Title:
Linfords Record Breakers
Date of transmission: Friday 17
November 2000
Channel: BBC
Charlotte's role in programme:
Featured Guest
On
November 17th, 2000 Charlotte appeared twice on UK television.
Her first appearance was BBC1's Linford's Record Breakers show
at 16:35 We all know Linford Christie, don't we - originally a
great athlete and now an excellent presenter.
In
the program she is met on her way home from school and takes
Jez, the presenter, into her bedroom to show him her trophies,
monkey, bears and loads of other goodies, collected from
around the world in her three years of fame. Pride of place is
taken by her Brit Award on the very top shelf... you will, I'm
sure, recall her acceptance speech at The Brits 2000, when she
ended by saying she would display it in that very room! Now
you too can see where she keeps her most treasured posessions
- and that she keeps her promises - just like an angel should!
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...and
we met up and had a cup of tea with Charlotte Church after a
long day at school...
  
...
Linford, did you know that it's right here, in this very range
of mountains in Snowdonia, that Sir Edmund Hillary and his
team did all their training for their big ascent up mount
Everest?
Linford:
Wales also hold the world record for more castles per
square mile than any other coutry in the world.
Well
- not forgetting that Welsh is in fact the oldest living
language in the whole of Europe. And it's right here in North
Wales that you can find the longest place-name in the whole of
Great Britain.
Linford:
What is it?
Well
- it's glug-glong... goc-goc-goc... goc-goc-llewellyn... read
the script!
er - llangwyrpurgwyngil... (ed: and YOU can finish that one
off by looking it up for yourself!!!)
And it translates as, Saint Mary's church by the white-hazel
over the whirlpool and Saint t'Cecillios church by the red
cave!
Linford:
You can say that again...
Not very
easily, but Jez knows someone who can.
   
Jez:
I've just flown in to Cardiff to meet a record-breaking angel.
Now, I've got my angel-kit on, but I hope she's not late...
because these wings are really starting to annoy me.
Charl:
Hi. I'm Charlotte.
Jez:
Hi Charlotte. Nice to meet you.
Charl:
Nice to meet you.
Jez:
Listen. Don't get me wrong or anything, because you're a very
attractive lady - but - you don't look like an angel to me.
They said - prepare yourself to hear the voice of an angel...
Charl:
Oh no! That was just what my first album was called.
  
Jez
- embarrassed: Taxi for Jez!
Charl:
Uh - Come this way and I'll go and make you a brew (ed: cup of
tea - ok?)
Jez:
Oh! Bless you.
   
   
   
 
Jez:
Charlotte Church is the most successfull pre-teen female
classical performer ever. Thanks to the success of her debut
album, released when she was only twelve. In May this year
Charlotte was named the British Artist of the Year at the very
first Classical Brit Awards. That's a huge honour for anyone,
let alone a fourteen-year-old. As well as all that, Charlotte
is the youngest solo artist to have a record go platinum. How
does she do it? I'm gonna find out.
   
As
we rejoined Charlotte and Jez it was to the sound of the
chink-chink of spoon in mug as Charl makes the promised cuppa.
Charl:
There you go...
Jez: Ah! Thanks very much.
Charl: Your welcome.
Jez: Nice one.
Jez: Now listen
- before - when you said you were gonna make me a brew - all
your mates were laughin' at you. Is that because you're not
very good in the kitchen?
Charl: No, I am. I'm quite good -
I dunno why they laughed. Erm - my speciality is pancakes.
Jez: Is it?
Charl gives an affirmative "hum..."
Jez: If I'd 'a known, I'd 'ave
asked for one of those!
Charl: Pancakes - yeah...
Jez: But now - the nitty-gritty.
You've sung for the Pope. You've sung for the Queen...
President Clinton... these amazing people... what goes through
your mind before you go out and perform?
Charl: It's mainly like - oh, can
I remember my words? My voice fully warmed up? Does my hair
look ok? Er - (She laughs) - you know. Just that kind of
stuff...
   
Jez:
So, you're meeting all these people. What kind of posh-nosh do
they serve up at the dinners afterwards?
Charl: Erm - to be honest, I
don't like it, 'cos I like my food really plain. Erm - but
they kinda put loads of sauces on there. Really rich food like
pheasant and stuff. The problem is, when they bring out...
like pheasant... they bring the whole pheasant out with
feathers and everything. An' it's disgusting and you're
expected to eat it... ugh!
Jez: So your tips to anyone going
to one of these events is have a good meal before you go?
Charl: Yes! Definitely!
   
Charl:
In my life at the moment it's kind of like a hundred percent
showbiz because when I go out on the street I'm always getting
recognised and I'm always getting asked for autographs and
that kind of thing.
Jez: it's affecting everything
now - you can't even walk down the street.
Charl: Yeah.
Jez: How have your friends
adapted to that?
Charl: My friends have learned to
adapt to it really well... they always come on TV programs
with me - so, er, they're like... pros. Erm... but they've
been really great and very supportive and they sort of stay as
like my best friends.
Jez: Any room on your friend
list..?
Charl: Er, well, there is
actually not at the moment - sorry.
Jez: OH!
Jez:
You've sold five million albums - world-wide. What does a
multi-million seller actually have in their CD collection?
Will you show me?
Charl: Yeah - I've got loads and
loads of CD's up in my room - so come this way...
Jez: Cool!
   
Charl:
So this is my room. And, erm, I've got loads of CD's here and
I've got a big pile of CD's there... so... I take this away
with me and this is a CD case. And, erm, I've got loads of
people in here - I've got...
   
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Jez:
Now I just noticed before. Look, we've come sweeping past it
and I don't know how we could. You've got a Brit Award.
Charl: ummm...
Jez: Obviously from this years -
Classical Brits.
Charl: Classical Brits - yeah...
when I, when I got it, I said in my speech that I was gonna
put it in my bedroom, so I did.
Jez: Obviously, what makes you a
record-breaker, Charlotte, is the fact that you're the
youngest ever artist to have a number one classical album. And
obviously the youngest person to have a top-five in the UK
album charts as well. I mean, you've had such a massive
success early on... Does it worry you then, what you can do in
the future?
Charl: My voice is quite
versatile, so I can sing any type of music I want. Erm, and
also I, I did dancing for a while and I did acting lessons, so
I could hopefully, do... One of the things I do want to do
when I'm eighteen is take my friends on a huge holliday and
take them to St. Lucia.
Jez: Once more I'll ask you... Is
there any room on your friends list?
Charl: I'm sorry - I don't have
any room.
   
Jez:
I'm trying 'ere. Charlotte, thanks very much for spending all
this time on Linford's Record Breakers. Cool. And now we've
been round your house. I've seen a lot of awards that you've
been given...
   
but we'd
like to just give you one more for all your achievments -
Linford's Record Breakers medal.
Charl: Thank you...
Jez: Hopefully you can stick it
up there, next to your Brit.
Charl: Thank you - yes - it's
wicked!
Jez:
Cool - glad you like it... But now tell me... where's this
island you're going again... 'cos obviously I wanna keep my
diary up to...
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