00:05 ALIX: Hello Bumblebeans, Alix here requesting
that you ensure your seat belts are securely fastened and both your folding tables and
your chairs are in the upright and locked position as we prepare to touch down with
another episode of the Top5Shorts show.
Proudly captained by Barcroft TV.
00:22 ALIX: Barcroft bring you a bounteous crop
of clips and a bumper harvest of documentaries every single week: there’s a new short every
weekday, plus on Tuesday's and Thursday's there's full length TV Docs, and we bring
you the kind of VROOOOM that makes you say BOOM!
over on our sister YouTube channel Barcroft Cars and…
00:43 ALIX: I’ve got some absolutely colossal,
kick-ass, killer news for you.
As of Friday 28th November, we’re gonna be bringing you the brand new Bear Grylls
Adventure Channel!
Bear Grylls himself will be introducing himself the most adrenaline fuelled, heart racing,
gasp inducing, insanely exciting footage of the planet's most intense thrill seekers.
01:08 BEAR: This is Bear Grylls Adventure, the home
of action, adrenaline and survival.
01:21 ALIX: Bear will also be regularly contributing
exclusive behind the scenes footage and films from the far flung corners of the Earth.
We've prepared an enticing teaser for you so follow the link to see the terrific tastiness
inshore and become a subscriber, in the meantime let's push on with the week's Top 5 clips
countdown.
01:46 ALIX: A truly cutting edge clip slices and
dices its way in at five, Kishan Valaiah Ayula performs the stunt every night in order to
support his family in South India.
The 47-year-old originally taught himself to sword swallow using a piece of water pipe,
every time that he attempts to execute the endeavour Kishan risks executing himself too.
Gulp.
02:14 ALIX: At four it's some very uncomfortable
nature footage showing antarctic fur seals forcing themselves upon adult king penguins.
The odd and upsetting behaviour was observed on four separate occasions by South African
scientists who are conducting research on seals and killer whales.
It's rare to find animals trying to mate with others from such different species.
And a number of suggestions have been put forward to explain why this might be happening.
But as of yet, specialists can't draw any definite conclusions.
02:49 ALIX: One thing that is certain is how many
of you found this really tough stuff to witness, prompting a lot of you to ask that classic
question to what extent should camera crews try and intervene and stop something that's
happening in the natural world?
03:02 ALIX: If you've got an opinion, or you want
feedback on some thoughts you're mulling over then as ever we welcome your comments.
03:12 ALIX: At three we're stripping off, the flaking
paint and rusty patches from old classic cars that is as we join father and son vehicle
restoration team Lance and Merlin in our multi part miniseries Rust To Riches over on Barcroft
Cars.
We're three episodes through so far and we've seen the practical pair transform a whole
host of expensive yet neglected rides to take them from banger to banging.
03:39 ALIX: You know what I'd really like to see
the duo do though?
Cover a Ferrari in fake fur, to turn it into a Fur-rari!
Or they could cover a Jeep in fake fur to turn it into into a real shaggy monster truck.
03:51 ALIX: No?
Now I hope you know my dear sweet viewers that if you ever have any questions about
the stories you see on Barcroft TV, you can ask aunty Alix and I'll do my very best to
try and answer them for you.
04:03 ALIX: However, I do like to ask my own questions
to you loon baboons now and again, and last week I challenged you to send me suggestions
of weird combinations of foods, that actually taste hot-damn delicious together.
As a result I have a bellyache of doom and I completely blame you lot.
The most maximally minting suggestion came from Alexis, who said that I should eat cold
lentil soup with popcorn mixed in.
Mate that both looks and tastes like vomit.
04:34 ALIX: You are officially insane.
Still love you though.
04:38 ALIX: My next question isn't about taste,
but smell.
What's your very favourite scent?
I'm not necessarily talking about perfumes or colognes, you might feel uplifted when
you smell freshly cut grass, or float away on the steam from a batch of just baked cookies.
Or maybe there's an odder odour that does it for you, tell me which whiff you like to
sniff, and in the meantime, let's go, go, go, on with the show.
05:05 ALIX: At number two is a supremely story that
thankfully has a hopefully positive note to it.
At the age of just 18, Helen Galsworthy was suffering from a cocaine addiction and a depression
so utterly overwhelming that she felt the only way out was to take her own life.
She laid down in front of a train in an attempt to commit suicide, but changed her mind and
tried to move at the last second, horrifically the train still ran over her legs, which had
to be amputated below the knee.
Yet seven years later having given birth to a baby bout named Thomas, Helen's life has
new peace and a new purpose, this video generated some of the most moving, sad and also wise
comments that I've ever witnessed on Barcroft TV.
05:52 ALIX: I was genuinely touches by the experiences
and emotions a lot of you shared, and there was some really valuable discussions too,
for instance some of you remarked on how pretty Helen is, and this lead to people saying just
because someone is beautiful on the outside and looks like they don't have anything troubling
them, that doesn't mean they're not facing their own challenges on the inside.
06:13 ALIX: Helen herself joined in on some of the
exchanges and agreed with a lot of you that there needs to be better education about mental
health issues, and more effective accessible support for people's who are struggling.
06:27 ALIX: Finally standing so high at the number
one spot this week that is probably needs an extra canister of oxygen just so that it
can cope with how thin the air is up there, it's the tale of 30-year-old Cara Anaya who
has persistent gentile arousal disorder, a condition that can trigger up to 180 orgasms
in the space of just two hours.
06:48 ALIX: Climaxing over and over and over again
might sound like a pleasurable experience but unfortunately Car can't control it and
feels excruciatingly embarrassed and absolutely mortified by the inappropriacy if it happens
when she's around her ten-year-old son Merrick.
There were some really in depth dialogue going on in your comments, speculating on what might
cause PGAD, and what might be done to treat it, for example some of you thought that you
might approach it like epilepsy as thought it was a type of seizure, whereas other suggest
mediation could help rather than medication.
07:23 ALIX: Unfortunately Cara hasn't found a cure
yet, although we will update you if there's good news in the future.
07:30 ALIX: That's it for this week's Top5Shorts
all wrapped up sprinkled with confetti and tied with a big, beautiful satin ribbon bow,
before I dash off let me dish up a little sneak preview of what's coming up on Barcroft
TV very soon.
07:45 ALIX: Even more of the kind of clips that
you'll want to clip yourself round the ear if you don't catch.
07:52 ALIX: The best way to ensure you don't miss
even a millisecond of Barcroft's blindingly brilliant content is to make sure you're subscribed
to all our channels, Barcroft TV, Barcroft Cars and now subscribe ready for Bear Grylls
Adventure channel when it launches on the 28th.
So excited I might actually pop.
For now though, I've got to say toodaloo, see you next time SugarLizards!