:00:04. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Inside Out, where tonight we are testing the
:00:07. > :00:13.waters of climate change as we visit the Welsh borders and find
:00:13. > :00:20.out why the wells have been running dry. These supplies now are very
:00:20. > :00:22.low and they are the lowest I've ever seen them in my lifetime.
:00:22. > :00:24.Meet Cis Berry, the Royal Shakespeare Company's legendary
:00:24. > :00:34.voice coach to the stars, as she discovers the world of
:00:34. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:46.Wolverhampton wrappers. -- rappers. Move! Quicker! With bracelets of
:00:46. > :00:50.thy hair, rings, golds, conceits And a poignant farewell to Rosie,
:00:50. > :01:00.whose blogs touched the hearts of thousands of Midlanders. I'm Mary
:01:00. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.Rhodes and this is Inside Out for It has been the driest year in the
:01:09. > :01:15.Midlands for since records began in 1910 with Warwickshire and
:01:15. > :01:18.Shropshire particularly dry. Along the Welsh border counties of
:01:18. > :01:23.England the lack of rain through spring, summer and autumn brought
:01:23. > :01:26.problems to a region not usually short of water. Well, this is my
:01:26. > :01:30.first attempt at water dowsing, the art of finding water by a method
:01:30. > :01:35.which I don't understand. Thankfully, I've got a top dowsing
:01:35. > :01:45.expert to help me. His name is Peter Taylor and he has slipped
:01:45. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:56.over the border from Wales. When you think about water, you
:01:56. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :01:59.visualise it and the next thing, the rods turn and go over there.
:01:59. > :02:02.It's telling you that is the direction you go to, you walk that
:02:02. > :02:06.way. Keep thinking about water all the time and you just watch the
:02:06. > :02:09.rods and eventually when you hit the edge of the water, the rods
:02:09. > :02:12.will react and you are thinking about sweet water at the time. And
:02:12. > :02:15.there we go. That's extraordinary. To those who believe in such things,
:02:15. > :02:17.Peter Taylor has a big reputation. He is even credited with
:02:17. > :02:25.discovering gold in Wales. Today though, we've called him into the
:02:25. > :02:29.Shropshire hills, because there is a problem. The springs which supply
:02:29. > :02:33.water to thousands of homes here have run dry and some people say it
:02:33. > :02:38.is a worrying sign of climate change. So, we start doing the
:02:38. > :02:44.depth count now, a standing depth count. One foot, two feet Peter
:02:44. > :02:50.believes he has found a source of water. Now he wants to know how
:02:50. > :02:53.deep it is. Six feet, seven feet, eight. From Hereford and Worcester
:02:53. > :02:58.to Shropshire, this area is famous for water. For centuries, people
:02:58. > :03:07.came here for cures, believing that the springs had magical qualities.
:03:07. > :03:10.At Much Wenlock and elsewhere, legends grew up around the wells. A
:03:10. > :03:13.passing saint was escaping her enemies but she cut her head and
:03:13. > :03:23.because there was no water to wash the wound, she commanded their
:03:23. > :03:25.horse to strike the ground and the water poured out. The Much Wenlock
:03:25. > :03:28.wells were drained into the sewers to prevent flooding but elsewhere
:03:28. > :03:37.in Shropshire, local geology means the springs still flow. All these
:03:37. > :03:40.mountains are just like sponges, aren't they? The rain falls on them
:03:40. > :03:44.and then these sponges run out in various places and they are the
:03:44. > :03:47.springs that supply all these areas. More than half a century ago, Brian
:03:47. > :03:50.Robinson put in the spring water supply that feeds remote homes and
:03:50. > :03:56.farms in the hills which are too high for mains water to reach.
:03:56. > :03:59.problem with it is, it has got overloaded in its lifetime. It was
:03:59. > :04:02.put in for people when there was only an ordinary bathroom and
:04:02. > :04:11.people have all these things now, don't they? Washing machines and
:04:11. > :04:15.God knows what. It is always coped alright because it was such a good
:04:15. > :04:21.spring. These supplies now are very low and they are the lowest I've
:04:21. > :04:24.ever seen them in my lifetime. Following an almost unprecedented
:04:24. > :04:27.dry spring and summer and with half the expected rainfall so far this
:04:27. > :04:31.autumn, people living around here have had to go to extraordinary
:04:31. > :04:38.lengths to get water. Some helped by a goodwill gesture from Severn
:04:38. > :04:43.Trent Water. Who took up a browser to one of the local farmyards. Many
:04:43. > :04:53.drove for miles to fill up containers. We have been fetching
:04:53. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:57.water from wonderful friends from all over the place. We've been to
:04:57. > :05:00.Knighton and we've been to Birmingham. The Griffiths family
:05:00. > :05:03.have been farming this area for decades. They know and love their
:05:03. > :05:06.spring water, which they rely on not just for themselves but for
:05:06. > :05:10.their livestock. Our neighbours on the whole do not have the sort of
:05:10. > :05:15.kit we have. They don't necessarily have a husband with generations of
:05:16. > :05:18.bulging ability built in either. Some people have springs that feed
:05:19. > :05:22.into little reservoirs so they are putting water into the reservoir so
:05:22. > :05:27.that it will flow through the system as a spring once would have
:05:27. > :05:30.done. Some of our neighbours have been doing that for three months
:05:30. > :05:35.and they are having to go around to their friends, spend an hour
:05:35. > :05:43.filling all of these containers and lug them back across the field.
:05:43. > :05:46.fields. Two fields. And pour it into this reservoir. Having
:05:46. > :05:54.hunkered up the suspension on the back of the car because cars are
:05:54. > :06:00.not designed for carrying over half eaten of water. -- half a tonne of
:06:00. > :06:03.water. On a frequent and regular basis. And we know of one lady who
:06:03. > :06:06.has just decamped to her daughter in Spain and is not coming back
:06:06. > :06:12.until normal service resumes. asked the Griffiths to keep a video
:06:12. > :06:15.diary to reveal just one day in the life of coping without their spring.
:06:15. > :06:24.We are actually going to fill the empty bowser up to my father-in-
:06:24. > :06:27.law's house in Ludlow. I cannot tell you how grateful I am to be
:06:27. > :06:30.married to a farmer who can bodge anything, given half a chance. It
:06:30. > :06:33.is amazing how much time is actually spent thinking about water,
:06:33. > :06:36.doing things about water and indeed how many checks are written out and
:06:36. > :06:42.how much money is spent on doing things about water and thinking
:06:42. > :06:52.about water. And we have water again. And some sunshine which is
:06:52. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:01.actually very nice. So is this year's lack of rain a one-off or a
:07:01. > :07:05.sign of climate change? Dr Ken Addison of Oxford University
:07:05. > :07:07.believes it is the latter. If we look at two key time periods which
:07:07. > :07:11.I used internationally for forecasting climate change, 2050 is
:07:11. > :07:17.one, a time when most of the people alive today will still be alive,
:07:17. > :07:26.although I will be pushing it. 2080 when most of the very young
:07:26. > :07:30.children today are likely to be alive. Those are two key dates. The
:07:30. > :07:34.scientific committee uses the term likely to say that there is a two
:07:34. > :07:37.in three chance that their predictions will happen. When they
:07:37. > :07:44.use the term very likely there is a 90% or more chance that their
:07:44. > :07:47.forecasts will take place. So here we go. There is a 90% or very
:07:47. > :07:53.likely forecast that summer rainfall by 2015 will be reduced by
:07:53. > :07:56.at least 5% to 10% on where it is now. And by 2080 it maybe 15% to
:07:56. > :08:00.20%. That sounds pretty significant. That's pretty serious. Well, it
:08:00. > :08:03.gets worse. If we look at no or insufficient international action
:08:03. > :08:07.to mitigate climate change, we are looking at 15% to 20% reductions in
:08:07. > :08:10.most of our lifetimes and we're talking about a massive 50% to 60%,
:08:10. > :08:18.that is losing more than half our summer rainfall, by the later part
:08:18. > :08:23.of this century. That creates huge problems of water supply and
:08:23. > :08:31.management. At what stage can you say that this is really serious?
:08:31. > :08:35.Now. How that presses on a world scale with the level of rainfall in
:08:35. > :08:44.Shropshire of 25 inches a year in this area, that would put us on a
:08:44. > :08:49.global map that you would call officially dry land to semidesert.
:08:49. > :08:52.That's extraordinary. With climate change, more rain is predicted for
:08:52. > :08:56.the winters and the authorities are having to work hard on strategies
:08:56. > :08:58.to prevent flooding like that which struck Worcester in 2007. But wet
:08:58. > :09:05.winters cannot compensate for long, dry summers which are equally a
:09:05. > :09:11.problem. This year, streams dried up, fish had to be moved and water
:09:11. > :09:14.was taken from the ground to top-up rivers. There is talk that long-
:09:14. > :09:21.term, another reservoir will be needed in Wales to serve the
:09:21. > :09:24.Midlands. For now though, people in the hill country are hoping for a
:09:24. > :09:27.long, wet winter weather forecasters are not so far
:09:27. > :09:36.predicting it. It may be getting colder in early December but rain
:09:37. > :09:46.is expected to stay below average. What we need is 1000 millimetres of
:09:47. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :09:57.rain between now and February. millimetres, give me an idea of how
:09:57. > :10:02.many days that might be. It is water that did. Right. I mean, that
:10:02. > :10:05.would be weeks of rain. We want a very wet autumn if we can have it.
:10:05. > :10:08.With climate change happening in my lifetime, I've come to the
:10:08. > :10:18.conclusion that dousing could be a useful skill for the future but
:10:18. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:28.will it work for me? And that's extraordinary. And I promise I was
:10:28. > :10:35.
:10:35. > :10:38.Now, it is not often that we get to meet a legend but Cisely Berry is
:10:38. > :10:41.one. The Royal Shakespeare Company's focus director agreed to
:10:41. > :10:47.take up a challenge that took to the tower blocks of Wolverhampton.
:10:47. > :10:55.Joe Mapp travelled with her. Cis Berry is voice coach to the
:10:55. > :10:59.stars. Do it one more time and try to give that thought going, lifting
:10:59. > :11:01.through. This time, can you repeat the last word that is said For 40
:11:01. > :11:11.years, she has transformed actors into Shakespearean masters but she
:11:11. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:23.is about to meet him much. -- her Charan is a 16-year-old rapper from
:11:23. > :11:30.Wolverhampton. He loves writing lyrics but Shakespeare, he says,
:11:30. > :11:32.has got me beat. -- no beat. don't think we have ever used
:11:32. > :11:38.Shakespearean language on the street. It stays at school, your
:11:38. > :11:43.GCSEs and stuff. It's something you want to get out of the way to get
:11:43. > :11:45.your grade. As Stratford-upon-Avon gears up for next year's World
:11:45. > :11:48.Shakespeare Festival, we've given Cis Berry a challenge, can she
:11:48. > :11:55.convince Charan that the words of a 16th century playwright are still
:11:55. > :12:05.important? I'm totally confident but I just need some time with them,
:12:05. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:19.Cis Berry has been voice director at the Royal Shakespeare Company
:12:19. > :12:21.since 1970. She has worked with the likes of Sean Connery and Dame Judi
:12:21. > :12:24.Dench. Their role is to help them understand Shakespeare and deliver
:12:24. > :12:31.his words clearly and correctly. And her techniques are often
:12:31. > :12:35.surprising. A crash helmet usually handy in a session with Cis. As you
:12:35. > :12:41.can see from the chess, they sometimes get thrown around. You
:12:41. > :12:44.answer with an idle tongue. You question with a wicked tongue. Why?
:12:44. > :12:51.My exercises are all to do with trying to take the language away
:12:51. > :12:59.from the mind and making the actor feel of the language in their body.
:12:59. > :13:02.Is it sport? I think it is. here is the result. Long before
:13:02. > :13:07.appearing in the Harry Potter films and sitcom my family, Zoe Wanamaker
:13:07. > :13:12.spent 10 years with the RSC. And it was Cis Berry who helps give her
:13:12. > :13:21.the confidence to deliver speeches like this one in fellow. Desires
:13:21. > :13:24.She would distract us with hacks moving chairs or running up against
:13:24. > :13:28.the wall or walking slowly, so that it actually became part of the
:13:28. > :13:34.language The language becomes part of you, rather than something scary.
:13:34. > :13:44.That is what I remember. I remember the joy of that. And the release of
:13:44. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:58.Revenge, ain't always the best way. But this is Shakespeare with a
:13:58. > :14:01.difference. In downtown Wolverhampton, Charan wraps his way
:14:01. > :14:11.to the Merchant of Venice. Eyes is an organisation which uses drama to
:14:11. > :14:14.
:14:14. > :14:20.help keep kids out of trouble. One or two are ex-gang members. A few
:14:20. > :14:23.enjoy having a go at Shakespeare's but for others, it's just too tough.
:14:23. > :14:33.The language used is to compensated and like it is constant reading and
:14:33. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:46.To give Charan some inspiration, says has invited him to the Bard's
:14:46. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:50.backyard to see how the professionals do it. Fellow group
:14:50. > :14:59.members Monique and Jason have also come along to see the RSC's version
:14:59. > :15:02.of the Merchant of Venice. Wolverhampton, everything is in a
:15:02. > :15:05.rush, rush hour time, but everything here, it almost feels
:15:05. > :15:08.like you are about to act or right. Three hours later, the performance
:15:09. > :15:12.comes to an end and Sir Patrick Stewart takes his bow. But Cis has
:15:12. > :15:15.a surprise for her guests. She's arranged for them to meet some of
:15:15. > :15:25.the cast. It was amazing. I was just like, oh, you lot are so
:15:25. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:34.amazing. So, has its done the trick? Or was a full-length
:15:34. > :15:37.Shakespeare play simply too much for Charan? Three hours is a long
:15:38. > :15:47.time and I did understand most of it, I got the storyline, but I
:15:48. > :15:57.
:15:57. > :16:01.really enjoyed it. I never thought Hello, hi. Nice to meet you.
:16:01. > :16:03.Confident she can now win Charan ever, Cis has come to meet both him
:16:03. > :16:06.and Monique. The RSC's voice director has never been to
:16:06. > :16:10.innocently Wolverhampton before. From around here, it is a case of
:16:10. > :16:17.you are either part of a gang, you are involved in crime or have
:16:17. > :16:22.something to do with drugs. It is hard living around here. I am sure,
:16:22. > :16:31.I can understand. I really can. Tell me, why do you find
:16:31. > :16:36.Shakespeare difficult? Difficult as in like to say and speak it and to
:16:36. > :16:39.get all of that thy, art and everything like that is too complex.
:16:39. > :16:42.In the group's rehearsal room, challenge shows us how he likes to
:16:42. > :16:47.do Shakespeare, in his own words. It is rather different to what she
:16:47. > :16:50.is used to but she seems to enjoy it. The thing though is for him to
:16:50. > :16:56.take on Shakespeare's original language and she offers to do a
:16:56. > :17:01.workshop. Oh, I think they can manage the language. I think they
:17:01. > :17:11.want the courage and encouragement to do it. I might like it, you
:17:11. > :17:15.never know. Murderous, bloody, full of blame. Cis begins with a sonnet
:17:15. > :17:24.but Sharon seems to find it all a bit dull. And he struggles with the
:17:24. > :17:32.language. Anything else you don't understand? Um... Wains. Gets
:17:32. > :17:42.smaller. When the moon gets smaller. In desperation, Charan reverts back
:17:42. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:53.to what he knows. And raps the Undeterred, Cis decides to get
:17:53. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.tough. Move! Quicker! Can you begin to feel the movement in that
:18:03. > :18:06.language? Great, sit down. And it is beginning to work. I could
:18:06. > :18:16.actually feel it. Understanding Shakespeare is feeling the emotion
:18:16. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:25.and feeling the words. I really I've learnt a few things and
:18:25. > :18:29.techniques of how to work with Shakespeare. I'm really happy. I
:18:29. > :18:32.like the Shakespeare language now. It is not too hard it is just hard
:18:32. > :18:35.to understand at first. To put them in touch with Shakespeare will
:18:35. > :18:39.enrich them and still they will want to wrap and that is wonderful
:18:39. > :18:43.but it will enrich their enjoyment of language and words. -- rap. All
:18:43. > :18:53.right, that's good. I think we've done a lot tonight really, don't
:18:53. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:16.Finally, we 've been following the blogs of a teenager determined to
:19:16. > :19:26.demystify the subject of cancer. Sadly, a few weeks ago, Rosie died.
:19:26. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:29.This is the film her family wanted From the start of the year, Rosie
:19:29. > :19:39.was beginning to get physically weaker. She responded by organising
:19:39. > :19:49.Three hours of Zumba. I think people will come. I just have no
:19:49. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:54.idea how many. That is all. I 13th April, the doctors are
:19:54. > :19:57.discussing the next course of action after Rosie suffered twice
:19:57. > :20:05.from severe internal bleeding. needed 11 units of blood which is
:20:05. > :20:15.over a body's worth of new blood in like a day. If I had gone to
:20:15. > :20:18.hospital a day later, I would have died. Today, they could be telling
:20:18. > :20:22.us anything from they are going to do nothing, through two they are
:20:22. > :20:26.going to do major surgery. We have no idea what they are going to
:20:26. > :20:30.suggest. But the news today isn't drastic. He said I could go on
:20:31. > :20:40.holiday. Yay! That is all I can remember. More of the same for a
:20:41. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:44.few months or years. Yeah. Much better than it was half an hour ago.
:20:44. > :20:54.16 people have saved my life because they donated blood. You
:20:54. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:05.donate blood today. You'll save It's just death. I don't see why
:21:05. > :21:15.everyone is so scared of talking about death because everyone dies.
:21:15. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:18.Yeah? It's not a unique thing, I'm Just to say that I spent today in
:21:18. > :21:21.hospital. Yeah, it was only a day but still in hospital, not
:21:21. > :21:28.fantastic. Just because I had really, really, really bad neck and
:21:28. > :21:38.shoulder pain. Dosed up on medicine now so it doesn't hurt any more. Oh,
:21:38. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:48.Can you move that table to here? 28th May, the day of Rosie's three
:21:48. > :21:53.hour fundraising extravaganza. pounds. If there is an extra one,
:21:53. > :22:00.it's five pounds. The doctors have said she mustn't dance herself but
:22:00. > :22:10.Rosie never lets cancer get in the way of a good party. I was worried
:22:10. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:19.no one would turn up and look at many people are here! Hundreds of
:22:19. > :22:26.knock-on effect supporters strut their stuff, raising money for the
:22:26. > :22:33.Maggie's Cancer Care Centre in Cheltenham. It's an estimate but
:22:33. > :22:36.we've made about �1,500. I am less tired than I thought I would be. I
:22:36. > :22:46.feel like I won't have to write tomorrow off, just spend all day in
:22:46. > :22:54.bed. I feel like I'll be all right So, I'm just checking in to say and
:22:54. > :23:01.going on holiday tomorrow. Yay! was determined we were going to go.
:23:01. > :23:05.We were not so sure it was a good idea. We had plans about what we
:23:05. > :23:15.were going to do if we had to get it back but she had a brilliant
:23:15. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:25.I guess because Rosie was always so positive about everything, it was a
:23:25. > :23:30.massive shock for everybody and it was silly saying it was a shock
:23:30. > :23:34.because it is at the back of your mind. But it was. Towards the end
:23:34. > :23:37.of that day, Rose said I have to write a blog. We just sat with her
:23:37. > :23:42.and watched this absolute explosion of comments from people all over
:23:42. > :23:44.the world. It was the most phenomenal feeling and we had gone
:23:44. > :23:54.from feeling indescribable sadness into suddenly feeling so supported
:23:54. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:02.Rosie's health faded significantly over the summer. Her hospital bed
:24:02. > :24:08.and medical equipment were installed in her bedroom at home.
:24:08. > :24:17.She kept writing but found her video diary too much. Until early
:24:17. > :24:21.September, when she filmed her thoughts for the last time. OK, ooh.
:24:21. > :24:31.I might get a bit breathless but I will carry on. Tuesday night, I had
:24:31. > :24:33.
:24:33. > :24:36.a terrible night. Oh, you would not believe. You would not believe it.
:24:36. > :24:40.The days before and after, she was fine, so although it looks like she
:24:40. > :24:50.is on her way out almost because she sounded and looked quite rough,
:24:50. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:02.the medication at the time was what the story was. You know, if you
:25:02. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:08.have a bad day, you have a bad day. Monday, 12th September, cutting
:25:08. > :25:18.straight to the chase, our beautiful, feisty, annoying,
:25:18. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:35.It was very, very peaceful. I don't know whether she knew whether she
:25:35. > :25:38.was dying or not but she wasn't distressed and she knew, absolutely
:25:38. > :25:44.knew that she was surrounded by people that love to have cared for
:25:45. > :25:54.her. She felt safe and I think she probably felt it was time to go.
:25:55. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:06.26th September, Rosie's funeral. The day when hundreds of people
:26:06. > :26:16.who'd followed her story online came to mourn and to celebrate 19
:26:16. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:23.years of life lived to the fold. -- to the full. I think the thing that
:26:23. > :26:26.stood out to me is people that knew her well but others who said I
:26:26. > :26:34.never met your daughter but I felt as though I knew her. What a
:26:34. > :26:37.testimony to leave behind really. I just loved the procession down the
:26:37. > :26:47.church because Rose really liked spectacle and stuff and that was a
:26:47. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :26:58.spectacle. It was lovely but it was I think she would be proud to know
:26:58. > :27:05.that more people than she would ever know about have said she has
:27:05. > :27:12.changed their attitude to life. really believed in avoiding
:27:12. > :27:17.euphemism and platitude. She very much did not pass away after a
:27:17. > :27:27.serious element bravely born. She died of cancer and that is very
:27:27. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:29.much how she wanted to approach Rosie's family and friends have
:27:29. > :27:39.resolved that the blog and the fundraising will continue in her
:27:39. > :27:40.
:27:40. > :27:44.# And when you smile. # The whole world stops and stairs
:27:44. > :27:54.for a while. # Because girl, you are amazing
:27:54. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:13.A remarkable teenager. And if you've been affected by Rosie's
:28:13. > :28:18.
:28:18. > :28:20.story, there are details of support groups on our Facebook page. If
:28:20. > :28:24.you've got thoughts on any of tonight's programme, why not drop
:28:24. > :28:31.me an e-mail? That is it for tonight. Join us again next Monday
:28:31. > :28:34.On next week's programme, actress Anna Karen goes back on the buses
:28:34. > :28:38.to find out who is behind the cuts to rural services. I'm travelling
:28:38. > :28:41.around in this beautiful old bus and I'm taking some of these people