30/03/2016 Too Much TV

It's Wednesday 23rd March, and we have a simply super

POSH VOICE: Yes, the tea is in full flow

and the scones are at the ready, because today we're all

about the best of British, with rather lovely guests

from The Antiques Roadshow and Secret Britain.

Coming up tonight, an expert who's been part of one

of Britain's finest TV institutions for over 30 years.

Eric Knowles is here to talk about the TV treasure

Plus we're joined by a man who's been travelling the length

and breadth of the English countryside to find hidden

His only little. He will sit over the.

And our very own treasure, Susan Calman tells us why we'd be

Our very own treasure, she is twinkly. I don't know why... Is

there something wrong with my face? I didn't mess up, I was drinking in

your beauty. But in other TV news,

fanfare please... You are very good at that

trumpeting. The nominations for the prestigious

TV Bafta's have been announced. Suranne Jones has been

nominated for best actress for her role in the hit

series Doctor Foster. And fresh from his Oscar triumph

Mark Rylance gets a nod The historical drama,

which leads Peter Kaye's Car Share and Channel

4's This is England get three each and Adele gets one

for her BBC TV special. We are waiting, fingers crossed. Is

your phone definitely on? Have they rang, yet? Not yet. Excited! Here is

a good story. Now here's a good story,

apparently tear-jerking TV A psychologist tells

the Radio Times today that blubbing in front

of the box can reduce stress I was quite happy about this. I

blubber at everything. Yes. Including One Born Every Minute.

Super vet. She is forever gently weeping in front of the TV. When

Vera died, Jack's little swamp passed away, I was in bits. You will

set me off, let's get a guest on. Now for our first guest,

he's potty about pottery, mad for ceramics and gaga

for glassware on The Antiques This is expert Eric Knowles

in his first ever appearance I am afraid they are in a bit of a

state. We haven't done a thing to them. That is the best thing to do,

leave them alone. In this condition sale room value would be in the

region of ?800- ?1000. That is the pair of them? Yes. They are not a

pair. Please welcome Eric Knowles. First ever appearance. Scary, isn't

it? Is it a BBC cutbacks? I got rid of

it about 15 years ago. You are looking very dapper. Thank you, I

thought I would try to rise to the smart. You have been honoured for a

long time. 35 years this time. What do you love so much about it? I

approach every programme as though it is the first. That is the small

boy and nosy parker in me. I am wondering what will come out of the

cardboard box or the black plastic bin liner. In days gone by it used

to be wrapped in newspaper. We are more upmarket, it is mainly bubble

wrap. It is such a successful show. Your love for antiques started very

young, didn't it? It did. Antiques is one word for things that are old.

My son was at school, what does your dad do and he said "My dad knows a

lot about dead people's stuff". I grew up in North East Lancashire in

the shadow of Pendle Hill in a place called Nelson. Basically, my efforts

were all in the countryside. There were farmhouses with 1600, 1700 over

the door lintel. On top of that, there were ruined abbeys and

castles. I love this picture of. You. This is so sweet, what is going

on here? Our first museum of collectables. 62, don't go there. A

twinkle. 20, Saint Pauls Road, Nelson, Lancashire. Week seven of

the school holidays in 62. I'm bored, I'm bored. My mother said you

all collect something, bored, I'm bored. My mother said you

put a museum of collectables on the back lawn. So sweet. We did and then

we charged all of the other kids a penny to come in. Nice, made a few

quid. They were more bored than we were. It was fantastic. Sunday

night's show, The Antiques Roadshow history made. Gabby Logan brought in

the FA Cup, let's look at that moment. Along with maybe the

Wimbledon trophy, this is the most famous cup in the country.

Quite comfortably, this has got to be worth well over ?1 million. Wow.

The highest value piece of silver I have ever valued on The Antiques

Roadshow. Exciting times. And incredibly, out

on special day release from the Wembley Stadium

tour, it's here! Danielle and Gary, the security for

the FA Cup. If I was to grab it and leg it, would you come after me?

Yes, I think so. They are not even saying anything. ?1 million. It is

probably the most, if I can use, the most iconic piece of silver that we

all know. It was made in Bradford in 1911. Fatorini. The first team to

win it was Bradford, rather appropriate. Everybody wants to do

this, can I do this? Football fans. My tribal team is Burnley and they

won in 1930, haven't won since. The FA Cup is so familiar

you would have seen this So much history involved. Some

lovely design on it, some grapes? LAUGHTER

I read about it. That is the strange thing about it. According to

Alistair, he is one of the greatest experts in the world, he did not pay

me to say that, it is covered in great. Thank you! Everybody laughed.

-- covered in grapes. Probably designed as a wine cooler. Now you

have an interested, she is all over that. Do you ever worry you will

smash stuff? I work in the ceramics department, you are in a high risk

zone. You have got to temper a bit, you cannot be overcautious, that is

when you drop things but you cannot be blase. There was a stage when I

tapped on the security and it was sheer bravado. Touch wood... Has

there been anything you really loved that you bought yourself? Not on the

programme, that is strictly taboo. There is still time, it might

happen. We could use up the FA Cup. This was mine and's. -- my nana's.

This is what I had in my lounge at home. It is from 1970. Probably

Bolton, the area it was found. Was it? These were really big in Bolton

in the 1970s. Oh! Can I move to Miami and by a massive house? The

problem with this is that it is a left-handed one and they don't fetch

anything like as much as a right-handed ones. Darn. Having said

that, it is a family treasure. If you had two of those, they would be

worth twice as much. LAUGHTER Eder that's exciting, find the other

one. Priceless for me. I am happy but check out this man's reaction,

she was gutted. You could get between ?200 and ?300. Is that all?

Yeah, that's all. My goodness! After all those years. I didn't keep

anything myself for 50 years and I can only get ?400. Top end. I never

heard the like. LAUGHTER Bless him, he was furious. It looks

like he wants to get an axe out. Two saw it up. How do you let people

down gently? They are coming with prized possessions and hoping to get

lots of money for it? We are there to tell far more people that what

they have got isn't worth much that we temper it by saying in some cases

it is a family heirloom and it is treasured. Do you and your family.

Forget the money. Forget the money. I have been accused of having far

more people actually cancel world cruises than ever book one. Such a

lovely show. Long may it go on with people queueing up with all of their

treasures. I know. Priceless to have you with us this evening. Go wild

for Eric Knowles. APPLAUSE If you like it, you know

where to find it, The Antiques Now, have you ever watched any TV

that's made a lasting impression? Well, we asked our TMTV friends

which TV shows had an impact on them and this is

what they had to say. The TV show that had the biggest

impact on me growing up was a series called The Young Ones with Rik

Mayall. It -- I loved it. I would repeat what they said, I would do

impressions and I love to Rik Mayall. Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Friday nights. Brideshead revisited. It created a world I found

believable. I found that immensely compelling. The kids shows on a

Saturday morning. Why Don't You? And swap shop, they made a difference to

my life, such fond memories. Batman, the 1960s Batman and Robin. It was

possible to be a wealthy playboy Finau philanthropist and a caped

crusader, that would be the way I would go. Blue Peter. I loved it, I

loved making things that I wanted to be a blue Peter presenter. Magpie. I

watched blue Peter but magpie was more naughty. Saved by the bell. I

loved it and everything about it. I reminded myself of Screech. I watch

the news regularly with my parents and learned so much by watching the

old correspondence. FreshPrince of Bel Air. They don't make shows like

that any more. Grange Hill. I grew up in the 80s, 90s, standard. That

was. Wondered -- one of the first shows I watched at 9pm, Minder. It

made me feel very grown-up. Stingray. Pitts ruled the world. If

it wasn't that we would be ruled by amphibians. Junior kick-start. Some

may be too young to remember. It got me into motorbikes, I loved it. And

Peter Purves is an absolute legend. Very good.

Now we're joined by everyone's favourite lady.

Susan, what have you got for us today?

It is always exciting when you come win with facts and figures. You

interviewed Tom Heaton Countryfile. It was lovely but my favourite

moment was Need to. Do I need to worry about

being bitten? I am glad about that. Not entirely true. Don't put your

hand in its mouth. My goodness. Painful. I used to be a lawyer, I

don't know if you know this. I am always thinking of health and

safety, wanted to talk about the three most important rules of

television. Number two, never work with animals,

Number three, never pay Let's talk about the most

important of those rules. You are incredible, wonderful

presenters, but even you could be upstaged by animals. I have a handy

guide. Number one... Animals have their own houses. You

are an expert with all of that lingo! I am like a modern Johnny

Morris! Do not go into their own environment because that can upset

them. What would happen if I came into your house uninvited? You have!

And I do apologise once again. If you do, there's likely

to be repercussions, as regional news presenter

Nigel Farrell found out, Absolute luxury but there is one

important thing missing from his life. Get off! BEEP. Get off! I did

not realise that they were sober just? Well... If you have seen Babe

two, you will know they are. The most dangerous animal in the world?

Tiger? Mosquito. Now, I know we all love our pets,

but sometimes, admit it, We can see with Sarah Greene and

Gordon the Gopher on Going Live and Gordon has an incident with a shih

tzu. Carriers are designed to be nipping other dogs and you will find

that they tend to go after ankles. Colleagues, they are taught to go

after sheep and things. And occasionally... Shih tzus...

LAUGHTER. I am sorry! He is just very

affectionate! Another fact... Lassie has got print on the Hollywood Walk

of Fame! Number three... It takes something to upstage

Graham Norton, but in this clip from 2008 he brought his

Labradoodle, Bailey, It goes horribly wrong. There you

go. This might last... BARKING. I would go to something else! BARKING.

We are going to another item about the decline of the picture postcard!

Move on! You both have dogs? Let us have a look... The Maltese terrier,

that is mine. But no. And that is my black labrador. Would he come into

the studio? He has been risk assessed by the BBC. In case you

Jeremy Vine! Mine would just be lying here quite happily. Number

four... In 1977 Richard Whitely had an

incident with a ferret. Ow! Ow! It will not hurt you. It is hurting

the! Put it down. I cannot do anything. Can you just hold it? This

must be the climax of the situation...

Thank you. If that had meant his nurse, she would have been right

through to the bone. She was playing with you. One bad apple Andy Holt

barrel gets tarnished so tonight, we have in the studio, if ferret and I

have named him Aled. How is it? He is quite quickly. And, how can I put

this politely... He stinks! But he is very cute. Lovely. Happy? I would

not say happy! But I am coping OK. The bottom line is never work with

animals, unless it is a ferret! He is sweet. Thank you so much. And

thank you to Aled, our lovely Next up is a man who's ditched

the safe haven of the TV studio to take

on the great outdoors. Chris Hollins is here to tell us

all about the hidden gems of the British countryside in BBC

One's Secret Britain. Here he is on top of the world

in tonight's episode. Shall we have a look at the view?

This secret that of Britain. That is amazing. It gives you a different

perspective. And that smell is the ferret and not

me! Tell us a bit about that

clip, where are you? That is in the Lake District,

Troutdale Pinnacle. Secret Britain, collect district is beautiful, that

is a Lake District and that is not secret but this is about going off

the beaten path... Those Little Mix and crannies that many people do not

know about and you end up at the top and you could say that spectacular

view. I was pretending I was enjoying that. But I was actually

thinking, can I get down! You do not like heights! This is you, halfway

up the mountain. Have a look... Keep breathing. We have got you, you are

safe. Do not worry. Can you see where you want to go? Up! Oh, no! I

have got you, don't worry. No, no! Have a little rest. I am going to. I

cannot even rest, I have got myself into ethical. -- into a nickel. Look

at that language. I was like Frank Spencer! That looks like hard work

as well. Apart from facing your own mortality halfway up... This is a

good gig, this show? To get paid at the end of the month after doing

that because you travel around and see beautiful places and I was

laughing, I went to the production meeting saying I don't like heights

are going underground and I did caves and I also did that. In the

production meeting, did they say, Chris it would be great... TV

people! It is just like a small hill. This is made by the same

people who did Countryfile. Yes, Countryfile is fantastic escapism.

But the said to the viewers, we will go to certain parts of the country,

is any place that you feel is very special to you, unique, but we may

not have heard about and this series has come about. Not just beautiful

places, it might be like in Kent, there is a disused factory, one mile

underground, and Rochester, built during the Second World War and we

went down with torches and they still have the 1940s signs and

fittings and the benches were they would sit during air raids. Graffiti

of Adolf Hitler. Cartoons and little shapes. My goodness, thousands of

people were down here, building planes while they were being bombed

and you think, that is a great secret I want to tell people about.

We have to chat about Strictly! Where is the music? What year was

this? 2009. One year after year. After May? I came third. Booming! He

is enjoying that too much! It is great fun. The memories he must

have... What is not to enjoy? Beautiful person, Ola, trying to

make it a better dancer, meeting new people. I was saying earlier,

Martina Hingis was in my year, the world number one, multimillionaire,

one of the most accessible tennis players and I bumped into her in

Battersea on eight bus and was talking about the Viennese waltz.

What am I doing? If you see previous contestants, any year, you just go,

you know... Your Charleston was one of my favourite dancers of all time.

You did that so well. Thank you very much. Are you still a fan? Have to

say, you were incredible, but the standard right now, it is

ridiculous, how do you think you would do if you entered right now? I

would enjoy the week! Our Europe was, I would say it was quite weak,

there was no experience and we were going on the same journey together

and it was great fun so we were all bad. But you switch on and you can

see, they obviously have enormous talent and you think, think goodness

I am not on this year. But did win it. And it is such hard work.

Secret Britain starts tonight on BBC One at 9pm.

Now it's time for the biggest decision of the day.

Now, we wanted to tell you about this show on Monday,

Channel 4 at 11.35pm, the new series of The Island With

It's the show where people are plonked on a remote island

I will bring eight men and eight women on opposite sides of the

deserted island. They have been stranded alone for one month. With

only the clothes on the back and some basic tools. Jack Sparrow! You

have to catch up. I have seen this, it is so good and the girls are

doing lately. We love it. -- brilliantly.

If you've got the stomach for danger and more Bear Grylls,

that's The Island With Bear Grylls on Channel 4 at 11.35pm

Over on Sky Atlantic at 10pm there's another new series to get your teeth

This comedy stars Steve Coogan as a middle aged ad exec

who begins to question his happiness as he becomes increasingly

It is a comedy, I promise! I am not supposed to look like that. I have a

job, a wife and child. And still tell the world you are happy, they

tell the world you are one snack away from killing yourself. It is

true, I hate myself. Thank you! Do not read curious George before

bedtime. He is a fearful child. You are fearful, he is six. This has

already gone out in America and the audiences do not seem to be getting

it but if you're a fan of Steve Coogan, Allan Park Ridge, this could

well fondle your ferret. That's Happyish 10pm

on Sky Atlantic. That's all we've got

time for tonight. Before we go, what theme

tune are we playing out We have to do the slow motion

running! I'll be back tomorrow with Aled,

where we'll be joined by TV hypnotist Keith Barry -

here to tell us all about ITVs entertainment hit,

You're Back in the Room. TV critic Toby Earle

will be back in our TV hub the Grapevine, giving

us more telly gossip. Plus Elaine C Smith will be

here to talk BBC Two comedy Two Have a great evening

and we'll see you tomorrow. This is the one opportunity

that I have to show them something