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How Are You Its Alan Partridge Season 01 Episode 04
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00:00I'm Alan Partridge, and in this series, sponsored by Flench & Son Tanning Center,
00:04feel down, get brown, I'm exploring the mental health of the nation.
00:09This week, I'll be finding out what the great outdoors can do for our noggins,
00:13as I once again ask, how are you?
00:16It's Alan Partridge.
00:19I love to be outdoors.
00:22Back in Norwich, I'm often found pottering around making short videos for the tourist board
00:26using a 365-degree stick camera given to me during my time in Saudi Arabia
00:32by His Excellency the Crown Prince's chauffeur.
00:36I'd like to see wattle and daub buildings.
00:38To me, there's just something about the fresh air and the exercise.
00:41Hello. See you later. I hate these flowers.
00:44Seems to be good for the soul.
00:45Visited only upon terrorist suspect.
00:48And while the tourist board reserves the right to edit down my videos...
00:52He's my favorite.
00:53...being out and about centers and settles me.
00:56He's definitely my favorite. You know who isn't?
00:58But in this episode, I'm going to experiment on a bigger canvas
01:03and have come to the Peak District alone with nothing more than my stick camera
01:07and obviously clothes
01:09to explore the mental health benefits of surrounding yourself in nature.
01:13Studies show that the great outdoors can do wonders for your mental health, as much as 84%.
01:26Today, I'm climbing Mam Tor, a 17-foot-hundred high hill in the Peak District,
01:35which, according to the guidebook, boasts incredible views.
01:40And on a clear day, it says you can see as far as Manchester, although it doesn't explain why you'd want to.
01:47Starting at Castleton, day one will see me climb the Mighty Man Tor and walk the Great Bridge.
01:55After a good sleep and wash, I'll spend a second day scaling the District's highest peak, Kinder Scout.
02:01Hello. Fellow aviators.
02:04How you doing?
02:05Good. Have you ever flown on a jetpack?
02:07I know a guy who has.
02:10You're looking at him.
02:12Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
02:14Up, up, up, up, up, and away, like my beautiful balloon.
02:20Do you think that's good for mental health?
02:25Do you think flying's good for mental health?
02:30Enjoy the freedom of flight for trying not to worry the sheep. They'll miscarry.
02:39I'm so glad I came here.
02:41My partner, Katrina, was dead right.
02:44She said, go away for the weekend. Climb a big mountain by yourself.
02:48I guess she just gets me.
02:50Yeah, so I've come away on my own, and she's gone away to Paris with my best friend, Daryl.
02:57Yeah, it's friends. It's friends.
02:59The badminton partners, and I've said myself, you know, he covers a lot of ground by the baseline.
03:06She's got a wicked drop shot. It just works.
03:09There's supposed to be four of them, but two of them had to pull out because of very, very long COVID.
03:14So it's just Daryl and Katrina in Paris.
03:17The city of lovers, my hairdresser says.
03:21It's such a stupid thing to say.
03:23It's not just for lovers.
03:25You get school trips go there.
03:26They're not all having sex with each other.
03:30I mean, occasionally a line will be crossed.
03:32You get some bearded sixth formers these days.
03:35And some very busty students.
03:37But this assumption that every couple that goes to Paris is going to be banging the bejesus out of each other is just childish.
03:48Daryl and Katrina are badminton partners, and they wanted to try out some different courts.
03:53And that's the end of it.
03:57Spending time alone in nature, though boring, allows our minds the freedom to roam.
04:03To dwell on anything from your daughter being gay to whether you'd have been good at presenting natural history shows.
04:09A million billion years ago, this was probably bits of dinosaur.
04:15Now, though, just horrible soil.
04:19We all come from it, and we all go back to it.
04:22This is nature's ring road.
04:24The end of the first morning's walking, and though I'd only been out in nature for a couple of hours,
04:33already there was a definite sense of tension easing,
04:36as I absorbed the majesty and infinite variety of the natural world.
04:41It was good, Egg.
04:45What a charming village church.
04:54Oh, it's wonderful.
05:03Respectful, of course, in the house of God, to lower your voice,
05:08just as you would in a library or a museum.
05:13The same volume one might begin at while having a late-night row with your wife in a tent.
05:21Where are you?
05:22Where are you, eh?
05:26I know he's up there.
05:27Oh, yes.
05:28I'm sure he's looking down on you right now.
05:30He hears everything.
05:32Yeah.
05:33And I know he's in here.
05:34That faint smell of ammonia, that's from his excrement.
05:39God?
05:39The bat.
05:41I see!
05:42Right.
05:43Can't be bats.
05:43Right, of course, yes.
05:45I was going to say, I'm not sure God excretes anything.
05:48Only love.
05:52So why are you counting bats?
05:53The roof needs repair, but there's a maternity colony up there.
05:56And they're protected under UK law, so the work will have to wait.
05:59It's funny, isn't it, how the church has to go to rack and ruin just so some bats can make more bats.
06:04I just saw one there, Winter Cross.
06:06They are awful.
06:07They are easily my least favourite bird.
06:09Skin for wings, but no feathers.
06:11Why?
06:11I've studied bats for 20 years, and I believe there's as much God's creatures as you or me.
06:16It's like the song says, isn't it?
06:17The Lord God made them all.
06:19All creatures great and small.
06:20It's my favourite hymn.
06:22Yeah, it is nice hymn.
06:24Goes on a bit, though, I find.
06:26You know, just, I mean, all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful.
06:31The Lord God made them all, and the verse goes on to list individually all the things that the course tells you you're made all of.
06:36So I just think it's just over-egged.
06:38Yeah.
06:38Maybe I thought of it like that.
06:39It's a bit like Ross Kemp, isn't it?
06:40It's telling you you've seen all the Batman films and then listing them all on a long car journey.
06:44Batman.
06:45Batman Returns.
06:46Batman Forever.
06:47Yeah, I know, Ross, you've seen them all.
06:49Batman and Robin.
06:50Batman Begins.
06:50The Dark Knight.
06:51The Dark Knight Rises.
06:52Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ross, I know, we get it, we get it.
06:54Batman versus Superman.
06:55The Batman.
06:56Lego Batman.
06:57For Christ's sakes, Ross, stop saying Batman.
06:59You know, grow up.
07:02Sometimes tell the kids that I'm Batman.
07:04Yeah, but you only say it once, right?
07:05Just at the start.
07:06Yeah, that's fine.
07:08You can hold one if you want.
07:10A bat?
07:12Yeah.
07:13Why would I want to hold a bat?
07:15Broke its wing.
07:16Good.
07:17So it can't fly and drink blood from a cow or drink the blood from the neck of a woman if it's Dracula.
07:22That's totally different.
07:23Okay.
07:24You know, a lot of the children, they're scared at first, but they get over it.
07:27Yeah, oh, I'll get over it.
07:28Yeah, fine.
07:28I...
07:29Yeah, hold your hands out, then.
07:31No, like a book.
07:33Sorry, I was...
07:34For some reason, I thought you meant like Jesus.
07:36Got any concerns, you can ask me a question.
07:38Yeah, okay.
07:38Um, could it give me rabies?
07:40No.
07:41Could it give me TB?
07:42No.
07:43Could it give me, I want to say botulism?
07:45No.
07:46Could it give me any, and I mean any form of AIDS?
07:49No.
07:50Will it bite me?
07:51No.
07:51Could it bite me?
07:52It's unlikely.
07:52Will it lick me?
07:53No.
07:53Could it lick me?
07:54In theory, yes.
07:55Is it tongue rough?
07:56No.
07:57Is it tongue hot?
07:58Honestly, I don't know.
07:58Is it heavy?
07:59No.
07:59Does it stink?
08:00No.
08:01Does it stink a little bit?
08:02Maybe.
08:03Will it do this?
08:05It won't do that.
08:07Um...
08:07Do you want to hold the bat?
08:08All right, all right.
08:09You hold the stick, I'll stroke the bird.
08:12There you are, look.
08:15What's his name?
08:16Kieran.
08:17Oh, yeah, well, what's your name?
08:18Kieran.
08:20I've got to go now, Kieran.
08:25Bye.
08:25Bye!
08:29Now, walls, not ice cream or sausages, but actual walls, I think will be a great topic for a documentary.
08:35The BBC wouldn't commission it, because it doesn't have trans drug addicts, but as a topic for a phone-in, I think it will be second to none.
08:41What's your favorite wall?
08:43Dry stone, post and rail, partition, load-bearing, grate of China, whaling.
08:51Berlin.
08:52And Adrian's.
08:53What's your favorite type of wall?
08:55A crinkle-crankle wall.
08:56The shape of it provides lateral stability without the need for buttresses.
09:01Got it.
09:02So, why doesn't your girlfriend play badminton in Paris with you?
09:05Because I like to play squash.
09:07Look up crinkle-crankle wall.
09:15I think the tavern I'm supposed to be staying at is in that direction, but it's very hard to tell.
09:22Excuse me, what if you could help me out?
09:25I'm trying to locate a pub, and I know it's over there, but everywhere looks the same.
09:31I've heard I'm going snow-blind, or I think I'm going green-blind.
09:35Do you mind if I borrow your binoculars?
09:37Yeah.
09:38As in, yeah, I mind.
09:40What, so I can't borrow them?
09:41Well, I don't know you.
09:43I'm out there.
09:43No, it's a personal item that I put on my face.
09:46Ah-ha.
09:49And a man comes up to me, making noises, wanting to smear his eyes and fingers on them first.
09:53It's basic hygiene, mate.
09:54What an odd man.
10:05What a cross man.
10:09What a shit man.
10:11It's funny.
10:12If someone had done that to me in ordinary life, I'd follow them, wait until they were having a wee, and then push them over.
10:18But out here, in nature, it just didn't seem to matter.
10:21And whilst it's easy to get a bit lost if your phone dies because your assistant didn't charge it,
10:27the vantage point I reached revealed the quiet grandeur of the Derbyshire Hills.
10:32Each with its own story, its own history, and together an enduring testament to the power of nature to inspire and uplift.
10:40I told her to fucking charge it.
10:436 p.m., and with a slightly dirty bottom, I've reached the hind and harrow in Upper Booth, my digs for the night.
10:49Step through this door and you step back in time.
10:54The unisex toilets and gender-fluid bar staff, the alcohol-free gin, baffling, and generally humorless attitude of the clientele are all very well for a city bar.
11:05But if you want to knees up around the old Joanna, don't go there.
11:09Hear, hear.
11:09Give me a warm fire, warm beer, the warm smell of dog, and a warm welcome from the regulars.
11:16Trevor here has offered to buy a pint for this weary traveller.
11:20Sadly, in a city bar, the offer of a free drink would come with the subtext of sex.
11:25But here, it's just two regular fellas having a chimney over a pint.
11:29Say it again, Trevor.
11:29Why not?
11:30Trevor here is an amateur historian, and I believe this place was once a popular haunt for highwaymen.
11:37Oh, very much so.
11:38There were rich pickings along these roads for the unscrupulous thief.
11:42It's incredible, isn't it, that someone looking for people with a few bob would come to what is effectively Derby.
11:48Yeah, the pink district is steeped in stories, myths and monsters.
11:53Legend has it that the spirits come out at night, and that's not just Bill when he starts on the gin.
11:59Despite a habit of passing off pre-prepared sentences as spontaneous thought, Trevor proved to be genial company.
12:06There you go. Keep the change.
12:08Oh, thanks.
12:09Right, how much was it?
12:10£10.80. He gave me £20.
12:12Oh.
12:12Er...
12:13Don't worry about it.
12:15Do you know what? Keep it.
12:16Yeah.
12:18Right, you could do a lot worse than stay here.
12:20A tavern like this would be beyond the means of most travellers.
12:23Many would stay in a bothy.
12:25That's a stone hut without warmth, light or comfort.
12:30Reminds me of living with the ex-wife.
12:32Yes.
12:33My ex-wife kept a good home.
12:35She was just emotionally toxic.
12:37I could cheese and onion crisps.
12:38Oh, yes.
12:39A bothy is not of the calibre of a place you'd find on Airbnb.
12:43Yeah, although some of those aren't all they're cracked up to be.
12:45I once stayed at an Airbnb that had no knives.
12:48Spent all evening trying to cut up lamb chops with the side of a spoon.
12:52My God, I gave it a bad review.
12:54And the next day they texted me saying,
12:55there's a tray of knives under the bed.
12:57And I'm supposed to know.
12:58Er, it's £1.10 for crisps.
13:00Right.
13:00Er...
13:01Haven't got the 10p.
13:03They're £1.10, though. That's the thing.
13:06Okay. Er...
13:07Right.
13:08Oh, it's £5 minimum car payment.
13:10Okay, well...
13:11And it's 10p.
13:13I can just put them back.
13:17Okay, fine.
13:19And are the bar staff normally this friendly?
13:21Is this still about the crisps?
13:22I find it incredible that you were gifted nearly £10
13:25and you act like nothing happened.
13:27I said thank you.
13:28Yeah, when I needed a favour, I get zilch.
13:30You want me to pay for your crisps with my money?
13:32£10 out of the £9.20 I gave you.
13:35Yeah, gave. It belongs to me.
13:37Sir, money them tips.
13:39Sorry, don't remember asking you.
13:41Do you know how much your barmaid earned?
13:42She's got three kids to support.
13:44I've got three grandchildren to support
13:46and she's taken the Christmas money.
13:48Yeah? You want to play that game?
13:50You give them three quid each.
13:51It's a W.H. Smith gift token.
13:53Three quid?
13:54Yeah, you can get a couple of pencils for that.
13:56After a frank exchange of views,
13:58I enjoyed an early night.
14:00Albeit with an open penknife in my hand.
14:03Day two of my mental health hike in the Peak District
14:10and today I'll be scaling its highest hill, Kinder Scout.
14:16Sometimes think about how my life might have turned out
14:20had I taken a different path.
14:22I can imagine myself up here as a shepherd
14:27perhaps dressed in a woollen jerkin
14:33salvaged from the carcass of a dead sheep
14:36because I wouldn't want to waste the wool.
14:40A woollen hat, trousers, also made of wool
14:44and perhaps some sheepskin boots
14:47taken from a different part of the sheep
14:51so that I would be dressed almost completely.
14:56Not as a sheep, but in sheep.
15:00Those clouds look a bit like sheep.
15:04God, I'm bored.
15:07The last time I came to the Peak District
15:10was as a presenter of Tea Time magazine show This Time,
15:13where I reported on blacksmith Ron Eccles' fight
15:15to keep his ancient craft alive.
15:18There's something wonderfully elemental
15:19about watching a blacksmith at work.
15:22If you see Sean Bean or Liam Neeson
15:25hammering an anvil in a drama,
15:26you know you're in for a treat, even on ITV.
15:29But traditional craftsmanship
15:30is something that we don't see very often.
15:33Now everything's done for you.
15:34We're losing the skills that have been handed down
15:36to us over centuries.
15:38And I tell you, once it's gone, it's gone.
15:40Yeah, you see these people, don't you,
15:42queuing round the block for the latest trainers
15:44or working in an Apple store.
15:46And yet if Britain came under a cyber attack
15:48from the EU or Ireland,
15:51you think they would come a cropper?
15:52They'd starve to death.
15:53Yeah, good.
15:54I thought a blacksmith would be more like Liam Neeson,
15:56but you're quite chatty, aren't you?
15:58So are you.
15:59Yeah, well, the survivors are going to need someone
16:01to man the airwaves.
16:02I'm Alan Partridge.
16:03Don't forget, if a relative or loved one
16:05has just died to burn the corpse immediately
16:08before decomposition,
16:09because if those maggots hatch into blue bottles
16:11and the plague becomes airborne,
16:13then we're all for it.
16:14This is Shania Twain,
16:15and you're still the one I want.
16:17I wonder if she made it.
16:18I believe she had a ranch with some horses.
16:20I'm sure she'll be fine.
16:21But even without a prime-time TV show,
16:24there's always the chance to meet new people
16:25and learn new skills.
16:27This morning, I've happened across a farmer
16:29who spent the last half hour
16:31telling me about the ancient craft of sheepherding,
16:34which he says takes decades to master.
16:37So it's settled, steady, and what?
16:39Come by.
16:40Got it. Give me the whistle.
16:43Come by.
16:45Come by.
16:49Walk on.
16:50Have you done this before?
16:52No.
16:53Walk on.
16:55Steady.
16:56Steady.
16:57Walk on.
16:58Are you sure you've never done this before?
16:59Yep. Steady.
17:01There we go.
17:03Okay, settle, settle, settle.
17:05Very good.
17:07I found that quite easy.
17:09Really?
17:09Yeah.
17:10Do you ever use any part-time herders or shepherds?
17:14You know?
17:15Yeah, if you've got a day off or something,
17:16you know, I can...
17:18We should just talk more about it later.
17:21Yeah, yeah.
17:22Yeah, I found that quite easy.
17:24A fun morning.
17:26And while I was later upbraided for strapping a camera to a sheep,
17:29as far as I could tell, the sheep liked it.
17:31I'm walking along a sheep trail, as opposed to a human path.
17:37I think it was a Chinese man who once said,
17:39if you follow in the footsteps of a sheep,
17:41eventually it will lead you to a sheep.
17:44A Chinese man said that to me outside the O2,
17:50after a Coldplay concert.
17:51And he had a camper van,
17:54asked me to pop inside.
17:56Uh, popped inside.
17:57And then immediately regretted it,
18:00because, uh...
18:01Because...
18:02Because...
18:03Because...
18:07He is of my soul,
18:16CHOIR SINGS
18:46What the hell is this?
19:02Oh, hello.
19:03This is choirmaster Robin Gaskell.
19:06He and his youth choir dressed as businessmen
19:08have come to this cave to take advantage of its incredible acoustics
19:11and because the church they normally sing in
19:13is having its pews and kneelers wiped clean.
19:16When I heard that singing, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
19:19I mean, I'm glad I haven't.
19:21And I'm sure you've got a few more years left in you.
19:23Yeah, I hope so.
19:24And so have you, because you're not that young either.
19:27And besides, a gypsy told me I was going to live till I was 90.
19:29Really?
19:30Yes, and she was right about my wife cheating on me.
19:33You must be proud as punch of this lot.
19:36Mm-hmm.
19:36Well, you should tell them then.
19:38They could be out there sniffing glue, but they're not.
19:41I mean, they might do later,
19:42but right now they're here lifting people's spirits.
19:44They certainly lifted mine
19:45because I didn't have a very nice breakfast.
19:46And, um, and all the parents, they know you bring their kids here?
19:54Yes.
19:54Yeah, good, good.
19:58When people talk about Stonehenge as if it's the only henge,
20:03I allow myself a quiet chuckle.
20:06I mean, throw a stick in Derbyshire and you hit a henge.
20:09I once threw a stick at a goat.
20:11Excuse me.
20:12Can you, can you help?
20:14Okay, my name's Alan.
20:16What's your name?
20:17Jeff.
20:17Jeff.
20:18Am I all right to call you Jeff, Jeff?
20:19Yeah.
20:20Thanks, Jeff.
20:21Are you a paramedic?
20:22I'm not a paramedic,
20:23but I'm using the intonation of a paramedic.
20:24Is that okay, Jeff?
20:25Uh.
20:26Thanks, Jeff.
20:27I've broken my leg.
20:28Hey, hey, hey, look at me.
20:29No one's broken any legs, all right?
20:31No, I have, look.
20:32Oh, that's a broken leg.
20:34Jeff, I want you to look at me.
20:36Whatever you do, keep your head as still as possible.
20:39Why, do you think I've broken my neck?
20:40Oh, no, you've got a nugget of sheepship by your ear.
20:42Right, let's take a look.
20:43Pulse, good.
20:45Temp, good.
20:46Open mouth.
20:48Mouth, good.
20:48Say R.
20:49R.
20:50R, good.
20:50Stick your tongue out.
20:51A bit further, a bit further.
20:53Fucking hell, you've got a long tongue.
20:55How many fingers am I holding up?
20:57Two.
20:58Four.
20:59Two.
20:59One.
21:00Shit, I'm just giving you my pen number.
21:01Can you call Mountain Rescue?
21:03Here, use my Blue Harbor zile as a cushion.
21:07And you can use my fleece, also Blue Harbor,
21:09as a blanket.
21:11There we go.
21:12You look like you've got four arms now.
21:14In case you lack energy,
21:16I've stripped a Kit Kat to the waist,
21:18placed into the palm of your hands.
21:20If you can't chew it, suck it.
21:21If you need more energy,
21:23take your trousers off and suck him some more.
21:25And you wouldn't know it because of how helpful I'm being,
21:28but just to confirm,
21:31I think you and I both know
21:33that you're the person who wouldn't lend me the binoculars yesterday.
21:37It wasn't anything personal.
21:39I just have an anxiety regarding my face.
21:41No, I don't hold a grudge.
21:42I don't hold a grudge.
21:44Pardon?
21:45I didn't say anything.
21:46I thought I heard a thank you.
21:47If I'd known it was you,
21:48I would have lent you my binoculars.
21:50Why?
21:50Because celebrities don't have dirty eyes.
21:53I'll leave you with that, Jeff.
21:55This is when a proper hiking shoe is essential.
21:58If I was wearing a fashion trainer,
22:00I wouldn't be as half as able to gallop
22:03as I am here.
22:05I'm zigzagging
22:07to minimize the downward trajectory.
22:10Sorry.
22:15So it's just...
22:16Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
22:19Recovered.
22:20Nice one, Alan.
22:25Which service do you require?
22:27Helicopter, please.
22:28Injured man located.
22:29Is this an ambulance you need?
22:31A flying one, yes.
22:33Where are you?
22:34Peak District National Park,
22:35two clicks north of Castleton.
22:37That's Castleton, Charlie, Alpha,
22:40Sausage, Tango, Lima.
22:42Right, I've got it.
22:43Can you tell me exactly what happened?
22:45I can, but I've just realized
22:46I used the word sausage
22:47instead of Sierra
22:48for the phonetic alphabet.
22:49But that's because I'm hungry
22:51and I had sausage for breakfast.
22:52Just in the helicopter.
22:53Scramble, scramble.
22:54Sorry, I'm thinking about breakfast again.
22:58I injured my knee playing rugby.
22:59She was my physio.
23:00Yeah, my girlfriend's in Paris
23:02and my best friend.
23:03Oh, good.
23:04Nah, it's fine.
23:05They play badminton together
23:06and they've never played
23:07on any French courts before
23:09so I think they wanted to go over
23:10and check out a few of those.
23:11You want some water, Walter?
23:13No, you're all right.
23:14It's the hygiene thing again.
23:16Like with the binoculars yesterday.
23:18You knew how many germs
23:19were in your saliva.
23:20I don't dribble down the spout
23:21when I drink from it.
23:22If your lips have touched it,
23:23your saliva will be in it.
23:24Yes, but not sufficient
23:25to carry a viral load.
23:27Oh, right, okay.
23:27So I must have imagined
23:28the COVID epidemic
23:29that killed over 7 million people.
23:30You've got more chance
23:31of catching germs
23:32when you touch a doorknob,
23:33but I'll bet you still do that.
23:35Touching a doorknob
23:35is unavoidable risk.
23:36Sharing a bottle is not.
23:38I'm doing a documentary
23:38on mental health
23:39but I'll tell you something, mate.
23:40You're potty.
23:41French badminton courts
23:42are no different to British ones.
23:43A badminton court
23:43is a badminton court.
23:48I don't accept that.
23:49Pacing's this way.
24:00I want to throw a few dives
24:02that are going to come
24:02with an EC-15 or an AS-355.
24:05355, where is he?
24:06You can tell that by the lack
24:07of vertical stabiliser
24:08on the tailbone,
24:09which means it will struggle
24:11with crosswind.
24:12Pacing's this way.
24:13But on the plus side,
24:14much more aerodynamic.
24:16But you'll know that already.
24:17Did you know that already?
24:22Roughly when did it happen, Jeff?
24:23Patient was found at 1,400 hours.
24:26About 2 o'clock, Jeff.
24:27Yeah, I think so, yeah.
24:28Kept the patient still,
24:29administered two fingers
24:30of a chocolate wafer bar,
24:31orally.
24:32And have you been sick, Jeff?
24:33No, I didn't think so.
24:34Cream of chicken soup,
24:35administered for hydration,
24:36patient was unreceptive.
24:37OK, we're going to get you
24:38out of here, Jeff.
24:39Get you on a stretcher, all right?
24:40That's right.
24:41Get him on the whirlybird.
24:41Releasing Blue Harbour,
24:42one, two, three.
24:43Ah!
24:46You'll be in the front,
24:47on the back.
24:47You can't come with that.
24:49Happy to ride soccer.
24:50Right, we can't come.
24:51Happy to ride you have control.
24:57It's funny.
24:58I came to the great outdoors
24:59to fix a head.
25:00I left having fixed a leg,
25:02although I'm told the chap
25:03will need to use a cane.
25:06And of course,
25:07we couldn't do what we do
25:08if it weren't for the help
25:09of ordinary people
25:10doing extraordinary things.
25:12And that's why we award
25:14Citizen Bravery Awards.
25:16First, Daniel Allison.
25:18In January, Daniel's dad
25:19had a heart attack.
25:21Daniel managed to perform CPR
25:23whilst waiting for the air ambulance.
25:27Daniel.
25:27Next, Alan Partridge.
25:38Just this month,
25:39Alan ran for half a mile
25:41to Cool Mountain Rescue
25:42after finding an injured hiker.
25:45Alan.
25:45Members of the press,
25:59Lord Mayor Robert,
26:00Lady Mayor Jeanine,
26:02and our WPC lady here.
26:07People ask me,
26:09why is Britain great?
26:11I tell them,
26:12it's the heroes.
26:13Me, I am not a hero.
26:17Any big, strong man
26:19would have done what I did.
26:21The real heroes
26:22are the brave men and women
26:23of Mountain Rescue
26:24and their patron,
26:26His Royal Highness,
26:27the Prince of Wales,
26:28himself a former
26:29helicopter rescue man.
26:31I know Prince Andrew
26:33also takes an interest,
26:34having once been
26:34a helicopter pilot himself,
26:36although he takes more
26:38of a backseat role these days.
26:40Still, a consummate pilot.
26:43He knows how to handle
26:44an unruly bird
26:45even when taking heavy flack
26:47during turbulence.
26:48Trick is to get as far away
26:49from the storm as possible.
26:52I'm sorry about that.
26:53Someone said that would be funny.
26:54I don't think it is.
26:54I think it's awful what he did.
26:57Let's simply salutes
26:58a gifted pilot
26:59and a world-class trade envoy.
27:02His friendship
27:03with a rich, dead, bad man
27:04notwithstanding.
27:05As for Jeff,
27:09the chap whose life I saved,
27:10it's funny.
27:11He thinks I helped him,
27:14but he's healed something in me.
27:16So I don't want to hear
27:18any more of this
27:19Alan Partridge is a hero.
27:21Alan Partridge puts his life
27:23on the line nonsense.
27:26They're just empty words.
27:27The words that really meant something
27:29aren't on a certificate.
27:31They come from my 10-year-old godson,
27:33Chris Tarver,
27:34who, when asked what he wanted to be
27:36when he grew up,
27:36said,
27:37I want to be like Alan,
27:38a hero.
27:40His dad said to him,
27:41but I only told you
27:42Alan had found an injured man.
27:44You didn't hear the end of the story.
27:46I didn't need to,
27:48replied the boy,
27:49because I knew
27:49as soon as Alan found him...
27:57Because I knew
27:58as soon as Alan found him,
28:00he was going to be all right.
28:03I want this helicopter.
28:14And if you're feeling kind of sad,
28:17come over to my house.
28:19I'll make you some chicken soup,
28:22and I'll be asking
28:23these simple questions.
28:26How are you?
28:28How am I?
28:29How is he?
28:31How is she?
28:33How are they?
28:35How?
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