Who will be tonight's Unexpected Star
of the show?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
OK.
So, this is Rachel.
She is 26 years old.
She is from Bolton.
She has recently given up
her full-time job as a barmaid
to pursue her dream
of being a singer.
If everything goes to plan, that
should get a bit of a boost tonight.
Rachel is in London for a weekend
away with her friend Vicki,
and tonight, she thinks she
is coming to the British Museum
of Humanity.
In fact, a museum that
does not actually exist.
Before that, I'm going to find out
a little bit more about her from her
proud Boltonian... Is that a real
word? ..Boltonian mother, Barbara,
who nominated her
for tonight's surprise.
Big round of applause
for Rachel's mother, Barbara.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Barbs, lovely to meet you. Oops.
Sorry, Barbara,
you nearly fell over.
Lovely to meet you, Barbara.
And you, Michael.
Rachel has no idea about tonight.
Not at all.
So, she is coming here tonight,
she thinks you are... At home.
At home in Bolton. Yeah.
So this will be a big
surprise for her. Very.
Tell everybody about
her viral hit on Facebook.
Facebook, yeah.
Tell us the story about that.
She went on the karaoke bar,
a night out, sang a song...
Right.
Got 2.5 million views on Facebook.
Right. Pretty, pretty good.
APPLAUSE
All right. Well, thank you so, so
much, Barbara, thanks for coming
down from Bolton.
Lovely, lovely to meet you, and
let's hope this all goes to plan.
Thank you very much to Barbara.
It's Rachel's mother from Bolton.
APPLAUSE
OK, so, I am going to show you
what we have done to the front
of the theatre to rebrand
it as a museum
and I'm going to do that now.
Come with me.
I'll see you all in a minute.
I will pop up on that big screen
and I'll show you what's going to
happen. OK, thank you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So, I'm going to show
you around, but I have to do
it quite quickly because
I've had word that they are already
on their way to the theatre.
So, this is...
A lot of this theatre
is magnificent.
You can look behind you here,
it looks already like a museum,
so we've decided to leave
these statues in situ.
I'll show you what's going to go on.
This is the reception of the museum.
And we have our classic
security set-up.
So what's going to happen
is they are going to arrive here,
we've got this huge Tutankhamun
exhibition I'm going to show you
in a minute.
So, she's going to queue up
for the metal detector.
This gentleman is going
to have this bag.
But come over, let me show you.
There's actually a hole
in this table,
You might as well look in.
There's a person in it.
It's going to be like Mary Poppins.
So this is actually Stewart, and
he's going to feed things up here.
For example, I could
give him my watch,
so I'll pop that in there
and it would be fed back
to me like that.
LAUGHTER
So that would be in the bag.
They are going to come
through the arch.
I don't know if you do
this but I change my walk.
I only walk... I've got a special
metal detector walk.
CLICKS FINGERS
Yeah!
LAUGHTER
Then over here we have our
cavewoman experience.
We've got Donna. Donna!
LAUGHS
This is Donna, who's going to be
Donga this evening.
She is a cavewoman.
You can speak, cavewoman.
GRUNTS
Yes. She absolutely can.
We have a hugely risky
moment here,
but I thought we might as well
because it's our last show.
In this room are other tourists
visiting the museum.
But what you might notice
about all of them is
that they are not ordinary tourists.
They are all the Unexpected Stars
from the previous shows
from this series.
I have to say,
it's amazing to see them all.
Here we have the two Davids.
It's David and David.
APPLAUSE
It's lovely to see you.
Wow. You're going to have
to sing a little bit.
# Nella tua fredda stanza
# Guardi le stelle che tremano
# D'amore... #
It's amazing! Do not do that when
Rachel walks past.
Thank you very much.
# Maria, Maria
# I've just seen a girl
named Maria... #
# Maria, the most beautiful sound
In all the world... #
David, ladies and gentlemen,
amazing!
You are sounding absolutely amazing.
And of course we have Stuart.
I feel so tempted
to make you all sing.
I can't look at you without
hearing your song.
My God, Ailsa, lovely to see you.
Come on!
Daniel and Ailsa,
absolutely amazing.
Lovely to see you again.
Yasmin, what a sensation.
You were absolutely amazing.
Ah, it's Paige. Our Unexpected Star
of the Christmas show. Yay!
It's amazing to see you all.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's the
Unexpected Stars of this series.
Look at them here! Whoo! All right.
APPLAUSE
So I'm going to pop
down here to the tomb,
all the way to the exhibit room,
and she's going to be told
this is an interactive exhibit.
Little does she know
how interactive.
I have to say, this looks amazing.
Come in here. Look at this.
So I am now on the stage in front of
you and this is the tomb.
And I am going to be lying in it.
LAUGHTER
I'm going to have to put all
of this stuff on.
Bear with me. So I brought this
from home.
This is my weekend wear.
HE GIGGLES
OK, so what's going to happen
is I'm going to lie in here.
I'm going to put this on.
LAUGHTER
It's like getting into
a really annoying bath.
LAUGHTER
I will lie in this coffin.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And the walls are going to fall down
and we'll be on the stage together,
and if that's not a big enough
surprise I really don't know
what could possibly be.
Right, so I'll come out. I'll have
to leave this on and I'll come back
and see you in the theatre.
I think I've pulled something.
OK.
LAUGHS
So, they're on their way
and when they come through here,
we've got to be as
quiet as possible. OK.
So that is the museum.
Is that them?
Ah! OK. A moment please, madam,
if you wouldn't mind. OK.
Graham is that security guard.
Graham, if you can hear me,
move that security wand
as if it's a lightsaber and say,
"Luke, I am your father."
IMITATES LIGHTSABER
BREATHES HEAVILY
Luke, I am your father.
Come through. Come through, please,
thank you... To the dark side.
BREATHES HEAVILY
..to the dark side.
Whoa, whoa. Can I stop you there?
Is that a camera?
Is that a camera?
I'm going to need to take
that from you, sir,
if you'd put that into
the box, please.
We need to search
your bag as well, sir.
If that's OK with you, sir.
Right. What have we got here?
What have we got here? Have you got
any cameras in here, sir?
Just one camera. OK.
LAUGHTER
You've certainly got a lot in here.
You've certainly
got a lot in here, sir.
LAUGHTER
I'll keep a hold of this stuff, sir,
and you can enjoy the museum.
Thank you very much, sir, if you'd
like to go through. Yeah.
Right, now, bring in Vicky.
Would you like to step through and
put your bag in the box, please,
madam?
Thank you very much indeed.
If you'd like to step through.
MACHINE BEEPS
Maybe pop your coat onto the thing.
Thank you very much indeed.
OK, if you'd like to step through.
MACHINE BEEPS
Do you think it's the shoes, madam?
Maybe take your shoes off.
Do you want to go round the outside
and if you can take your shoes off?
Just put them in the box for me.
Send in the knight.
Are you running late
for the medieval?
Are you running late
for the medieval? Yes.
I'm very late. OK, you need
to put your watch in the...
OK, you need to put
your watch in the box.
And then walk through
the metal detector.
And then walk through
the metal detector, please.
LAUGHTER
Thank you, OK.
Just say, "Young lady, you might as
well just come through.
"You might as well come through.
It might be broken."
You might as well come through.
It might be broken.
Just...
MACHINE BEEPS
OK, fine, just put your
boots back on, madam.
Have a lovely time.
Have a lovely time. Enjoy yourself.
There we go. Get the snood on
and then we'll...
OK, so this is Max.
He's our tour guide.
Max, when you're ready, say,
"Hello, everyone, and welcome to the
British Museum of Humanity.
Hello, everyone, and welcome
to the British Museum of Humanity.
My name is Max. My name is Max.
And I am your guide.
So let's begin over here. I can
get you lined up for the first
exhibit here.
You chaps here if you could move up.
This is the Neanderthal display.
I'm a Neanderthal expert
with an extensive knowledge
of primitive languages.
So I'm fluent in Neanderthal...
So I'm fluent in Neanderthal...
..caveman and Geordie.
..caveman and Geordie.
And you are about to meet... And you
are about to meet a cavewoman.
And I can translate everything
that she says,
but I need a volunteer so, can I go
with you? Is that all right?
Up for it? What's your name?
Rachel. Hi, Rachel.
If you just want to stand over here,
that'll be great. Yeah.
Lovely. OK, I'm just going to call
her out in cavewoman.
Ooh! Aye! Hweh!
Here she is.
OK. OK.
SHE GULPS
Would you like to say hello back?
Yeah, how would I say that?
Just do your best.
Just do your best.
Just grunt like a cavewoman.
Ugh! That's it, even more.
Ugh!
She's just asked, "Where have you
come from?"
She's just asked, "Where have you
come from, Rachel?" Ugh!
SHE GRUNTS
Donga wants to sing a song,
if that's all right?
Yeah. Go on, Donga.
SHE GRUNTS AND WAILS
Max, say, "What song is that?"
What song is that, Donga?
Oh, Beyonce, Crazy In Love.
LAUGHTER
OK, "I'm just going to ask Donga
if she enjoyed meeting you today,"
and do it in cave.
I'm just going to ask Donga if she
enjoyed meeting you today.
SERIES OF GRUNTS
So, Donna, do a really long grunt.
EXTENDED GRUNT
She said no. She said no.
LAUGHTER
OK, all right. Let's leave it there.
I'm going to get in position.
We'll continue the tour, so that's
the Neanderthal, obviously.
The exhibit we're most proud of here
is the Tutankhamun exhibit
as you see, there.
So, if you could just follow me
and we'll go towards that.
Just follow each other
up if you can.
Fantastic, and I will say you've got
a night at the museum, so you will
get to see other exhibits.
So, if you follow me,
Rachel and everybody else.
OK, so if you want to follow me
one by one into the exhibit.
So come on in. Excellent.
So, this is obviously
actually Tutankhamun's tomb
and some amazing artefacts.
And my colleague, Jamie,
is going to tell you about it.
Hi guys, so it is interactive.
If you can come one at a time
for me.
So let's start on this side.
Do you want to come with me?
Just follow me this way.
You guys just wait here and we'll
be back for you in a second.
Come on through.
Please, just watch your step here.
So as I say, it is interactive.
Just stand on the footprints for us
there and it lasts about 20 seconds.
Shouldn't be too long.
I'll be here waiting, all right?
Just stand there. Perfect.
Thank you very much.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Hi, Rach!
Oh, my good, goodness! How are you?
Look at what we did, ladies and
gentlemen!
There's Mum, look!
We've all been waiting to surprise
you.
I could have put a dress on.
No, that will all come.
Come on, come on, Rachel.
Do you need some help?
Oh, sorry. How are you?
Was that a massive shock? Yeah.
How are you feeling?
A bit overwhelmed to be honest, yes.
Oh, you poor, poor thing.
I don't know what happened,
I didn't see it.
I was nearly suffocating to death
in, ironically, a tomb.
So, just to say that
all those people - you probably know
this already now that you've seen
what's happened -
all the people in the reception
of the museum, they are all actors.
None of those people are real.
Of course, that is not
a real cavewoman.
There's your mum, Barbs, down there.
She's come down...
LAUGHTER
Barbs has come down from Bolton.
Wow. Wow!
You think you're here
to look around a museum,
but actually what you're here
to do is to perform
on this very stage, to become the
Unexpected Star of the show because,
Rachel, you have the most
amazing singing voice.
I'm not warmed up, I will let you
know... No, no. Don't worry.
I know you think it's going
to happen right now. It isn't.
We've got a whole big set,
everybody in this theatre,
who is so rooting for you - is that
not correct?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
All I have to ask you, Rach,
is if you will agree to be tonight's
Unexpected Star of the show?
100%. That is it, she's in.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's our
incredible Unexpected Star
of tonight's show.
It's Rachel!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Ladies and gentlemen, earlier
tonight, we surprised Rachel
from Bolton to be our
Unexpected Star of the show.
Let's have a little look at how
she's been getting on
since that enormous surprise
earlier this evening.
Wow, that was the most overwhelming
thing that's ever happened to me
in my life, I think.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
It takes your breath
away for a second,
cos there's literally so many people
looking straight at you.
Well done. Thank you. I can't wait
to hear you sing. You're amazing.
Oh, thank you so much.
I'm Juliet, lovely to meet you.
How are you feeling? Just a bit...
Not surprised!
Rachel seems like
a really lovely woman.
So she likes the song,
which is a really good start.
So, yeah, I have high hopes.
Rachel's actually got
a really fantastic voice.
She's one of those singers who just,
she sounds so natural,
even though it's a big song
she doesn't push too hard.
So I think this is going
to be a beautiful performance.
The song means so much to me,
because it does remind me
a little bit of my dad
who passed away as well,
cos we used to listen
to her all the time.
I just, I can't wait to finally
see the curtain go up,
and I don't really
want to get emotional.
I hope I don't.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Ladies and gentlemen, it is the
Unexpected Star of tonight's show,
it's Rachel!
# The whispers in the morning
# Of lovers sleeping tight
# Are rolling by like thunder now
# As I look in your eyes
# I hold on to your body
# And feel each move you make
# Your voice is warm and tender now
# A love that I could not forsake
# Cos I'm your lady
# And you are my man
# Whenever you reach for me
# I'll do all that I can
# We're heading for something
# Somewhere I've never been
# Sometimes I am frightened
# But I'm ready to learn
# Of the power of love
# The sound of your heart beating
# Made it clear so suddenly
# The feeling that I can't go on
# Is light years away
# Cos I'm your lady
# And you are my man
# Whenever you reach for me
# I'll do all that I can
# We're heading for something
# Somewhere I've never been
# Sometimes I am frightened
# But I'm ready to learn
# About the power of love. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
