01/04/2016 Too Much TV

It is Friday! # It's the final count down. The final count down to the

the end of series. We have a rocking show with Larry Lamb and one of TV's

toughest judges is Jason Gardiner. We are pulling out all the stops

tonight. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Welcome to the show. Because it is

springtime we thought we would get some Lamb on the show. Larry Lamb is

here. We will grill him about his time in TV. And Jason Gardiner is

here And back to the 80s and the game show that paved the way for the

Crystal Maze. And there will be a large James Martin-sized hole in

Saturday Kitchen. A chunky hole. But the show is in capable hands with

Michel Roux Junior as the first guest host. He will be brilliant.

Sad news that the nation's best loved agony aunt Denise Robertson

has passed away. I was proud to have nope her. -- to know her. Even felt

like she knew her. She was the resident agony aunt on This Morning

and helped thousands of viewers. Particularly lamb's TV career spans

four decades. He has been in shows including... Triangle, The New

avengers, Casualty, Spooks, Gavin and Stacey, Eastenders and New

tricks. I panicked about that all day. He has been discovering Britain

with Maureen Lipman. Have a quick look. Here I am in the city of

London in septic tank that is 7 hundred to 800 years old. Up to my

neck in it. Sifting through human excrement may not be top of

everyone's wish list. But for this archaeologist it is great, because

it is preserving things. Very oily. Oh dear. Please go barmy for Larry

Lamb. I love you singing my career. I wish it was that easy for me. I

will put it on record for you. Thank God you didn't put on all the shows,

you would be here to next week. We thought we had. This one discovering

Britain, you got your snozzle in that muck. It is a joy. I don't know

the city so well. I walk around it, but to go down in one of those

places and get down and have a look. I have been under the streets of

Rome. But I have not been under the streets of London. Were you a

history buff before? Yes I always was. I insisted that I wanted to be

a doctor. So instead of studying the things the I loved which was history

and going French. Now that is long forgotten. What I'm doing is what I

love to do. What was your favourite thing to cover in the series. You

were with Benedict Cumberbatch. Yes he came bouncing out of a car on

Denmark street. The producers were there and they were - we have got

Benedict coupler batch! We were purposed out. -- we were pushed out.

I was interviewing somebody in Denmark Street about disappearing

Soho and a car door opened and I looked and I'm standing and Benedict

and I know him, said hello, what are you doing, I told him what I was

doing. He said, fantastic, I'm on to a discussion about disapeering Soho

and we interviewed him. You asked about the most, the most inspiring

thing for me, one of the biggest and most amazing things I saw was a

little boy was HMS Victory in Portsmouth. It is like a living

museum and you can walk through it. There in my 60s, a whole lifetime

later I'm under HMS Convict which are a marine architect, looking at

how they're restoring it. That is I started off in wonder as a boy and

still I'm glorying in it. You are with Maureen Lipman. Were in a play

in the nineties. We stayed friends and it was lovely and we get on. She

digs me and I dig her and we wind each other up. It works. If you want

to catch it it is on More 4. Your CV is very impressive, what have been

the highlights? A lot of things are the things I have done in the

theatre. Exciting times in the theatre. But of course they were

there on the day. Then you know, you can't after a career that's gone

into all sorts of areas not talk about the fact that you were in

those two amazing programmes, Eastenders and Gavin and Stacey and

they go on and you're a part of that living legend. We will get on to

that. We are going to take you back, brace yourself, your first TV roles,

we were talking about ships, you were the chief engineer in Triangle.

A soap set on a ferry. Obviously. Have a look. Take you back this. You

may tell the passengers we are getting under way. No, we are going

to need a couple of hours. How long? At least. Can't you contin whattior

problem is. It is shot and my men are tired, but I am sure they would

welcome your engineering expertise. I asked a simple question. To which

there is a simple answer - no. That is very close up that shot. Yes,

probably because on that day the sea was bad and the only way they could

keep you in the camera was to keep it on your face. Sometimes it was

literally heaving and they had cameras on stands, but they were

terrible. With sea sickness. I lived on sea sick pills. I was zombied

out. You mentioned Gavin and Stacey and Eastenders you were doing both

at the same time. Yes. It is a magic jumper that makes you nice? It is

the jumper. Yes. No creases as nice Nick and a few in the forehead Azar

-- as Archie. It is the jump hear the does it. There is no doubt. As

soon as I put a jumper on I become nice. Probably like you. I'm going

to get you a jumper. Now we thought you could choose the next bit we do.

Do you want a clip of nice Larry or bad Larry? I would like to see a bit

of... Bad Archie. Have we got it? You want it. When Peggy tells me

that I will go. Her words to my face. I'm telling you. The question

are you too stupid to... Listen? My business is with Peggy. Until she

says otherwise I will stay put and you get it wrong, the question is -

what are you going to do about it? Ooh! We offered you the choice, now

we want to see the other one as well. Please can we have it. #

Wasn't it good # Oh so fine isn't it madness he can't be mine! I tell you

what, I still can't get over last night. It were phenomenal. I was

worried it was too much. Oh God, no. You play your cards like, you never

know what might happen tonight. Say it quickly. No Go on. Please. Just

whisper it. It has always been you. Camilla! And they pay you to go to

work. Would you like to see that come back? Me the and the rest of

the world. That is all I can say. Everyone would love to see it back.

It was a joyous thing. Me and the rest of the world! Yes. Make it

happen. What have you got coming up next? I can't tip you off I in the

middle of a pilot for a comedy series. That is it. Top secret. Will

it be any good? As far as I can see it will be fantastic. It will be

amazing. Thank you for coming here. Let's hear it for Larry Lamb! It is

time for a TV trail blazer and back to a galaxy far away and the classic

show The Adventure Game. See if you remember this. It is bonkers. 1980

kicked off with cuts to Ben its at British feel -- benefits, at British

Steel, and unemmroement. Maybe no wonder when BBC Two launched a game

show the appeal was instant. Many light years away on the far side of

the galaxy, in a region often visited by time travellers, lies Ar.

Rvegts The game picked up an adult audience. They are going to have to

work for their Crystal. Two contestants and a member of the

public were transported to a planet to earn their passage back to earth.

There is a train. The show was the brainchild of Patrick Doulling who

had hits with kids shows like Why Don't You? He wanted to capitalise

on the craze for cutting edge computer games like this. It is just

words on a screen. He mixed that element with dungeons and dragons.

And with the eyes. You may hold a Dearing. He created a completely

original concept for TV. Well to The Adventure Game in which a team

crosses the galaxy to a planet alled Arg. Arg was inhabited by

shape-shifting dragons. But they took on a human form. Exempt for the

ruler who liked to be a plant and later a tea pot. Have you discovered

our mosaic? It is based on our currency. They were set tasks that

were bewildering. We have to talk to you through the computer. That

followed a logic not all of us grasped. But that sort of was not

the point. An orange triangle. But I'm not on either. Hang on. The show

was a come pull sieve viewing. There is Chris off the egg heads. . What a

planet. Fans took up the language of show from gronda, groda. The final

scene became iconic. It packed away in 1986 but paved the way for other

shows from The Crystal Maze... They may win something completely...

Ordinary. And fantasy favourite Nightmare I. There a man in a

table... And een-The Incredible Games. They all owe something to the

show. It blazed a trail for curious thinking as entertainment and for

that we all hail and Gronda. You need to extend that arm. What about

expressions on your face. You know what happened? I have been hanging

out with Jason Gardiner from Dancing On Ice. He has gone from dishing the

dirt to being covered in it. You were good. # Macho, macho man! That

is a cool site. That it how it should be done.

He is so macho. Please welcome Jason Gardiner!

Well done, that was impressive. You to the final, do win it? I do! April

fool 's! I really can't tell you. For people that don't watch it,

you've got put out in the sticks with Bear Grylls and you have to

survive. We had to try to survive as best we could, there were times when

surviving wasn't really on the cards, we really needed some help

and then to step in and say, you'd be dead. It was an incredible

experience. I never imagines that I would make it to the final, I

thought I was going to be out in the second elimination at least because

everybody else seemed so capable and so good and I was really struggling

because I do have OCD with my hands and everything. That was a really

big obstacle to overcome. That last clip, quite surprising. Michelle was

incredible because she was carrying every injury you could imagine, her

knee was twice the size of the other one but she kept going, she was

relentless and I really respected that, I thought it was really quite

admirable. It was properly full on. You went drinking fluids from

elephant dung. That is in our green room! We should get some ice coffee!

You mentioned the OCD, what was the most challenging thing? It was the

group dynamic, I cannot do things on my own and I make my own decisions.

Who did your head in the most? Myself, I was my own worst enemy

because I was allowing things to get to me when I shouldn't have and that

took some time to adjust and I do have to consult with other people

and I have to let other people do things and help me and I find it

hard. El Ahmadi think it changed you as a person, the cleanliness thing,

got back to real life, did you snap back into your old habits, super

clean and super neat? When I was in the wild and you are in nature, it

is more about germs and viruses and bacteria, which you get in cities,

rather than where I was and although I didn't enjoy having my hand in

elephant dung and all that stuff, you roll with the punches. You love

a challenge because you have gone from Bear Grylls to working with the

toughest chef, Marco Pierre White. What is wrong with you? I don't

know, there is a masochist inside me dying to get out and I'm doing these

programmes and putting myself in these situations but I get a lot of

stick for people saying you should put yourself in contestants's places

because I have dished it. How does it feel because you have dished it.

Do you regret dishing it so heavily before? Not at all because at the

end of the day you are making a TV programme and you are giving you

expect opinion as they are so anybody that knows more than what

you do has a right to sort of critique you. Is Marco better chef

venue? Getting there. I have a better table-side manner, I think.

Before you tell us about the programme, we have a clip. Let's

have a look at you on The toughest new colour only

competition is about to begin. Let's get stuck in. I'm going to smash it!

Ten celebrities. One terrifying chef on a very large ship. Some people

want to swim, some people want to six. I'm so sorry. I fight was to

get through tonight, I would take a rolling pin to his head! Alex James,

was he winding you up, who was the most competitive on that ship? Greg

Rutherford because he is a very good sportsman, and Olympian, top bloke.

He wanted to win. He should open a restaurant the Olympic stuff feels.

You are on Britannia, basically. The most beautiful ship, the Britannia

and went to five different ports and in each port we had to learn a

signature dish and then we had to recreate it with a twist. Work

together as a team and then we had to present it for the captain and

VIP celebrity guests, which was terrifying. Sounds like a holiday!

Holiday from hell! You have worked with Bear Grylls and Marco Pierre

White, who you know. Who would win in a street fight? They are both

pretty tough. My money would go on Bear for the street fight but in

terms of being able to steer somebody down, it would be Marco.

That man can steer like nobody else, he is almost like Confucius with it

and he looks deep into your soul and he burns it. It is wonderful. Larger

than life in every way. He is phenomenal. I absolutely adored him.

Jason is not afraid of giving somebody a good tongue lashing, how

could we forget some of his put-downs on Dancing On Ice, we have

them. Enjoy this, Greg Rusedski, you told him he had the charisma of

cardboard and was the last dishwater. -- dull as dishwater. You

told Aggie MacKenzie she looked like an ODP being dragged around the ring

and finally Lauren Goodger, you told her she had the sensuality of a

walrus -- I think that Moore are quite sensual

animals! Would you argue with me? Do you think doing all these programmes

are you rebranding, are you more like yourself on this cooking show

because you can be the baddie all the time. I think you are right,

what is great about doing these programmes and putting yourself

outside of your comfort zone is that people will really get to see what

they get on Dancing On Ice, it is not a character, it is real, I can

critique and I know what I'm talking about. When I am not judging, I am a

nice guy. We are seeing the nice side of you. If it for Jason

Gardiner. Time for a programme that is like

Marmite, you love it or hate it but has a huge cult following, game of

Thrones, back on Sky Atlantic this month, if you don't know you

Khaleesis from your Wilding Lawro and if you think a red wedding means

Prince Harry has got happy news, wish you to help with our game of

Thrones in a nutshell. Game of Thrones is a fantasy drama

about a bunch of families fighting over who gets to sit on a chair. It

doesn't even look very comfortable. Hill breeze fire on them. The main

challengers or the throne are the rich and evil family. The Marassi

ins. She is the one with the Dragons. And

the goody two shoes family the starks, they were a lot of fire and

are obsessed with weather. Winter is coming. Winter is coming. A

seemingly unstoppable supernatural army of white walkers are advancing

slowly towards them. Take Lord of the rings and cross it with

Coronation Street and what you end up as a fantasy soap opera with

die-hard fans hooked on its endless twists and turns but don't get too

attached to any of the characters, anyone can be killed at any time and

they often do. Today is another day. And as for John Snow, he knows

nothing. You know nothing, John store you know nothing John Snow.

Expect certainly, swordplay and saucy stuff. Get back to bed. That

is Game of Thrones in a nutshell. Power is acutely as thing, my lord.

-- -- is strange thing. The iron throne will be mine. No, it will be

mine! He is scary, give him what he wants. I really love that, it is

brilliant but you have got to invest time in it and it is quite

complicated and I got lost. Massively cinematic and the

production values are so high. It is a bit fruity and violent but people

love it so they are excited, the new series is out this month. Each

episode costs $10 million. You could get P Diddy to play your birthday

party ten times for that! You could, is it wrong I'm finding it quite

attractive with that beard. Yesterday's. Time for the biggest

decision of the day. What are we watching tonight?

The Night Manager has come to an end and you are asking yourself, what

will you do on a Sunday night at 9pm, Haberdashers, set in a darkened

room? You will be watching this, Sunday night's BBC One, it is called

Undercover and it stars Sophie Okonedo as a lawyer defending a

falsely imprisoned man on death row in the States. His final words spy

her on in an attempt to change the entire legal system. It goes up

because a long way past my death. Come close. Real close. You cannot

win. Try to save people like me. You have to go and dig.

Walk away from me now. It is good, also stars the brilliant Adrian

Lester and Sophie's husband who might be an undercover policeman

spying on her. This show has more twists than a 30 thing. Undercover,

BBC One nine o'clock. Another big drum on ITV, this is that if the

clock is the Durrell 's, based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of coffee

memoirs. It sees the Durrell family starting a new like moving from

Bournemouth to sunny Greece. This looks really good. -- Corfu memoirs.

We have no money, I have a miserly widow's pension. You are a miserly

widow. And you will get nothing. We are here to live like local people,

enjoy the togetherness without the trappings of so-called civilisation,

which as far as I can tell basically means cruelty and alienation, it is

going to be wonderful. Everything Keeley Hawes does is wonderful. Six

episodes to come. The Durrell 's, Sunday, ITV at 8pm. That is all we

have time for and for this series. Huge thanks to all the guests we

have had on the programme. Hubby have enjoyed bingeing on all the

television, here is a little doggy bag to take home with you -- I hope

you have enjoyed. Watching telly on the sofa doesn't

get tougher than this. I cannot wait any longer. What are we watching

tonight? I dread to think for your Emma Bunton one is? It hurt a lot.

Take the toy away from the Child, please.

Downward dog. Shut up, fool. That is not very nice. You know what I want,

Emma, what I really, really want. Time for wind back Wednesday. Come

on, come on. So dramatic. I'm loving this! Stop now! Very

nice, thank