0:20:48TV and radio superstar Chris Evans.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- You know, we all remember this on a Friday night.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Good evening and welcome to Friday nights live, here on Channel 4.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58From now on, at six o'clock, this is the place to be
0:20:58 > 0:21:00if you want to hear live music from Skunk Anansie!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Did you used to watch it before a night out?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Yes, we did, actually,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06but during those days, probably,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09it would be a night out in Ritzy's in Swansea.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Aaay.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Sticky carpets. Not very exciting.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18But, yeah, we did, we used to watch it before a night out.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22I will talk to Dawn French, Kathy Lloyd, I will be in bed with Cher...
0:21:22 > 0:21:26With its anarchic backstage feel and roving camera,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28and the very latest Britpop bands,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32it inspired a whole new style of Friday night entertainment.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Ocean Colour Scene, The Riverboat Song, the new single out now!
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Ocean Colour Scene, what happened to them?
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- So that was Chris's first TFI, was it?- Yeah.- Amazing.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I used to watch all his shows,
0:21:46 > 0:21:50and I always thought that he was a brilliant broadcaster.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52He has become such a solid friend.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- Probably my best male friend. - And work colleague.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Yeah, I mean, we are an unlikely couple,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59there's no two ways about it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01He is completely mental.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07People don't really understand that Chris is, yes, he is mad and
0:22:07 > 0:22:11he has got these funny ideas, but underneath all of that he is really
0:22:11 > 0:22:16kind, and when I came to London and I didn't know a single person, and I
0:22:16 > 0:22:20had only met Chris once, and we were never supposed to do a show together
0:22:20 > 0:22:25on Friday. I met him and he said, "Why don't you do Friday with me?"
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I said, "I am all right, thanks, I would like a long weekend,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29"I like going home to Cardiff."
0:22:29 > 0:22:33He said, "Look, if you do the show I promise it will be really,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35"really good fun."
0:22:35 > 0:22:38And I said, "Well..." And he said,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40"Just do it for a couple of weeks, see how you feel."
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- So I did, and then we ended up doing five years together.- Five years.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- Do you miss him from the show?- I do. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48It is more like...
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Chris Evans was Alex's
0:22:50 > 0:22:53sofa buddy for five years from 2010.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55They formed a dream partnership
0:22:55 > 0:22:58hosting the Friday edition of The One Show.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03- Alex is single.- All right, here we go, love.- Cancelled! It is all over!
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Aww. Lovely couple!
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I used to be a member of the Dennis the Menace club.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08That is all I am looking for.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18- So, Alex, can we talk about your early TV career?- Yes.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19How you got into it?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23How it came about, how that spark was ignited?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Well, because I was such a bad television researcher,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- they then suggested...- I think we definitely established that.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31..yeah, I might be better on camera, and so,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34for years and years I worked on children's television,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36which really suited me.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It was brilliant fun, I don't know, have you done children's television?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42You must have done lots of children's television.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I have done a little bit. I did do Jackanory.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Aww! Jackanory tells a story!
0:23:46 > 0:23:52I think you learn a lot, and I was lucky because I am bilingual
0:23:52 > 0:23:54and can speak Welsh as well,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I was really lucky that they have got...
0:23:56 > 0:23:59S4C, is basically the Welsh Channel 4,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03and I learned loads without anybody really knowing who I was.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07So, when I came to The One Show I had a lot of experience,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10but nobody had seen me before, I suppose,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13but children's telly, I think, is the best thing.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16You learn to leave your embarrassment at the door.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Because I have dressed up as everything,
0:24:18 > 0:24:22from a dolphin to a fire engine, was the best one.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25We've got a little clip of you on S4C.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26COCK CROWS
0:24:30 > 0:24:32We should put a public warning out about clothes, hair, etc,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34because I know it's gonna be bad.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- God, I have got stripy hair. - I wouldn't recognise you there.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48Oh, no, I've still got that shirt, I think it is in storage in Cardiff.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Do you miss Welsh TV?
0:24:53 > 0:24:58I do, well, I miss Wales, but to be honest, I get back, I go home loads.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03- I am home at least once a month. - Yeah.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06When you are at home, do you speak in Welsh?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09To Mum, yeah, and to my sister. Well, you know, English.
0:25:09 > 0:25:16Back and forth. You would be able to pick up the odd phrase in there.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19My favourite Welsh word is for microwave.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Popty ping!
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Isn't that lovely? Popty ping.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- It says what it does, doesn't it? - Exactly!- It sounds like it should,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30popty ping! It is brilliant.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34And another one we've got, and I think it is, actually,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36yesterday or today was national hug week,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38but in Wales we call it a cwtsh.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- A cwtsh, yeah. Give us a cwtsh. - Give us a cwtsh.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And, you know, it is a nicer word.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47I am trying to campaign to roll that out nationally.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55So, what TV do you enjoy watching now?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I like dramas, like, recently, I really liked
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Doctor Foster with Suranne Jones.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I thought that was excellent.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06I loved The Missing with Jimmy Nesbitt in it, I thought
0:26:06 > 0:26:08that was excellent.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I'll normally now watch something that is kind of a short drama
0:26:11 > 0:26:15or something. I can't commit to something long term.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Because everybody is busy, aren't they?
0:26:17 > 0:26:22But, um, yeah, a bit of everything, documentaries I find really interesting.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I love nature programmes.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Um... And we are lucky that we meet all of these wonderful people
0:26:27 > 0:26:31on them because they come on and talk about them on our sofa!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34So, how important is The One Show to you?
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Oh, Brian, if I had my way they would be pushing me
0:26:38 > 0:26:40out of there with a Zimmer frame.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45I absolutely love it, Matt and I have such a nice time. Every day.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48And every day is different, as you know.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50And I just love live television,
0:26:50 > 0:26:51but the show I find interesting,
0:26:51 > 0:26:56because there is all sorts, history, nature, all sorts of things.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And, normally, a lovely guest as well.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03At this moment, Alex, I give my guests the opportunity
0:27:03 > 0:27:05to pick a theme tune for us to play out on.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07What is it going to be?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Well, I did think long and hard,
0:27:10 > 0:27:15and, over the summer holidays, my sister and I used to love watching
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- a show called Going For Gold.- Yeah!
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Do you remember it? And they used to go,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23"Today, on the show, we have duh-duh-duh from duh-duh-duh"
0:27:23 > 0:27:24and they would wave to the camera.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27All different nationalities, weren't they?
0:27:27 > 0:27:28From Finland! From Switzerland!
0:27:28 > 0:27:30And it was just like a quiz show, wasn't it?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33And I used to think the theme tune was just brilliant.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35My thanks to you for being here. Have you enjoyed it?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38It has been a pleasure, I have really enjoyed it, Brian,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- Thank you very much. Aww.- Oh, two. - I never know, in Wales it was one
0:27:42 > 0:27:45and now in London it's two, I am confused.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46We could also have a cwtsh.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- We could have a cwtsh.- Let's have a cwtsh.- Aww.- There you go.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51My thanks to you, Alex.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- I have loved it, thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Thank you. And my thanks to you for watching The TV That Made Me.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58- See you next time. Bye-bye!- Bye!
0:27:58 > 0:28:01# Going for gold!
0:28:01 > 0:28:04# The heat is on The time is right
0:28:04 > 0:28:07# It's time for you For you to play your game
0:28:07 > 0:28:11# Cos people are coming Everyone's trying
0:28:11 > 0:28:14# Trying to be the best that they can
0:28:14 > 0:28:17# So reach for the sky Cos this space is so high
0:28:17 > 0:28:20# When they're going for going for gold!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25# Go for it, for gold!
0:28:25 > 0:28:29# Go for it, only the best survive
0:28:29 > 0:28:32# Go for it, for gold!
0:28:32 > 0:28:35# Go for it And you can take your prize
0:28:35 > 0:28:39# Going for gold! #