:00:00. > :00:00.It's Thursday and over the next half hour, Aled
:00:07. > :00:09.and I are going to guide you through the best
:00:10. > :00:14.But before we do, here are some of the highlights
:00:15. > :00:39.It's all right, we're all on the same side. That house were
:00:40. > :00:55.absolutely spotless when we moved in. When I do my sit-ups! How I use
:00:56. > :01:07.the' smack I constantly ask myself the same question.
:01:08. > :01:11.Coming up - temperatures are rising, pulses are racing
:01:12. > :01:15.and toenails are ingrowing as GP Matthew Chambers from BBC1's
:01:16. > :01:22.And we find out which classic TV show Funmbi Omotayo
:01:23. > :01:25.would like to bring back to our screens -
:01:26. > :01:34.Plus, Susan Calman is here to share some of the greatest
:01:35. > :01:38.clips of TV stars getting the giggles.
:01:39. > :01:42.And we go behind the scenes at A Question of Sport.
:01:43. > :01:44.But first up, there's some great shows on tonight
:01:45. > :01:49.One I'm really looking forward to at 8 o'clock on BBC2
:01:50. > :01:53.is a show called The Secret History of My Family.
:01:54. > :01:57.It's made by the same team who made Who Do You Think You Are but in
:01:58. > :02:00.this four part series it puts a spin on proceedings.
:02:01. > :02:02.It starts back in history with infamous figures and then finds
:02:03. > :02:06.out what has become of their modern day descendants.
:02:07. > :02:20.Now, using the Explorers's meetings with the underclass, we have traced
:02:21. > :02:25.their descendants from Victorian times, all the way down to the
:02:26. > :02:29.present day, to find out, what happened to the families that
:02:30. > :02:34.history forgot? To think about where our family has come in 200 years
:02:35. > :02:38.from just one girl, she would be amazed. I like the dramatic
:02:39. > :02:41.voice-over man! We think this could be
:02:42. > :02:44.a bit of a hit show. This episode looks at the Gadbury
:02:45. > :02:46.sisters from Victorian The three girls were like a scene
:02:47. > :02:50.from Oliver Twist - child pickpockets who frequently
:02:51. > :02:52.robbed the upper classes. Two of the sisters were packed off
:02:53. > :02:55.to the 'thief colony' Australia and one
:02:56. > :02:58.remained here in the UK. A bit later over on ITV
:02:59. > :03:03.at 8.30 is The Cruise. It's the second episode of this
:03:04. > :03:17.fly-on-the wall documentary aboard There are three and a half thousand
:03:18. > :03:25.holiday-makers on board and the crew has two catered for all sorts of
:03:26. > :03:32.requests, cocktails to carnations. Aiming for a 5-star service. So many
:03:33. > :03:37.mouths to feed, the ship runs one of the biggest kitchens in the world.
:03:38. > :03:47.Preparing 20,000 meals a day. This is of course the same show that
:03:48. > :03:50.gave us Jane MacDonald Can we just have a moment to
:03:51. > :03:58.remember her! The ship is as long
:03:59. > :04:01.as The Eiffel Tower and weighs The Regal Princess is travelling
:04:02. > :04:16.from Copenhagen to St Petersburg and has
:04:17. > :04:21.1,400 crew members. I thought it would be like, 20!
:04:22. > :04:43.Someone to drive it, a chef... There are people who spent five
:04:44. > :04:44.months a year on it. Last week, they said it was for the newlywed and the
:04:45. > :04:49.nearly dead. Well, those are just
:04:50. > :04:51.a couple of tonight's picks, we'll have more recommendations
:04:52. > :04:53.later on in the show. But if you think we're missing
:04:54. > :04:56.a show that we should be talking about, let us know
:04:57. > :05:00.by tweeting # toomuchtv Last night we caused
:05:01. > :05:04.quite the furore Our Best of the Best Puppet poll
:05:05. > :05:24.stirred up all sorts Mainly confusion and anger. I was
:05:25. > :05:32.shouting climate! Miss Piggy was on there, Kermit wasn't.
:05:33. > :05:42.Even the winner, Basil Brush himself tweeted -
:05:43. > :05:52.Our first guest plays GP Daniel Granger in the long running
:05:53. > :05:56.He's had a bit of a tough time with
:05:57. > :05:59.a gambling addiction, hostage situation and the kidnapping
:06:00. > :06:03.Here he is getting the wrong end of the stick when he
:06:04. > :06:07.interrupts his wife in a private moment.
:06:08. > :06:25.I want to help, Zara, really I do. Daniel! Stay away from her! Stop it,
:06:26. > :06:44.both of you! You are not normally that hot
:06:45. > :06:52.tempered. When he first joined the show, he was. Was he a bit of a bad
:06:53. > :06:57.boy? He was naughty, he was a single man, up to no good, he was pill
:06:58. > :07:04.popping, drinking too much, but he has calmed down, family man. Doctors
:07:05. > :07:08.has been on the screen for 16 years, the people who haven't caught it,
:07:09. > :07:13.why should they watch it? It's a show in and of itself, you can tune
:07:14. > :07:18.in on any day and you would see a whole episode, the serial weaving
:07:19. > :07:23.through the story of the day, a complete episode, that's wonderful
:07:24. > :07:29.in itself. You cover some really big stories and contentious subjects. I
:07:30. > :07:34.recently finished a postnatal depression storyline, we hear mostly
:07:35. > :07:44.about women's maternal depression but it does happen to men, it covers
:07:45. > :07:50.a range... Not many laughs! With the whole of Doctors. It is quite tough.
:07:51. > :07:57.Some of the storylines. We're never shy of addressing people up in fancy
:07:58. > :08:02.dress. The comedy is subtle. You have been in it for nine years, are
:08:03. > :08:08.you going for the four Ken Barlow? Have to wait and see! It's
:08:09. > :08:13.interesting with soap actors, they seem to stick in soaps for a long
:08:14. > :08:17.time. Does it begin to feel like a day job and did you ever feel like
:08:18. > :08:22.my want to tread the boards. I know you do a bit of directing on this. I
:08:23. > :08:28.think it's great to have a regular job which I love, the directing is
:08:29. > :08:34.fantastic it allows you to step away from your day job as such, the
:08:35. > :08:39.directing from start to finish is an month so you get a chance to be away
:08:40. > :08:43.from your regular cake. But of course I would like to get out there
:08:44. > :08:49.and see what's available, theatre, film, telly. When you get a regular
:08:50. > :08:57.gig, it's so good. Where is it filmed? Very close to the Cadbury
:08:58. > :09:03.building in Birmingham, Selly Oak. How much time does it take up 's
:09:04. > :09:09.with film Monday to Friday. The hours are long. The depends how busy
:09:10. > :09:15.you are storyline wise. Do you commute or live up there? I live
:09:16. > :09:26.about an hour away. If I have an early start, I stay over. Are you
:09:27. > :09:30.planning on following him? I am! You are obviously our favourite TV
:09:31. > :09:36.doctor, but there are some other TV doctors, who is your favourite?
:09:37. > :09:47.Nurse Jackie at the moment. Flying doctors. We have a picture! Doctor
:09:48. > :09:52.Callahan, was he an inspiration? Just the idea of flying to work,
:09:53. > :10:00.that is cool. We got together our top three TV doctors, we have Doc
:10:01. > :10:24.Martin being played by Martin Clunes at number three. Are you all right?
:10:25. > :10:34.At number two comments the genius doctor who makes everyone around
:10:35. > :10:43.him, Gregory House. The man is in a coma! You are getting crumbs all
:10:44. > :10:51.over him. Why do you think they put a TV in a coma patient's room
:10:52. > :10:59.anyway. He's reportedly paid 250 grand per episode of House, so he
:11:00. > :11:02.earned about ?1600 in that clip! At number one, Doctor Doug Ross, AKA
:11:03. > :11:33.George Clooney. Wow. Nearly drowning, bad vibes, but
:11:34. > :11:39.every cloud has a silver lining if you get rescued by George Clooney.
:11:40. > :11:50.I'm only interested in... Great to see you.
:11:51. > :11:52.Now, sometimes when I think back to my childhood,
:11:53. > :11:55.way, way back in time, I think about all the brilliant TV
:11:56. > :11:57.shows which you just don't see on telly anymore.
:11:58. > :12:04.Well so does Funmbi Omotayo, so he's rummaged round
:12:05. > :12:07.the archives to pull out a programme which he really wants
:12:08. > :12:33.I would like to bring back Blankety Blank. They repeated that in the
:12:34. > :12:42.theme tune about 50 times, you knew what programme you were watching!
:12:43. > :12:51.There was no, what are we watching again? Living in a council flat in
:12:52. > :12:56.Hackney, we had a TV in the corner. The only show where we have to force
:12:57. > :13:03.the contestants to accept the prize is! It was a game show, it was
:13:04. > :13:10.unique. Last much really was a night at the opera. Carmine looked like...
:13:11. > :13:19.She even had his... You would laugh at the responses. You had this basic
:13:20. > :13:24.set, it would come round the spinning wheel. There was no point
:13:25. > :13:33.system on the board, you just flicked over a flap. Less is more.
:13:34. > :13:43.The original host was Terry Wogan. Look at this silly Mike, I mean
:13:44. > :13:49.really. My hero was Les Dawson. He was just an incredible host. Let's
:13:50. > :13:55.make the people who come on here to win major prizes. That was my first
:13:56. > :13:59.introduction to stand up and presenting, he would do a monologue.
:14:00. > :14:04.To any viewer who may have inadvertently strayed onto this
:14:05. > :14:11.channel, please do the door with your controls, I really do look like
:14:12. > :14:14.this. When he was messing with the celebrities or the contestants can
:14:15. > :14:20.he never put a foot wrong. I love that hairstyle! How many ghosts did
:14:21. > :14:26.you meet? He was like a pub landlord, he had his mates round and
:14:27. > :14:32.decided to do a quiz show. This is the only quiz show I know that gets
:14:33. > :14:43.fire salvage prizes. He took them the out of the actual show. The
:14:44. > :14:49.prizes were very low-end and budget. Banquet at home with a cutlery set.
:14:50. > :15:02.I think you will agree that gives you a whole new meaning to the word
:15:03. > :15:06.drab. The standout thing for me had to be the Blankety Blank Cheque Book
:15:07. > :15:12.and Pen. That is what you got if you lost. It is the classic double
:15:13. > :15:21.entendre. The fiery to is being sued by his assistant after he sneezed
:15:22. > :15:27.and singed her a blank or blank... As a kid, it is going over your
:15:28. > :15:33.head. My ugliness as a baby was highly confusing. The nurse put a
:15:34. > :15:39.nappy on my face, and you just would not believe where she stuck my first
:15:40. > :15:42.ever... It was a good family show. It was something you could all
:15:43. > :15:46.participate in. It was a classic show, it was just amazing. That's
:15:47. > :15:47.why I would like to bring back Blankety Blank.
:15:48. > :15:53.# Supermatch game, supermatch game, supermatch game!
:15:54. > :16:00.You keep messing up the end bit! Love that clip, though. Supermatch
:16:01. > :16:02.game! Now, I don't know about you,
:16:03. > :16:05.but I'm always laughing Here to tell us about corpsing,
:16:06. > :16:14.and why so many actors and presenters just can't
:16:15. > :16:16.help doing it on TV, is someone who knows
:16:17. > :16:19.all about laughter, it's comedian APPLAUSE
:16:20. > :16:27.Welcome, Susan! You are meant to be out and about,
:16:28. > :16:31.welcome to the sofa! Thank you very much. First of all I think we should
:16:32. > :16:36.see a clip of one of the worst offenders.
:16:37. > :16:39.Before we talk about it, why don't we look at one
:16:40. > :16:41.of the worst offenders, a man who once he gets the giggles,
:16:42. > :16:58.Not again! Not again! Still got a mouthful of beef! Not again! They
:16:59. > :17:01.are so naughty, I love them! That cake looked nice as well.
:17:02. > :17:05.It's an old theatrical term for when an actor
:17:06. > :17:07.unintentionally breaks character by laughing.
:17:08. > :17:10.It has been recorded as far back as 1859 in JC Hotten's Dictionary
:17:11. > :17:15.No-one is quite sure, but the best guess is that it comes
:17:16. > :17:17.from a time when an actor absolutely can't laugh,
:17:18. > :17:22.If you laugh, then you're in real trouble.
:17:23. > :17:28.This is where corpsing probably comes from.
:17:29. > :17:30.Now, corpsing is usually edited out of a programme,
:17:31. > :17:33.but sometimes it makes it into the final show.
:17:34. > :17:35.Here is a clip from an episode of Friends.
:17:36. > :17:37.Phoebe - Lisa Kudrow - is screeching along
:17:38. > :17:39.with the bagpipes, whilst Rachel - Jennifer Aniston -
:17:40. > :17:44.can be seen clearly breaking into laughter next to her.
:17:45. > :18:08.She is either a brilliant actress or she has just gone. She has just
:18:09. > :18:13.gone. She kind of looks at the others, like... She is waiting to
:18:14. > :18:15.see if the director says stop. It is just a beautiful thing. It is one of
:18:16. > :18:18.my favourite clips from Friends. So why is it when someone
:18:19. > :18:20.starts laughing, it sets According to a study
:18:21. > :18:23.from University College London, Dr Sophie Scott and her fellow
:18:24. > :18:27.researchers played a series of sounds to volunteers and measured
:18:28. > :18:30.the responses in their brain When they played laughter,
:18:31. > :18:35.the brain prepared the muscles in the face
:18:36. > :18:37.to move in a positive way. Laughter really is infectious,
:18:38. > :18:39.and we really can't help ourselves smiling or joining
:18:40. > :18:59.in when we see people laughing. You remember those moments from
:19:00. > :19:05.assembly when you are little. And your mate Debbie sets you off. Let's
:19:06. > :19:10.phone Debbie! She is here now! Somebody sets you off in assembly.
:19:11. > :19:12.And it happens on telly as well with co-stars.
:19:13. > :19:14.Corpsing is normally accidental, but there are always those
:19:15. > :19:15.who deliberately try to make their co-stars
:19:16. > :19:22.He used to try and make Dudley Moore break out of character all the time,
:19:23. > :19:25.as you can see here in this snippet from Not Only But Also.
:19:26. > :19:32.I come in. About half past 11 at night, we have been having a couple
:19:33. > :19:37.of drinks, I remember. I come in, I get into bed, you see, feeling quite
:19:38. > :19:41.sleepy... Superb, he had to have that point! He needs to act Chile
:19:42. > :19:46.physically grab something to prevent it going badly wrong! Is it actually
:19:47. > :19:49.true that laughter is the best medicine?
:19:50. > :19:52.Well actually, we all know when you're not supposed to laugh,
:19:53. > :19:57.Research shows that people do feel less pain after a good
:19:58. > :19:59.laugh, because it can cause the body to release chemicals
:20:00. > :20:05.Professor Robin Dunbar of Oxford University,
:20:06. > :20:07.who led the research, believes that uncontrollable
:20:08. > :20:09.laughter releases chemicals called endorphins into the body,
:20:10. > :20:10.which, as well as generating mild
:20:11. > :20:24.Who are the worst offenders? Well, I love Mrs Browns' Boys. The
:20:25. > :20:29.atmosphere is amazing when they fill it. And Brendan really makes the
:20:30. > :20:55.cast laugh. Watch this. Where is it? I'm sorry, love. Where is it?!
:20:56. > :20:56.Genuine laughter. And before you go...
:20:57. > :21:01.And we couldn't do a corpsing item without this clip
:21:02. > :21:04.of Bradley Walsh, struggling to keep a straight face
:21:05. > :21:27.after hearing the name Fanny Schmeller.
:21:28. > :21:32.It is a funny name. Did we find out, was it swimming, show-jumping or
:21:33. > :21:33.skiing?! You will never know! That's why we sent Olympic
:21:34. > :21:41.athlete Louise Hazel to meet Sue Barker, Matt Dawson
:21:42. > :21:43.and Tuffers on the set of A Question of Sport,
:21:44. > :22:02.to fill us in on what really happens A Question Of Sport has been on our
:22:03. > :22:08.screens since the 5th of January 19 70. In that time there have been
:22:09. > :22:18.three hosts, 14 team captains and more than 1100 episodes. It has the
:22:19. > :22:23.hardest working crew in the business. You are the floor manager.
:22:24. > :22:27.You are in charge of everything which goes on. How does it all come
:22:28. > :22:33.together? Normally we do three shows a day. We have a break between each.
:22:34. > :22:35.We come in in the morning and we have some standings to go through
:22:36. > :22:43.all of the questions and the components. Lighting, sound and of
:22:44. > :22:51.course the setting crew. Gareth, you have been here 17 years? Yes, 1999,
:22:52. > :22:55.I started. Are there any secrets or facts that we do not know about?
:22:56. > :23:00.Steffi Graf has been used as an answer more than anyone else in the
:23:01. > :23:05.history of A Question Of Sport. So next time I am on the show, take a
:23:06. > :23:09.punt with Steffi Graf? Not if the question is on Rugby league. You
:23:10. > :23:15.fancy sitting in and having a go in rehearsal? I would love to. I am not
:23:16. > :23:20.going to lie, it is my turn in the captain's chair. Don't tell Tuffers.
:23:21. > :23:33.In boxing, you are hitting the... Punchbag. Got it. Famous singer... A
:23:34. > :23:37.Question Of Sport cast and crew, if they were a football team, then the
:23:38. > :23:42.centre forward would be Sue Barker. Welcome to a very special edition of
:23:43. > :23:46.A Question Of Sport... I used to love coming on as a guest, and David
:23:47. > :23:51.Coleman, who did it before, actually suggested me as the next host. I
:23:52. > :23:56.thought, this is amazing, I hope I can do it for a year or two. Here I
:23:57. > :24:01.am 19 years later. It is a dream job. What makes it, is it the
:24:02. > :24:06.guests? Absolutely. And we try and challenge the boys as well, the
:24:07. > :24:13.captains. They say you are not meant to have a favourite. That is not
:24:14. > :24:21.fair! Three shows a day must be gruelling. , because they are all so
:24:22. > :24:29.different, it seems to fly by. Good luck! Off I go! The audience is in,
:24:30. > :24:35.the cameras are set. Sue is in her chair. We are just waiting for the
:24:36. > :24:45.guests to arrive. Behind the scenes, we are literally onstage! OK, and
:24:46. > :24:51.off you go. Hello and welcome to the show. The captains are raring to go,
:24:52. > :24:58.but who will be winners tonight? Ladies and gentlemen, big round of
:24:59. > :25:01.applause, please, for our teams! You what the show presumably when you
:25:02. > :25:06.were growing up? Oh, yes. For me it was a big deal. The amount of people
:25:07. > :25:10.that still come on and say they have not made it in sport until they have
:25:11. > :25:14.been on A Question Of Sport. With three shows in a day, how do you
:25:15. > :25:20.keep that energy up? I don't know whether you should answer that. No,
:25:21. > :25:27.perhaps not. Who won the World Cup in 1966? Pass. Have a guess. Who
:25:28. > :25:41.would it be? Tim Henman. Why? He was very good at years. Capital cities.
:25:42. > :25:43.She has got her coat on... A big thank you to all of our guests. We
:25:44. > :25:46.will see you soon. Bye-bye. Time now for the biggest
:25:47. > :25:52.decision of the day. Quite a lot of sport for us tonight,
:25:53. > :26:06.as on Sky One at 9 o'clock Hosted by James Corden,
:26:07. > :26:12.this episode is the last in the series and is a best of,
:26:13. > :26:17.which I think sometimes are better Here's working class
:26:18. > :26:21.hero Freddie Flintoff, on the left, taking on supposed
:26:22. > :26:25.fencing expert Jack Whitehall. Ready, played! Oh! Oh, my goodness!
:26:26. > :26:51.Two each! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:26:52. > :26:54.No! No! If that's your kind of thing,
:26:55. > :26:57.as well as catching up on the shows, there's also loads
:26:58. > :27:00.of bloopers and corpsing online You've been on the show
:27:01. > :27:13.haven't you, Sara? Yes, it was very good. I had to
:27:14. > :27:17.shoot hoops, netball style. And if it did not go in, you fall into a
:27:18. > :27:20.trap door, into a massive tank of water. We have got the trapdoor!
:27:21. > :27:24.That's A League of Their Own, on tonight at 9 o'clock on Sky One.
:27:25. > :27:26.Continuing with the doctor theme from earlier, tonight on Channel 5
:27:27. > :27:31.Tonight is the first in a new series which follows the work
:27:32. > :27:34.of the Air Ambulance and the doctors and nurses of The Royal
:27:35. > :27:52.In a month, this is 10 million people. At some point someone could
:27:53. > :27:59.run into trouble. Narrator label the Royal London Hospital, home to the
:28:00. > :28:03.UK's most experienced trauma team. We hear the helicopter land. We are
:28:04. > :28:10.expecting a patient, and ultimately I just want them to get in here.
:28:11. > :28:15.They do fantastic work. I will not be watching that tonight! , I know
:28:16. > :28:19.who will, evident in! She loves blood and gore.
:28:20. > :28:22.I will be back here at the same time tomorrow with Emma
:28:23. > :28:27.But before we go, what TV theme tune are we going to play
:28:28. > :28:41.Over the shoulder! Of course, it is Doctor Who.
:28:42. > :28:43.A huge thank you to Matthew and Susan.
:28:44. > :28:46.Join us tomorrow, when Tim Vine will be here in the studio
:28:47. > :28:49.ahead of the final of Let's Play Darts for Sport Relief.
:28:50. > :28:51.Plus, we'll be talking about the history of Eurovision
:28:52. > :28:53.on TV with this year's UK entrants, Joe and Jake.
:28:54. > :28:55.Enjoy your evening and tell us what you think
:28:56. > :28:58.of all tonight's telly on bbc.co.uk/twomuchtv.
:28:59. > :29:00.thank you for watching, we'll see you again tomorrow