It is time to find out who is going
to be our Unexpected Star Of The Show.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yes.
So this is tonight's Unexpected Star. There he is.
His name is John Prescott, which is a little bit awkward.
LAUGHTER
He's 25 years old.
He's from Somerset and he works for the council. There he is.
John Prescott. Johnny. Now, John is a keen runner.
In fact earlier this very morning, he ran half a marathon for charity
and now he's come to London for what he thinks is
a photo shoot and an interview about his running,
but of course that is all lies, just so we can have some fun.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
He is really here because he loves to sing, and tonight if everything
goes to plan, he will become our Unexpected Star Of The Show.
He has been nominated by his dad, Jeff, and his fiancee, Jess,
who are both here, I believe,
So, John is coming to our fake shop at the back of the theatre,
and this is what it looked like earlier in the day, and tonight
we've transformed it into a photography studio,
so that is called Ted Star. See what we've done there?
So, Ted Star is a fake photographer,
and I think we can now go live next door.
So, that is the current state of play.
And that's John in the fluorescent! There he is.
LAUGHTER
John isn't fully dressed! Isn't this bonkers enough? I know.
LAUGHTER Oh!
Whoa! That is such a dangerous...shot.
So we've zoomed in to save his modesty. OK, so that is John.
He's been running... Don't!
LAUGHTER
OK, so let's pull back, let's look at the rest of the room,
and let's see what's going on here.
So that is, that's Ted Star, can we get a shot of Ted,
our fake photographer? OK, that's Ted.
So you'll notice he's wearing his sort of groovy polo neck,
and that beanie hat is covering an earpiece,
and I can actually communicate with him.
So, Ted, if you can hear me,
just point at that lady and go, "Looking good!" Great.
Yeah, looking good.
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
OK. Now, Ted's assistant there with the clipboard is Gemma.
Er, Gemma, if you can hear me,
can you pick your nose and just flick it?
LAUGHTER
APPLAUSE
All-powerful.
Just go...
Gemma, would you just go and let's have a quick chat with John, then,
and see how he's getting on, and have a chat with him.
Dangerous.
OK, so you're, um, you're up next. Fine. So I think they're just...
Can I just ask you...? Um, can I just ask you...?
Are you a politician? Are you a politician?
LAUGHTER
Are you, are you joking? Are you...? You're not joking, are you?
It's just that your name rings a bell.
It's just your name rings a bell.
There was one called John Prescott.
He punched a guy who threw an egg at him. Right. Yeah.
And that wasn't you? No, he's like 60, 70...
LAUGHTER
So, are you a runner? Are you a runner? And you're a runner?
Yeah. No, right. When was the last time you ran?
Yeah, yeah, I'm not a politician, no.
So, when was the last time you ran? This morning.
This morning? This morning? Yeah.
That's... What did you run? What did you run? Bristol half marathon.
Bristol half marathon? Yeah... Why didn't you run the whole marathon?
So why...?
Why did you do that? Why didn't you run the whole marathon?
LAUGHTER Cos it's just the Bristol Half Marathon.
LAUGHTER
Did you not...?
I mean, like... What I mean is, were all the other runners
running the whole thing and then you joined...? LAUGHTER
No, it's... The event's called the Bristol Half Marathon...
OK, we should go over now. Let's go over now.
Let's go over, let's go over now, actually. OK. Um...
OK, Ted, if you could introduce yourself to John.
How are you, all right?
This is my camera, introduce your camera. This is my camera.
Ask him to say hello to the camera. Say hello to the camera.
Hello, camera.
LAUGHTER
So just tell him to relax, and just keep shooting and give him some instructions.
Maybe warm up, like pre-race, pre-race warm up.
As if you're like pre-race, like, warm up as you would pre-race.
Yeah, yeah.
CAMERA CLICKS AND LAUGHTER
Beautiful. Yeah.
That's great. Other side.
Can I just ask you to jog on the spot? OK, jog on the spot for me.
Jog on the spot. Imagine it's the Olympic Games.
Imagine it's the Olympic Games for me. OK.
And you're winning. And you're winning.
Great, lovely. Yeah, yeah. That's lovely.
Imagine you've just been overtaken by a Kenyan.
Now... LAUGHTER
Imagine you've just been overtaken by a Kenyan.
CAMERA CLICKS
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
Now imagine it's the Commonwealth Games.
LAUGHTER
And now switch to the World Championships.
LAUGHTER
Right, lovely, it's really good. OK, brilliant.
Now, Mo Farah has the Mobot, what are your initials? So...
No, no, that's perfect. Lovely. Um...
So, you know like Mo Farah has the Mobot? Yeah.
Yeah, so what are your initials? JP.
JP, try and do a J with your body.
Try and do a J with your body for me.
LAUGHTER
Just try it. Do a J. Do a J for me.
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
No, no, that's right. That's exactly the kind of thing I want.
OK...
CAMERA CLICKS AND LAUGHTER
Lovely. OK, now I want to do is a shot that I've done before.
Now... It's a forest run.
So, we're going to do a shot, I've done this before... It's a forest run.
It involves the wind machine, and I need my assistant, Gemma.
Gemma, you're going to help me with this, aren't you? Yeah.
I need you running on the spot. I need you running on the spot for me,
running on the spot for me, on your autumn run. And...one, two, three, autumn.
LAUGHTER Autumn. Yes, autumn.
That is lovely, that is really good. It's going really well.
This is going really well. These shots are great.
The shots are great, mate. Honestly.
OK, last shot that I think I need... OK...
You know when you have a drink in the race, when you take a drink?
This last shot, we're going to use is...
So you know when you're running,
and you grab a drink off the side...?
Yeah. Yeah? So, jog, start jogging. So start jogging for me.
OK, that's lovely. Gemma, pass the glass in. And the glass in.
And take a little sip. Take a little sip, that's it, slowly.
Keep jogging... Keep jogging.
Keep jogging and just hold that, look at it. OK.
Now throw it in your face. Now throw it in your face.
Just throw it in your face. LAUGHTER
Yes! Yes, lovely. APPLAUSE
That was brilliant. That looks great, that was a great shot.
That looks really good on camera. Keep jogging, keep jogging,
it looks really good on camera. Keep jogging, that's it.
That's really good. That's really good, mate. All right.
What a great sport John is. Unbelievable.
WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE
MICHAEL LAUGHS
So, this is the corridor.
Erm, I'm going to show you,
so this is where he's going to be brought up
for his interview, Meeting Room Three. And I'll show you inside.
There's a camera picking me up here. You can all see me, yes?
AUDIENCE: Yes!
OK, so he's going to be taken down here, and he will have
no idea what's going on, and he'll go to Meeting Room Three.
Right, so there he is, it's happening.
Oh, my God, he's still going to be in those tiny shorts.
OK, let's bring him up.
Here we go.
All right, it's on. OK.
INDISTINCT VOICES
How are you, man, are you all right? I'm good, mate. You?
Yeah, yeah, I'm good. Thank you. OK. Everybody, ssh!
Thanks for coming down today... Here it goes.
Our offices are down here.
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
Da-da-da...
So it's just in there. It's the meeting room.
Just pop your head in. He'll see it when you go in.
All right, mate. I'll come and grab you in a bit when it's finished.
OK, see you in a bit. Good luck. Cheers, mate.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Whoa!
Ladies and gentlemen...
..it's our Unexpected Star of the Show -
John Prescott!
John...
Welcome, welcome!
I know!
I had no idea you were going to be wearing those shorts either.
I'm so sorry.
Please, preserve your modesty as I reveal to you,
you are...
You are in front of 2,000 people here.
John, over there you can see your dad, Jeff, your fiancee, Jess.
They're all in on this surprise. This is mental!
You were doing a little photography session next door.
Oh, no! No, no, no, no!
Let's go and have a look. Everybody, look up there.
There they all are.
Those people...
APPLAUSE
Ted is not a photographer.
Gemma is not his assistant. None of those people are real.
They're all actors here to have a little bit of fun tonight,
and to give you a special surprise,
because we understand you have a little bit of a hobby
that you enjoy... Oh, no!
..that might take place on stage.
I've been told to stop doing that, actually. Oh, OK.
Let's delay that decision. LAUGHTER
What is it you like to do, John?
What would I like to do?! What is it...
No, what is it that you like to do in your spare time?
I'm not chatting you up!
What do you enjoy doing... for hobbies?!
I like to sing. Ah...
Well... APPLAUSE
Well...
This is the reason you've been nominated
by your father and your fiancee,
because they wanted to give you this opportunity
to perform on this West End stage
for 2,500 incredibly supportive people that you have here tonight.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Don't worry, we've got wardrobe,
we've got a whole production for you.
All... You don't have to wear that, don't worry at all.
All I need to ask you, John, is if you'll agree
to be our Unexpected Star of tonight's show.
Of course, yeah. Let's do it! Come on!
Come on, Johnny! Amazing - thank you so, so much.
OK, off you go this way.
Ladies and gentlemen, John Prescott, our Unexpected Star of the Show!
Yeah!
HE LAUGHS
He is so fun!
OK, I think he took it really well.
Can I just ask, actually, because it is a bit of a shock,
if I can ask if Dad... Jeff, could you just go...?
You're going to be taken round, and you're just going to be with him a bit,
because then he's going to go into rehearsals and stuff.
Get rid of them shorts for a start!
He's a bit nervous. But he's going to go and look after him.
OK, ladies and gentlemen, Jeff, John's father, has gone backstage
to be with John.
Now, let's actually bring John back on THIS stage.
John, can I ask you to come back?
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back John.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
John, I'm here to reveal a little bit of a twist.
While we were researching you with your father and your fiancee,
we found out that your dad likes to sing too, doesn't he? Yeah, yeah.
OK, well, we have a little bit of a surprise for him,
and he's just been working with us to surprise you,
and he's been very excited about that.
He's been taken away, and he thinks he's going to visit you
in the rehearsal room.
But what's actually going to happen, John,
is we're going to quickly change the door sign...
LAUGHTER
..and he's going to walk out and be another Unexpected Star of the Show!
APPLAUSE
All right. We've got to check the crew...
Get the team in to change everything in this corridor.
Get rid of all the running signs.
Here comes the carpet.
Drills are out, chaps, the drills!
This is fantastic.
All this will be on in the daytime in a DIY programme.
John, are you feeling all right? I know it's a lot to take in.
I tell you who's not feeling OK, that's the rest of his family.
They're thinking, "I'm not going up there."
OK, now, this is the fun bit.
So this, of course, was meeting room three...
LAUGHTER
..and now it is the Unexpected Star rehearsal room.
All right, so we've got all the crew in there,
and they're pretending to be busy.
They're just going to loiter there
as if this is deep within the theatre, OK?
So what I'm going to ask you to do...
HE LAUGHS
..is to do exactly the same. We're well versed in this now. Be completely quiet.
You're now part of this show!
And, of course, when Jeff comes out,
I mean, literally, go nuts again. Oh, my God!
We're just going to do this until everyone in the theatre...
There'll just be one person at the back, "Am I next? OK..."
OK, send him through, send him through. Shh, here we go.
So, basically our camera crew...
Basically, we'll point you in the right direction. OK.
It's just down here.
If you just go through this door. Right, OK.
He'll be on the other side for you. OK.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
What?!
What's happening here?!
It's Dad!
It's Dad,
our Unexpected Unexpected Star of the Show!
Whoa, Dad!
Now, Dad... Yes?!
..you know exactly why we're here tonight. I certainly do.
Why are we here tonight? To hear John sing.
To hear John sing. That's right.
I'm afraid John's not going to be singing on his own tonight, Dad.
Oh, no?! It's time for a duet with your son John!
How do you feel about that?
Absolutely magnificent.
You're going to be our Unexpected Unexpected Star of tonight's show.
You are going to be duetting with your son over here.
How do you feel about that, John? I can't wait, I can't wait.
OK. We have a whole production lined up for you... Right.
..and you're going to go backstage. Of course, it is a duet,
and you're going to come out at the end of the show.
You've got till the end of the show to get ready.
How does it make you feel, this prospect?
A bit daunting, but why not? Let's do it! Yeah!
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the performance of
our Unexpected Stars of the Show!
CHEERING
Please give all your love to father and son -
it's John and Jeff Prescott.
CHEERING
MUSIC: "Come Fly With Me"
# Come fly with me Let's fly, let's fly away... #
CHEERING
# If you can use some exotic booze
# There's a bar in far Bombay
# Come fly with me We'll fly, we'll fly away
# Come fly with me Let's float down to Peru... #
CHEERING
# In llama land there's a one-man band
# And he'll toot his flute for you
# Come fly with me Let's float down to the blue
# Once I get you up there
# Where the air is rarefied
# You will glide
# Starry-eyed
# Once I get you up there
BOTH: # I'll be holding you so near
# You may hear
# The angels cheer because we're together
# Weather-wise it's such a lovely day
# You just say the words and we'll beat the birds
# Down to Acapulco Bay
# It is perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say
# Come fly with me Let's fly, let's fly
# Pack up, let's fly away. #
And don't tell your mama!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE