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So, go on, where can you rub shoulders with royalty? | 0:00:01 | 0:00:04 | |
Match muscles with a sporting legend? | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
And give politicians a piece of your mind? | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
PHONE RINGS | 0:00:13 | 0:00:14 | |
It's for you, Barack. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
Look at me, singing with Leona Lewis. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
Where else but Madame Tussauds? | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Coming up - it's July, the summer holidays are approaching, | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
and, like millions of tourists, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
I'm here at the world-famous Madame Tussauds. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
There'll be some fantastic hymn singing from cathedrals and churches all over Britain, | 0:00:33 | 0:00:38 | |
from Glasgow to Arundel. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
During the last year we've celebrated the lives of Christians | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
who've used their skills and talents to shape our world. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:56 | |
Famous nurse Florence Nightingale. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
Philanthropist Lord Lever of Port Sunlight. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
And prolific author Jane Austen. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
Welcome to the world-famous Madame Tussauds in the heart of London. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
It's home to over 400 of the world's most famous faces | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
so where better to come to celebrate some of the extraordinary people | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
who've had an impact on our lives? | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
Our first hymn is a fantastic one. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
It expresses the belief that, whoever we are, God is father to us all. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:28 | |
With over two million visitors every year, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
Madame Tussauds is one of the most popular places to visit in London. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
But who exactly was Madame Tussaud, | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
and how did a Frenchwoman create such a famous British institution? | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
Judith, I can't get over how tiny she was. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
Diminutive. About four foot eleven, I should think. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
-Amazing. -But many people were in those days. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
What prompted you to find out more about this lady? | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
Well...the curiosity. Everybody knows the name, Madame Tussaud. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:27 | |
-Everybody knows the attraction. -But who was she? | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
What did she do? How did she begin and end? Why was she here? | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
'Madame Tussaud was born Anna Maria Grosholtz to a Catholic family living in Strasbourg | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
'and this year marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.' | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
Why this fascination with working with wax back then? | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
Wax was...religious. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
If you had a problem, you would ask a wax modeller to make the limb | 0:04:54 | 0:04:59 | |
and then you would take it to the chapel, | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
-or the altar of the saint who looked after that part of the body. -Amazing. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
You would hang it up and, hopefully, God would...help you. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:11 | |
How did she find out that she had a talent for working with wax? | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
From a very early age she had a wonderful ability with her hands, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
to sketch, to make fruit and flowers, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
and by the time she was 12 she was making her own life masks. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
So she could sketch a face. She'd look at you and say... | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
-your nose goes slightly to one side... -Thank you very much. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
..and your chin... Your face does that and then it does that. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
This is almost turning into a counselling session now. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
-How did she end up in Britain? -It was after the revolution. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
Her uncle died and left her with many properties | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
and a huge debt, | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
and so she thought she would come here to recoup it | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
and she met an impresario, who brought her here to the Lyceum Theatre, | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
and she toured here with a travelling wax show for 33 years. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
Wow! Making her name. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
-Until she was 75. 75. -What would she make of this, do you think? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
She'd love it. She would so love it. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
She would love the excitement of the people. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
The idea is to get people out of the street and into her attractions. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
-Well, I think it's absolutely amazing. Shall we carry on our little tour? -Yes, let's. -Let's go. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
So clearly Madame Tussaud was a remarkable person. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
She personified persistence, dedication and self-belief, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
and these wax figures are her legacy. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
They've been entertaining and educating millions of people for over 200 years. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:41 | |
Our next hymn celebrates another great woman. She's been hailed as the most perfect woman in the world. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:47 | |
Tell Out, My Soul is Mary's great song of praise. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
Liz Edwards is part of the team working behind the scenes | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
to make sure every wax model is as realistic as possible. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:21 | |
They told me Liz would be mixing with royalty. How are you? | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
-I'm very well. How are you? -Good, thanks. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
-So, Her Majesty, is she popular here? -The Queen is the most popular figure. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
There are some people that come and go, | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
that perhaps younger audiences will like, but The Queen is a staple. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
The Royal Family, throughout our history, | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
have always been the most popular figures here. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
How long would a model like Her Majesty take to make? | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
It takes four months to make any wax figure and it starts with a sitting which takes three hours... | 0:09:48 | 0:09:53 | |
-Wow. -..where hundreds of measurements are taken from the face, body, | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
so we can make sure every element is correct. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
I'm not fishing at all, but how do you get chosen? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
You have to have achieved greatness. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
-Someone like Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar. -Of course. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
Something to show that you've achieved something great. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
Thank you for joining us, Your Majesty! | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
-One is very amused by this place and I think we should carry on looking. -Let's have a look. -Great. Come on. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:20 | |
# May the road rise to meet you | 0:10:23 | 0:10:29 | |
# May the wind be ever at your back | 0:10:29 | 0:10:35 | |
# May the sun shine warm upon your face | 0:10:36 | 0:10:42 | |
# And the rain fall soft | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
# Upon your fields | 0:10:45 | 0:10:51 | |
# And until we meet again | 0:10:51 | 0:11:03 | |
# May God hold you | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
# May God hold you | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
# Ever in the palm | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
# Of His hand | 0:11:16 | 0:11:24 | |
# May the road rise to meet you | 0:11:31 | 0:11:36 | |
# May the wind be ever at your back | 0:11:36 | 0:11:43 | |
# May the sun shine warm upon your face | 0:11:43 | 0:11:50 | |
# And the rain fall soft upon your fields | 0:11:50 | 0:11:56 | |
# Your fields | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
# And until we meet again | 0:12:00 | 0:12:12 | |
# May God hold you | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
# May God hold you | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
# Ever in the palm | 0:12:21 | 0:12:26 | |
# Of His hand | 0:12:26 | 0:12:35 | |
# Ever in the palm | 0:12:35 | 0:12:41 | |
# Of His hand | 0:12:41 | 0:12:46 | |
# The palm of His hand. # | 0:12:52 | 0:13:01 | |
Cor blimey, this is a powerful room. I feel I should be touching a forelock. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
It's actually our world leaders room, so here you will see the great and the good, | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
like our current Prime Minister David Cameron | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
-and prime ministers past as well. -It's amazing. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
-So you've got all these people's vital statistics? -Yes we have, | 0:13:22 | 0:13:26 | |
although they're very safe under lock and key. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
-We know inside leg, chest and height measurements of every celebrity you can imagine. -Wow. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:35 | |
What's so important is it's not very often that people are going to be able to come and touch David Cameron. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:40 | |
This is his height, this is the suit he wears. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
Stand outside 10 Downing Street, there are no ropes here. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
This is the first thing that struck me | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
cos I remember coming here as a small child and you could get so close but not this close. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:53 | |
Absolutely. Now you really can touch them | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
and we encourage people to come and touch, whether it be their idols, | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
their sporting idols, or their prime minister. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
MUSIC: "James Bond Theme" by John Barry | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
The name's Bond, James Bond. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
Almost had you fooled, didn't I? | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
Well, the Bond films are synonymous with Pinewood, | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
the British studios where they were made. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
Pinewood was the vision of a Methodist, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
who wanted to promote Christianity through films. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
His name was J Arthur Rank. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
I think in the 1930s, | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
when film really appeared on the scene, | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
he could see the potential | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
of actually recording a good preacher, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
somebody who had a powerful message, | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
and to be able to duplicate that and show it | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
in churches around the country. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
And that was why he established the Religious Film Society. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:52 | |
Rank, actually, himself came up with the first idea, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
which was to tell the story of W H Lax | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
who was a well-known and very charismatic Methodist preacher. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:04 | |
The film was called Mastership, | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
it was 22 minutes long | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
and cost £2,700. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
It was a story, really, to present to people saying, | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
"Either you choose Christ or alcohol. What are you going to do?" | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
Well, now, I'm not going to talk religion to you, | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
but common sense, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
though there's precious little difference between the two. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
Now, do you want drink to be your master? | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
No, sir. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
Well, for your own sake, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
for the sake of your wife and child, cut it out. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:44 | |
There's a story from South Yorkshire, | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
where it was shown to a group of hardened, drinking, miners, | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
and the Methodist minister who had put it on in the church, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
had shown it to them and there was this huge silence afterwards. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
And the minister said, to reinforce the message, | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
"Do you choose Christ, or drink? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
"Those of you who choose Christ, please, stand up." | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
And some 22 miners apparently stood up, with tears in their eyes | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
and gave their lives to the Lord. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
As it turned out, he found it very hard | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
to get his religious films shown anywhere other than in churches and church halls around the country. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:22 | |
So he did rather an extraordinary thing, | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
Rank, from then, effectively bought the British movie industry. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:29 | |
He was going to make commercial films | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
that were going to be big and successful and well made | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
and they were going to make the country and the world a better place | 0:18:37 | 0:18:42 | |
through the broad message of morality they were going to preach. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
Pope John Paul II's visit to Britain, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
in the summer of 1982, was a memorable one. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
I watched it on telly with my mum and dad | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
and there were great scenes of celebration. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
Well, his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
arrived on our shores last September | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
and people travelled from far and wide to welcome him. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
An unforgettable moment from Pope Benedict's visit | 0:21:04 | 0:21:09 | |
was the ceremony to honour one of the most distinguished English Catholics of the 19th century, | 0:21:09 | 0:21:14 | |
John Henry Newman. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
Pope Benedict pronounced Newman "blessed", | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
just one step away from sainthood. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
Sally travelled to Maryvale, | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
a house on the outskirts of Birmingham, | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
to find out about the life of this hugely-influential man and poet, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
author of two of our best-loved hymns, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
Lead Kindly Light and Praise To The Holiest. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
Caroline, hi. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
I'm told you're the person who can tell me all about the links between Newman and this place. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
Oh, this was his first Catholic home, he came here in 1846. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
It was right out in the country, quite a few miles from Birmingham, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
beautiful countryside. Of course, he loved the poor, | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
so he wanted, in fact, to move into Birmingham, | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
which is why in the end he was only here for two years. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
But it was a very important time of his life. These are his rooms. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
-So I can show you a few lovely little corners if you like? -I'd love that. -Let's have a look. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:08 | |
So, these were Newman's rooms. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
It's only a bedroom now, because this is the college that he really desired when he was here, | 0:22:11 | 0:22:16 | |
but it didn't happen when he was here. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
However, in this corner - it looks like a cupboard - | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
but this is really special for Cardinal Newman. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
-There's this little window down into the chapel. -Into the chapel! -Yeah. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
He must have loved this. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
Oh, he did, because he wrote a letter to his friend, and this is what he said to him. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:36 | |
"I am writing in the next room to the chapel. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
"It's such an incomprehensible blessing | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
"to have Christ in bodily presence in one's house, within one's walls." | 0:22:43 | 0:22:48 | |
-And you'll be at Cofton Park when the Pope performs, will you? -Oh, yes. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
The grace that's going to flood this country | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
because of this beatification, | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
because it's going to be a proclamation, | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
that here is a lowly man who loved the poor, who loved education, | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
who loved the faith, who loved the Church, who loves Christ. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:10 | |
HE wants the country to be flooded again. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
So...that's what we're looking forward to! | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
What happened to Madame Tussaud in the end, then? | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
She nearly made it to her 90th birthday. She died in her 90th year. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
She died in April in 1850 | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
and she was given the last rites, she was a Catholic, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
and she was buried near Sloane Square, St Mary's Church. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
How would she feel about the world of celebrity and fame now? | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
Of course, it wasn't pop stars in her time. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
Oh, I don't know. There were famous politicians, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
there were philosophers, there were adventurers... | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
She had Dr Benjamin Franklin, | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
Voltaire, Rousseau... | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
And now it's James Bond and Beyonce | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
-and I'm sure I saw Shirley Bassey somewhere there as well! -Yes! | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
It's good to have a Welsh person in here. It's been fascinating. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
-Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. -Not at all. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
I know you've chosen a hymn. Tell us what it is and why you've chosen it. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
-It's Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind. -Great. -I love that. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
I love the second line - "forgive our foolish ways". | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
I feel I have many foolish ways. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
-Don't we all! -And I love the last three lines of the last verse, | 0:26:55 | 0:27:01 | |
which is, "Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire, | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
"Speaks through the earthquake, wind and fire, | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
"Oh still small voice of calm." | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
I think we all need a bit of that. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
This is going to take me back to choirboy days, this one! | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
-Thank you. -Not at all. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
Father God, thank you for all those famous and not-so-famous | 0:29:50 | 0:29:55 | |
who've influenced our lives for good, | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
and so help us to have a positive impact | 0:29:58 | 0:30:03 | |
on those you bring into our lives... | 0:30:03 | 0:30:05 | |
for your glory... | 0:30:05 | 0:30:07 | |
Amen. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
And that's almost it from Madame Tussauds. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
It really is an incredible collection - a celebration of human achievement. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:19 | |
And you never know - one day, I may be in there myself! | 0:30:19 | 0:30:22 | |
Who am I kidding?! I hope you've also enjoyed the music. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
We're going to end with a great hymn of thanksgiving - Now Thank We All Our God. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
Until next time, goodbye! | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
'Next week, Diane escapes to the country | 0:33:25 | 0:33:29 | |
'to visit Pershore in Worcestershire. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
'She explores its monastic history with some keen young historians, | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
'learns the secrets of the trade from a master tailor, | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
'and introduces hymns from the spectacular abbey, | 0:33:38 | 0:33:42 | |
'with special guests, the OperaBabes.' | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd 2011 | 0:33:57 | 0:34:02 | |
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