:00:03. > :00:07.on at Occupy Brighton. What are you protesting about?
:00:07. > :00:11.Why are you here? The people in general are not happy
:00:11. > :00:14.in this country. Why did you want to work in the
:00:14. > :00:17.funeral business? You're just helping people, aren't you?
:00:17. > :00:26.How funeral directing is becoming the career choice for young people
:00:26. > :00:31.in Kent. Flash cars, shining cars, big engines. You drive a very
:00:31. > :00:34.slowly, but the cars are immaculate. And celebrating 100 years since the
:00:35. > :00:41.Great British Air Race. You had the British weather to deal
:00:41. > :00:43.with. It's a challenge for aviators and machines. I'm Natalie Graham
:00:43. > :00:53.with the untold stories, closer to home.
:00:53. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:13.From all round Kent and Sussex, Hello, I'm in Calverley Park in
:01:13. > :01:23.Tunbridge Wells. Fear skating towards Christmas on this festive
:01:23. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:40.rise to ring. It's the city's version of the worldwide Occupy
:01:40. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:45.movement. This is it, Occupy in Brighton. Who runs at this. Are you
:01:45. > :01:53.in charge. Are you an elected spokesperson, how does it work.
:01:53. > :01:58.made dedicated spokesperson. There are no leaders. What is going on
:01:58. > :02:04.here? This is tea and coffee area for the general public and the
:02:04. > :02:09.kitchen. Just manned by a working group of volunteers who were
:02:09. > :02:13.preparing tasty vegan food. We have a meditation class going on here.
:02:13. > :02:22.Only a handful of protesters stay here 24/7 but there's a wider
:02:22. > :02:30.network of supporters who can be called upon to swell their numbers.
:02:30. > :02:33.It is very organised. For none hierarchical organisation, but it
:02:33. > :02:38.isn't working. That is testament to the will of the people involved.
:02:38. > :02:44.What you want me to take away. I'm going to stay here in my little
:02:44. > :02:47.tent. What you hope I will take a way? Optimism and hope. More than
:02:47. > :02:51.anything. Conservative MP Mike Weatherly is hopeful and optimistic
:02:51. > :02:54.that this lot will pack up and leave. He's called the protestors
:02:54. > :03:03."lazy campers" and "free-loaders". If they stay put he wants them to
:03:03. > :03:08.pay Council Tax. What are you protesting about? Are I'm here
:03:08. > :03:13.because I'm not happy with the state this come -- this country is
:03:13. > :03:17.in. We have been told to come back and it seems to be very unfair when
:03:17. > :03:22.we have big organisations like up banks and Government that can
:03:22. > :03:28.commit criminal offences and get away with it. Why do not set up a
:03:28. > :03:33.political party and work with the system? To system is broken. The
:03:33. > :03:37.present political system encourages corruption. What is it broken?
:03:37. > :03:41.local issues we have agreed a massive problem we have got,
:03:41. > :03:46.Nationwide and in Brighton is homelessness. We had Sarratt saying
:03:46. > :03:55.it was the bank's she was annoyed with, this is what people get
:03:55. > :04:00.confused -- confused with. I'd not think it is just to bangs, just
:04:00. > :04:03.homeless just parliamentary systems, it is an art -- an amalgamation
:04:03. > :04:06.that the people are not happy in this country. Whilst a similar
:04:07. > :04:10.Occupy camp in Bournemouth was moved on by the local council, in
:04:10. > :04:19.Brighton there seems to be a more relaxed attitude to this form of
:04:19. > :04:25.protest. I would love to see a different way in the world but I do
:04:25. > :04:29.not know if their ideas are as wise as they might be when they're older.
:04:29. > :04:38.It is welcome. I hope it is something that makes local
:04:39. > :04:42.politicians take note. I asked a local economist to visit the
:04:42. > :04:47.protest camp, to see if their ideas on the redistribution of wealth
:04:47. > :04:51.hold water. So what does he make of their Utopian dream? I like it. I'm
:04:51. > :04:56.very much in support of this movement and in particular the
:04:56. > :05:02.spirit, pointing at the deficiencies we experience in these
:05:02. > :05:08.turbulent times. The do any of their policies make sense? Oyez,
:05:08. > :05:18.they are proposing capital transaction tax, Robin Hood tax, it
:05:18. > :05:24.is often called to prevent financial turmoil. Then may be you
:05:24. > :05:28.distribute it to the poor, that is why it is called Robin Hood tax. It
:05:28. > :05:33.is proposed by most of the European governments but not this one in the
:05:33. > :05:38.UK. We have ignored a mushroom and a class for generations. We pretend
:05:38. > :05:44.it does not exist. We have make sure statistically they do not
:05:44. > :05:49.exist. In my opinion, it is what is driving Occupy. It is why the
:05:49. > :05:54.occupations are happening. They don't really have much of a
:05:54. > :05:58.point to make other than they are unhappy with a bunch of issues.
:05:58. > :06:03.lot of the people on benefits, half of the people are working, half are
:06:03. > :06:06.not. It is something they like to do. I do not stop anyone doing a
:06:06. > :06:12.lifestyle they would like to do but not on the public spaces we are
:06:12. > :06:19.paying for. People gather for most in point of the day. It is a chance
:06:19. > :06:29.to discuss where the process is going and the issues involved.
:06:29. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:35.Council used empty homes to house homeless people. But, like all
:06:35. > :06:40.committee meetings, everyone wants to talk about something different.
:06:40. > :06:44.With so many wanting to talk, it's all about the hands. An intricate
:06:44. > :06:49.system of gestures used to stop the meeting descending into chaos. This
:06:49. > :06:55.one means I have a point to make. This shows agreement. This, get out,
:06:55. > :06:59.the tent's on fire. Throughout the evening volunteers patrol the
:06:59. > :07:06.perimeter of the camp to keep things in check. And they won't
:07:06. > :07:10.tolerate any misbehaviour from within their own ranks either.
:07:10. > :07:13.get one warning and we will call the police, they are 30 seconds up
:07:13. > :07:17.the road. A few times we have had to call them out, they have been
:07:17. > :07:20.terrific. I go to bed, my head ringing with "save-the-world"
:07:20. > :07:24.mantras, and "down with banks" diatribes. But in the cool light of
:07:24. > :07:27.dawn, as I prepare to leave the camp, I learn that not all is rosy
:07:28. > :07:30.in this brave new world It does seem a safe sanctuary for the
:07:30. > :07:33.homeless, and vulnerable who, the protestors claim, are themselves
:07:33. > :07:36.victims of a failed system But despite all this, there are some
:07:36. > :07:41.who are in it for the long haul. Occupier Britain, we are suffering
:07:41. > :07:44.from a lack of directed sober protest, if you like. We put our
:07:44. > :07:49.tents in the middle of Victoria Gardens which is already an area
:07:49. > :07:59.full of drug users and rough sleepers. What do we expect? People
:07:59. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:07.will turn up and may be not even know why homeless and vulnerable it
:08:07. > :08:12.does seem a sanctuary for the homeless and vulnerable. I was
:08:12. > :08:18.moved into a hostel and a 17 which was designed for recovering drug
:08:18. > :08:22.addicts. Adults not teenagers. The night before I came down here I was
:08:22. > :08:28.listening to two guys having an argument who would -- on to who
:08:28. > :08:33.would get the next hit. It is not good for young person. In lysis
:08:33. > :08:39.possible sense, I'm still a kid. I should not be in that environment.
:08:39. > :08:44.We have care in community, there is a lot of homeless and people with
:08:44. > :08:49.drink and drug issues. We are not qualified to do this. We are trying
:08:49. > :08:54.to outreach to the working groups. Is it the steam is running out of
:08:54. > :08:59.the protest? Is it evolving into something else, turning into this
:08:59. > :09:03.care, almost a drop in centre. It is and not a bad thing that
:09:03. > :09:08.vulnerable people are getting help? The 80s great, but I wonder if we
:09:08. > :09:13.should withdraw at some point. Despite all of this, there are some
:09:13. > :09:17.who were in it for the long haul. For them this park in Brighton will
:09:18. > :09:23.be home until the bitter end. is the only effective means of
:09:23. > :09:26.protest that isn't going away. have a ballot box. Millions of
:09:26. > :09:32.people vote certain ways. You cannot have some people changing
:09:32. > :09:36.the course because they do not like the way the course is going.
:09:36. > :09:41.feels right to my heart to be doing this. I'm too young and not
:09:41. > :09:51.satisfied with the system to keep going on. I want to be part of
:09:51. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:10.Those magnificent men In Their Flying Machines in the first ever
:10:10. > :10:12.UK air race. Nothing like this had ever been attempted before.
:10:12. > :10:16.Now, with budget cuts and rising university fees, deciding what
:10:16. > :10:19.career to choose is becoming ever more important for young people.
:10:19. > :10:23.But there is a job that's rising in popularity, that's relatively
:10:23. > :10:27.immune to the ups and downs of the economy, and is one of the last
:10:27. > :10:37.careers where you're likely to have a job for life. Keir MacKenzie
:10:37. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:45.Meet Joshua Twyman. He's 16-years- old and heading off to work. But
:10:45. > :10:49.despite wearing a suit and tie, this young man is not doing an
:10:49. > :10:52.office job. His role requires a very different set of skills.
:10:52. > :10:55.Joshua needs to be good with people, have strong shoulders, and a
:10:55. > :11:05.willingness to spend time with the dead, because Joshua Twyman is one
:11:05. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :11:11.of the country's youngest undertakers. Well why did you want
:11:11. > :11:16.to work in the funeral business? is to help other people. You are
:11:16. > :11:18.helping people, aren't you? Joshua isn't alone. Funeral
:11:18. > :11:22.directors are reporting record levels of enquiries from youngsters
:11:22. > :11:26.trying to break into the business. And so, as we follow Joshua in one
:11:26. > :11:29.of his first weeks in the job, we're going to try to find what a
:11:29. > :11:38.young person needs to succeed in this industry, and some of the
:11:38. > :11:45.reasons why it's proving so popular. Flash cars, shiny cars, big engines.
:11:45. > :11:48.You drive slowly, but they are immaculate. Joshua hasn't yet
:11:48. > :11:51.driven a hearse. Then again, he isn't even old enough to have a
:11:51. > :11:54.driving licence. But Joshua is growing proof that, generally, age
:11:54. > :12:04.doesn't matter in this industry. It's all about maturity and the
:12:04. > :12:05.
:12:05. > :12:11.willingness to learn new skills, like carrying a coffin. Leader with
:12:11. > :12:14.your left. As you can tell, this isn't the first time Joshua has
:12:14. > :12:16.done this. He's actually spent the past two years getting work
:12:16. > :12:19.experience here at his grandfather's firm in Ramsgate, and
:12:19. > :12:25.as far as carrying the coffin is concerned, these days, he's pretty
:12:25. > :12:32.confident. Although, initially, he did find it difficult. What was
:12:32. > :12:38.hard about it? Getting it firm on your shoulder, so no movement, and
:12:38. > :12:41.foot movement - you have got to be in tune with everyone else. Joshua
:12:41. > :12:44.is from a family of funeral directors, but more youngsters than
:12:44. > :12:47.ever, with no connection to the business, are trying to break in.
:12:47. > :12:53.Young people like Nick Wells. He's been doing work experience at Gore
:12:53. > :12:59.Brothers here in Margate. Why do you think this job is so appealing
:12:59. > :13:07.to young people? It is a job for life. If you get a full-time job
:13:08. > :13:12.out of it. They tend to keep people? Yes, they do. They build up
:13:12. > :13:16.trust with their staff, and tend to keep them on. So companies keeping
:13:16. > :13:19.on staff is obviously a draw, but is that still true when there's a
:13:19. > :13:24.recession? It's a question we put to one of the company's partners,
:13:24. > :13:30.Phillip Gore. What about job security in a time when we are
:13:30. > :13:38.facing difficult financial times? Death and taxes are the two most
:13:38. > :13:44.obvious things in life, and yes, we must look as if we are recession
:13:44. > :13:46.free. It is perceived as being a secure occupation. For young people,
:13:46. > :13:53.particularly, there are also some other more superficial attractions,
:13:53. > :14:00.as we established when we spoke to Phillip's 22-year-son Alex. It is
:14:00. > :14:05.such a nice job to work for. Carr's appeal to young people, like my age.
:14:05. > :14:07.You are helping people, and dressing smartly, which nowadays is
:14:07. > :14:11.not the done thing for my generation, but going to work and
:14:11. > :14:16.having a good job and dressing smartly shows you are growing up
:14:16. > :14:22.and have majority. But it was quite clear it was the cars that Alex was
:14:22. > :14:28.most excited about. So you feel you are a bit blink? As billing as you
:14:28. > :14:31.can be in a hearse! So, the job is appealing for many reasons, but as
:14:31. > :14:33.we were discovering during one of Joshua's first few weeks, the
:14:34. > :14:43.skills needed are extensive and don't necessarily come easily to a
:14:43. > :14:50.young person. Skills like dealing with human grief. Joshua is
:14:50. > :14:52.training with us. Yesterday, we went through the arrangements.
:14:52. > :14:56.Joshua watches intently as Grant talks the family through the
:14:56. > :15:06.details. This part of the job he won't do alone for a few more years.
:15:06. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:13.But he's already picking up tips. He did not stutter or make it hard
:15:13. > :15:18.for me. Have you, I can do that. Grant is quite a bit colder than
:15:18. > :15:21.you. He has got live experience. Do you think you will face the
:15:21. > :15:27.challenge is because you are so young, and I am assuming you have
:15:27. > :15:37.not dealt with a loss and a family, have you? No, I have not had to do
:15:37. > :15:42.with that it. I still have things to learn. That is all part of it,
:15:42. > :15:45.isn't it? Learning. 19-year-old Holly Wells, from Ramsgate, has
:15:45. > :15:49.decided she'd like to learn a little before she gets a job as an
:15:49. > :15:52.undertaker, so she's studying for a degree in Thelogy. She doesn't
:15:52. > :15:57.believe in God, but hopes her degree will give her a better
:15:57. > :16:03.understanding of death and people's way of coping with it. She has
:16:03. > :16:07.wanted to work in this industry since she was 11. What was your
:16:07. > :16:13.family's reaction when you said this is what he wanted to do?
:16:13. > :16:18.were very supportive. They founded a bit strange, but very supportive.
:16:18. > :16:21.They encouraged me to look into it. And that's exactly what Holly is
:16:21. > :16:24.doing today. She's come to Sittingbourne to see John Weir, a
:16:24. > :16:29.funeral director and spokesman for the National Society of Allied and
:16:29. > :16:36.Independent Funeral Directors. expensive is it to their own a
:16:37. > :16:41.business? It is very expensive. If you take the refrigeration unit,
:16:41. > :16:50.this has got a capacity to hold six human remains. This chamber holds
:16:50. > :16:54.three, and it would cost �38,000. It is an essential piece of
:16:54. > :16:56.equipment for any funeral director. John's organisation has seen an
:16:56. > :17:00.increase in enquiries from youngsters wanting to know more
:17:00. > :17:06.about the funeral business, and he has his own theory as to why that
:17:06. > :17:12.is. Death has always been a taboo subject, and now that is changing.
:17:12. > :17:17.When I was a young man, I would never tell girls What I Did For
:17:17. > :17:20.living a tall! We went to the nightclubs, and said I was working
:17:20. > :17:26.in a dockyard as a plumber or electrician because I thought that
:17:26. > :17:29.was more socially acceptable as saying I work as a funeral director.
:17:29. > :17:37.And that's what John wants Holly to really understand before she
:17:37. > :17:44.decides to pursue this as a career the harsh realities of the job.
:17:44. > :17:49.you could think about how someone can possibly die, on point, a few
:17:49. > :17:52.non director will do with those circumstances. And it can be
:17:52. > :17:55.unpleasant. And so we come to probably the toughest part of the
:17:55. > :17:59.job: Dealing with the dead. And today, that's what Joshua is doing
:17:59. > :18:07.preparing a dead body for burial. Do you think many young people
:18:07. > :18:11.could do what you are doing? No, a lot of people look at me and think,
:18:11. > :18:17.be couldn't do what I do. But it is because they have not been brought
:18:17. > :18:22.up with it, but I have. Do you use any kind of tricks on yourself to
:18:22. > :18:28.cope? In the end, you are standing here with what was a person.
:18:28. > :18:35.still see them as a person. That is why you have got to look after them
:18:35. > :18:38.well, and address them nicely, and make sure they look really good.
:18:38. > :18:41.Over the week, we had seen that, as a young undertaker, Joshua needs a
:18:41. > :18:45.range of skills, both practical and emotional. And as he prepared for
:18:45. > :18:48.the final and most public part of his job, a funeral, we caught up
:18:48. > :18:57.with his grandfather to find out how he thinks Joshua is really
:18:57. > :19:01.getting on. I think Joshua is beginning to prove that when a
:19:01. > :19:06.young people come into the business, they are capable of carrying out
:19:06. > :19:10.these duties but we do. We are getting good young people, and they
:19:10. > :19:19.are staying. They are not coming for a couple of months, they are
:19:19. > :19:25.here, they are staying, and doing a good job. Do you find seeing people
:19:25. > :19:30.dealing with grief difficult? at first I did, because the
:19:30. > :19:35.emotions may cure emotional, but you take on board, and it takes the
:19:35. > :19:41.pressure off you. And you feel better, because the pressure is off.
:19:41. > :19:45.So you don't full emotional any more? I still do, sometimes. You
:19:45. > :19:55.feel sad for them, but we take the pressure off for them and make them
:19:55. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:14.feel better about themselves. Now, 100 years ago, all eyes were
:20:14. > :20:19.turned skywards as one of the wonders of the Edwardian age
:20:19. > :20:22.captivated the nation. The aeroplane had been around for less
:20:22. > :20:28.than a decade, but already, a group of pioneering aviators were
:20:28. > :20:38.preparing to race each other around the country. David Whiteley has
:20:38. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:49.been finding out about the Circuit of Britain Race of 1911.
:20:49. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :20:58.These days, we'd take flying very much for granted. But 100 years ago,
:20:58. > :21:02.the skies were a new frontier. The aircraft had only been around for a
:21:02. > :21:08.few years, and pilots were still working out the best way to take-
:21:08. > :21:15.off, land, and stop falling out of the sky. Then, the stakes were
:21:15. > :21:21.raised even higher. In 1911, the Daily Mail invited aviators to race
:21:21. > :21:29.around the entire country with the winner of the circuit of Britain
:21:29. > :21:34.taking home a �10,000 prize. This was the biggest challenge for early
:21:34. > :21:39.aviators. You had a very long race, the longest yet, and you had the
:21:39. > :21:45.British weather to do with! We went into Scotland, mountain's,
:21:45. > :21:49.terrain... An enormous challenge for a -- early aviators. Their
:21:49. > :21:58.aircraft had only been invented eight years previously, and the
:21:58. > :22:03.longest race stood at just 185 miles, from London to Manchester.
:22:03. > :22:07.And the 1911 circuit of Britain would be next. And this was a
:22:07. > :22:12.challenge that would test the pilots and machines to the limit,
:22:12. > :22:18.starting in Surrey, to undertake a journey of more than 1,000 miles.
:22:18. > :22:23.Nothing like this had ever been attempted before. Indeed, back in
:22:23. > :22:27.1911, many people had never even seen a car, let alone a plain! But
:22:27. > :22:33.the early aviators were determined to prove the aircraft was safe,
:22:33. > :22:37.fast and reliable. Before long, 30 pilots had signed up for the race,
:22:37. > :22:42.with an incredible collection of flying machines. They were all the
:22:42. > :22:47.been to be the first to cross the finishing line, or, at least,
:22:47. > :22:50.complete the epic journey. Today, the collection in Bedfordshire has
:22:51. > :22:59.more airworthy examples of the type of aircraft that flew dent anywhere
:22:59. > :23:06.else in the world. They really are a real mixture of design. In those
:23:06. > :23:11.days, the conventional aeroplane was not conventional! It was very
:23:11. > :23:19.experimental. On Saturday 22nd July, 1911, an extraordinary collection
:23:19. > :23:24.of aircraft and pilots gathered for the first leg, from Surrey to
:23:24. > :23:33.Hendon. It caused a sensation. Thousands of people turned out to
:23:33. > :23:38.see these extraordinary flying machines take to there. From Hendon,
:23:38. > :23:45.the second leg would take their aircraft north. Labour three would
:23:45. > :23:50.see them through Glasgow, Carlisle, Manchester, and Bristol. Them, it
:23:50. > :24:00.was West, to Exeter, back across Salisbury Plain, and down to
:24:00. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:05.Brighton, before the final to the end. Some competitors did not even
:24:05. > :24:09.make it past the start line. main challenges would have been
:24:09. > :24:19.reliability of the engines and aircraft, per weather was tough,
:24:19. > :24:24.and the abilities of the pilot. is said the circuit of prison race
:24:25. > :24:34.was the inspiration behind the film, Those magnificent men In Their
:24:35. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:44.Flying Machine. This aircraft was 100 years ago, pilots had little
:24:44. > :24:51.experience of flight. Today, only the most experienced can take these
:24:51. > :24:57.machines into their. This chief pilot spent a career with the RAF
:24:57. > :25:03.before tackling the Edwardian planes. It must have been a very
:25:03. > :25:08.risky. And dangerous. It was genuine pioneering because of all
:25:09. > :25:17.these uncertainties, but the aeroplane, engine and weather. The
:25:17. > :25:21.first concern, with this aeroplane, is its climb rate. It doesn't climb
:25:21. > :25:25.well. I am very conscious of the wind and trees and so on. The early
:25:25. > :25:35.pilots may still have had a lot to learn, but the French are catching
:25:35. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:45.on fast. Beaumont, like many of the pioneer aviators, was from a
:25:46. > :25:51.wealthy background, and it was a sport. He was a bit of a glory
:25:51. > :25:58.hunter. He was probably less interested in the prize, and more
:25:58. > :26:02.interested in the celebrity! Nevertheless, he was a pioneer. And
:26:02. > :26:07.a pretty experienced aviator. The nation was gripped with aviation
:26:07. > :26:11.prefer. Thousands of people turned out all over the country to get a
:26:11. > :26:17.glimpse of Cody, who was still in the running, but suffering problems
:26:17. > :26:21.with his machine. And now, 100 years later, the crowds are
:26:21. > :26:25.gathering again - every summer, a series of flying displays a put-on,
:26:25. > :26:31.and every now and again, the Edwardian aircraft take to the
:26:32. > :26:36.skies once more. And, included in today's line-up, two original
:26:36. > :26:46.aeroplanes, it virtually identical to the ones that would have flown
:26:46. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :27:00.The circuit of Britain race ended just a week after it had begun. It
:27:00. > :27:06.was won by it on-trade Beaumont, who completed the course meant a
:27:06. > :27:14.total flying time of just under 22 hours. A fellow Frenchman was just
:27:14. > :27:18.over, and how well behind. As for Cody, he finished fourth, 10 days
:27:18. > :27:27.after the winning French machine, but his plane was the only British-
:27:27. > :27:37.built aircraft to finish the race. It was a major advancement in
:27:37. > :27:47.science. It had courage and challenge. Yes, it had everything.
:27:47. > :27:49.
:27:49. > :27:56.It was a great event. If they hadn't tried, if they had given up,
:27:56. > :28:06.then, where would we be? Where would aviation be now? That is a
:28:06. > :28:09.good question. Now, if you want any more
:28:09. > :28:12.information on tonight's show, you can visit our local Kent or Sussex
:28:12. > :28:22.websites, and even watch the whole show again by clicking on our
:28:22. > :28:26.