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0:00:21 > 0:00:24- # It's not where you start, - it's where you finish
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- # It's not how you go, - it's how you land
0:00:30 > 0:00:34- # A hundred to one shot, - they call him a klutz
0:00:34 > 0:00:38- # He can outrun the favourite, - all he needs is the guts #
0:00:40 > 0:00:45- Ladies and gentlemen, - Miss Sian Phillips.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- # If you start at the top, - you're certain to drop
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- # You've got to watch your timing
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- # Better begin by climbing - up, up, up the ladder
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- # If you're going to last, - you can't make it too fast
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- # Nobody starts a winner. - Give me a slow beginner
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- # Easy does it, - conserve your fine endurance
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- # Easy does it, - for that's your life insurance
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- # While you are young
0:01:36 > 0:01:41- # Take it rung after rung - after rung after rung #
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- Oh, the opening of shows - are so tricky, aren't they?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- What we're really doing - is sizing each other up.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- I'm thinking...
0:01:53 > 0:01:58- .."I hope she finishes those crisps - before I get to the ballad."
0:01:59 > 0:02:04- You're thinking, "Is she still - married to Omar Sharif?"
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- It's a bit like a first date.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- The nerves. - Wanting to make a good impression.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- I'm thinking, - "Did I wear the right dress?"
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- You're thinking, "No, you didn't."
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- But why worry - about first impressions?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- # It's not where you start, - it's where you finish
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- # It's not how you go, - it's how you land
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- # A hundred to one shot, - they call him a Klutz
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- # He can outrun the favourite, - all he needs is the guts
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- # Your final return - will not diminish
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- # And you can be - the cream of the crop
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- # It's not where you start, - it's where you finish
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- # And you're gonna finish on top #
0:03:03 > 0:03:04- Thank you.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09- Hello! Good evening.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Are you well?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Are you well?- - Yes.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- It's lovely to be back in Wales.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- And so lovely to hear your name - pronounced properly.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- My first billing on a poster...
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- ..was to promote - a Welsh Arts Council touring play.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- What did I see?
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- The title of the play, the names - of the playwright, the producer...
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- ..and those of the leading actors.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- On the bottom, it read, - 'And introducing Stan Phillips'!
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- And that was in Aberdare!
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- English people called me Shane, - Cheyenne and Sean.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- Every day, someone says, - "Is there a Sigh-anne in the room?"
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- This is the point where the - management usually asks you...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- ..to switch off your mobile phones.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- I say - don't worry about them!
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- During a performance of Great - Expectations at the RSC years ago...
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- ..I came on as Miss Havisham - and I could hear a mobile phone.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- It was on silent, - but I could hear it buzzing.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- However, I ploughed on and so did - the phone and I thought, "Tut tut!"
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Then I looked down...
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- ..and saw that my bosom - was not only vibrating...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- ..but it was also lit up!
0:04:45 > 0:04:50- Don't ask me why I'd slipped - the phone into my bodice...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- ..but it added a whole new dimension - to Miss Havisham!
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- So I'm in no position - to talk about mobile phones.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Keep it on. Take the call.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- If it's interesting, put it on - conference and we can all listen!
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Years ago, a group of Welsh people - travelled to New York...
0:05:16 > 0:05:21- ..to ask Stephen Sondheim to write - an opera based on the Mabinogion.
0:05:23 > 0:05:29- He reached for a book off the shelf - and it was the Mabinogion!
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- How many English people, - or Welsh people even...
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- ..own a copy of the Mabinogion?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- He's a remarkable man.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- At that time, he didn't feel - he could write an opera.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Wouldn't it have been wonderful - if he had chanced his arm?
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- One of the gentlemen who had that - magnificent idea is here tonight.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- I'm delighted to say that - Geraint Stanley Jones is among us.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07- Sondheim wrote this song.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- It's about an innocent girl - who's on holiday abroad...
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- ..who meets a boy from a place - with a long name.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- She can't understand - why he doesn't respond to her.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- # Tall and slender like an Apollo
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- # He goes walking by - and I have to follow him
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- # The boy from - Tacarembo La Tumbe Del Fuego
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- # Santa Malipas Zatatecas - La Junta Del Sol Y Cruz
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- # When we meet - I feel I'm on fire
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- # And I'm breathless - every time I enquire
0:06:48 > 0:06:54- # How are things in Tacarembo - La Tumbe Del Fuego Santa Malipas
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- # Zatatecas La Junta Del Sol Y Cruz?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- # Why when I speak does he vanish?
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- # Why is he acting so clannish?
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- # I wish I understood Spanish
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- # When I tell him I think - he's the end
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- # He giggles a lot with his friend
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- # Tall and slender, - moves like a dancer
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- # But I never seem to get any answer
0:07:36 > 0:07:41- # From the boy from - Tacarembo La Tumbe Del Fuego
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- # Santa Malipas Zatatecas - La Junta Del Sol Y Cruz
0:07:49 > 0:07:50- # I've got the blues
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- # Why are his trousers vermilion?
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- # Why does he claim he's Castilian?
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- # Why do his friends - call him Lillian?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- # And I hear at the end of the week
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- # He's leaving to start a boutique
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- # Though I smile I'm only pretending
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- # Cos I know today's - the last I'll be spending
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- # With The boy from - Tacarembo La Tumbe Del Fuego
0:08:33 > 0:08:38- # Santa Malipas Zatatecas - La Junta Del Sol Y Cruz
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- # Tomorrow he sails
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- # He's moving to Wales
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- # To live in
0:08:53 > 0:09:01- # Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn - drobwllllantysiliogogogoch #
0:09:04 > 0:09:05- Oh!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- I grew up speaking Welsh only.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- When I went to the grammar school - in Pontardawe...
0:09:20 > 0:09:25- ..I realized I spoke the dialect - of the little village of Alltwen.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Father called it - 'Cymraeg talcen slip'...
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- ..and people called it - 'Cymraeg Cerrig Calch.'
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Eic Davies, our teacher, - smartened up our Welsh...
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- ..but I still love Alltwen-speak!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Islwyn Williams, the author, - lived in Alltwen.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Mam taught me to recite - some of his short stories.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- I'll never forget them.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- Here's a taste of my favourite.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58- It's the story of Sami...
0:10:00 > 0:10:05- ..a henpecked little man - who became the boss at home...
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- ..after he became - an unlikely star...
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- ..when he became the drummer - of the village brass band.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Dafydd Jams starts the story.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- The first time I realized - Sami had his eye on the drum...
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- ..was the night Isaac had a stroke.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- It was a Friday night.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- The first thing I thought was...
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- ..well, the band - has lost its drummer.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- I had no objection - to Sami getting the job. No, no.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- I just thought he was - a little bit too... harmless.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- When a man refers to his wife - as Mrs Davies...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- LAUGHTER
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- ..and she refers to him as - that useless husband of mine...
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- ..you think - he'll never be a drummer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- But a cornet nominated him - and a clarinet seconded it...
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- ..and so Sami was chosen - as the drummer on a trial basis.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08- Sami shocked us all.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- He played that drum like a veteran.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- First class drumming, - from start to finish.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- Dafydd Jams later describes - an evening after a concert.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Lisa Davies speaks first.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- What did you say? What's for supper?
0:11:28 > 0:11:33- Have you been drinking or has - that drum affected your brain?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Sami then piped up.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- If I hear another word - about this drum...
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- ..there will be - a hell of a place here!
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Do you hear? A hell of a place!
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Not another word about the drum, - if you please!
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Do you know who you're talking to?
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- "Yes, I'm talking to my wife," - said Sami as he spat into the fire.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- She didn't say a single word.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06- She went to the pantry and cooked - the best meal he'd ever tasted.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Was he telling the truth? - I can't be sure.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- But I know one thing for a fact.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- She now calls him Our Samuel...
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- ..and he doesn't call her - Mrs Davies any more.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- I saw him last night - and this is what he said.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- "Taking soup to work - in a Thermos flask?"
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- "Well, well! That's a good idea."
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- "I'll let her indoors know."
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0:13:05 > 0:13:09- There aren't many taboos - left these days.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- But...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- ..when a woman - looks good for her age...
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- ..people whisper "Oh, she must have - had a lot of work done".
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- No woman wants to talk about it...
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- ..even if it's obvious half her face - is in a pedal bin in Harley Street.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- LAUGHTER
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- No-one has written a song about - how to preserve youth and beauty...
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- ..so I was pleased to come across - this Christopher Wortley song.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- # Some people - are forever making faces
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- # They smile, they frown, - they pout in sweet embraces
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- # You can read them like a book
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- # Every mood a different look
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- # So it's a shame
0:14:13 > 0:14:20- # That this Botox girl - will always look the same #
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- LAUGHTER
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- When I was at school - in Pontardawe...
0:14:31 > 0:14:36- ..I rehearsed the part of Blodeuwedd - in the play by Saunders Lewis.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Dafydd Rowlands - was Llew Llaw Gyffes.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- But Glamorgan County Council - cancelled the performance...
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- ..because it was - unsuitable for young people!
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- It was in the Western Mail. - Shock. Horror!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Young People - Corrupted By Immoral Play.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- I was disappointed - but I later recorded Blodeuwedd.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- I also played Esther, Siwan - and I had a part in Brad.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- The most important play for me - was Gymerwch Chi Sigaret...
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- ..which was my first experience - of working with Saunders.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- He was so important - in the world of drama...
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- ..Sigaret was reviewed - by the English press...
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- ..who didn't understand - a word of it!
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- We had a big success and Saunders - took me under his wing...
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- ..and organized - the beginning of my career.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- He taught me so much.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- When I went to the Academy, - he wrote...
0:15:37 > 0:15:43- ..'You now have to learn to live - on the knife-edge of insecurity'.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- He was right too.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- He taught me about un-Welsh things, - especially food!
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- He would take me to the only French - restaurant in Wales, back then.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- It was in a dangerous place - - Tiger Bay!
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- That's where - he introduced me to garlic...
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- ..rare steak and red wine!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- And there was oil on the lettuce!
0:16:11 > 0:16:12- In his house in Penarth...
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- ..he taught me if one didn't have - the makings of vinaigrette...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- ..one could dress a salad with milk!
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Do you think that was his invention?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Saunders gave me good food - and great parts.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- I must have been 15 - when I learned Blodeuwedd...
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- ..but I still remember - quite a lot of it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:43- Here, Blodeuwedd talks to her maid, - Rhagnell, at the start of the play.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- She tries to explain how lonely - and isolated she feels...
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- ..as a woman made of flowers.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- At the end of the excerpt, - Gronw Pebr is approaching...
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- ..and the drama takes a twist.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01- Oh.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- You can never, never, - never understand my grief.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08- No-one can understand.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- You don't know what it means - to be lonely.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Your world is full.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- You have a home, loved ones - and a family.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- Parents and brothers.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- You are never estranged - in the world.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Wherever men have trodden - is your habitat.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- Gwynedd, where your - ancestors roamed, is your home.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- A shelter for you built by - generations of your forebears.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- You are comfortable - in your own country.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- It's as though you're in a bed - made for you...
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- ..by the hands of love - which for an age awaited you.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56- I can find nothing familiar - in the ways of mankind.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Search Gwynedd and Britain - in its entirety.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- I have no family tomb.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06- And the world is cold.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08- It is alien to me.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- No bond of love - or tether of a nation have I.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- And that is the fear which grips me.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- I fear my freedom.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- I am a rudderless ship - on the sea of humanity.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Hark!
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- Whose horn is yonder?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- We all like to be applauded.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Marlene Dietrich was a past master - at whipping up the audience...
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- ..and creating applause.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56- A friend of mine watched her prepare - for this one afternoon on tour.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02- During the rehearsal she would ask - to see three of the usherettes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- She would buy a large bunch of - flowers and divide them into three.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Now listen to me, girls!
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- You stand there.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15- You stand there.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- And you in centre.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- When I am taking my bows - and the applause is dying down...
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- ..you come down with your flowers, - and I will not see you at first.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Then I go, "Oh, flowers - for me!"
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- As I'm bowing - you are coming down there.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- I am looking the other way...
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- ..and then I go, - "Oh, no! What a surprise!"
0:19:44 > 0:19:45- Don't be nervous!
0:19:46 > 0:19:47- What is your name? Edna!
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- Just look in my eyes, Edna, - and hold the flowers up high.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53- And I am so grateful.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59- And you are coming down the middle - and the audience will be screaming.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- And when I see you I go, - "No, no, no! It is too much!"
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- "Thank you, thank you!"
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- You keep looking in my eyes. - You will be wonderful.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- The audience will be very happy.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- And they were - hysteria guaranteed, - every night.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- After the show, Marlene cut the - stems and put them in a bucket...
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- ..ready for the next day!
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- You'd see none of that - at a Jacques Brel concert.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- I was lucky enough, years ago, - to walk in off the street...
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- ..into the Olympia Theatre in Paris - and see Jacques Brel in concert.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- He didn't seem to want us - to applaud at all.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- At the end of each song, - he turned away.
0:20:49 > 0:20:56- We would applaud and he would turn - back and launch into the next song.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- So stylish!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- He was like an emperor.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- Here's a song I heard - on that unforgettable night.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- # If you go away - on this summer day
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- # Then you might as well - take the sun away
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- # All the birds that flew - in the summer sky
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- # When our love was new - and our hearts were high
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- # When the day was young - and the night was long
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- # And the moon stood still - for the nightbird's song
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- # If you go away
0:21:39 > 0:21:40- # If you go away
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- # If you go away
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- # But if you stay, - I'll make you a day
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- # Like no day has been - or will be again
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- # We'll sail on the sun. - We'll ride on the rain
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- # We'll talk to the trees - and worship the rain
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- # And if you go, I'll understand
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- # Leave me just enough love - to fill up my hand
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- # If you go away
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- # If you go away
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- # If you go away
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- # Ne me quitte pas
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- # Il faut oublier - tout peut s'oublier
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- # Qui s'enfuit deja
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- # Oublier le temps - des malentendus
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- # Et le temps perdu - a savoir comment
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- # Oublier ces heures - qui tuaient parfois
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- # A coups de pourquoi - le coeur de bonheur
0:22:41 > 0:22:42- # Ne me quitte pas
0:22:43 > 0:22:44- # Ne me quitte pas
0:22:45 > 0:22:46- # Ne me quitte pas
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- # But if you stay - I'll make you a night
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- # Like no night has been - or will be again
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- # I'll sail on your smile, - I'll ride on your touch
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- # I'll talk to your eyes - that I love so much
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- # But if you go, I won't cry
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- # The good has gone from goodbye
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- # If you go away
0:23:14 > 0:23:15- # If you go away
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- # If you go away
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- # If you go away, - as I know you must
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- # There's nothing left - in the world to trust
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- # Just an empty room - full of empty space
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- # Like the empty look - I see on your face
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- # Though I'd have been - the shadow of your shadow
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- # If it might have kept me - by your side
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- # Don't go away
0:23:51 > 0:23:52- # Don't go away
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- # Please don't go away #
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0:24:28 > 0:24:31- I grew up - surrounded by strong women.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- My grandmother, Mam, - Meriel her sister...
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- ..and Great Aunt Rosina.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40- She was an evangelist.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- A little Welsh girl who ran away - at 14 to be a preacher.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- She was a huge success, preaching - to thousands in Wales and in London.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- As my aunts said in awe...
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- .."Touring coast to coast - across America - twice!"
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- I saw her once in Ty Mawr - when I was about five years old.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- She was scary.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11- Piercing pale eyes, black dress, - jet brooch, black Gladstone bag.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- She was often moved to sing - in the pulpit.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- The family dreaded that - and would slide down in their seats.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- She had a voice - like a wounded donkey.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31- I've spent a lot of my time - playing some pretty monstrous women.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Livia from I Claudius...
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- ..and Mrs Driver from The Borrowers.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Do you remember The Borrowers?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Tiny people - who lived behind the skirting.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48- Mrs Driver the housekeeper - was hell-bent on killing them.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Apparently, the shot of my huge face - at the mouse hole...
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- ..looking for The Borrowers...
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- ..is one of the scariest stills - in the BBC archives!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- I have a funny relationship - with animals.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- I see myself as having - a wonderful way with them.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- And yet, my canary has - tried to kill himself three times!
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- I couldn't visit my mother - without her parrot attacking me.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- It was the same on the farm.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- The pony - delivered milk to the village.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30- I longed for him to come home so - I could jump up for a lovely ride.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Every evening without fail, - he'd go five paces, roll over...
0:26:36 > 0:26:37- ..and try to kill me!
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- I didn't understand it - but I was never discouraged.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- I'm still not, because I'm convinced - I'm lovely and kind.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- # I'm lovely
0:26:53 > 0:26:55- # All I am is lovely
0:26:55 > 0:27:01- # Lovely is the one thing I can do
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- # Winsome
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- # What I am is winsome
0:27:07 > 0:27:12- # Radiant as in some - dream come true
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- # Oh, isn't it a shame?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- # I can neither sew nor cook
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- # Nor read or write my name
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- # But I'm happy
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- # Merely being lovely
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- # For it's one thing - I can give to you #
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- My delusion knows no bounds!
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- Rodgers and Hart wrote - the first musical I was ever in.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- The show was called Pal Joey.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- What did people expect? Not much.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- My mother decided - not to come to the opening.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- She said she didn't want to see me - make a fool of myself!
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- On opening night, I made my entrance - from the back of the auditorium.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- Nobody could see me there.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25- I was shaking like a leaf - in my fantastic John Bates dress.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Suddenly, - the door behind me opened...
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- ..and a drunk wandered in - from the Mile End Road.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- He linked arms with me.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- The music started up. - What could I do?
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- I kicked him in the shin, - gave him a push towards the door...
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- ..and hissed, "Bugger off!"
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- He went reeling - back into the Mile End Road...
0:28:51 > 0:28:56- ..and I walked on into a show - that transferred to the West End...
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- ..and ran for over a year.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59- Wonderful!
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- I sang for the first time - during that year-long run.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- I had a deep voice, - like Paul Robeson!
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- Marlene Dietrich - also had a deep voice, of course.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- People started saying - I had to play Marlene one day.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Years later, Pam Gems - wrote a play for me about Marlene.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- She was a creature of superlatives.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35- The most beautiful woman - in the world.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- The highest paid movie star - in the world.
0:29:40 > 0:29:46- One of my favourite Marlene stories - is of her in Paris in the 1960s.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- She was making a movie called - Paris When It Sizzles.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- She had a small part. A cameo. - Two scenes.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- Scene 1 - Marlene sitting in a - Rolls Royce on the Avenue Montaigne.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- The Rolls comes down - and stops outside Christian Dior.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08- Scene 2 - Marlene enters Dior - and buys a floor-length fur coat.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- On the day. Car. Camera. Action!
0:30:15 > 0:30:16- Nothing happens.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18- Action!
0:30:19 > 0:30:20- Nothing.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- An assistant is sent - to see what's wrong.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- After a lot of hand waving, - he comes back looking pale.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29- What was wrong?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- "She won't start shooting...
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- ..until you agree she can keep - the fur coat," said the assistant.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39- LAUGHTER
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- Impossible! Consternation!
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- George Axelrod, the Producer says, - "Leave it to me!"
0:30:46 > 0:30:51- Up the Avenue Montaigne, a lot - of hand waving, then he returns.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- "OK! You can start shooting."
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- "Phew! So everything's alright?"
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- "Yes. - She's got the car now as well."
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- This is one of the songs - which made Marlene famous.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- It's as relevant now - as when it was written...
0:31:18 > 0:31:22- ..by one of the great 20th century - songwriters, Pete Seeger.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- # Where have all the flowers gone?
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- # Long time passing
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- # Where have all the flowers gone?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- # Long time ago
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- # Where have all the flowers gone?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- # Young girls picked them, - every one
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- # When will they ever learn?
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- # When will they ever learn?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- # Where have - all the young girls gone?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- # Long time passing
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- # Where have - all the young girls gone?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- # Long time ago
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- # Where have - all the young girls gone?
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- # Taken husbands, every one
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- # When will they ever learn?
0:32:35 > 0:32:40- # When will they ever learn?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- # Where have all the young men gone?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49- # Long time passing
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- # Where have all the young men gone?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- # Long time ago
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- # Where have all the young men gone?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- # Gone for soldiers, every one
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- # When will they ever learn?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- # When will they ever learn?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- # Where have all the soldiers gone?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- # Long time passing
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- # Where have all the soldiers gone?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- # Long time ago
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- # Where have all the soldiers gone?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- # Gone to graveyards, every one
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- # When will they ever learn?
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- # When will they ever learn?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- # Where have - all the graveyards gone?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- # Long time passing
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- # Where have - all the graveyards gone?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- # Long time ago
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- # Where have - all the graveyards gone?
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- # Covered with flowers, every one
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- # When will they ever learn?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- # When will they ever learn?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- # Where have all the flowers gone?
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- # Long time passing
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- # Where have all the flowers gone?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- # Long time ago
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- # Where have all the flowers gone?
0:34:47 > 0:34:51- # Young girls picked them, every one
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- # When will they ever learn?
0:35:01 > 0:35:08- # When will they ever learn? #
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0:35:29 > 0:35:29- Subtitles
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- Marlene Dietrich may have been - a nightmare, but she was no fool.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- She was well aware - of the debt she owed...
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- ..to her arranger, accompanist - and orchestra conductor.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- She always made a big fuss - in her cabaret...
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- ..of referring to Burt Bac-a-Wack!
0:36:04 > 0:36:05- LAUGHTER
0:36:05 > 0:36:12- I am also aware of the debt I owe to - my arranger and orchestra conductor.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14- Tonight, he's at the piano.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- Ladies and gentlemen, - please greet Kevin Amos.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- APPLAUSE
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Dylan Thomas wrote, 'Praise the - Lord! We are a musical nation.'
0:36:31 > 0:36:35- There's a story about King Edward, - or was it George?
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- The one who married Queen Mary, - the one with the pearls!
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- When they came to Swansea, - they were given a huge welcome.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- At the end of a long day, - the king was heard to say...
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- .."Don't wave at them, Mary! - They'll only start singing again!"
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- When I'm abroad, - I'm sometimes asked where Wales is.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- That annoys me because down the - years, we've produced such giants.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Apparently, - there 13 Welsh signatories...
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- ..on the American Declaration - of Independence.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17- Wales has so much to be proud of...
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- ..but her prevailing mood is, - I think, one of melancholy.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- We're terrific worriers.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- Even when things are going well, - our theme tune is...
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- ..There Are Bad Times - Just Around The Corner.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Richard Burton - told me a great story.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- He and his brother, Ivor, - were in a car park in Switzerland...
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- ..waiting for Sibyl, Richard's wife, - to give birth to their first child.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- Richard and Ivor - had fallen asleep in the car.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- Nurse comes out, wakes Richard up - and beckons him into the hospital.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- The baby was born. - Mother and daughter were fine.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Richard comes back to the car, - taps on the window...
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- ..and Ivor wakes up and says, - "Dont tell me both dead!"
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- Calon Lan is a simple hymn.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22- It's the first thing I performed in - public, when I was four years old.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- I remember some things - about that day.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- The smell of the chapel polish, - the toffee-coloured varnish...
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- ..and sunshine - streaming through the windows.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- No stained glass - for Congregationalists!
0:38:40 > 0:38:41- I was in my best dress.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- It was yellow, with a 12 inch hem...
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- ..which Mam would let down - inch by inch for years.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- # I ask not for ease and riches
0:38:54 > 0:38:59- # Nor earth's jewels for my part
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- # But I have the best of wishes
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- # For a pure and honest heart
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- # Oh, pure heart so true and tender
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- # Fairer than the lilies white
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- # The pure heart alone can render
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- # Songs of joy
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- # Both day and night
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- # Should I cherish earthly treasure
0:39:32 > 0:39:36- # It would fly on speedy wings
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- # The pure heart - a plenteous measure
0:39:41 > 0:39:45- # Of pure pleasure daily brings
0:39:46 > 0:39:51- # Oh, pure heart so true and tender
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- # Fairer than the lilies white
0:39:57 > 0:40:02- # The pure heart alone can render
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- # Songs of joy
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- # Both day and night #
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- When I was very young, - I went to a party...
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- ..in a beautiful - but very small Knightsbridge house.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32- We were enjoying a buffet, - all seated on small gilt chairs...
0:40:32 > 0:40:38- ..and I was nervous because - I was sitting next to Noel Coward.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- But things were going well.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43- Then it was pudding.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- As I reached for the plate, - my napkin slid down to the floor.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- I leaned over to pick it up - and when I straightened...
0:40:54 > 0:40:59- ..I saw that some of my dessert - had slipped off the plate...
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- ..straight onto Noel Coward's lap.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- I'll never forget that feeling!
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- I was too young to deal with it, - so I pretended it hadn't happened.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- So did Noel.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- He draped his napkin - over the raspberry coulis...
0:41:18 > 0:41:20- ..and went on chatting.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- What a gentleman.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- He's one of the people - I most admire in the theatre.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28- He could do everything.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31- I admired his courage.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- He had experienced failure - and disappointment.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- He never complained. - He went on working.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- He didn't waste a minute - of his life.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- This is a song he wrote - about a woman...
0:41:48 > 0:41:54- ..who discovered, in the nick - of time, that life is for living!
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Forgive me for singing this - in Noel's language.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- # In a bijou abode - in St. Barnabus Road
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- # Not far from the Esher bypass
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- # Lived a mother and wife - who for most of her life
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- # Let every adventure fly past
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- # She had two strapping daughters - and a rather dull son
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- # And a much duller husband - who, at 61
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- # Elected to retire
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- # And later on expire
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- # Sing Hallelujah, heigh-nonny-no
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- # Heigh-nonny-no, heigh-nonny-no
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- # He joined the feathered choir
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- # On a wet afternoon - in the middle of June
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- # They all of them - came home soaking
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- # Having laid him to rest - by special request
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- # In the family vault in Woking
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- # And then - in the middle of the funeral wake
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- # With her mouth - full of excellent Madeira cake
0:43:01 > 0:43:02- # His widow cried
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- # That's done!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- # My life's at last begun
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- # Sing Hallelujah, heigh-nonny-no
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- # Heigh-nonny-no, heigh-nonny-no
0:43:13 > 0:43:18- # It's time I had some fun
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- # Today, though hardly a jolly day
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- # At least has set me free
0:43:25 > 0:43:29- # We'll all have a lovely holiday
0:43:29 > 0:43:35- # On the island of Capri
0:43:37 > 0:43:41- # In a bar on the Piccola Marina
0:43:42 > 0:43:46- # Life called - to Mrs Wentworth-Brewster
0:43:46 > 0:43:49- # Fate beckoned her - and introduced her
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- # Into a rather queer, - unfamiliar atmosphere
0:43:53 > 0:43:57- # She'd just sit there, - propping up the bar
0:43:57 > 0:44:00- # Beside a fisherman - who sang to a guitar
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- # When accused - of having gone too far
0:44:04 > 0:44:08- # She merely cried - "Funiculi, just fancy me, funicula!"
0:44:09 > 0:44:13- # Just for fun, - three young sailors from Messina
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- # Bowed low - to Mrs Wentworth-Brewster
0:44:18 > 0:44:21- # Said "Scusi", - and politely goosed her
0:44:21 > 0:44:25- # Then there was quite a scene-a
0:44:25 > 0:44:29- # Her family in floods of tears said - "Leave these men, Mama!"
0:44:30 > 0:44:32- # She said, - "Theyre just high-spirited
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- # "As all Italians are!
0:44:35 > 0:44:41- # "And most of them have a great - deal more to offer than Papa!"
0:44:42 > 0:44:46- # In the bar on the Piccola Marina #
0:44:54 > 0:44:58- Unfortunately, the time has come - for me to say goodnight.
0:44:59 > 0:45:04- Thank you for being - such a warm and welcoming audience.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09- There's something special - about a warm, Welsh welcome.
0:45:10 > 0:45:15- I hope you enjoyed the evening - half as much as I enjoyed it.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17- Until next time, goodnight.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19- Goodbye.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27- # So nice seeing you again
0:45:28 > 0:45:31- # So nice seeing you again
0:45:31 > 0:45:35- # It would be so nice - seeing you again
0:45:36 > 0:45:37- # Again
0:45:39 > 0:45:44- # It was so nice - to see that familiar grin
0:45:44 > 0:45:48- # I wouldn't think twice - if you said you're in
0:45:48 > 0:45:52- # It would be so nice - seeing you again
0:45:53 > 0:45:55- # Again
0:45:57 > 0:46:01- # And if our love - the first time round
0:46:02 > 0:46:04- # Suffered a reversal
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- # Well maybe our love - the first time round
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- # Was just a dress rehearsal
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- # Cause it was nice - seeing you again
0:46:18 > 0:46:21- # So nice seeing you again
0:46:21 > 0:46:25- # It would be so nice - seeing you again
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- # Again
0:46:32 > 0:46:33- # Ah, ah
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- # So nice
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- # Ah, ah
0:46:43 > 0:46:47- # And if it means - the time's gone by
0:46:47 > 0:46:50- # And we haven't found a new love
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- # Well maybe it means - that we should try
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- # The good old deja vu love
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- # Cause it was nice - seeing you again
0:47:04 > 0:47:07- # So very nice - seeing you again
0:47:07 > 0:47:11- # So nice seeing you again
0:47:12 > 0:47:13- # Again
0:47:14 > 0:47:17- # Seeing you again, again
0:47:19 > 0:47:20- # Seeing you again
0:47:22 > 0:47:23- # Again #
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- Goodnight.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53- S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones
0:47:53 > 0:47:54- .