BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 The One Show 10th Anniversary MEDIA PACK Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 1 Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 th The One Show 10 Anniversary On Monday 5 September, on BBC One at 7pm, The One Show will celebrate ten years of informing, educating and entertaining the nation. Hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker, the show will revisit a story each night this week selected from some of the 9,000 films broadcast over 2,000 episodes during the Show’s ten years. CONTENTS The One Show Fact File – page 3 Alex Jones and Matt Baker interview – page 6 The One Show reporters interviews – page 12 o Dan Snow o Angellica Bell o Gyles Brandreth o Lucy Siegle o Matt Allwright o Anita Rani o Nadiya Hussain o Phil Tufnell o Mike Dilger o Christine Walkden Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 2 BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 The One Show Fact File The One Show has been with viewers across the UK during a decade of rapid change and significant events, sharing their experiences, telling their stories and joining with them in big national moments. Bringing the nation together at 7pm From floods, riots and referenda to royal weddings and births, the London Olympics, Glasgow's Commonwealth Games and Wales' run to the European Championship semi -finals the One Show has been there. The One Show has helped the country mourn figures like Sir Terry Wogan and Victoria Wood and witness the birth of new talents like Ed Sheeran, Benedict Cumberbatch and Katy Perry. Informing, educating and entertaining the UK Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 3 BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 The One Show is the only programme that combines high quality specialist factual films with entertaining high profile guests from the world of film, TV and theatre. In ten years The One Show has broadcast around 9,000 films focusing on the natural, historical and scientific wonders of the UK and the life and times of its inhabitants. Topics include natural history, history, science, medicine, current and consumer affairs, music and arts. On any given night viewers might learn why the tallest tower on the south coast doesn't sway in the wind, experience a young boy hearing for the first time, discover killer whales off the Scottish coast as well as hearing Idris Elba's or Taylor Swift's reaction to it all. The One Show’s tone is positive and celebratory, aiming to surprise and entertain viewers after an hour of news and local news but it is not afraid to take on serious and sometimes controversial issues. The One Show on location across the UK The One Show is the programme that aims to explore every corner of the UK and has taken its famous green sofas on the road for special shows in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, the Lizard Peninsula, Newcastle/Gateshead, Belfast, Hebden Bridge, Harrogate, Weston Super Mare and Birmingham to name just a few. In 2012 the show came live from Buckingham Palace where presenters Matt Baker and Alex Jones, both successful Strictly Come Dancing contestants, waltzed through the corridors. When Prince Harry wanted to launch tickets for The Invictus Games he turned to The One Show and it was alongside the Show's temporary set in Cornwall that the plane carrying the Olympic Torch landed in 2012. The One Show presenting team Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 4 BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 Over more than 2,000 editions from its launch studios in Birmingham to London's White City and now Broadcasting House it has been hosted most often by its current pairing of Alex Jones (since 2010), Matt Baker (since 2011), Chris Evans (2010 to 2015 Fridays), Adrian Chiles (2006 to 2010) and Christine Bleakley (2007 - 2010). The first One Show, which did not feature a celebrity guest, was presented by Adrian Chiles and Nadia Sawalha. Big name celebrity guests Celebrity guests who have sat on the sofas include Will Smith, Steve Martin, Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Sir Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Sir Elton John, David Beckham, Idris Elba, Dame Helen Mirren, James Corden, Julie Andrews, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Taylor Swift, Kate Winslet, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Ian McKellen, Usain Bolt, Russell Crowe, Hillary Clinton, David Cameron, Salman Rushdie, Michael Sheen, Julie Walters, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Bette Midler and Oprah Winfrey. Guest presenters have included Ade Adepitan, Adil Ray (Citizen Khan), Jerry Springer, Ricky Wilson, Ed Byrne, Warwick Davies, Nina Wadia, Geri Horner (Halliwell), Josh Groban, Matt Allwright, Craig Charles, Louise Minchin, Paul Hollywood, Nick Grimshaw, Sir Terry Wogan and Jeremy Vine. Bands and artists to play live on the show include Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Kasabian, De La Soul, Beverley Knight, Lang Lang, Robert Plant, Kaiser Chiefs, Placido Domingo, ELO, Bryan Adams, LeAnn Rimes, James Bay and Shawn Mendes. Supporting charity The One Show has raised over £6m for Comic Relief and Sport Relief over the last ten years and over £12.5m for Children in Need since 2008 - with £4m of that raised by the Rickshaw Challenge this year alone. Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 5 BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 Alex Jones and Matt Baker interview What do you think is the enduring appeal of The One Show? Alex Jones: I think there are many things. One, it reflects the day that Britons have had. Second, it ends the day for young people and starts the evening for grown-ups. It covers such a vast array of topics sometimes in one programme. Nothing lasts any more than three or four minutes – if you don’t like this subject you may well like the next. Matt Baker: It just sums up absolutely the perfect over-the-garden-wall conversation – the kind of conversation you’d have in a pub or some other community place. You’re flitting around all sorts of different subjects. You’re discussing them and then you move on. And to me, that’s how we in Britain Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 6 BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 like to have our conversations with people that we meet in our communities. So, we’re fizzing about one subject for a moment, then we’re fizzing about something completely different. Then someone else comes over and says "have you heard about this?” AJ: … and I think because of that when there’s a level of glamour injected into it then it gets really exciting. Celebrities will come on and we’ll sometimes end up discussing really important things. Everyone gets involved in every topic. Who are your most memorable celebrity guests? AJ: Many for different reasons really. Hillary Clinton is probably up there as one of the guests we’ve really enjoyed having on the show. MB: It was an extraordinary day. We’d had a leak in the studio so couldn’t broadcast from there. We had to go to old Broadcasting House. Obviously everyone had to be security checked. We didn’t find out until late in the day. So we moved The One Show sofa to the reception of old Broadcasting House. We actually saw Hilary walk across the reception behind us while we were on air. It’s not often that you get star-struck and that’s a lot to do with the show. Because we flit around subjects us as presenters are always in a position where we have to make sure the guest is at ease. And yet suddenly, Hillary Clinton walks in. It was a special moment. AJ: She was just lovely. Guests like her surprise you. Kevin Spacey – he brought in Welsh Cakes. That was a nice gesture. MB: Every single person hasn’t just come on the show to talk about their project. They’ve all been involved in some way shape or form in what’s been happening in Britain that day. In that way we’re an extension of the front room at home. We want them to feel as big a part of the show as the guests. As soon as you’ve got a Hollywood guest talking about things that people at home care about, that’s when the show really works. It’s perfect. Please contact [email protected] for more information. Contact www.bbcpictures.co.uk for high-res images Page - 7 BBC Media Centre: Media Pack – The One Show 10th Anniversary – August 2016 AJ: That’s when the show is really cohesive. Sometimes are guests will drop their guard. That’s when you can shock them with questions about the mundane. But they’re actually quite pleased to be asked. But that’s something about you, isn’t it? You have the ability to cut-through and surprise people with stuff like that.