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
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- dominated our screens in the '80s... - You've found the secret of life!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27..to another whose Canned Carrot
0:02:27 > 0:02:31was a staple in many homes during the early '90s.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Spread your legs and your arms.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38As well as close encounters with kids and animals on S4C.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44This is a celebration of television that you know and love
0:02:44 > 0:02:47and that you've grown-up with. Are you excited about that?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Really excited.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Because actually, when you think back, you can
0:02:51 > 0:02:54remember different eras by what you were watching at the time.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I've always been a huge telly fan.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Today, we're going to watch some classic TV shows,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02but before we do that we going to rewind the clock
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and have a look at a very young Alex Jones.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Alex grew up in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, with her mum,
0:03:13 > 0:03:14a bank clerk, dad, an engineer,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17and Jenny, her younger sister by three years.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20She was seen chatting away in her native tongue
0:03:20 > 0:03:24after attending the local Welsh speaking school.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Giving up childhood dreams to be a ballet dancer,
0:03:27 > 0:03:32she headed off to university to study theatre, film and TV.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35After working briefly behind the cameras it wasn't long
0:03:35 > 0:03:39before she found herself on screen and starting her TV career
0:03:39 > 0:03:43presenting the Welsh language channel S4C.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- So what about nostalgia? Are you one for nostalgia?- Yeah, I am, yeah.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Um, you know, when we were thinking about shows we used to watch,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56it brings back really happy memories,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58especially of watching television as a family.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02And I think back when we were young
0:04:02 > 0:04:04it was more of an appointment to view, then.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08People would sit down as their family - nine o'clock on a Friday,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11so-and-so is on, get the fish and chips in, and we'd all be there.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And I don't think that happens as much any more
0:04:13 > 0:04:15because you can watch things on catch-up.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I dunno, when I look back it reminds me of really happy,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20comforting, cosy times.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23And we want to make you comfy, we want to make you happy today.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Did you have any TV snacks?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28TV snacks would be mostly, well, tea and biscuits.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- Tea and biscuits. Don't go anywhere. - Well, it's great service here!
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I'm going in the kitchen now.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- I hope you like builder's tea.- Oh, I love builder's tea.- There you go.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Drop of milk, that's all you need.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43We have a small selection here - do you want to take any?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Well, I'm spoiled for choice here. I think I'll have a custard cream.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Oh, custard cream! - Do you mind if I dunk?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Oh, I'm going to have a dunk as well.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- The good thing with a custard cream is they're robust.- Very robust, yes.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00What you don't want is a biscuit and you dunk it
0:05:00 > 0:05:01and then it goes pathetic.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- Yes.- Custard cream, nice and chunky. It can withstand the tea.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Yeah, see, you've learned something today, haven't you, ladies and gentlemen?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10LAUGHTER
0:05:10 > 0:05:13A custard cream is robust!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Good for dunking. So not a digestive, then?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I'm not opposed, I love a digestive.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I like Rich Tea, and I'll tell you why.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Because they're so thin you can eat loads of them.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26LAUGHTER
0:05:30 > 0:05:33It's time for your first choice now, Alex.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Let's take a look at an early TV memory. Here it is.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40# Sunny day... #
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Sesame Street!
0:05:41 > 0:05:43This takes me right back
0:05:43 > 0:05:45to being probably four or five.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Really?
0:05:47 > 0:05:53With over 4,000 episodes over the last 47 years, Sesame Street
0:05:53 > 0:05:56has become an institution on both sides of The Pond.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00It was originally created for nursery-aged children
0:06:00 > 0:06:01to prepare them for school.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05The educational content of the series was delivered by children
0:06:05 > 0:06:09and adults interacting with puppets provided by the then relatively
0:06:09 > 0:06:11unknown Jim Henson.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16# Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? #
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It reminds me of school holidays, especially summer holidays.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23We'd get up really early, Jen and I - Jen is my sister -
0:06:23 > 0:06:27and first thing we do, Mum would bring us some cereal,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30turn the telly on and Sesame Street would be on.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I used to absolutely love it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36It's one of the most vivid memories, you know, as a child.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Sesame Street was a big...
0:06:37 > 0:06:42On our street, we lived on a sort of cul-de-sac,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and all the parents bought houses at about the same time
0:06:45 > 0:06:50because they were new houses then, back in the early '80s or whatever.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52And so all the children were around the same age
0:06:52 > 0:06:54and we were all friends.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56And we'd all watch that in the morning and then we go out
0:06:56 > 0:07:01and play our own version of Sesame Street. So we were all big fans.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05What sort of games would you play that stemmed from watching Sesame Street?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Well, we had a tree in the field that was near this
0:07:07 > 0:07:12cul-de-sac where we lived, and the big tree would be Big Bird's nest.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Of course, of course.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- You've just got imagination when you're little, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22And we'd sing the same songs and... I don't know, it just seemed...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Because I think it was filmed in New York, wasn't it? I'm not sure.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I believe so, yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Yeah, and to us, who lived in South Wales,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32that seems the ultimate glamour.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Did you have a favourite character? - Big Bird.- Oh, really?- Mm.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38And Groucho in the bin.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41(Bert is it!)
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- Oh, Bert and Ernie!- Yeah.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48The very first Muppets to appear were Bert and Ernie
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Henson himself performed as Ernie.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Fellow puppeteer Frank Oz played Bert.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- You're it, Bert!- Aaaagh!
0:07:55 > 0:07:56I'LL GET YOU! I'LL GET YOU!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I'M GOING TO GET YOU!
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It's been claimed that Bert's irritation at Ernie's endless
0:08:01 > 0:08:04harebrained schemes bore a strong similarity
0:08:04 > 0:08:06to their real-life friendship.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I'm going to get you!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- BERT PUFFS - Oh, you got me, Bert.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Actually watching it as an adult, you think, this is weird!
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Do you think it was exciting because it came from America?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Yeah, probably.- Do you think there was something about that, as well?
0:08:20 > 0:08:25I suppose. You know, we were all, as children, I suppose, um...
0:08:25 > 0:08:29obsessed with anything American. It seemed quite exotic, didn't it?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Especially in Wales.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33And of course it was educational.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36It was, yeah, because every day and have a different letter
0:08:36 > 0:08:40and a different number, one or the other. Definitely.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43So yeah, I suppose it was educational, you know.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- It won over 150 Emmys. - Did it? Sesame Street?- Mm-hm.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- 150 Emmys?- Yeah. - That's incredible, isn't it?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Sesame Street's 47 years on our screens is impressive,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59but with shows like Playschool,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02some of our home-grown educational
0:09:02 > 0:09:03children's shows
0:09:03 > 0:09:05have had record-breaking runs.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Playschool, starting five years earlier than Sesame Street,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10in 1964, was the first programme
0:09:10 > 0:09:13to air on BBC Two.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15It ran on the BBC for the next 24 years.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Next up, Newsround.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It began in 1972, presented by
0:09:22 > 0:09:24John Craven for the first 17 years.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25It's the world's first
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and longest running news magazine
0:09:27 > 0:09:29programme aimed specifically
0:09:29 > 0:09:30at children.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36But the granddaddy of them all and still going strong is Blue Peter.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Dating back to 1958,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41it's the longest-running
0:09:41 > 0:09:43children's TV show in the world.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Originally created to cater for five to eight-year-olds, its appeal soon
0:09:47 > 0:09:53extended to older viewers as it quickly became a BBC classic.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55So, Alex, tell me about where you lived.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58So, yeah, it was a little cul-de-sac in South Wales.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Well, in Carmarthenshire. That's the house we've always lived in.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Oh, right, even to this day?- Mum and Dad still live in the same house.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Where was the telly, in the lounge?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- So our lounge, the cat used to sleep on top of the telly.- No!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13But then the telly...
0:10:13 > 0:10:16well, it sort of exploded, for want of a better word...
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Not with the cat on top of it?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- No, thankfully. But all her fur had gone into the telly...- No!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Yeah, and had blocked it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26She used to love it because it was hot on top of the telly.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29And she lived until she was 24.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31So she was doing something right.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35I mean, I googled it and I wondered if she was the oldest cat ever,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39but, damn it all, there was a cat called Cream Puff that lived to 38.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Yeah?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44But anyway, so I used to have... Do you remember...
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Sony televisions, and there was a fashion of having white televisions?
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Ooh! Very state of the art! - We had it for so long it was yellow.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55LAUGHTER
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- By the time it exploded due to cat hair.- What was the cat named?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- Medi, which is Welsh for September.- September.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03She was born in September.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Has he got a cat?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09LAUGHTER
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- I shall place the cat... - Awwww! Well, now it's perfect.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- I feel right at home now.- Yeah. Happy with that, are we?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21There she is.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Perfect! See, it adds something, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Well, I think it brings us all nicely on to your next choice,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35which is Must See TV.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39DRUMBEAT AND ANIMAL CALLS
0:11:39 > 0:11:41On Safari, with Christopher Biggins.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44This is when we were a little bit older watching this.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47It would be on when we got home from school.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Aw, look at Christopher Biggins!
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- Do you member the catchphrase when he shouted "Safari"?- No!
0:11:52 > 0:11:56"Safari!" And then the audience used to say, "So Goodie!"
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Safari! - ALL: So Goodie!
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Well done! Hi, Biggins here.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Have we got a fun show for you!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- You think Biggins was a good children's presenter?- I do.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Well, I used to like him.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09That was one of my favourite shows.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13This fun-filled, messy children's game show was set in a studio
0:12:13 > 0:12:16jungle filled with pools of gunge.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20It ran on ITV from 1982 for two years.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The host was Christopher Biggins
0:12:22 > 0:12:26and you might recognise his young female co-presenter.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27CHEERING
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Gillian Taylforth is the host!- Look!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Yup, a pre-Eastenders Gillian Taylforth kept track of the scores,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38as well as keeping her co-host in order.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I heard you insured your voice for a million dollars.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Yes.- What did you do with the money?
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- What's her name on EastEnders now? Kathy?- Kathy, yeah.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Here we are, through the gunge.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53We used to recreate this in our bedroom.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56We used to share a bedroom, me and my sister Jenny,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58and I'd have my bed there
0:12:58 > 0:13:01and she'd have her bed there, and we used to play this.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03So we used to put pillows
0:13:03 > 0:13:07and cushions across to get from one bed to the other.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09CHEERING
0:13:09 > 0:13:12They always had to cross from one path to the other without
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- getting in the swamp.- Yeah.- This was my favourite bit, over the water.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Oh, he's in! - SHE LAUGHS
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I wonder if health and safety would allow that these days,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23let's be honest. "Oh, no, you can't do that with kids."
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- It's like where shows like Wipeout came from.- Mm-hm.- Isn't it?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29You used to watch this with your sister?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Yeah.- Is there still a strong bond between you and your sister?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Very, very, very.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36We used to live next door to each other for a good few years
0:13:36 > 0:13:40in Cardiff, before I came to do The One Show, yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42She's the sensible one.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46She's younger, but she's the one that was, you know,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49when they were sharing out the genes, she got the commonsense gene.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55- But Jen is just lovely.- Yeah? - Quietly just...
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Oh, supportive... Amazing.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58- Yeah?- Yeah. She's...
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- she's my best friend, yeah.- Awww.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Alongside educational programmes,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07there's always been a place in kids'
0:14:07 > 0:14:09TV for sheer outrageous fun.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Shows like Crackerjack,
0:14:11 > 0:14:12which debuted in 1955
0:14:12 > 0:14:16and ran for nearly 30 years on the BBC, mixed games, jokes,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19music and comedy in front of a live audience of kids.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25We Are The Champions, with Ron Pickering,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28was formatted around a traditional British school sports day,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31with athletics and swimming races.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Later, in the '70s, Cheggers Plays Pop combined games on huge
0:14:37 > 0:14:40inflatables with pop questions and current chart hits.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45In 1991, Get Your Own Back,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47with Dave Benson Phillips,
0:14:47 > 0:14:51proved that kids still loved crazy game shows,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53gunge-filled and anarchic.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57With parents and teachers dropped in the plop,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00it ran for 13 years until 2004.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09The next clip I want to show you now, Alex, is from a show that your dad used to enjoy.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Spread your legs and arms.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16HE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:15:16 > 0:15:18What language is he speaking?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19It's French.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Oh, Canned Carrott!
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Voulez-vous une armoire, maintenant?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Que?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28What did you say?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- It is the only bit of French I know. - What does it mean?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34"Do you want a wardrobe at the moment?"
0:15:34 > 0:15:37From the early '80s, Jasper Carrott wrote and performed in numerous
0:15:37 > 0:15:40comedy sketch shows, including Carrott Confidential
0:15:40 > 0:15:41and Canned Carrott.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43His regular characters,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47hapless detective duo Louis and Briggs, with Robert Powell,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49became so popular that they were
0:15:49 > 0:15:52given their own spin-off series in 1993.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- Dad was obsessed with - obsessed with - Jasper Carrot.- Really?- Yeah.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59This was kind of on quite late at night,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I think it was about nine o'clock or something.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04So it was the last thing we were allowed to watch
0:16:04 > 0:16:06before we had to go to bed.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Then you search his jacket.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12What's this? I have found a quantity of drugs?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Oh! I have been naughty!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I have got really vivid memories of sitting on Dad's lap,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and I would get really annoyed because he would be laughing
0:16:19 > 0:16:22so much, he would be jiggling up and down and I would fall off,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25and then I'd get back on and he would laugh again and I'd fall off.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Weirdly, about, I don't know,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30a couple of weeks ago, a few weeks ago,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Jasper Carrott presented The One Show with me.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36APPLAUSE
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Lovely...to see you. - Love to see you.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- A1, A1. Really looking forward to this.- Good!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Are you ready for all The One Show has to offer?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Dad was completely made up.- Yeah?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It was...kind of his highlight, I think.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51He said, "Well, there we are.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55"She is sat next to Jasper Carrott, I am a happy man."
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- And that is the only One Show he has ever recorded.- Really?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00The cheek of it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03So, was comedy and laughter a big part of the Jones' household?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06It was, looking back, I can remember,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I mean, that is one of my most vivid memories,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13is of watching television as a family and belly laughing
0:17:13 > 0:17:15at all sorts of things.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22What was it your mum used to enjoy?
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Um, we used to like family sitcoms,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Sunday night drama, she loves, as well.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33She will watch Downton, you know really enjoyed War And Peace,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35that sort of thing.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38But there is one programme your mum used to watch which should really
0:17:38 > 0:17:40have carried a government health warning.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- This, of course...- This, of course, Dynasty.- Yeah, Dynasty.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52This is the only show that we were allowed to stay up late to watch,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54because Mum was obsessed, and, to be honest,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56when Dynasty was on, nothing else mattered.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It was the only time Mum would really switch off.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Never has she been one of those mums to say,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04"Don't talk to me, so-and-so is on,"
0:18:04 > 0:18:06but during this, she was less keen to chat.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Throughout the '80s, perms and shoulder pads were in abundance.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Actors in Dynasty, like British-born Emma Samms, commanded
0:18:21 > 0:18:23huge weekly audiences.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28I used to want to be her.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Spanning nine series and over 200 episodes,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35at its peak it was the number one drama on our screens.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40So, the opening titles of Dynasty, do you remember?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43All of these glamorous ladies used to come down the stairs
0:18:43 > 0:18:45and they would stop and they would turn to the camera like that,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47and they would be, like, windswept,
0:18:47 > 0:18:48and then their name would come up,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and I thought that was the epitome of glamour.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55So, my sister and I would run upstairs,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57grab the closest thing to glamour we could find,
0:18:57 > 0:18:58which, in South Wales,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01was my mother's thermal dressing gown from M&S,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05and drape that over our shoulders, because it was nice and long.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07And then we would stick on a pair of
0:19:07 > 0:19:09her high-heels and recreate the scene.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- And come down the stairs. Unfortunately...- Yes?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18..a child in high heels is never a good combination on stairs,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22and, twice, I ended up in accident and emergency
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- having broken my arm.- Broken your arm?- Broken my arm.- Not once?
0:19:25 > 0:19:31Not once, but twice, thanks to Dynasty. It was worth it.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- It was worth it?- Yeah. The lengths girls go to for a bit of glamour!
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Should have carried a health warning!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I know! Should have a warning!
0:19:37 > 0:19:39When you were rushed to the hospital,
0:19:39 > 0:19:40was it your dad that took you and
0:19:40 > 0:19:42your mum carried on watching the programme?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Yeah, "You take her, Al!"
0:19:44 > 0:19:47LAUGHTER
0:19:47 > 0:19:50What brings you here? And why didn't you let us know you were coming?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53It was a last-minute thing, Jeff has to see mother about some business,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55and I thought, "I am going, too,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57"just to see my father's great smile."
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Everybody was in lovely, massive shoulder pads and massive earrings.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I think it was just an insight into a really glamorous world,
0:20:04 > 0:20:09and nothing else on television really compared to it at that time,
0:20:09 > 0:20:10from what I can remember.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Excuse me, I thought you were alone, but I see...
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Hello, Fallon.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22My aim in life as a young child was to be Fallon off Dynasty.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I used to think she was so pretty
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and I thought, "Gosh, she has got everything going for her."
0:20:27 > 0:20:31I know you saved my sister's life, we are all very grateful for that.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33You know, we have had Joan Collins on.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I couldn't believe it,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37that Alexis was sitting in front of me.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I think it is people that you watch as a child that really stand...
0:20:41 > 0:20:44You know, I don't get really star-struck any more,
0:20:44 > 0:20:48but when Joan Collins came on, I thought, "Wow, you're amazing."
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Really?- Yeah.- Did she look that good in the flesh?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Oh, she is flawless, she is literally...
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I looked really close up, I pretended to go in for a kiss,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59but really, I wanted to see how many wrinkles she had.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01LAUGHTER
0:21:01 > 0:21:04There was nothing there. She is amazing.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- So, Alex, it is now time to move on to your must-see TV.- Right.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Oh! Beadle about!
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- BOTH:- # Watch out, Beadle's about
0:21:20 > 0:21:22# You better watch out
0:21:22 > 0:21:24# Cos Beadle's about! #
0:21:24 > 0:21:27APPLAUSE
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Oh, my gosh, it is funny, isn't it, how a catchy theme tune,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36just, can transport you to a time and a place.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39On Saturday afternoon, you know, pools would be on.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Oh, yeah!- And do you remember the noise of the pools?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44And it was really monotone, wasn't it? It would be like,
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- IN MONOTONE VOICE:- "Swansea City, one. Bristol...three."
0:21:49 > 0:21:51And it just went on for ages,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and you were, like, "Oh, come on! Where's the good programmes?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56And Dad would go, "Ssh! Shh!"
0:21:56 > 0:22:00And then, you know, this would come on and we would all sit down.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04We are here at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex to try and pull off...
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- He's got classic '80s hair.- Yeah.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10And now they are off to enjoy a lovely lunch,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13but they better watch out, because Beadle's about!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Starting in 1986 on ITV, Jeremy Beadle's hidden camera show
0:22:17 > 0:22:22played practical jokes on members of the public for a whole decade.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24As top Saturday night entertainment,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27it regularly attracted 15 million viewers.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Even though this was a long time ago,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- the stunts were... - Oh, amazing, yeah.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Amazing, and really big scale, weren't they?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37What did you do that for?!
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I just used to love it when people would get angrier and angrier,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55and then he just, the timing that he had,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58just before it all kicked off badly,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01it was brilliant, wasn't it?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02What do you think of Brian, though?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04I think he is an outright BLEEP!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I used to love that, and I think it was really forward-thinking.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It was the first big prank show, wasn't it?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- It was, and it wasn't small-scale stuff.- Oh, no.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I mean, it was huge things.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I have had a lot of things happened to me where I thought,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22"Is Jeremy Beadle anywhere near here?"
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Any that spring to mind?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26I was a runner at the time.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Oh, I see.- I had just started out in television.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31There was a man who was the first, well, it was Michael Crawford,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and he was doing a documentary all about
0:23:33 > 0:23:35being the first Phantom Of The Opera,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39and my task that day was to go and collect him from the station
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and take him to the location where we were filming.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44He comes off the train, lovely, lovely man.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47And I said, "I am just going to take you, Michael, now,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50"to the location where we are filming." He said "Yeah, absolutely."
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Anyway, they rang and said, "We are running late,
0:23:54 > 0:23:59"so ask him whether he wants some lunch, and take him if he does."
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Well, at the time, I had no money, because I had only just started out,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05and I thought, "Oh, God, how will I pay for this?"
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I said "Are you hungry, Michael?" And he went,
0:24:07 > 0:24:08"Oh, yeah, I could do with a snack."
0:24:08 > 0:24:11So I took him to McDonald's, to the drive-through.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Because I thought, well, it is going to be really embarrassing
0:24:15 > 0:24:19if I can't afford to buy him lunch, so I thought, I can shout him
0:24:19 > 0:24:21a burger or something.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25He was happy enough, but they were absolutely horrified.
0:24:25 > 0:24:31Oh, and then there was another one, there was an alarm on the building.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- The alarm had broken. As it does. - Mm-hm.
0:24:35 > 0:24:42And then, one morning, a man called Mike, who was in a band
0:24:42 > 0:24:45called The Alarm... Have you heard of a band called The Alarm?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47AUDIENCE MUTTERS
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Some of you.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51So, Mike comes to the office, I only hear the word "alarm"
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and I wasn't familiar with the band,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and he was in something that
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I thought looked a bit like a boiler suit,
0:24:57 > 0:25:02so I gave him a cup of coffee and steered him to the alarm,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and said, "There we are, it has been awful, it has been playing up,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07"we can't get it to switch off."
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- And I left him there. - That is lovely!- And off I went.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15And then my boss said, "Where is Mike?"
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I said, "Well, he is downstairs by the panel."
0:25:19 > 0:25:22And he said, "What Mike is downstairs?"
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I said, "Yes, Mike, you know, the alarm."
0:25:24 > 0:25:27He said, "No, he is in a band called The Alarm!
0:25:28 > 0:25:34Oh, gosh! Right, OK, so they said, "Listen, this isn't working out."
0:25:35 > 0:25:39I was young, Brian, I was 21, straight out of university,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and so they said, "Do you know what?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45"We might see if you are better off on-camera."
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- And, so, that was that. - The rest is history?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50They didn't have much choice, they thought,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53"We are not having her back on production, stick her on a show!"
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Alex, we are now going to move on to TV fear.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- And this is a show...- Uh-oh...- Oooh?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- I know what it is.- A show that used to scare you witless.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Hello.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I am talking to you, yes, you,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16sitting there on your comfortable settee
0:26:16 > 0:26:20and laughing a lot at this great show, feeling comfortable, secure.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Mortgage paid, happy in your job, pretty wife...
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- What is scary about.. - Well, look at him!
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Fear!
0:26:29 > 0:26:32See?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I have got really vivid memories of being petrified of this man.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Of the legend, the comedy legend that is Kenny Everett?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I know, it is ridiculous, now, obviously,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45having learned about him over the years,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I can really appreciate how much of a legend he is.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53Saucy and subversive, Kenny Everett's manic comedy sketch show
0:26:53 > 0:26:57moved to BBC One in 1981, after three years on ITV.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02With his wild eyes and outrageous innuendo-heavy humour,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05he kept viewers entertained for most of the decade.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Fear today, you know it makes sense!
0:27:10 > 0:27:11EVIL LAUGHTER
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- I used to do the warm-ups.- Did you?
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Yeah, I was Kenny Everett's warm-up man all the time he was at the BBC.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- And he was charming and...- Oh, wow!- ..a lovely guy.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22That makes me feel better.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26I am a little bit older than you, obviously you're watching this, what age are you watching this at?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30- Getting petrified. - I dunno. Eight-ish, maybe?
0:27:30 > 0:27:34I don't know, I just really vividly remember the character he used
0:27:34 > 0:27:38to do, when he had the plastic legs or rubber legs?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40No, those were his own legs
0:27:40 > 0:27:41and he used to go,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- (IMPERSONATES KENNY EVERETT) "It is all done in the best possible taste! - Yeah, that's it!
0:27:45 > 0:27:49And, I don't know, for some reason as a child,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51yeah, I wasn't keen on Kenny.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54At all. Mum and dad used to love it.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Kenny Everett's gallery of bawdy, lampooning characters was boundless.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04From the fastidious Frenchman, moustachioed Marcel Wave,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07to punk caricature Sid Snot.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Hilarious even in silence, with Morris Mimer,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15to perhaps his most memorable creation, Cupid Stunt,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18the bearded lady movie star, complete with risque name
0:28:18 > 0:28:21and those gravity-defying legs.
0:28:27 > 0:28:33- Alex, it is now time to have a look at your guilty pleasure.- Oh, right.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35BEVERLY HILLS 90210 THEME PLAYS
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Beverly Hills 90210. Amazing.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I would still be really happy watching this on a loop.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47With one of the most star-studded postcodes
0:28:47 > 0:28:51in the world, Beverly Hills 90210 chronicled the lives of the
0:28:51 > 0:28:55beautiful and privileged teenagers who lived at this exclusive address.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- I didn't like him so much.- No?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Or her.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05But him, now that is another level.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Really, you like Luke Perry?
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Yeah. I used to think Luke Perry was future husband material.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- My husband now looks nothing like him.- No?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16So, fail.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20But I think, yeah, it was aspiring, wasn't it?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23It's a group of teens who have got too much money, their own cars,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26driving to school in a car! Who did that?
0:29:26 > 0:29:29I know, I know, but they do, in America, don't they?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31But they did, didn't they?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33And, you know, I suppose it is when
0:29:33 > 0:29:35you first start getting interested in boys
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and all the rest of it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40As soon as he heard I talked to Dean Whitmore the guy went crazy.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Why would he do that?
0:29:41 > 0:29:43With its glamorous, young cast,
0:29:43 > 0:29:47the series became one of the most popular teen dramas of the '90s,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51with many of its stars, like Jason Priestley, becoming huge idols.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Eckstern? What is that? Finley-speak?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I liked him as well, Jason Priestley.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Mind you, he has gone downhill.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I googled him and it was disappointing, the results.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03LAUGHTER
0:30:05 > 0:30:07For the first time since the fire, thanks to Finley,
0:30:07 > 0:30:11I am feeling strong and clear and unafraid. And you just don't get it.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14You're right, I don't get it.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19For me, that was the ultimate escapism, it was aspiring
0:30:19 > 0:30:24when you are young, isn't it? These teens had it all.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27So, how old were you when you were watching this show?
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Probably, I don't know, maybe 13, 14, or...
0:30:31 > 0:30:33You know, as a crowd of friends at the time,
0:30:33 > 0:30:35that was the thing to watch.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Now it is TOWIE or whatever, Made In Chelsea,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42which I do watch on the sly, but when I was a teen,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I mean, I was a complete geek.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48I used to go to school with my little violin, oh, God,
0:30:48 > 0:30:53you know, I didn't come into my own, Brian, until probably 17, 18.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- Oh, right.- Yeah, I was quite shy.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Now, Alex, we are going to look at a clip from a show,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- and from a presenter that has had a big influence on you.- Yeah.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12This is the first ever episode of...
0:31:14 > 0:31:15TFI.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Beginning in 1996, and running for
0:31:20 > 0:31:23four years in its distinctive warehouse set.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- You know, we all remember this on a Friday night.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30The driving force behind TFI Friday was
0:31:30 > 0:31:33TV and radio superstar Chris Evans.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Good evening and welcome to Friday nights live, here on Channel 4.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41From now on, at six o'clock, this is the place to be
0:31:41 > 0:31:43if you want to hear live music from Skunk Anansie!
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Did you used to watch it before a night out?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Yes, we did, actually,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49but during those days, probably,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52it would be a night out in Ritzy's in Swansea.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Aaay.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Sticky carpets. Not very exciting.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01But, yeah, we did, we used to watch it before a night out.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05I will talk to Dawn French, Kathy Lloyd, I will be in bed with Cher...
0:32:05 > 0:32:09With its anarchic backstage feel and roving camera,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11and the very latest Britpop bands,
0:32:11 > 0:32:15it inspired a whole new style of Friday night entertainment.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20Ocean Colour Scene, The Riverboat Song, the new single out now!
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Ocean Colour Scene, what happened to them?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- So that was Chris's first TFI, was it?- Yeah.- Amazing.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29I used to watch all his shows,
0:32:29 > 0:32:33and I always thought that he was a brilliant broadcaster.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35He has become such a solid friend.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Probably my best male friend. - And work colleague.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Yeah, I mean, we are an unlikely couple,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42there's no two ways about it.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44He is completely mental.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49People don't really understand that Chris is, yes, he is mad and
0:32:49 > 0:32:54he has got these funny ideas, but underneath all of that he is really
0:32:54 > 0:32:59kind, and when I came to London and I didn't know a single person, and I
0:32:59 > 0:33:02had only met Chris once, and we were never supposed to do a show together
0:33:02 > 0:33:08on Friday. I met him and he said, "Why don't you do Friday with me?"
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I said, "I am all right, thanks, I would like a long weekend,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12"I like going home to Cardiff."
0:33:12 > 0:33:16He said, "Look, if you do the show I promise it will be really,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18"really good fun."
0:33:18 > 0:33:21And I said, "Well..." And he said,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23"Just do it for a couple of weeks, see how you feel."
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- So I did, and then we ended up doing five years together.- Five years.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Do you miss him from the show?- I do. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31It is more like...
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Chris Evans was Alex's
0:33:33 > 0:33:38sofa buddy for five years from 2010, they formed a dream partnership
0:33:38 > 0:33:41hosting the Friday edition of The One Show.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46- Alex is single.- All right, here we go, love.- Cancelled! It is all over!
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Aww. Lovely couple!
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I used to be a member of the Dennis the Menace club.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51That is all I am looking for.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Having grown-up watching him
0:33:53 > 0:33:57and then, suddenly, having him as a co-host,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59it is quite bizarre, really.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02But I never felt intimidated at all, because
0:34:02 > 0:34:07he was just so down-to-earth, kind, straightforward
0:34:07 > 0:34:09and generous as a presenter from the word go,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12that we just got on like a house on fire.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21- So, Alex, can we talk about your early TV career?- Yes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22How you got into it?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26How it came about, how that spark was ignited?
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Well, because I was such a bad television researcher,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- they then suggested...- I think we definitely established that.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34..yeah, I might be better on camera, and so,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37for years and years I worked on children's television,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39which really suited me.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42It was brilliant fun, I don't know, have you done children's television?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45You must have done lots of children's television.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I have done a little bit. I did do Jackanory.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Aww! Jackanory tells a story!
0:34:49 > 0:34:55I think you learn a lot, and I was lucky because I am bilingual
0:34:55 > 0:34:57and can speak Welsh as well.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00I was really lucky that they have got...
0:35:00 > 0:35:02S4C, is basically the Welsh Channel 4,
0:35:02 > 0:35:07and I learned loads without anybody really knowing who I was.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10So, when I came to The One Show I had a lot of experience,
0:35:10 > 0:35:14but nobody had seen me before, I suppose,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16but children's telly, I think, is the best thing.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19You learn to leave your embarrassment at the door.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Because I have dressed up as everything,
0:35:21 > 0:35:25from a dolphin to a fire engine, was the best one.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28We've got a little clip of you on S4C.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30COCK CROWS
0:35:33 > 0:35:36We should put a public warning out about clothes, hair, etc,
0:35:36 > 0:35:37because I know it's gonna be bad.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- You might need to help me out with the name of the programme.- OK.
0:35:40 > 0:35:45It is called Anifail Am Wythnos, which means animal for a week.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50Oh, look! I'm like Biggins! See? On safari!
0:35:53 > 0:35:55SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- God, I have got stripy hair. - I wouldn't recognise you there.
0:35:58 > 0:36:04Oh, no, I've still got that shirt, I think it is in storage in Cardiff.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:36:12 > 0:36:16So, the concept of this show was families would have an
0:36:16 > 0:36:19animal for a week to see how they got on with it.
0:36:19 > 0:36:25So I would go and deliver a bearded dragon or an alpaca to a family
0:36:25 > 0:36:27and then we would go back at the end of the week to see how
0:36:27 > 0:36:29they got on with it and whether they think
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- they could have it full-time. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:36:37 > 0:36:39GHOSTS WAIL
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Do you miss Welsh TV?
0:36:41 > 0:36:46I do, well, I miss Wales, but to be honest, I get back, I go home loads.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51- I am home at least once a month. - Yeah.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53When you are at home, do you speak in Welsh?
0:36:53 > 0:36:57To Mum, yeah, and to my sister. Well, you know, English.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03Back and forth. You would be able to pick up the odd phrase in there.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07But I am so pleased, because Mum and Dad spoke English to each other,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10and when I was a young child they spoke English to me,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13but then they put me into a Welsh primary and I might as well
0:37:13 > 0:37:16have been in Spain, because I could not understand a word anybody
0:37:16 > 0:37:20was saying, but at four it only took six weeks before I was fluent.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Really?- When you are little you absorb it, don't you?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- Yeah.- I am so glad, because I don't think I would be sitting here
0:37:27 > 0:37:30with you, Brian, if I didn't have Welsh language,
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- because that is where... - It all started.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33..I sort of had a chance to...
0:37:33 > 0:37:38Yeah, get all the experience that led me to the job I am in now.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42My favourite Welsh word is for microwave.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Popty ping!
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Isn't that lovely? Popty ping.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49It says what it does, doesn't it?
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- Exactly!- It sounds like it should, popty ping! It is brilliant.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57And another one we've got, and I think it is, actually,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59yesterday or today was national hug week,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01but in Wales we call it a cwtsh.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- A cwtsh, yeah. Give us a cwtsh. - Give us a cwtsh.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06And, you know, it is a nicer word.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10I am trying to campaign to roll that out nationally.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- Give us a cwtsh.- A cwtsh.- Yeah. - Give me a cwtsh.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17- I used to live in Wales.- Did you? - I lived in Tredegar.- No way!
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Round near Aberdare and Merthyr. - Why?
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- I used to be in a band that were based in Wales.- Did you?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- It wasn't The Alarm, was it? - No, it wasn't The Alarm!
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Thank goodness for that!
0:38:30 > 0:38:32LAUGHTER
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- I never knew that.- So your mum and dad must be very proud of you.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- They are, but no more proud of me than they are of my sister.- Jenny.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Yeah, I mean, all they wanted, like any parents,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45is for their daughters to be happy.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Yeah, yes, of course. - And to be honest,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49if I got any ideas above station,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52they would bring me right back down to Earth like that.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Mam and Dad are sticklers.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58I say, "I met the Queen today," they are like,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01"Gosh, were you wearing something tidy?" "Yes!"
0:39:01 > 0:39:05You know. But, they... Of course they think it is fantastic, but
0:39:05 > 0:39:10they would be the same regardless of what job I did, I'm sure.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18So, what TV do you enjoy watching now?
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- Now I don't get, it is funny, isn't it?- Because you're busy.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25We work in telly but I don't really get to watch it an awful lot.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30- I must say, I do love Strictly. - Yes, of course, you were in that.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Having been on it you watch it in a slightly different way,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35because you know the ins and outs.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- What are the ins and outs, then? - The ins and outs are,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42you know how difficult a dance...
0:39:42 > 0:39:46So, something can look really simple, but believe me,
0:39:46 > 0:39:51doing a rumba on telly is the most embarrassing thing you will ever do.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I mean, I was dying inside.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Cha-cha-cha isn't, either,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58to be honest, anything Latin I was not very good at.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- I like the ballroom stuff, which is a bit more elegant.- Graceful.- Yeah.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04To the untrained eye,
0:40:04 > 0:40:07some dancers can look a bit rough around the edges
0:40:07 > 0:40:09and a bit ropey, but, honestly, believe me,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- to get to that point is really hard. - Yeah.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17So you know the ins and outs, but I still watch it as a viewer and
0:40:17 > 0:40:18really enjoy it,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- and I would do it every year if that was allowed.- Really?
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Yeah, I absolutely loved it, because the thing is, you are not going
0:40:25 > 0:40:29to end up a professional dancer, so you just enjoy it for what it is.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30I mean, I was hopeless.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34My mother, my own mother said, after the first show,
0:40:34 > 0:40:36she said, "Well, how long is this going to go on now, Al?
0:40:36 > 0:40:39"Because you are spoiling it for me, to be honest.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41LAUGHTER
0:40:41 > 0:40:44So I stuck it out till the semifinal.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46There you are, Mary, have that!
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Well done, yeah. - But it was brilliant fun.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50I do still enjoy watching that,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53and I like dramas, like, recently, I really liked
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Doctor Foster with Suranne Jones.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58I thought that was excellent.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I loved The Missing with Jimmy Nesbitt in it, I thought
0:41:01 > 0:41:04that was excellent.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07I'll normally now watch something that is kind of a short drama
0:41:07 > 0:41:11or something. I can't commit to something long term.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Because everybody is busy, aren't they?
0:41:13 > 0:41:17But, um, yeah, a bit of everything, documentaries I find really interesting.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19I love nature programmes.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Um... And we are lucky that we meet all of these wonderful people
0:41:23 > 0:41:27on them because they come on and talk about them on our sofa!
0:41:27 > 0:41:29So, how important is The One Show to you?
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Oh, Brian, if I had my way they would be pushing me
0:41:34 > 0:41:36out of there with a Zimmer frame.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40I absolutely love it, Matt and I have such a nice time. Every day.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43And every day is different, as you know.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45And I just love live television,
0:41:45 > 0:41:47but the show I find interesting,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51because there is all sorts, history, nature, all sorts of things.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55And, normally, a lovely guest as well.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58At this moment, Alex, I give my guests the opportunity
0:41:58 > 0:42:00to pick a theme tune for us to play out on.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03What is it going to be?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Well, I did think long and hard,
0:42:05 > 0:42:10and, over the summer holidays, my sister and I used to love watching
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- a show called Going For Gold.- Yeah!
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Do you remember it? And they used to go,
0:42:16 > 0:42:18"Today, on the show, we have duh-duh-duh from duh-duh-duh"
0:42:18 > 0:42:20and they would wave to the camera.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22All different nationalities, weren't they?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24From Finland! From Switzerland!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26And it was just like a quiz show, wasn't it?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29And I used to think the theme tune was just brilliant.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31My thanks to you for being here. Have you enjoyed it?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33It has been a pleasure, I have really enjoyed it, Brian,
0:42:33 > 0:42:38- Thank you very much. Aww.- Oh, two. - I never know, in Wales it was one
0:42:38 > 0:42:40and now in London it's two, I am confused.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42We could also have a cwtsh.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- We could have a cwtsh.- Let's have a cwtsh.- Aww.- There you go.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46My thanks to you, Alex.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- I have loved it, thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Thank you. And my thanks to you for watching The TV That Made Me.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- See you next time. Bye-bye!- Bye!
0:42:54 > 0:42:57# Going for gold!
0:42:57 > 0:43:01# The heat is on The time is right
0:43:01 > 0:43:04# It's time for you For you to play your game
0:43:04 > 0:43:07# Cos people are coming Everyone's trying
0:43:07 > 0:43:10# Trying to be the best that they can
0:43:10 > 0:43:13# So reach for the sky Cos this space is so high
0:43:13 > 0:43:16# When they're going for going for gold!
0:43:19 > 0:43:22# Go for it, for gold!
0:43:22 > 0:43:25# Go for it, only the best survive
0:43:25 > 0:43:28# Go for it, for gold!
0:43:28 > 0:43:32# Go for it And you can take your prize
0:43:32 > 0:43:35# Going for gold! #