MICHAEL BALL ON THE JACKIE BIRD SHOW
RADIO TWO 20.11.99
 
 
Jackie:  Now time for our celebrity Time Capsule guest.  Sounds like they're in it.  In fact, that could be a whole new series.  No, no, no, this is a guest that is just choosing the items.  We are going to hear the choice, three items and a piece of music of Michael Ball, one of our finest theatre singers, and we played a track from his new CD a bit earlier on the programme which was live from the Royal Albert Hall, and what would he like to put away for posterity.  Over to you Michael.
 

Michael:  Good morning Jackie.  Four items for a time capsule, a hundred years' time it is going to be opened.  Well the first is a nice item it is a bottle of Le Freud whisky which is a single malt and probably in about a hundred years time will be absolutely delicious and I'd love to be there to drink it.
 

Second, I actually want to put in some leaflets and information on a charity I'm involved with, ROC, Research Into Ovarian Cancer because I'm pretty sure that in 100 years time we'll have found a cure and it will be interesting for people to see exactly what the problems were 100 years ago.
 

The third item is going to be two apples.  One an ordinary apple that is grown properly and the second will be one that is GM modified because I should imagine in 100 years time that it will still be fresh and you will be able to eat it, and I hope they don't have any problems like we are at the moment with GM food.
 

And the fourth final item, which is a musical item, is going to be ;We'll Keep A Welcome In The Hillside' - a great Welsh song - I've just come back from the Rugby World Cup, from the closing ceremony and sang it with Shirley Bassey and Bryn Terfel and I'm pretty sure Wales will still be keeping a welcome so I think it would be nice for people to hear that.
 

We'll Keep A Welcome is now being played on the Radio.
 

Jackie:  Thank you very much to Michael Ball for joining us.