0:00:03 > 0:00:08TV, the magic box of delights.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10As kids, it showed us a million different worlds,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12all from our living room.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13This takes me right back.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15That's so embarrassing!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19I am genuinely shocked.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Each day, I'm going to journey through the wonderful world of telly
0:00:22 > 0:00:24with one of our favourite celebrities.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26It's just so silly!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I love it!
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Is it Mr Benn?
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Shut it!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35As they select the iconic TV moments...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Oh, hello!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40That tell us the stories of their lives.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Oh, my gosh!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Some will make you laugh...
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Some will surprise...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Many will inspire...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Look at this.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Why wouldn't you want to watch this?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And others will move us.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Seeing that there made a huge impact on me.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Got a handkerchief?
0:01:03 > 0:01:07So come and watch with us, as we rewind to the classic telly
0:01:07 > 0:01:10that shaped those wide-eyed youngsters into the much-loved stars
0:01:10 > 0:01:15they are today.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Welcome to The TV That Made Me.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27My guest today is a friend to the stars
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and one in her own right.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34It can only be the lovely Alison Hammond!
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Oh, yeah!
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Hello!
0:01:36 > 0:01:37You all right, babe?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm good.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Bubbly Brummie Alison has been evicted from the Big Brother house,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47strutted her stuff on Strictly, and is a showbiz reporter
0:01:47 > 0:01:52who regularly rubs shoulders with the famous.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56But today, she's a welcome visitor to my humble abode.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58The TV that made her includes a comedienne
0:01:58 > 0:02:01who had her in stitches...
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Kick your own buttock.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06A TV show with a personal connection...
0:02:06 > 0:02:11And a brain-busting game show.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12This is nice.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13You like it?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Yeah.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16It's like my own home!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19No, it's nothing like it.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22But it was similar to this when I was younger.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25That's good, because we're going to go back in time.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28This is a celebration of your TV classic moments
0:02:28 > 0:02:31that you've chosen that have probably made you
0:02:31 > 0:02:33the person you are today.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I know.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I can't believe how important TV was back then.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Obviously, we only had one telly in our house.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45And I loved TV when I was younger.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47No one has one telly in their house these days.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49No, I have one in every room.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I don't watch them all, not at the same time.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54It's just a thing to have.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Even in the bathroom now.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58No, I haven't.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00But people do.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I'd be in the bath all day.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05And I love having a bath.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08No, I haven't got a telly in there.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12We're going to take a trip back but first, we're going to rewind
0:03:12 > 0:03:14the clock and look at a very young Alison Hammond.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Here we go.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Born in 1975, Alison grew up with her mum,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24older brother and sister in Birmingham.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29Her love of stage and screen shone out from an early age.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31After leaving school,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Alison had a spell as a cinema usherette and a holiday rep,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39before finding fame when she entered the Big Brother house in 2002.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42She was evicted after just 15 days,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46but nonetheless, Alison's television career really took off.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Within weeks of leaving Big Brother, she was offered a three-month stint
0:03:50 > 0:03:52on This Morning, and she's still there
0:03:52 > 0:03:58to this day.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05So, Alison, normally we go into the first TV clip,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08but as a homage to your clip, I'm going to get changed.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09No!
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Yeah.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12What are you going to wear?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13I'm nervous.
0:04:13 > 0:04:19This is now a clue.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I love it!
0:04:23 > 0:04:24You know what the programme is?
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Yeah!
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Do I have to put that on?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Is it Mr Benn?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It is Mr Benn.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Oh, I love Mr Benn!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Let's cue Mr Benn.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40That is brilliant.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45This classic 1970s animation series followed the adventures of Mr Benn
0:04:45 > 0:04:50as he embarked on a different fantastical adventure
0:04:50 > 0:04:56every time he tried on a costume at a fancy dress shop.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Although Mr Benn was never given an on-screen first name,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02writer David McKee always thought William would suit him.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Oh, memories for me.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I used to love this show.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14He used to go into the shop and then get dressed up
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and become that character.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20So one day, he would become a spaceman.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I literally thought I was Mr Benn.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I wanted to be Mr Benn, believe it or not.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28And I always wanted to be like a cave person
0:05:28 > 0:05:31or something like that, a caveman.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Could you imagine it?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I would like to try the space outfit.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Favouring camera moves across still drawings,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41the animation was basic,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43that didn't stop children adoring Mr Benn.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I can't believe it wasn't even moving at the time.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Mr Benn was soon in the changing room, and quickly took off
0:05:50 > 0:05:59his clothes and put on the space outfit.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03He looked at himself in the mirror.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Then he looked for the other door, the door that always
0:06:06 > 0:06:08led to adventures.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12This was Ray Brooks, who used to narrate this.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Ray Brooks, who many people will remember from Ken Loach's
0:06:16 > 0:06:19ground-breaking 1960s television drama Cathy Come Home,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22also narrated another children's animated series,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26King Rollo.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I just wanted to go on these adventures.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32He's now going to be a spaceman and literally become a spaceman.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35How amazing would that be,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37that you just went into a shop and came out
0:06:37 > 0:06:38as whatever you wanted to be?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39It's not real.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It's not a documentary.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43But to me at the time, it was quite real.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I like the fact that you don't remember that it didn't move.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47I did not remember.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I thought it was moving.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Well, it is moving, but it's quite still, isn't it?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Hello, he said.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Ready for the blast-off?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Here we go, then.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Can you imagine children liking this these days?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03You know what?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07I was thinking if my son watched this, I think he would enjoy it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I can't believe how primitive it is, watching it.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15It really isn't that great, but I loved this programme.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It was like reading a book.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21How can you talk to me seriously when I'm dressed like this?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22I'd forgotten it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25You just look like Mr Benn.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Has it been great being a spaceman?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I've enjoyed it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32So you wanted to be a cavewoman?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34A cavewoman, and a red Indian.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Never happened.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Never been a cavewoman.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Don't know if I want to do it now.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Well, you wanted to be a cavewoman.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I want to get out of this costume desperately right now.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Get out!
0:07:47 > 0:07:51While Mr Benn's adventures were imaginary,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55British TV has produced plenty of real life adventurers, too,
0:07:55 > 0:08:00like the great Sir David Attenborough,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03who over his six decade broadcasting career has made
0:08:03 > 0:08:07some of the most impressive natural history programmes ever produced.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Sir David is the only person to have won a Bafta in black and white,
0:08:10 > 0:08:15colour, HD and 3D.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Journalist and broadcaster will Alan Whicker was
0:08:19 > 0:08:22best known for Whicker's World, running from 1959 to 1988.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26The series featured Whicker reporting on
0:08:26 > 0:08:29the unusual and bizarre from around the world.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32The show even inspired a famous Monty Python sketch
0:08:32 > 0:08:38about the mythical Whicker Island, populated by Alan lookalikes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Speaking of Monty Python,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Michael Palin has been wowing us with his journeys around
0:08:44 > 0:08:49the globe since 1989.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52And while filming a travel documentary in Australia in 1997,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Michael managed to squeeze in a cameo on Home And Away
0:08:54 > 0:08:59as an English surfer with a fear of sharks.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05I want to move on to your next clip now.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10This is what your must-see TV was.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Baywatch.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18Loved Baywatch.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22At its peak in the mid-1990s,
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Baywatch was shown in over 140 countries in dozens of languages
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and watched by over 1 billion viewers.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I actually did think I was in Baywatch.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38See, you wanted to be a caveman, you wanted to be in Baywatch.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Was it the escapism?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I suppose so.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46It was the running in slow motion, David Hasselhoff.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51I loved him to bits, wanted to marry him.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Those orange things are called torpedo rescue buoys.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59They're meant to keep them afloat.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I don't know why Pamela Anderson ever needed one.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08She has her own buoyancy, hasn't she?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Apparently, they couldn't run very fast when they were filming this.
0:10:11 > 0:10:18Because there would be too much jiggling,
0:10:18 > 0:10:19so they had to run quite slowly.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22This was on a Saturday night at about five o'clock.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24This was the start of my Saturday evening.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I would sit and watch Baywatch and just go
0:10:26 > 0:10:27into another world.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Wonderful escapism.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36And they were good stories, about saving people.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38And there was always some sort of dilemma going on.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40It was great.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I loved it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47One of the biggest stars to come from the series was of course
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Pamela Anderson.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Look at that, isn't she beautiful?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58This is what happened every episode.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Someone was in need.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06Well, if they didn't need help, there wouldn't be much to see.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Look how perfect she looked in that swimsuit.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11How long has he been down?
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Maybe ten minutes.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I don't think he's breathing.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Do you know CPR?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21What are you going to do, Pam?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22You'll get out of it somehow.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25David will rescue you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Love it.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Baywatch was brilliant.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33So that was Saturday night for you.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Baywatch, then Blind Date.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Maybe a bit of Gladiators.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Remember Gladiators?
0:11:38 > 0:11:39That was filmed in Birmingham.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43I loved Gladiators.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I want to go back to your childhood.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48You was a child actress.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I was.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55At the age of 11, my mum said, "There are some auditions for this
0:11:55 > 0:11:57club called the Central Television Workshop".
0:11:57 > 0:11:59It was like a drama school for kids
0:11:59 > 0:12:02who couldn't afford to go to drama school, so it got you off
0:12:02 > 0:12:03the streets and you'd learn about
0:12:03 > 0:12:06TV, theatre and drama and you would go every week.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07I had to audition.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11There were, like, 25,000 kids auditioning for 25 places.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I said to my mum, "I don't want to do it".
0:12:13 > 0:12:15She said, come on, and drove me there
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and I went for the audition and had such a good time.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22I got through into the workshop, which was brilliant.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And the guys I worked with are some of my lifetime friends.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30And I was in that from the age of 11 to 18.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34I was cast in a couple of children's programmes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I was in Your Mother Wouldn't Like It, Palace Hill...
0:12:36 > 0:12:39I think I did some extra work for Boon,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42remember that?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45My mum was really into TV as well.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47So my mum would do extra work and she'd get us
0:12:47 > 0:12:49into certain things.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50When I was really young,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I think we did a film together called
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Artemis 81.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Sting was in it.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I had to pretend to be dead.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00It was great.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01You played a dead body?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05I bet you were a good corpse.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I was a good actress.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I was quite young.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Did a couple of episodes of Doctors as well.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Not as a dead body?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18No, I had a part in that.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24I was a prostitute's sister, yeah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26And she was going through some issues and I was trying
0:13:26 > 0:13:29to advise her of the right way to go.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35So when you watch shows like Baywatch, did you aspire to be...?
0:13:35 > 0:13:40Maybe not Baywatch, that was a little bit unrealistic.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45But I probably would aspire to maybe being in Crossroads,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47because it was set in Birmingham.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50But never got on it.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51What was your mum like?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53She was a lovely mum, a worker.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Single mum.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56She's in our audience.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Shall we ask her what she thinks of you?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Hi, Mum!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Hello, Maria.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06What was Alison like as a child?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08She was a lovely child.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11My mum is a big fan of yours.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15I've seen you a few times at the Hippodrome in Birmingham.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Look, this is Alison's show, all right?
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Let's get on with it, shall we?
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Our next bit of telly is family favourite.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35I know what it's going to be before you put it on.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Diff'rent Strokes.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Following the misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family
0:14:45 > 0:14:49who adopted their dead housekeeper's children,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Diff'rent Strokes ran for an impressive eight series,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54and the catchy theme tune was co-written
0:14:54 > 0:14:59by Blurred Lines singer Robin Thicke's parents.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Whenever there was a black person on the telly,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06it was like, "There's a black person on the TV!"
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Literally the whole family would run to the living room
0:15:09 > 0:15:12to see who was on the TV.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14So this was a big thing.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16There were black people in this, so we wanted to see
0:15:16 > 0:15:20what these black people were doing.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It was the one thing that culturally always happened.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26They were huge child stars.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28They were huge, yeah.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32A vehicle for the precocious Gary Coleman,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Diff'rent Strokes turned child actors Dana Plato as Kimberly,
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Todd Bridges as Willis and of course Coleman as Arnold
0:15:39 > 0:15:40into international household names.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42What a great bunch of guys at that club.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44How come you guys never go down there?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Well, Dad, there's a good reason why we've never been down there.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49What is it?
0:15:49 > 0:15:54You never invited us!
0:15:54 > 0:15:56He was the cutest little kid.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58You just want to get his cheeks.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I wanted to marry him as a child.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I thought, "That's going to be my husband".
0:16:03 > 0:16:08I may never be lean and mean, but I can be spunky and chunky.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Are they adopted by this family?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13The penny's only just dropped.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I thought they were just one big family.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20You thought that was his boys?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22No, Alison.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24As a child, you just watch it, don't you?
0:16:24 > 0:16:30It's only now that I'm going, actually, I think they're adopted.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34He's a widower, and he adopts those two.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36And they live with the family.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38You don't connect when you're a child.
0:16:38 > 0:16:44I was a bit dim.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Diff'rent Strokes didn't shy away from tackling tough subjects
0:16:47 > 0:16:50from bulimia to alcoholism,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52while still keeping its comedy moments.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58Even if you don't win the trophy, Dad, we can always have our own.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03What a lovely show.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Yeah, it was a great show.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07What was his catchphrase he used to say?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09What you talkin' about?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10What you talkin' about, Willis?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11What you talkin' about, Willis?
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Yeah.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17That really reminds me of my childhood,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20everyone gathered around the TV, especially my brother.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23How many siblings are there, just you and your brother?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26My sister and my brother.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28But they're a lot older than me.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30There's an eight-year gap between us.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32So when you watched telly,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36was there a hierarchy in who chose what to watch?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40My brother probably would be the one controlling things.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43He was nine years older than me, and he was the middle child.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46They have problems, don't they, the middle child?
0:17:46 > 0:17:54So he would choose what was going on on the TV.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57But on a Saturday, we would all be watching those programmes,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Diff'rent Strokes, Baywatch and stuff.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Did you manage to get a seat on the sofa?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04No.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I would sit on the floor.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09They would all be on the sofa and I'd be sitting down there,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12watching the TV, which was fine.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I was the youngest and cutest, and I was fine sitting on the floor.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Diff'rent Strokes was a classic American family sitcom,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21but we Brits have produced some corkers too.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Back in the '80s, we lapped up the Boswells,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26a Liverpudlian Catholic family living on the breadline.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Over 21 million viewers tuned in to watch Aveline
0:18:30 > 0:18:36marry Protestant vicar Oswald in 1988.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Rocked by the change of two of the lead actors in series five,
0:18:39 > 0:18:46the show's popularity slipped, and the last episode aired in 1991.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49And 1991 was the year we welcomed the Porter family to our screens
0:18:49 > 0:18:52in 2point4 Children.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55For eight series, we watched the seemingly average family's
0:18:55 > 0:19:02world turned upside down by bizarre and unlucky situations.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06In the noughties, the domestic sitcom My Family,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09following the fortunes of Ben and Susan Harper and their kids,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12kept us entertained.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16The show ran for 11 series, with the last episode airing
0:19:16 > 0:19:22in 2011.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Alison, we're moving on to Mum's Choice now.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32This is a programme that your mum used to love watching.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Want to go for a drink?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Is it your birthday?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Is this Angels?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Yes.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Maybe you're right.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44A very young Pauline Quirke.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47In that case, mine's a pint of special.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Dealing with the subject of student nurses,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54British drama Angels received some criticism for its unglamorous
0:19:54 > 0:19:58depiction of the nursing profession,
0:19:58 > 0:20:04while others declared it grittily authentic.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06My mum did extra work on this.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Really?
0:20:07 > 0:20:12Yeah.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Sometimes, she'd say, "I'm on tonight's show",
0:20:14 > 0:20:16and literally if you blinked, you would miss it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Just a quick walk by.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21She would be like, come on, and gather
0:20:21 > 0:20:22the whole family.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It would be a massive event, food, drink, everything,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and then she would just go past for two seconds.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I didn't see it because I blinked.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You didn't have video in those days,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34so you can't rewind it.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37But yeah, my mum used to work on that.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Well, we can't not take a look at her in action.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Get ready, here she comes...
0:20:42 > 0:20:43and there she goes.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Worth another look, eh?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50And there she is.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54She always said she furnished our house through extra work.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I was able to look after you and give you
0:20:56 > 0:21:00all the little luxuries from my extra work.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The bike and the roller skates.
0:21:03 > 0:21:13That was all from her "extra" work(!)
0:21:21 > 0:21:23I know now.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Extra work, eh?
0:21:24 > 0:21:31That's what she called it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Alison, I'm going to move on now to what we call
0:21:34 > 0:21:35your comfort viewing.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Ooh!
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Let's have a look.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Some very good performances from the girls
0:21:41 > 0:21:42from Gravesend Grammar School.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Amazing.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45I'm getting comfy already.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Bob Holness.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Look at Bob.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Based on an American game show with the same name,
0:21:50 > 0:21:55the original run of Blockbusters was on our TV screens for ten years.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56With Bob Holness at the helm, sixth formers
0:21:56 > 0:21:59put their general knowledge to the test.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01James, for the first time.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03What did you think of Bob Holness?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I loved him.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09He was the original James Bond on the radio, Bob Holness.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Stop it!
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Really?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14I can see why.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Did you always want to be on this show?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19I did, but I knew I'd be rubbish on it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I knew I wouldn't answer any of the questions.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Because they were always teenagers,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26the make-up girls used to call the show Spotbusters.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Really?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Yes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29I didn't even know that.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I never even noticed, probably because I was a teenager myself.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I just loved this show.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36A bit of Blockbusters.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Can I have a P, Bob?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Remember that?
0:22:38 > 0:22:39So funny.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Shall we see if we can play along?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Yes, go on.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Where do we want to start?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45PO.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46He's going to go for PO.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I used to try and predict it.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50PO.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Faint or complete military training?
0:22:55 > 0:22:56DAV.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57OAV, sorry.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Two ingredients that make French dressing?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Oil and vinegar.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Well done.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05FT.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Moralistic fantasy stories for children?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Fairy tales.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08That is it.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09TW.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Characters who opened Shakespeare's Scottish play?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12The witches.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Three witches.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14SM.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Its cocoon is unwound and woven into a fine fabric?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Silk moth.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Silkworm.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22No.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23There's more to it.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Silk moth!
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Silkworm...
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Did you get frustrated watching it?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32For me, it was all about if I could predict the path
0:23:32 > 0:23:34of where it was going to go.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37And I am normally quite good at it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41You said he was going to go PO, and he went PO.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45See what I mean?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48That reminds me of coming home.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Great game show hosts are something the UK excels at.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Just look at Sir Bruce Forsyth.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58He has been on TV almost as long as television has existed,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02making his first appearance in 1939.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05And as a game show host, he has given us many
0:24:05 > 0:24:06a famous catchphrase.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Who can forget, "Good game, good game"?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09"Didn't they do well?"
0:24:09 > 0:24:19And of course, "Nice to see you, to see you, nice."
0:24:19 > 0:24:20From nice to nasty.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Queen of mean Anne Robinson often made contestants quake in the quiz
0:24:23 > 0:24:24show, The Weakest Link.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27She even made ex-Blue Peter presenter John Noakes cry by teasing
0:24:27 > 0:24:28him about the death of Shep.
0:24:28 > 0:24:37The rotter!
0:24:37 > 0:24:39And of course, who could forget the legendary Bob Monkhouse?
0:24:39 > 0:24:43After carving out a career as a top comedian, Bob went on to host
0:24:43 > 0:24:47a whole heap of popular game shows, from Family Fortunes
0:24:47 > 0:24:53to Bob's Full House.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57It seems as if during your youth, you did watch quite a bit of telly?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I didn't think I did, but it did carve out a lot
0:25:00 > 0:25:01of my time, to be honest.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06I'm not like a couch potato, honestly.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09You didn't sit on the couch, you were on the floor.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Floor potato!
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I did go out a lot, but I loved TV.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15TV was great.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17That's probably why you ended up in it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20I think it was my mum more than anything.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22She pushed me into it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23You know one of them pushy mums?
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Over there.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Your next choice is your comedy hero.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Let's take a look at this fitness fanatic.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38There she is.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Love Victoria Wood.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Victoria Wood's my favourite.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I'll just launch into my usual preamble.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Bear with me if you've heard it before.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45I'm Madge.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Obviously.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Sorry, not obviously.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Got a new leotard on too.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Do you like it?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54It's flattering, isn't it?
0:25:54 > 0:26:03She's just the funniest...
0:26:03 > 0:26:06This is one of her best sketches I have ever seen.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08You can do it any day you like, girls.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11If you can't do these exercises, you're up the shopping centre
0:26:11 > 0:26:12without a credit card.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Actress, writer and producer Victoria Wood
0:26:15 > 0:26:17is one of Britain's top comediennes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21During the '80s and '90s, her character-driven sketches
0:26:21 > 0:26:30kept the nation in stitches.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31It's just that physical comedy.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I know.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33The words are so clever too.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34I know.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36She's hilarious.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38This is the biggest muscle in the entire body
0:26:38 > 0:26:40and it's directly connected to the brain.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42So while we're working it, we are improving our circulation
0:26:42 > 0:26:45and breathing, and our ability to follow a knitting pattern.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I go to a Zumba class, and the teacher is like that.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I'm not even joking.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Hi, Lynn!
0:26:53 > 0:26:55She's literally like that.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59When I go in, I literally chuckle to myself and think of Victoria
0:26:59 > 0:27:04Wood.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05She has a gruff, loud voice.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06It's hilarious.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11That is how she carries on.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14There is a point where skinny can tip over into scrawny.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16And I should know, because I am dangerously near it myself.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Absolute genius.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Really is funny.
0:27:19 > 0:27:19That sketch, I remember.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22It cracks me up every time I watch it.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23I love that sketch.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Did you used to watch these as a child?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Yeah.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Maybe a little bit older, maybe as a teenager
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I used to watch Victoria Wood.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I just found her brilliant.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I thought she was a genius.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40I would literally laugh out loud and think, you are hilarious.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Is there anybody else you used to laugh at?
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48They were the best at their job.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49It's the physical comedy.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I love physical comedy.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Slapstick.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Slapstick just makes me laugh.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56I love it.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I suppose I have incorporated it a little bit.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01When I do my sketches on This Morning, sometimes I get
0:28:01 > 0:28:03a little bit physical.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05I would probably put it towards Victoria Wood.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Are you also a fan of silent comedy?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Love silent comedy.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12I just think it's the most clever comedy going.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Obviously, you've got no words.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19People like Buster Keaton...?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Harold Lloyd.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I was a massive fan of his.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I've been telling people, why don't they repeat
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Your dream has come true.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37We will repeat a little bit of Harold Lloyd.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42On the clock tower.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44So no words.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45It was black and white.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Arguably his most famous sketch.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52And he wore glasses as well.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55And apparently, he did all of his own stunts as well.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56I couldn't believe it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59So funny.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01He looks absolutely terrified, doesn't he?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04He was crazy, when you think about it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08This is a programme that literally had you on the edge of your seat,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11but you can't help but carry on watching.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13I think it was very cleverly shot.
0:29:13 > 0:29:19I don't think he was actually up that high.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Look!
0:29:22 > 0:29:26So dangerous.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Oh, no!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31There's always a disaster with Harold Lloyd.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Legendary silent film star Harold Lloyd was one of the greatest
0:29:34 > 0:29:36comic stars of his time.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39His motion picture career spanned 34 years
0:29:39 > 0:29:43and over 200 comedies.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48Here we go!
0:29:48 > 0:29:50We've had two completely different types of comedy there.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53What is closest to your heart?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I like them both.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I like the silent, purely because you have to work so hard
0:29:58 > 0:30:03to keep people's attention.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06You're a big fan of Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Yes, all of those sorts of things, I used to watch mesmerised.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Loved it.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17You don't have to really think.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22It's all done for you.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I like that!
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Sit back, relax.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30How would you describe your own sense of humour?
0:30:30 > 0:30:31I don't know.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Natural.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Keep it natural.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35I don't like to try and find the laughs.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I find natural comedy out of everyday life.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Has your love of comedy helped you in life?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Yeah, I suppose so.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47I've always had a good sense of humour, even in bad times.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50You have to laugh, otherwise you'd cry.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52I'm not scared of crying either.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Crying is all right.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It is good to cry.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56To let it out.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59I think I am the funniest crier you've ever come across.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I literally cry so loud and over the top.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05When I broke my ankle ice-skating, everybody thought I was joking.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07I was literally crying out loud.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Everybody was laughing, they thought I was taking the mickey.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I'd broken it in two places, my ankle.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17I was in so much pain.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22The next choice is an interesting one.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25It's a woman who had a big influence on you.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28We're about to sit back and relax and enjoy a little bit of,
0:31:28 > 0:31:29who is it?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30It's Oprah.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34All right.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Inside one of these boxes is a key.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Do not open it yet.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Self-made billionaire and the richest African-American
0:31:43 > 0:31:45of the 20th century,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Oprah Winfrey's hugely popular talk show ran for 25 years.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Famed for covering controversial subjects, the programme also hit
0:31:52 > 0:31:56the headlines for its amazing audience giveaways.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59JR is back in our audio booth.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01This calls for a drum roll.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Cue the drum roll.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05All right, open your boxes.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06Open your boxes.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08One, two, three.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Oprah has since said
0:32:11 > 0:32:13the world-famous You've Got a Car Giveaway
0:32:13 > 0:32:19is one of her all-time favourite happiest moments ever.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20They all got a key.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22They all got a car!
0:32:22 > 0:32:25They all got a car.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Literally, she put a key in every single box.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Ladies and gentlemen,
0:32:29 > 0:32:33now have a look underneath your seats, and you'll probably find
0:32:33 > 0:32:39four legs to a chair!
0:32:39 > 0:32:42How amazing would that have been.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45To have sat in the audience.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Can you imagine being in the audience and winning a car?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Every person.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Then you go out, and there's your car.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Each car was worth over $30,000.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58I loved when that happened, actually.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01She did so many lovely things.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Oprah was one of my - she still is,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08I find her very inspirational.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I find the things she says on programmes inspiring.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12You know when you want to watch happy TV?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Watch Oprah.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Not in the early stages.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17It was a bit Ricki Lake.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21But then she became so inspirational.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23There were doctors on it that would inspire me.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27She tackled big issues as well.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28It was not just about giving away cars.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31She had amazing guests on.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33She was one of those people who can really connect with people.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37As soon as you started talking to her, you could see the guests
0:33:37 > 0:33:41open up and want to tell their whole life story.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43She would try to reach a resolution.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46By the end of the show there was some sort of resolution.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49When you finish watching, you felt happy.
0:33:49 > 0:33:56If you can make someone happy, if you can make someone smile,
0:33:56 > 0:33:57what a lovely thing to do.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59I just love her for that really.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00She was a huge influence?
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Massive influence.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Love watching.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05In fact, she came to England, she was promoting a film,
0:34:05 > 0:34:09and I had an interview with her.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12I was so, so excited, and for some reason it got cancelled.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14And Lorraine Kelly did an interview with her.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17It was such a lovely interview.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20I was so upset I did not meet her, I cried my eyes out.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I still have not met her yet.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Did you cry like that?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27I didn't, actually.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30It was a silent cry.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32I was so devastated.
0:34:32 > 0:34:39I was crying tears because I have always wanted to meet her.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The fact I was that close to meeting her and it was cancelled...
0:34:42 > 0:34:44We did not have the space for it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45I could not breathe.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48I could not speak to anybody for the whole day.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I think one day me and Oprah's paths will cross.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Plenty of time.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54She might give you a car.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56You never know.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Just a box with a key in it.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03I kind of had that moment with you as well.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I wanted to meet you.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Now my dreams have come true.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09They say you should never meet your heroes.
0:35:09 > 0:35:16It never works out, does it?
0:35:16 > 0:35:19You have a lot of Oprah in you.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Do you think?
0:35:21 > 0:35:29I love her hair.
0:35:29 > 0:35:29You
0:35:29 > 0:35:29You genuinely
0:35:29 > 0:35:29You genuinely make
0:35:29 > 0:35:29You genuinely make people
0:35:29 > 0:35:30You genuinely make people happy,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You genuinely make people happy, Alison.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I hope if people watch me, I make them smile.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36I probably make a lot of them sad as well.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38If I can make someone smile, I am happy.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43I'm doing my job right.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45We first saw you on our screens in Big Brother.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47How was that experience?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50It felt like a mini holiday.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56The first day we arrived we got a full luxury shopping list.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I had two weeks of luxury and then I got kicked out.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01I was the second one to be kicked out.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I had a lovely holiday.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07How long after that did you then work for This Morning?
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Quite soon after.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14About a month or so afterwards they asked me to come on and do
0:36:14 > 0:36:17a three month contract.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21I have been there 13 years now.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Started off on a three-month contract.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25It never went away.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29We are going to have a look at you on one of your first
0:36:29 > 0:36:30interviews for This Morning.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Do you know who it is with?
0:36:31 > 0:36:32Is it Mr Clooney?
0:36:32 > 0:36:33It is.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36George himself.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39If you thought George Clooney was just another sex symbol
0:36:39 > 0:36:41from Hollywood, think again.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46With his directorial debut, he has proved he is just as talented
0:36:46 > 0:36:48behind the camera as he is in front.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50That is the Paul Ross bit out of the way.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52The reason I'm here is for George Clooney!
0:36:52 > 0:36:53What do you want?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55George!
0:36:56 > 0:36:57I looked so young.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59So does George.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03It's your directing debut - were you nervous?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05I was nervous but I had to carry Sam Rockwell around.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06I was fine.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09If you have got a good actor you'll be OK.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10I can't believe how confident I was.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16I had an interview with him, and then he went away and I thought,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19I will get another interview, so I just shoved a mike in his face.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23That was a bit awkward.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29But I never went to journalism school, so didn't know
0:37:29 > 0:37:30what the etiquette was.
0:37:30 > 0:37:38You got his attention.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40And a years go by, and human members this was back
0:37:40 > 0:37:43I did a sit down interview with him and I thought,
0:37:43 > 0:37:44I look a bit different.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45He ain't going to recognise me.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48As soon as I walked through the door, he said,
0:37:48 > 0:37:50did you hit me in the face of the microphone?
0:37:50 > 0:37:51I was like, me?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53He remembered that moment.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56You have interviewed so many stars.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58What was the big question that people always
0:37:58 > 0:38:00ask you about this?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03They always ask, who was your favourite star?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07I think it will be Oprah when I meet her.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11But maybe Will Smith.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13He literally gives 125% when you don't even ask
0:38:13 > 0:38:14for it.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16He is so giving in interviews.
0:38:16 > 0:38:23Then you have Hugh Jackman, who is great in interviews.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Renee Zellweger always asks about my son every time
0:38:25 > 0:38:26I see her.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29I have met her four times and she is like, how is Aidan?
0:38:29 > 0:38:30She remembers his name!
0:38:30 > 0:38:33I was pregnant when I first met her, so she was
0:38:33 > 0:38:34taking an interest.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Didn't you tap dance with her?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I did!
0:38:37 > 0:38:38I tap danced for her.
0:38:38 > 0:38:45She loved it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47And you have rapped with Will Smith.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Yes, we had a little wrap.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52He said, can you write orange?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I said, I can rhyhme anything.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56But it is the only thing you can't rhyme.
0:38:56 > 0:39:03Orange, you cannot find a rhyme that goes with.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07But you have a talent to spark up an immediate rapport with someone.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10That is what you have to be good at, and
0:39:10 > 0:39:14that is what you have been doing for 13 years now.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I never even thought about the secret, but you have got
0:39:17 > 0:39:19it, Brian.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23When have you struggled to strike up a report?
0:39:23 > 0:39:23--
0:39:23 > 0:39:24-- rapport.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28It does happen, you are not going to get on with
0:39:28 > 0:39:29everyone.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30People can have a bad day.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I am going to name drop him.
0:39:32 > 0:39:39I can't remember his name!
0:39:39 > 0:39:41LAUGHTER.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46Probably me!
0:39:46 > 0:39:50No, I was working with Colin Firth.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53And the first time I met him, I was on the red carpet for Bridget
0:39:53 > 0:39:59Jones.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01He was all over me.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03So my second interview, I was telling all the cameramen,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06you're going to love this interview, because he was kissing me on the red
0:40:06 > 0:40:07carpet.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11He came in and went, I have had a bad night.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14And the whole interview, no one else would have
0:40:14 > 0:40:18noticed it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21But I could feel it in my heart, that he just wasn't with me.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23That is just the way it is.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Some people have a good day, some have a
0:40:25 > 0:40:27bad day.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Unfortunately, I had both with Colin Firth.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31You did Strictly for us.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Can you believe I did Strictly?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36This big girl from Birmingham?
0:40:36 > 0:40:39You were brilliant.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41You know, it was one of the best things
0:40:41 > 0:40:43I have ever done.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48And the fact that I got Aljaz, he was so lovely and we had such
0:40:48 > 0:40:50a good time.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54I didn't do very much dancing.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I did a lot of chatting and sitting around having a coffee
0:40:57 > 0:40:58and a cup of tea.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00And then we would do a bit of dancing.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03I did about ten minutes of dancing in the whole thing.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07I just loved every minute, the glamour, the hair,
0:41:07 > 0:41:08the costumes, the glitter.
0:41:08 > 0:41:15Brilliant.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18What sort of TV do you watch now?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20I do like daytime TV.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Of course.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Obviously, I like This Morning.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25But I am really into box sets.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I've just finished watching Breaking Bad.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Loved it.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32I am now watching, can't believe I'm so behind,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35but I'm only just watching Homeland.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Really into that.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40But can you switch off, or do you binge on it?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43I binge.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I literally want to watch six episodes
0:41:45 > 0:41:46at once.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47I can't turn it off.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50I might be watching in the car if I am
0:41:50 > 0:41:51not driving.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I will watch in the train.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55I literally binge.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58I want to watch them all now.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03I like box sets.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06We give our guests the opportunity to choose a theme tune for us
0:42:06 > 0:42:07to play out on.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11What is it going to be?
0:42:11 > 0:42:14For me, what reminds me of family and a Saturday night would have
0:42:14 > 0:42:16to be the Dallas theme tune.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Big fan?
0:42:18 > 0:42:24I loved it.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27When JR got shot, who did it and all that stuff, loved it.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31And we all used to sing it before it came on.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33We would literally be dancing.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37We were so happy when that came on, the whole family.
0:42:37 > 0:42:43Well, you have made us happy today.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45You are such a bright spark and a lovely
0:42:45 > 0:42:46person.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Well, you've made me happy.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Thank you very much.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Give us a kiss.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54So, my thanks to Alison and my thanks to you for watching
0:42:54 > 0:42:55The TV That Made Me.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56See you next time.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Bye-bye!
0:42:57 > 0:43:06DALLAS THEME PLAYS
0:43:06 > 0:43:16ALISON SINGS ALONG
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Dad, can I just park the thing, OK?
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Did you need planning permission for that cake?