What did you think of the show? (17/02/09)
Adrian and Christine were joined on the show by TV personality and singer Jane McDonald.
In the current economic climate more and more Brits will be opting to stay in the country for their holiday this year. Christine Walkden asked: "Are caravans cool again?" Head over to the blog and let us know.
Marty Jopson was back with the second part of his Body Tricks series. Tonight he was looking at the Stroop Test - Download the test for yourself.
You can watch our other Body Tricks films here.
Paddy O'Connell inspected the new band of pensionable volunteers to the police force, drafted in to help with the mounting paperwork. More info about Police recruitment here: www.policecouldyou.co.uk. Do you think the over-60s should be used to take pressure off the bobbies policing the streets? Tell us what you think, below.
Mike Dilger introduced us to some people feasting on stinging nettles at the World Nettle Eating Championships. Do you know of any other eccentric British events that can be found in your area? Let us know here.
Plus: Send us pictures of your caravans, your treasured possessions of yesteryear here and check out the gallery.
What did you think of the show? Add your comment.
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i would love to see adrian and christine do the beckham photo
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adrian - christine please do the beckham photo. it would be great - what about copying it for comic releif
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hi, watching yestadays tv,they were doing those body tricks.how interesting.I am left and right handed and thought it was easy.
Can you ask the guy if anyone else
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I don't agree with volunteers being used at Police Stations. If there is work that needs doing then it should be done by a paid employee. These volunteers are doing people out of a job - and in a time when the unemployment figures are rising this is unacceptable.
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What about the work of Special Constables? They were not mentioned in the report and their work is also entirely voluntary. In addition, they carry out all the responsibilities and duties of Regular Constables and therefore are occasionally in dangerous situations.
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Great show - but what about the civilian police posts that volunteers might be taking in the current employment climate?
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We love Jane MacDonald but this time she is talking out of her .... Older people are SOOOOOOOOOOO much more appreciated in Uk than in other coutries. Try living in France where live ends at 60!!!!!!
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I am absolutely appalled that oap's are being used as volunteers for the police.
Yes it is good that the police are showing that people over 65 are still useful members of our society but it is a disgrace that the government does not give the police service the resources to pay for administrators...of any age.
This is blatant exploitation; if the work needs to be done then those employed deserve to be paid.
Exactly how does it show respect to our elders using them as volunteers and not as paid staff.
Lee
Stoke-on-Trent
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There is another test thas special if make a text and if you mix the letters of the words (of more than 3 letters ) but leaving the first and last letter in place, you can read the text easily( it works in Flemish) example
Trehe is ahonetr tset you can let yuor votisris urdgendo?
You sohw tehm wdors wiht the fsirt lterter and the lsat lterter in the crocert palce
And mkae tehm raed it.
In English it's possible more difficult because you don't allways pronounce the words in the same fashion as they are written. nice =[naais]
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HI CAN ANYONE LET ME KNOW THE NAME OF THE SINGER IN TONIGHT'S ONE SHOW, WHEN THE STORY FOR WORDS WITH DIFFERENT COLOURS CAME ON. I BELEIVE THE SONG IS CALLED 'WORDS'
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Loved the show as usual!!Christine looked amazing tonight !!!her clothes are wonderful!liDid not know police took pensioners as volunteers !!!This show is always informitive !!love it and the guests!!
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I think young people would repect their elders if they were volunteers ,what would pay have to do with it .
I for one would enjoy watching cctv being very nosey
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I don't think volunteers should be used in the police. Especially given the unemployment figures. I'm sure some people would give anything to be employed doing paperwork jobs.
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That really did look more like Dominic Littlewood in the Daniels photograph at the start of the show.
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I'd like to the The One Show for i have discovered this evening that i can produce steam from my ears when truly angry! I currently work for "the Met" and am extremely disappointed with the item on tonight's show about "police volunteers". I am a Station Reception Officer which is a very difficult and highly pressurised job and one that a volunteer was shown carrying out. I resent the implication that if it weren't for the volunteers it would take police officers off the streets to cover the front counters. There was absolutely no mention of the many police staff that actually carry out the role. It is far more than "doing admin". We as police staff have extensive training and years of experience in dealing with domestic violence, robbery and violent crimes amongst many other things. There was no mention of this in the item and whilst i do agree that volunteers can have a useful purpose in smaller quieter police stations you did not point out that there are very few tasks that the volunteers are allowed to actually carry out for numerous reasons and that they act more as a point of contact on first arriving at a police station and assisting with the admin. "The Met" have however decided that the role of Station Reception Officer is to go by the year 2012, something again that failed to be mentioned, meaning numerous members of police staff will have to be redeployed and replaced by PCSOs and again there was strangly enough no mention of. There are of course many many issues surrounding this and i understand that it could not all be covered within the time given to the story but i feel this item was merely an execise by the met managment to entice more volunteers in without giving the full picture! I am very proud of the role i have carried out within my community and i know that all Station Reception Officers feel the same, yet we have been blatantly ignored. Talk to most police officers on the street and they will tell you that the job of Station Reception Officer is one of the hardest and most thankless jobs there is to carry out within the police!
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I think that volunteers are widely appreciated. They are great people just trying to give something back to their community. It's excellent that these volunteers are freeing up police officers to be on the streets. Can more people volunteer in hospitals please!?!
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I work for the Metropolitan police as a civilian. Volunteers are being used to replace paid employees. How would those volunteers feel if the jobs of their sons and daughters were being taken by volunteers? Can I further point out that hundreds of jobs that do not require a warranted officer are being done by police officers, wasting millions of pounds and thousands of hours of police time. If police managers really want more police officers on the streets they could start by replacing police officers with police civilian staff in the offices of their own police stations. Cheap PR stories using volunteers are not the answer.
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Bob i quite agree with you! You make the point perfectly, thank you!
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As mentioned by janetcw there was no mention of the many specials that volunteer as police officers. These officers give up their time for free to be trained and carry out the same duties that paid officers carry out. I don't see what the problem is with people giving a few hours of their time for free to help their community. If it's in a job where a force cannot afford to hire someone then the work would go undone and leave a station stretched if it wasn't for the generosity of people who want to give their time for free.
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A friend of mine was a paid civilian, working for the police behind the desk, on reception, it was a stressful job, with a lot of responsibility, she had to pack it in eventually as the stress was getting to her, I know I couldn't do it, so are oap's going to do it for nothing now, and will they be able to take the pressure. at that age a stroke or heart attack could be on the cards. post 17 is right, it is taking the jobs away from younger people.
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I think a lot of bloggers here are missing the point - us volunteers come in for only a few hours each month and do things that simply wouldn't get done otherwise - like tidying up the gardens outside stations etc. .
And don't forget - this isn't just OAPS - anyone over 18 can volunteer, certaINLY in London, and from what i see plenty of young people are stepping up and doing this. I think this is a good thing , given the bad news we see about youngsters in the papers...
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I agree totally with Bob Manning - Having just retired at 65 from Notts Police Control Room I can assure any volunteer that the stress of being a front counter clerk is un measureable and as for doing the job as an unpaid volunteer -forget it. Notts front desk girls get about £13000k p.a. and its worth at least £20k the job can be a nightmare. The Police need to employ more paid civilians if they are to get qualified coppers out on to the streets and when they get them there ensure that they are doing the job they are paid to do not skiving as often happens when making a 10 minute job last for an hour.
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I agree with alvore7, I am a special and I work one night shift a week. As such I am not replacing a full time officer. It's not a case of more volunteers = job cuts, it's an extra person to help out in whatever position they are in at the station part time rather than filling a full-time role that someone else could be paid to do.
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lets hope young police volunteers, now they have a foot in the door, that they will stand a good chance to train if that's what they want. I've never been caravanning before, but I've camped, and the lake district is fantastic, pity about the rain, but that's why they have lakes, wont caravans overcrowd the roads, which are surly congested enough?
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SmileGal. Well written and I agree entirely. I am surprised that civilian staff are being asked to front receptions. In my time as a Metropoliton Police Special I saw many times that the reception was one of the sharp end in the business and whoever works there deserves good pay.
Volunteers taking away peoples jobs should not be happening but if we can have extra policing on the streets and continue to cut crime volunteers should be a good thing. But any talk of reducing paid manpowere and replacing with volunteers is not right or called for.
allan brighton
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Sshh, just crept in to take a look at blogs after a day off and ALL the sites (so far) are responding to items on the last show! Wow.Don't want to raise my head too far above the parapet though or you-know-who brigade will be back!
I'll respond to their mean and petty spite remarks from 13th though tomorrow. Wine and caviar (as opposed to hot milk and digestives, oh please!) are leading me to my four poster right now. Nite all.
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Dear Hardeep,
Re. One Show Report on Hostess Trolley with your attendant Humorous Yorkshire accent.
Last night in the interests of integration and multi-culturism I popped down to my local Sikh Gurdwara in Southall West London for a Punjabi disco and some free curry.
Inspired by your performance in the One Show I followed your lead and wore an updated Sikh outfit complete with pink turban and yellow oven gloves. For the sake of completeness I also adopted a passable version of an Indian accent based on the BBC hit show ‘It A’nt Half Hot Mum.’
After 45 minutes of attempting to make polite conversation with my hosts, including some unattached Sikh ladies, without explanation I was ushered out of a side door by some Sikh gentlemen who offered me a rare glimpse of their ceremonial daggers.
Could you possibly recommend a less conservative Gurdwara which will be more tolerant of my pink turban and which encourages interracial dating?
Thanking you in anticipation
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Being a long time fan of Joss Stone I was pleased to see the clip from Junior Star for a night and wondered if the full performance is available for purchase or download.
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One Show, Luv Week and Good Vibrations
According to the BBC’s Science & Nature webpage “Vibrations Could Save Elephants” scientists in Namibia have discovered that male elephants are lured by female elephants making a “low rumble” through the ground in order to signal “a state of sexual readiness.”
This goes someway to explaining why, contrary to my better judgement, I’m constantly drawn back to the One Show Blog.
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Doc, I told you to dress op as a fireman, but , no you had to do your own thing, even the swash buckling pirate would have been better.
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Hello MSL103.
TRACK TITLE: Words, ARTIST: F R David
COMPOSER: Fitoussi, ALBUM TITLE: 20 Greatest Love Songs
Best wishes,
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Hello
I work in with voluntary and community groups across East Sussex. The contribution that volunteers make to our communities is absolutely immense and hugely valuable. I was disappointed by the article on last night's show that suggested that volunteers were undertaking work that would otherwise have been done by paid employees. This should never be the case. A volunteer should never be used to replace a paid worker and this was not made explicit in the piece. Equally I feel that is important we recognise that people of all ages and backgrounds can make excellent volunteers, not just those who are retired. Volunteering is widely recognised as a means of helping people into paid employment, overcoming stress and depression, improving physical health, allowing people to form new relationships and helping them to get a sense of satsfaction from contributing positively to their communities. When managed properly volunteering is a wonderful thing with huge benefits to offer to both the organisation and the individual.
The One Show has covered some very interesting examples of volunteering recently, but always stops short of giving the public details about where to go to get more information about the huge diversity of opportunties that exist. I would suggest that anyone who is interested in learning more about what voluntary opportunities there are in their local area should visit their local Volunteer Centre (see http://www.volunteering.org.uk/WhatWeDo/Local+and+Regional/VolunteerCentreFinderGoogle.htm to find your local Volunteer Centre) or the national database of volunteering opportunities at www.do-it.org.uk
With over a million opportunities across the UK, this will give you just a taster of what is out there.
Thanks
Sarah Hodgetts, East Sussex
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SarahVol........very well put.......there are many positives to volunteering.
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Doc..... the oven gloves sound sublime. By the sound of it you would make a wonderfull fashion reporter for the show..
Ryan is there ever any live music on the show?
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Hello Ilovecans - live music on the show is rare. But nothing is ruled out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/highlights/index_page2.shtml?videogallery=hl_frank_skinner
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You mentioned the increase in the number of people taking caravanning holidays - couldn't you have at least done a serious article about it instead of some half baked feature in a caravan not even one of the seven dwarfs could have gone on holiday on.
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Deat Host Ryan,
Is Adrian taking Chritine to the
Fulham v West Bromwich Albion match on Sunday.
Its quite a nice walk from Chiswick along the river to Fulham in spring and plenty of good pubs on route.
I'm not implying anything and I hope no one reads anything into this blog
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Regarding the use of volunteers. This is not a new concept as the Met would like people to believe.
Volunteers have been used for approx 12 years in Lincolnshire. They work in small rural stations a few hours a week manning the reception desk when the full time Enquiry officer is away or in the evenings or at weekends. If it wasn't for these volunteers then these Offices would be closed. The alternative was for a police officer to be contacted and asked to return from patrol to the station.
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I was outraged to see VOLUNTEERS working in police station counters. with unemployment abounding these are paying jobs at present. In LOTHIAN AND BORDERS POLICE SCOTLAND we have over 50 station assistants which virtually run a police station allowing police officers to be out in the streets catching the bad guys/gals. these are valued members of staff and it seems that the cheaper method would be to get them to volunteer without payment. where to next i wonder.
Staff member L&B
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I agree with post 41
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