:00:02. > :00:05.Hello and welcome to a special anniversary programme. Tonight
:00:05. > :00:11.we're at the BBC in Leicester, celebrating ten years of Inside Out
:00:11. > :00:15.East Midlands. So do you remember this? My family and my friends
:00:15. > :00:19.thought I might die but I know I would get better. 9-year-old Abbey
:00:19. > :00:27.was the star of our first programme - 10 years on we find out how she
:00:27. > :00:30.is now, and we will be digging out How long are you going to spend
:00:30. > :00:33.trying to evade justice, Mr Roberts? What the BLEEP's it got to
:00:34. > :00:38.do with you? You have been found guilty before, haven't you, of
:00:38. > :00:42.conning people? Nice car you've got, you have a nice villa up the road.
:00:42. > :00:47.Are you prepared for a winter's night on the town? Not really!
:00:47. > :00:57.are going out with no shoes on? should have some in the boot in
:00:57. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:07.case I break down. You're having a Before we look back at the last 10
:01:07. > :01:10.years of Inside Out, it's also the 50th anniversary of Jamaican
:01:10. > :01:13.independence. Like thousands of others, Des Coleman's parents
:01:13. > :01:18.joined the wave of migrants who came here after the war to fill
:01:18. > :01:24.Britain's chronic labour shortage. But the welcome they got wasn't
:01:24. > :01:33.always a warm one. Tonight Des tells the story of the people who
:01:33. > :01:38.came here to settle in the East Derby is my home town. It is where
:01:38. > :01:41.I grew up and a place that holds so many childhood memories. In fact
:01:41. > :01:51.most of my family still live here. It is now a multicultural
:01:51. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :01:58.metropolis, somewhere I feel safe, And like thousands of others of
:01:58. > :02:06.Jamaican descent, I celebrate my family's heritage in style. However,
:02:06. > :02:08.when my mum first arrived in Derby, it was a very different place. This
:02:08. > :02:12.road in Derby was the inner-city neighbourhood that became known as
:02:12. > :02:15.Little Kingston for a while. In fact, Mum, you'll remember this.
:02:16. > :02:19.This is where we used to live and this is where I was born.
:02:19. > :02:21.remember it well, these were houses those days. We have come along to
:02:22. > :02:30.meet an old friend who arrived in this gritty industrialised town
:02:30. > :02:33.It was 20 years after the first wave of Jamaican immigrants arrived
:02:33. > :02:37.on the Empire Windrush and the colour of communities in Derby was
:02:37. > :02:47.changing. But many white natives were still nervous of the so-called
:02:47. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:54."newcomers". George! Good to see My mum's mate George Mighty arrived
:02:54. > :02:57.in Derby 50 years ago. Since then his commitment to the city's
:02:57. > :03:00.Caribbean community has been unrivalled. He's even been honoured
:03:00. > :03:05.for his contribution to racial harmony, but in those early days,
:03:05. > :03:15.times were tough. I had relatives here, living all along this area,
:03:15. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:19.but it wasn't easy because where you worked, it wasn't an easy place.
:03:19. > :03:23.You worked at a gas forge. That's right, one of my first jobs.
:03:23. > :03:27.did they treat you? The workers were terrible, some of them. They
:03:27. > :03:31.made comments that was totally uncalled for. You had a similar
:03:31. > :03:34.reception to other Jamaicans that came over. Yeah, I'm sure I did.
:03:34. > :03:41.It's just that I was able to probably manage it better than
:03:41. > :03:44.other people. It was sold to the Jamaican people that it was a land
:03:44. > :03:47.of opportunity. There was an advert going around in the early days, to
:03:47. > :03:53.say, come to England, England is your Mother country and it needs
:03:53. > :03:59.you. And I for one came on that advert, as soon as I'm old enough
:03:59. > :04:04.I'll go to England. So it was a real slap in the face when you got
:04:04. > :04:08.here? Yeah, you see the reception wasn't there. And the cold! It was
:04:08. > :04:18.so cold! Good thing my husband bought me a coat but it still
:04:18. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:25.George and my mum's story were similar. When they arrived jobs
:04:25. > :04:31.were plentiful in Britain and Derby was their promised land. People
:04:31. > :04:33.were settling down and starting families, but racism was everywhere.
:04:33. > :04:35.Difficult to get work, and I had some difficulty in getting
:04:35. > :04:45.accommodation also, which I attribute to colour prejudice,
:04:45. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:49.I want to understand the hostility and the mindset of the native
:04:49. > :04:53.Midlanders back then so I'm having lunch with author and historian
:04:53. > :04:59.Kerry Young. She is of Chinese- Jamaican descent and now lives in
:04:59. > :05:03.Leicestershire. Her latest book is set in a Jamaica under British rule.
:05:03. > :05:06.So it seemed as though your parents and mine both arrived in the UK at
:05:06. > :05:11.the same time, but the welcome they received wasn't as warm as they had
:05:11. > :05:14.expected. No, because by that point, we are talking the Sixties, there
:05:14. > :05:21.was so many Caribbean settlers in Britain that there was already
:05:21. > :05:23.racial tension. So you have got new neighbours, growing, increasing in
:05:23. > :05:32.number, often increasing in poorer communities, who you feel are
:05:32. > :05:36.putting a drain on employment and welfare services. So was it fair to
:05:36. > :05:40.say the government wanted us over here but the people didn't?
:05:40. > :05:50.government wanted the workers. But the people didn't necessarily want
:05:50. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:56.to live with those people once we Word was getting back to Jamaica
:05:56. > :05:58.that although things weren't easy in the UK, there were still
:05:58. > :06:08.opportunities, so people arrived in their thousands and headed for the
:06:08. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:15.country's manufacturing heartland, So what was it like for families
:06:15. > :06:19.like mine, torn in two and living thousands of miles apart, and what
:06:19. > :06:22.was happening in Jamaica to push these people to leave? I have
:06:22. > :06:29.arrived in my mum's homeland, days after Hurricane Sandy ripped across
:06:29. > :06:32.Jamaica. Many people were still mopping up the mess. My first port
:06:32. > :06:39.of call is the small village of Bamboo, the place my mum was born
:06:39. > :06:42.and where she grew up. It's been a ten-hour flight and a long drive,
:06:42. > :06:47.but finally I have arrived in the village of Bamboo, and this is the
:06:47. > :06:52.house where my mum grew up. It is a long way from a James Bond beach
:06:52. > :07:00.and bikini-clad girls. This is what I call the real Jamaica. And guess
:07:00. > :07:04.what, it's raining! Joining me is my mum's cousin Val, who decided to
:07:04. > :07:07.stay and make his living from farming. While many of his
:07:07. > :07:17.relatives left, even his daughter emigrated to Japan, Val vowed to
:07:17. > :07:17.
:07:17. > :07:21.stay. I want to know what it was like for people left behind. This
:07:21. > :07:24.is you when you was a baby. This is when my mum went to England. So
:07:24. > :07:28.when people were leaving to go to England, was there any jealousy?
:07:28. > :07:31.Well, some husband might feel that them wife not going to come back to
:07:31. > :07:38.them, wife feel their husband not coming back to them, so there was a
:07:38. > :07:41.jealousy in between. Did it split marriages up? Of course it did,
:07:41. > :07:44.because people go to the UK and them find a better life, so don't
:07:44. > :07:47.remember them immediate family, them start a new relationship and
:07:47. > :07:55.carry on with their life while some in Jamaica have to wait, so them
:07:55. > :08:05.have to move on. People still leaving to search for a better life
:08:05. > :08:13.right now. So many educated people leave and never come back. It was a
:08:13. > :08:17.I am one of an estimated 2.5 million Jamaicans and their
:08:17. > :08:22.descendants who now live abroad. Despite its political stability,
:08:22. > :08:25.Jamaica is still a poor country. So was it poverty that made Jamaicans
:08:25. > :08:31.want to leave their homeland for places like Derby or something
:08:31. > :08:34.else? To find out, I am meeting Khitanya Petgrave, a lecturer in
:08:34. > :08:40.the University of West Indies and an expert on migration during the
:08:40. > :08:45.Forties, Fifties and Sixties. Until 1962, Jamaica was under British
:08:45. > :08:50.rule and prejudice wasn't just confined to UK shores. What was
:08:50. > :08:53.going on in Jamaica in the Sixties that made people want to leave?
:08:53. > :08:55.Locally, there were some social problems, a lot of people who left
:08:55. > :09:03.were black, of urban working-class background, and they were the
:09:03. > :09:09.target of anti-black discrimination. A lot of opportunities were not
:09:09. > :09:12.available for them. That coincided with the pull factor, you have to
:09:12. > :09:16.understand that Jamaica in this period was nearly 300 years under
:09:16. > :09:23.British rule. These people had been socialised to believe themselves to
:09:23. > :09:26.be subject of the British Empire and belonging to it, very much so.
:09:26. > :09:28.So they were inundated with the idea of the veneration of British
:09:28. > :09:31.monarchy, British heroes, they read books, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,
:09:31. > :09:35.all these things were things they believed were theirs. So it seemed
:09:35. > :09:44.to me that they were going home, in many ways, almost like a mother
:09:44. > :09:47.country. So the dream was to go to England, make life yourself and
:09:47. > :09:55.then come back to Jamaica. Did many people aspire to that?
:09:56. > :09:59.So the black working-class is being held back in this British colony
:09:59. > :10:04.and the only way to better your prospects is to leave and try your
:10:04. > :10:09.luck in the motherland. To end my journey, I have tracked down a
:10:09. > :10:13.former Derby postman. Caleb and his wife, now in their eighties, loved
:10:13. > :10:18.their life in the UK, despite its challenges. But after 40 years, it
:10:18. > :10:23.was their dream to retire back home. I have tracked Caleb Brown to his
:10:23. > :10:27.new home in Tolgate, Jamaica. Before you went to England you
:10:27. > :10:31.classed yourself as Jamaican. Then you stayed in in England for 40
:10:31. > :10:34.years, what did you class yourself as? Jamaican. So that never changed.
:10:34. > :10:41.When you came back to Jamaica, did the Jamaicans treat you
:10:41. > :10:51.differently? People would rip you off. Coming from abroad, so it is
:10:51. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :10:58.almost like a reverse prejudice. In So you moved over to England to
:10:58. > :11:01.make better prospects for yourself, you did that and come back to
:11:01. > :11:05.Jamaica. Would you say you have lived the dream of most Jamaicans?
:11:05. > :11:15.I would say so, yes. I went there, I made a living and I came back
:11:15. > :11:18.
:11:18. > :11:20.It is 50 years since Jamaica got its independence, but everywhere
:11:20. > :11:23.there are places that emphasise its bond with Britain, Grantham,
:11:23. > :11:33.Spalding, and not Derbyshire's Peak District, but the Derby peak, out
:11:33. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:44.there somewhere. A mountain of some It's time now to leave my family
:11:44. > :11:49.and friends in Jamaica. Back home I am reminded that Derby has come a
:11:49. > :11:52.long way since the day my mum arrived. While is clear that
:11:52. > :11:56.prejudice can be a problem wherever you go, my city has become more
:11:56. > :11:59.tolerant, more accepting. It now celebrates its Caribbean culture.
:11:59. > :12:07.But as Derby and the UK became stronger, Jamaica paid the price,
:12:07. > :12:17.with the loss of labour, talent and the breaking up of families. What a
:12:17. > :12:18.
:12:19. > :12:22.Des Coleman, one of our familiar faces here on Inside Out Midlands,
:12:22. > :12:24.and there have been a fair few of them. We have met some amazing
:12:25. > :12:29.people and told some remarkable stories right across the East
:12:29. > :12:36.Midlands. Tonight we are looking back at 10 years on air, and it all
:12:37. > :12:39.began in September 2002, with a brand new look and a different face.
:12:39. > :12:45.This is the first inside Out, a programme which brings you
:12:45. > :12:49.surprising stories from the East Midlands. We've made nearly 600
:12:49. > :12:54.films since then. Used our journalism to get you answers.
:12:54. > :13:00.long are you going to evade justice? You been found guilty
:13:00. > :13:06.before of conning people? Nice car you have got there. Not shied away
:13:07. > :13:12.from difficult subjects. Why are you here? I'm from Leicester, yeah,
:13:12. > :13:15.and I was born in the place and it is now run by Islamic BLEEP.
:13:15. > :13:20.England went to war with Jamaica which army would you be in?
:13:21. > :13:28.British Army. You are British them. Would you then allow me into your
:13:28. > :13:32.party? No. Taken you behind the scenes to ask the big questions.
:13:32. > :13:42.you know who owns the club? I know one of them. He seems to be very
:13:42. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:48.real. Been right there as the big Well, over the last decade we have
:13:48. > :13:51.never been short of stories. From the rolling hills of the Derbyshire
:13:51. > :13:55.Dales to the heart of our inner cities, it's the people and places
:13:55. > :14:00.who make Inside Out East Midlands what it is. What do you like about
:14:00. > :14:06.the programme? I like the variety. I think it is good for people to
:14:06. > :14:10.find out the true stories. We have done our best to hold people to
:14:10. > :14:20.account and find out what is really going on. We have worked under
:14:20. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:30.Exposed the car clockers turning back the mileage to make a profit.
:14:30. > :14:33.It changes it straight away. told you about the serial fraudster
:14:33. > :14:40.who claimed he had big connections in TV so he could fleece people out
:14:40. > :14:45.of thousands. A visit to our Nottingham studios could very soon
:14:45. > :14:50.put you in the picture. In 2007 we went on the trail of this man.
:14:50. > :14:53.Peter Roberts, or Maggot Pete, as he became known. He thought he had
:14:53. > :14:58.got away with a multi-million pound food scam turning diseased chicken
:14:58. > :15:02.into pre-packed meat for supermarkets and care homes. That
:15:02. > :15:05.was until we caught up with him in Northern Cyprus. Do you think you
:15:05. > :15:10.can stay here forever? Are you proud of what you did, Mr Roberts?
:15:11. > :15:14.Are you using the money to run this business? I told you BEEP off. I'll
:15:14. > :15:18.knock you spark out in a minute. told the Foreign and Commonwealth
:15:18. > :15:28.Office where Roberts was and within weeks he was extradited back to the
:15:28. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:36.UK, handcuffed and ready to start a Last year we enlisted the help of
:15:36. > :15:40.veteran journalist Roger Cook for a special investigation. We followed
:15:40. > :15:46.the trail of a paedophile. Derek Slade, a former headmaster from
:15:46. > :15:49.Mickleover in Derbyshire. A man who had managed to con a Leicester
:15:49. > :15:54.charity out of thousands of pounds so he could set up a school in
:15:54. > :16:03.India, where he abused children. How many of you were beaten by
:16:03. > :16:11.Slade? All of you? The pupils we found in India are now suing for
:16:11. > :16:15.There are plenty of places here in the East Midlands that most of us
:16:15. > :16:19.would never get to see. Inside Out has opened the doors to some of
:16:19. > :16:24.them. We do not knowingly admit atheists or agnostics. We've delved
:16:24. > :16:28.into the secret world of the Masons. This is the bench where people are
:16:28. > :16:34.initiated. The kneeling stool. Filmed inside the most secure
:16:34. > :16:38.hospital in the country. We're not full of monsters. People like to
:16:38. > :16:41.think it's full of monsters. followed one hospital's fight to
:16:41. > :16:49.keep their children's heart surgery unit in Leicester. Without cardiac
:16:49. > :16:57.surgery here, this intensive care unit would close. In 2006 we went
:16:57. > :17:00.undercover at the largest security firm in the world, G4S. We wanted
:17:00. > :17:04.to find the truth about how it monitored tagged offenders in the
:17:04. > :17:07.East Midlands. Tagged offenders wear an electronic device around
:17:07. > :17:10.their ankles that's monitored by a box where they live. It is an
:17:10. > :17:20.alternative to prison designed to keep them off our streets. But what
:17:20. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:31.we found was shocking. Equipment Staff believed dangerous offenders
:17:31. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:44.Really? Jesus. And we caught some managers prepared to lie to meet
:17:44. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:51.G4S sacked five employees following our programme and said it would
:17:51. > :17:55.make changes to its procedures. Anti-social behaviour has been a
:17:55. > :18:02.problem we have tackled many times. And we have been there as it has
:18:02. > :18:05.happened, including one eventful Christmas night out. In Mansfield.
:18:05. > :18:09.A recent report highlighted this town has a drinking problem. The
:18:09. > :18:12.highest numbers of alcohol-related hospital admissions. And the
:18:12. > :18:16.highest levels of alcohol related crime in Nottinghamshire. So we're
:18:16. > :18:26.out with the boys and girls in blue on one of the busiest nights of the
:18:26. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:35.year. And we are in for a rough ride. I've told you once, I will
:18:35. > :18:38.not tell you again. In 2008 we were contacted by residents who told us
:18:38. > :18:40.they had enough of living in the student neighbourhood and students
:18:40. > :18:45.complaining about poor accommodation. Mattresses left
:18:45. > :18:50.outside. It looks like bits of carpet. The kitchen cupboards.
:18:50. > :18:54.Everything piled up. This is a classic example. Having said that,
:18:54. > :18:57.it's not the only example. Basically, when we first heard
:18:57. > :19:00.about the property and saw the house, the landlord told us the
:19:00. > :19:03.whole thing would be redone and it was to be painted and decorated the
:19:03. > :19:06.way we chose. None of that was done. Since our programme, Nottingham
:19:06. > :19:15.City Council has tightened up planning rules for houses with
:19:15. > :19:19.multiple occupancy to try to clean We East Midlanders love a good moan
:19:19. > :19:23.about the weather and over the last ten years it's been pretty wild at
:19:23. > :19:28.times. But it was the big freeze that got you all watching. While
:19:28. > :19:33.you were all toasty at home, we were in the thick of it! In 2010 we
:19:33. > :19:38.had the heaviest snowfall for a generation in the East Midlands.
:19:38. > :19:41.The last time we had weather like this was 1981. We spent the day and
:19:41. > :19:50.night finding out how it was affecting you. You're going out
:19:50. > :19:56.with the shoes on? You are having a laugh. Are you really prepared for
:19:56. > :20:01.a winter's night out in Nottingham? Not really. Where's your coat?
:20:01. > :20:06.Those tiny little straps will not keep you warm. And these pictures
:20:06. > :20:13.are becoming disturbingly familiar. When rivers flood, we want to know
:20:13. > :20:16.what's being done to protect us. 10 years after the worst floods, we
:20:16. > :20:18.wanted to find out what the authorities had done to prevent the
:20:18. > :20:22.damage and destruction from happening all over again. What we
:20:22. > :20:26.found was a postcode lottery. do some places get better
:20:26. > :20:29.protection than others? If you've got a lot of properties at risk,
:20:29. > :20:33.protecting those, there's more value in doing that than some of
:20:33. > :20:41.the others. It sounds quite harsh but if we've got public money to
:20:41. > :20:46.spend we need to target it as It's not just the weather that
:20:46. > :20:49.grabs the headlines. When the East Midlands finds itself at the centre
:20:49. > :20:53.of a story, we've been there to dig a little bit deeper. In 2009 the
:20:54. > :21:00.strangest tale began to emerge at Notts County. Our cameras were
:21:00. > :21:03.behind the scenes from the start. It started as a dream. Untold
:21:03. > :21:07.riches, big name signings, plans for the Premiere League in five
:21:07. > :21:14.years' time. The target is also to make the name Notts County bigger
:21:14. > :21:23.outside England. I have already been on one trip to Asia. Talking
:21:23. > :21:26.about Notts County and things like that. But the money they spent
:21:26. > :21:29.didn't exist and they had to fight for their survival. Selling the
:21:29. > :21:39.club for a pound. They were talking about getting Beckham, Roberto
:21:39. > :21:51.
:21:52. > :21:55.Carlos, fantasy land. Notts County was in a serious financial position.
:21:55. > :21:58.The new owners said they would call the police and after uncovering �7
:21:59. > :22:02.million in debt and unpaid bills. The likelihood of 25 to �50 million
:22:02. > :22:06.investment, which has been bandied about, was never likely to happen.
:22:06. > :22:13.Earlier this year the English Defence League came to Leicester.
:22:13. > :22:15.And we were there. It's hard to tell how many have turned out for
:22:15. > :22:19.this demonstration today. Early estimates were saying 300 to 400.
:22:19. > :22:23.But when you look down on it like this, it looks much more like maybe
:22:23. > :22:27.1000. We were in the thick of it, gauging your reactions. And
:22:27. > :22:32.investigating what impact it would have on the image of a city with
:22:32. > :22:37.such a diverse population. I don't know what they stand for and I
:22:37. > :22:43.don't care what they stand for, but they don't belong in Leicester.
:22:43. > :22:46.are here at the Devil's Cars. Before I joined seven years ago, a
:22:46. > :22:51.familiar face in the East Midlands fronted Inside Out for around 50
:22:51. > :22:57.shows. What have we got in store tonight? Excuse me, we're from the
:22:57. > :23:03.BBC. Can I ask you what you think about congestion charges? It's a
:23:03. > :23:06.bad idea. Over the last few months I have spent a little bit of time
:23:06. > :23:16.with some of the band members as they prepare for this amazing
:23:16. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:20.From Mansfield to Market Harborough, the places where we live really are
:23:20. > :23:23.something to celebrate. Over the last ten years we've pretty much
:23:23. > :23:27.been everywhere in the East Midlands and that's what you say
:23:27. > :23:32.makes Inside Out so special. get to know what's going on in your
:23:32. > :23:36.own region. But it's nice to highlight the local issues because
:23:36. > :23:43.the national issues always overlook the local issues. And local
:23:43. > :23:48.traditions as well. Seeing they're being carried on. In 2005 we
:23:48. > :23:53.recorded the rich differences in dialects across our region. And met
:23:53. > :23:58.the people trying to keep traditions alive. Aye up me duck.
:23:58. > :24:02.Aye up me duck. Aye up me duck, how're you doing? Aye up me duck is
:24:02. > :24:05.our most famous phrase here in the East Midlands but it's not the only
:24:05. > :24:15.one is it? You've got plenty if you listen out, you'll probably here
:24:15. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:27.someone say it's going a bit black The Marmaris villages were
:24:27. > :24:30.flooded... -- numerous villages. 2003 we told you of the communities
:24:30. > :24:32.that have been lost to make way for reservoirs. During the creation of
:24:33. > :24:35.these huge water reserves, many families across the East Midlands
:24:35. > :24:42.paid the ultimate price. They lost her ancestral homes and businesses
:24:42. > :24:46.beneath the surface of these new man-made lakes. People come around
:24:46. > :24:50.and say isn't it beautiful now but it's nothing to what it was before.
:24:50. > :24:54.It's all man-made now isn't it? was such a lovely place down there,
:24:54. > :24:58.everybody, all the locals used to come and visit us and cups of tea,
:24:58. > :25:04.laughing and happy times. We had a wonderful life. We got everything
:25:04. > :25:07.anybody could have ever wished for down that valley. Some of the
:25:07. > :25:10.stories we've told have certainly made us think differently about
:25:10. > :25:13.where we live. In 2003 we first came across something that, if true,
:25:13. > :25:22.would change the tourist map for people in one part of
:25:22. > :25:26.Leicestershire. King Richard III was the last English monarch to die
:25:26. > :25:28.in battle. He lost his life trying to save his crown. It's always been
:25:28. > :25:33.thought that this happened at Bosworth in Leicesterhire but in
:25:33. > :25:36.2003 this was challenged. This is the official site where Richard met
:25:36. > :25:42.his end and called, a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.
:25:42. > :25:50.That's if you believe Shakespeare. But one historian said he died in
:25:50. > :25:53.what is now a lay bay with a burger van. -- layby. Two years ago, after
:25:53. > :25:56.an intense search, they came up with a third site 2.5 miles south
:25:56. > :25:59.west of where the history books had previously put it. And conclusive
:25:59. > :26:06.evidence that Richard actually died here. It's a badge given by Richard
:26:07. > :26:10.III to one of his retinue. And because it's silver gilt, that has
:26:10. > :26:16.to be a knight or someone of higher status. That person would have
:26:16. > :26:19.ridden with Richard to his death in the battle. What do you
:26:19. > :26:22.particularly enjoy? I think it's important to get across the amazing
:26:22. > :26:27.work that people do because otherwise it's unknown and people
:26:27. > :26:32.wouldn't know or recognise the achievements. I think the people,
:26:32. > :26:35.finding out about people's lives and how people live. Over the years
:26:35. > :26:39.we've met some remarkable people living immensely challenging lives.
:26:39. > :26:44.In 2009 we told you the story of Liam Smith, a primordial dwarf and
:26:44. > :26:48.one of the rarest children in the world. We met his family and took
:26:48. > :26:51.them to America to a very special convention. It was a once-in-a-
:26:51. > :26:55.lifetime chance for them to meet other people like their son to
:26:56. > :27:03.realise that they're not alone. Seeing him with other children was
:27:03. > :27:13.priceless. I feel more confident about bringing him up and more
:27:13. > :27:14.
:27:15. > :27:21.privileged. Ten years gone in a flash. But before we go, let's go
:27:21. > :27:26.back to that very first programme. A young girl was making the news
:27:26. > :27:30.not just here in the East Midlands but across the country. Abbey was
:27:30. > :27:34.only nine when her heart stopped working because of blood poisoning.
:27:34. > :27:37.She desperately needed a heart transplant. For 18 dark days,
:27:37. > :27:44.doctors kept her alive in intensive care at Great Ormond Street in
:27:44. > :27:47.London. Then a suitable heart donor was found and Abbey was saved.
:27:47. > :27:52.family and friends thought I was going to die but I knew I would get
:27:52. > :27:58.better. We followed Abbey's recovery and she was the star of
:27:58. > :28:01.our first programme. It'll never be back to normal normal as I've got
:28:01. > :28:06.to take drugs for the rest of my life. It's amazing what the doctors
:28:06. > :28:10.at Great Ormond Street can do. it really is amazing because this
:28:10. > :28:17.is Abbey now. Do you remember us filming you all those years ago?
:28:17. > :28:21.remember little bits. We went to a theme park. I went to a teddy bear
:28:21. > :28:24.factory and made my own teddy bear. You're a student now. I'm at
:28:24. > :28:34.Coventry University in my second year. You look really well.
:28:34. > :28:35.medical problems. I take my medication twice a day and apart