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Morris
seeks out weird and wonderful
Tony
Morris returns with a new series of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE's Inside Out
magazine programme on Monday night with a fresh batch of the North
West's most weird and wonderful news stories.
The
documentary team has scoured the region for the most unusual stories
on heritage, lifestyle and history and they've come up with a treasure
trove of the bizarre and unusual.
Tony's
brief – as in the first series – was to find "surprising
stories from familiar places" and in the first programme he
looks at the mystery that has surrounded the attempt on Everest
made by George Mallory and Sandy Irvine in 1924.
The
duo, who were from Mobberley and Birkenhead respectively, were last
seen "going strong for the top" - just 800 feet short
of their goal.
But
then thick cloud enveloped Everest and they were never seen again.
Fifty
years ago on 29 May Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing succeeded
in climbing the mountain.
But
the tantalising question remainsÂ… did Mallory and Irvine beat
them to it?
Among
the expedition members was Howard Somervell from Kendal.
Somervell
gave Mallory his camera as Mallory was making the final summit attempt
- if it is found it could prove once and for all that Mallory and
Irvine did climb Everest – nearly 30 years before Hillary and
Sherpa Tensing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
producer Graham Hoyland is the great-nephew of Somervell and has
been obsessed with the fate of Mallory and Irvine since he was a
small boy.
He
is one of the elite group of people who've climbed Everest - he
also mounted an expedition which found Mallory's body in 1999.
Inside
Out follows Graham and his quest to find out what actually happened
to Mallory and Irvine.
The
first programme also goes exclusively behind the scenes with Merseyside
duo Jemini on their ill-fated mission to win the Eurovision Song
Contest title for the UK.
Our
cameras were with them on the build-up to the final in Latvia and
filmed them on the night as they memorably scored nil point.
Former
Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding presents the final strand of
the programme which looks at the plight of a brother and sister
from Skelmersdale.
Saicha
and Dale Cahill spend their life in the shadows. The rare condition
that they both have – Xeroderma Pigmentosum – means that
exposure to sunlight could kill them.
Their
mum Sonia lives from day to day trying to overcome the problems
posed by the disease which rules their lives.
All
six programmes in the series will be made and produced locally and
many of the featured stories have come about as a result of viewers
contacting the team with their ideas.
In
a later programme Tony is knighted by the King of Piel – an
island off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness.
Tony
says: "We've
got some fascinating stories to tell covering a really diverse range
of subjects.
"The
north west is the most incredible place for stories that get people
talking. I never fail to be amazed at the weird and wonderful tales
we come across in the region."
The
first edition of the new series of Inside Out is on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE (North
West) on Monday 2 June at 7.30pm.
Notes
to Editors
Jemini
is voted UK entry for Eurovision 2003 on Song For Europe on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
ONE (02.03.03)
Inside
Out investigates the disappearance of actor Leslie Howard - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
ONE West (30.05.03)
Art
connoisseur faces his critics in the north - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE North East
& Cumbria (02.06.03)
Scientist's
radiation fears of North Yorks base - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE North East & Cumbria
(02.06.03)
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