31/03/2016 Too Much TV

Naked Video. Naukd Welcome to too too Much TV.

one of the funniest women in comedy,

Elaine C Smith, will be just one sofa along,

You're Back in the Room's hypnotist, Keith Barry, joins us to talk

And Sara Cox tells us which TV show she'd like to Bring

We start with the news of the sad passing of Ronnie Corbett who died

Best known, of course, for his on-screen partnership

with Ronnie Barker, he gave us so many golden moments that

would make us laugh and keep us laughing time after time after time.

It's clear from the tributes we've seen today that Ronnie Corbett

was as warm, generous and likeable off screen as he was on.

As he would often joke, no-one could look up to him,

I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times, as did Emma. He was good

fun. The last time I saw him, we were on the bag of a golf buggy. He

was holding on to me. He was such a sweet, sweet man. I met him when I

was 12. He said "I'm really glad you are on the show, you are the only

person that makes me look tall." Lovely man. Lovely words on Twitter.

John Cleese: And the other David, David Cameron,

he tweeted, saying: Here, here.

Ronnie Corbett mastered it all from sit Copts to game shows, but it was

the sketch show where his work will never be bettered. Let's enjoy the

Mastermind sketch. Your first chosen subject

was answering questions before they were asked, this time you have

chosen to answer the question before What is the name of the directory

that lists members of the peerage? Who are Len Murray

and Sir Jeffrey Howe? What is the difference

between a donkey and an ass? One is a trade union leader,

the other is a member Complete the quotation,

"To be or not to be..." Who is the present Archbishop of

Canterbury? He is a fat man

who tells blue jokes. The Right Reverend

Robert Runcie. What would you use a rip

cord to pull open? What sort of a person

lived in Bedlam? So funny. Masters of their craft

there. There's going to be more tributes

to Ronnie over on The One Show on BBC1 at 7.00pm and tonight

at 8.00pm BBC2 will be airing Elaine C Smith has been in loads

of shows including Rab C Nesbitt and can now be seen in BBC2's

new comedy Two Doors Down. The show's all about a close group

of neighbours but in this clip from tomorrow night's show,

Elaine's character, Christine, isn't feeling in

a very sociable mood. Are you all right Christine? Oh,

Colin, not so great actually. , oh, well. I'm back in my collar. I

noticed that. My bladder is away again. Oh dear God. Drips and drops

and if that's not bad enough I've started to get this ringing in my

ears Ringing in your ears? Aye. I tell you what you want to do. What's

that? Give your doctor a bell. Please welcome Elaine C Smith. Tell

us a bit more about Two Doors Down, it looks great As you can see, I

modelled my performance on Michelle fiver. -- Michelle Fife. -- Phifer.

It is a daft idea that will resonate across the whole fted UK. Regardless

of whether you come from Scotland, Wales or wherever because it is

about your neighbours. It is about three different sets of neighbours

who live literally a door down from each other and the fact that you

have to rub along and get on with your neighbours. What is interesting

about it, is it has a lot of heart. I have seen the first episode. You

gel with all the characters. It is down to the writing. When I first

read it, it made me laugh out loud but I knew who the characters were.

You knew them, the character you saw there, Jonathan Watson plays is that

guy who will instantly let you know how wealthy he is. He has the flash

car in the driveway and talks about driving to the timescare. Arabella

Weir, how do you get a word in edgeways? I'm quite good at that but

she is fantastic. She is outrageous but so is Doon. That's what has been

wonderful for me. I started out in a show Naked Video, she was on the

Fast Show and Doon was doing Smack the Pony. All before your time, of

course. You are youngsters. Thanks for pointing that out I had admired

them from afar so to get in a series with those women, and at a time you

were on your own with a bloke, the star, it has been fantastic.

I love it is a strong female fast. Do you think comedy has changed for

females now? Do you think it is different? I think it is different.

It has got better. It is interesting we were talking about the great

Ronnie Corbett When I think about the comedy I grew up with, you very

rarely saw women get the tag lines or things like that. I found myself

in a particle universe in one of the scenes we did one day where you have

four women being funny. We had a female DOP. And a if he male

producer. I thought #30e years ago it would never happen. That's a

director of photography. It is a takever. It is. What is happening?

It is just about balance. There is still an attitude. I saw an

interview the other day when someone turned around to a if he male

actress and said - are women funny? That is like saying - can women

paint? Can women sing? Of course we can. But it is about the opportunity

and opening it out there but the men are funny and it is written by men.

It is very funny. How critical are you of your performances these days?

Hate it. Really, do you watch yourself? No. I

find it really, really difficult. Over the years I always say - oh,

who is that woman, tell her to be quiet.

And you see your mistakes as well and think - why did I do that?

Ironically I got sent through the first episode of this because we

were doing a BAFTA screening in Glasgow. I watched it and my

daughter who is an actress said - oh, mum, watching yourself. I

watched it and I laughed. Just that one scene? No, all the way through

that. You have been making us laugh for

years. Obviously, huge, Rab C Nesbitt you were in that. How did

you find working on this show, it was massive? Again, very glamorous,

as you can see. I do a very good ugly, as you can see. Can I ask you

- what is that animal? It is like a dog sheep or something? We breed

them in Glasgow. It is a special breed. I love it. We have got a clip

from your first episode all the way back in 1990. How young was I. I

sent you for sausages three days ago and I haven't seen hide nor hair of

them since. Shush, shush. That's what the smell was. There's your

sausages. I don't want them now. They are no used to me now, are

they? Mary, come on. We have known each other too long to let a pan of

dead meat come between us. Let's leave our sex life out of this, will

you? You played such an eccentric

character, didn't you? I look about 12 in that I have to say. That voice

of your, beautiful. I could listen to it for hours. Minutes possibly.

I'm classicallied trained you know to get that voice. --

classically-trained. She was based on -- my aunties will hate me for

that - but my aunties and women I knew. And fab writing. The fist time

we did it as a sketch on Naked Video, I thought -- this is great.

It started aes a sketch and then they decided to do a pilot. We had

no idea it would become this iconic thing, you know, but there is

something wonderful, you know, I realise when men play or when Robert

De Niro decides he will be Raging Bull and put on weight and be ugly

they are acting, when women play like that, we are not acting, we

must be like that. That happened to me for a long time, people thought I

was Mary Nesbitt. As you can see, I'm not. You are definitely not.

Thank you so much for coming N you can see the new series of Two Doors

Down on BBC Two at 10.00pm tomorrow night.

So funny. Elaine C Smith. APPLAUSE.

Thank you. This week Sara Cox was asked

which TV show she'd And amazingly, she chose a show that

would have been on TV, at this time, on this channel,

15 years ago in the '90s. My name is Sarah Cox and I want to

bring back the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

# This is a story about how my life got flipped turned upside down#

It is so hard to explain t without singing the song.

# Got in my neighbourhood...# He got in a fight, his mamma got

scared and said # You are moving in with your auntie

and uncle in bell air. It was at 6.30pm on BBC two. It really felt

like it was for us. I'm in the your uncle Philip. I must have got sent

to the wrong crib. Will gets sent to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle

in Bel-Air, which of course is posh. This place is huge. Next time I

leave I'll take breadcrumbs. It was incredibly funny. Your hair like

this, hair on the top, none on the sides. I guess you all got a reverse

thing going on. Most of the humour came from Will, with either Jeffrey,

the Butler. Master William, walk this way.

His uncle Phil, who from the very off, Will was taking the Mickey out

of his big belly. You have certainly grown. Well, we all have. And of

course his cousin. My name is, ah, Carlton.

Put it there, Smith. When I think about the Fresh Prince,

one of the standout things is Carlton's dancing. You could still

watch it now and just proper laugh out loud. Excuse me, may I cut in.

As well as the comedy side, you also get really tender moments where he

is looking after his younger cousin. Ladies and gentlemen, my fly girl,

Ashley bathings He chimes through with a sweet boy. Would you teach me

how to dance? Well, yes. Will Smith is a big Hollywood star now but

strong start kicking it off with Fresh Prince. Look who is here? Hey,

who is he? This is really appealing. There is a really nice innocence

there, as well as being really hilarious and daft. Where have you

been? How come you didn't call me. That's my mum's finger, get it off.

He likes to think he is successful with the ladies, but he is not. I

can see you are being seduced by my intellectual prowess. Is that spam

in your teeth? He is like a hip hop Tiger the way he bounces around on

set. The whole show is just like a look book of what the '90s were

basically, because there is still that slight overhang, literally of

the shoulder pads. You could have just said it was a good dress.

Carlton in his various sweaters and Will, of course in all the crazy

colours and the baseball cap. Style-wise it is a complete feast

for the eyes. I think Fresh Prince really stands the test of time. I

have just been watching a few of the old episodes, it is pure class, I

love it. I dare you two to fight me. Now see here, big guy This has made

me want to go and watch more of them. I want to save them and show

them to my kids when they are a bit older. I'm sure it is going to be

brilliant forever. I'm sure I have seen your picture B oh, that's right

in the dictionary next to kebang. Brill yapt and the lovely Sarah Cox

there. I'm back in my favourite place,

The Grapevine, and we're continuing with the '90s' theme, so I've

got my flourescent pop drinks. You've got your Opal

Fruits and Marathon bar. And what else is around in the '90s?

Were you around then? You could the have been busy in the '90s, were

you? Oh, of course that band you used to be in.

And joining us is, of course, London Live's Toby Earle.

Thank you, from a Prince to an earl. I wanted to be '90s with my coloured

underwear. I won't get it out. So final li, heavens above we have

footage from the new Top Gear series. After months and months of

stories, well Chris Evans sick on the side of the road, people doing

stunts where they shouldn't. We get to see what it looks like, the

trailer moves so fast if you Le Blanc you will miss it. It seems to

be men with their mouths wide opening and screaming in the trailer

but it does feature, get this, a woman. About time. She is driving

Chris Evans. She drives in such a way as it make you feel queasy,

where he has to have a rest break on the side of the road.

It looks great. Top Gear in itself is a beautifully-filmed piece of art

and it seems they have kept it in tact for this. It looks like Top

Gear My other half loves it. I never want to watch it but with Matt Le

Blanc I'm happy. It is all about the cars And Matt Le Blanc. Moving on

from that, let's manufacture on it science. When it comes to science, I

fierce-this. So to help people like me through this, we have a couple of

series from our favourite scientist, Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox.

Stephen Hawking is presenting a one-off special of

Brian Cox has made a puppet version of himself

to make physics fun for adults and kids alike in an online

Brian Cox's online series The Quest for Wonder includes

Cox "losing his wonder" - his puppet alter ego tells him

without his wonder, "It's just equations with great hair".

What else do you have? Do you remember Nev from the Call Interest.

He was a met vagusal poster, given a loud speaker for a mouth. He would

walk around proclaiming all sorts of things, he has moved from Wales. We

are crest-fallen To India. Starting up a call centre, in India. A new

series coming to Channel W on May 9th making his team to India to set

up a call centre. If you remember some of his schemes, to promote team

bonding, singing Killers' songs, he takes that with him out to India.

People there want to learn business acumen and instead are learning pop

songs. There is a TV comeback on the cards,

it is not Louis Walsh, it is Morph. Louis Walsh might also be coming

back, but Morph is returning, thanks to sky, he will be on an app, it is

all about kids programming, and his friend Chas will be back as well. It

has to be plasticine to be believed! Thank you for coming in!

You don't want to get on the wrong side of Keith Barry.

He's a hypnotist, mentalist and magician who can make people do

You can see him at the moment on ITV's hypnotism game show

Here he is in an exclusive clip from this weekend's show.

The eyes on me, take a deep breath in, and sleep. Drifting and

dreaming. Jalan, you will believe you are a traffic officer, you will

be convinced the drivers will commit an offence. You will be compelled to

turn on the car radio and you will be in a dance off with Jerry Essex.

You will believe you are a monkey in a safari park. You are a sexy car

wash attendant. You will believe you are full of air and you have a

puncture. Philip will have to pump you back up. You are back in the

room. You are back in the room! Please

welcome Keith Barry! It looks so much fun, you enjoying

it? It is a blast, it is crazy, I filmed the Australian version, that

goes out on Sunday, we are filming the American version, so it is going

worldwide. The first time that I did it was with Philip, we filmed the

pilot for ITV, and it has gone crazy, people enjoying it. He is

brilliant to work with. How do the auditions work? They are

susceptibility tests, we put word out for the public to come to these

tests to see if they can be hypnotised or not. Everybody can go

into hypnosis, you just need creativity, emotion and

intelligence. We would struggle! Can you test us? I could test the people

at home as well. This is a sample of the type of stuff we would do. You

would find 50% of people can go in quite quickly, and we pick from

those the people that go on the show. Which camera? Number one. You

do it here as well. But your hands out like this. Interlock your

fingers. Squeeze your hands tightly together. It can all be cameras and

ignore me. Extend your first two fingers out so there is a one inch

gap. Stay at that gap, take a deep breath, if I suggest to you, the gap

begins to get smaller, there are magnets pulling them closer

together. They are pulling them closer together until they touch. If

they touch, let me know now. Mine are touching!

Straightaway! Different things will be happening. Some people are

resisting it, that is OK... I was trying. They are control freaks, but

they would still be good candidates. Other people's fingers move quickly,

they are susceptible. It takes seven or eight minutes, you will be on the

flat of your back and doing crazy things. Don't look me in the eyes!

Some of these scenarios, who comes up with them? Me and the games team.

They come up with the scenarios, I advise on what will and won't work,

so it is a collaborative process. I am amazed that Phillip talks to you,

because he gets such a raw deal. Kissed by contestants, covered in

nastier stuff. What a story! Question for...

How do you stop the kid test and taking it too far? It is up to the

producer to tell me to go in. With my live shows I go bonkers, but with

it being a TV show, we have a duty of care, we have to make sure they

don't go too far. When the gameplay is happening, the producers say, get

in there. I make sure people are not too frightened. One of the girls

believed she was on an imaginary roller-coaster, which he got really

frightened, her breathing and heart rate were going up, they thought it

was too far, so I put her to sleep, and I made her the biggest fan of

roller-coaster is. She screamed with happiness. The adrenaline flew

through her body. Some people say it is not real. It will always divide

opinion, no matter what I say. These people would not be throwing away

the money and losing money and doing these things unless they were really

hypnotised. The argument is long gone, we found out that brain

activity changes and so on. For the sceptics, just go and see a live

show. I was due to tour here, but I had to cancel, because I have to do

the American series of. You have dumped for the USA!

You don't just do this, you are a magician. I started with a Paul

Daniels Magic said. I owe a lot to him. If it was not for him, I would

not be here today. I was obsessed with David Copperfield. It

snowballed from there, I started learning hypnosis. I am the chief

adviser on a series of movies with Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson.

Woody how Watson is nuts, but in a polite way. Pages to be your friend!

I am nuts as well! He became a method actor, he can hypnotise

people and hack into brains. When he was on David letter man, he

destroyed him, because he was cynical. I cannot look in your eyes

anymore! I am not sure if you are doing something to us now! You

thought that was a ploy, but you are both hypnotised! Forget it!

You can catch Keith on You're Back In The Room

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

What are we watching tonight? We've got two new shows

We start over on the Discovery Channel at 8pm for the new series

This series follows Australian dive crews as they go

about their day-to-day business diving for giant snails.

These teams have nerves of steel. Contracted to fulfil million-dollar

quotas. Supplying them all over the world.

But there is just one catch. These waters are home to a mighty

predator. The deadly great white shark.

Million-dollar contracts, unbelievable!

And it's not just the sharks they've got to look out for.

The crews have to fight it out with other divers

That's Dive Wars Australia, on the Discovery Channel at 8pm.

Another new show on tonight is over on BBC Four, at 9pm.

In this one-off episode, Professor Alice Roberts

and Dr Gavin Hughes look at some of Ireland's most-treasured

artefacts to reveal the history behind them.

To tell the story, we have asked leading experts to champion the

treasures they feel of the most exceptional. This is unique in

medieval Europe, there is nothing like this anywhere else. Treasures

integral to Ireland's story. They bear the physical impression of King

William's own hands. This should be right up your street

if you like hearing about the stories behind the treasures, the

iconic artefacts which have created modern Ireland.

That's Ireland's Treasures Uncovered, BBC Four at 9pm.

That's all we've got time for tonight.

I'll be back tomorrow with Sara for the last show of the series.

Which means that this was my last show.

But don't panic, we're crammed full of great stuff tomorrow.

The wonderful Larry Lamb is here talking about his mammoth TV career.

And Jason Gardiner joins us to reveal what a slave driver

But before we go, there's only one TV theme tune we can

Of course, it's The Two Ronnies, in tribute to the great Ronnie

Enjoy your evening and we'll see you tomorrow.

Oh, hello, Beth. Hi, Christine!

Hi, Cathy. Hi, Eric!