Thank you, big potato.

It's Matt Lucas.

Hey, Matt.

Hi.

You all right?

That you want your snow gear like that s So how are you?

I'm very well, thanks.

How are you?

Yeah, I'm good.

It's all a bit strange.

This isn't it.

I mean, how self isolating for you going to do you genuinely are on lock down out here?

Yeah.

Yeah, because I get asked most.

I'm being really careful, and I've been in the house for 2.5 weeks, and sometimes I go out for a little walk, but it's been pretty cold the last few days.

So I've been I've been taking care.

I've been in the house, but I've been working on getting this baked potato song ready to be released.

I know.

I'm honestly my I cannot get it out of my head every night.

I'm wondering around just going.

Thank you.

Big, prettier tow any?

Well, there were no brilliant on the thing.

I mean, everyone knows what it's It's so good.

The big potato or song is literally just everyone singing it all the time.

Just tell us where it came from cause this is all to do with you.

Did it on your diversion around shooting stars, didn't you?

Back in the day?

Yeah.

Yes.

So about 20 years ago, I am.

I used to be on this very strange panel game show called Shooting Stars.

And I used to sing songs, and I sang a song about a baked potato.

And a week ago today I was watching the news and I was seeing that people were still going out on dhe.

I thought it was quite shocking.

And the idea came to me to rewrite the baked potato song on dhe update.

The lyrics on DDE have advice that is relevant to the situation we're all now in on.

I just put it on my Twitter account, uh, thinking nothing of it, thinking maybe 500 people will see this on within a couple of days.

Three million people had seen it on Twitter and it had been shared on everything else.

Take talk and Facebook and Instagram on dhe.

Same time.

I've been working on this charity, uh, which was launched with them.

John Vincent is the CEO of Leon Onda.

Also a Damian Lewis on Helen McCrory on.

We've launched this charity last Friday called Feed and HS on.

The idea is that we get hot food to N.

H s workers on the front line right now.

And then somebody said to me the other day, Why don't you release the baked potato sung in aid of your charity?

So on Thursday night, I recorded some new vocals to it on dhe.

We announced this morning that the single is going to be out on Friday.

Brilliant.

Well, let's let's hear it again.

Map for those of the view of Haven't heard it, I just want to sing along with it.

So let's say the big potato song Baked potato change my life Baked potatoes Show me the way you want to know what is wrong from right?

You must listen to what?

Potato?

Say what?

You're handsome.

Statement doors.

Thank you.

Baked potato only go to grocery stores.

Thank you.

Baked potato give.

You want tohave about today?

You must listen to what the big potato say.

Distance makes him space.

Thank you.

Big potato.

Remember not to touch your face.

Thank you.

Baked potato.

If you wantto have about today, you miss isn't aboutthe say b k e d t o t a t o big potato.

You now want to use this to help create money for the chest.

Or in your case, that's really important.

Yes, so?

So we set up this thing, feed in a chess on Daz.

I say the single is out on Friday and people will be able to download that for 99 p on.

The proceeds will go to feed in a chest and all the money in feed in a chest will will be distributed nationally to local and HS trusts, too.

Deliver good, high quality hot food to their workers.

And actually, you can't.

The single isn't out yet, but if anybody goes to leon dot Co, they can get out just giving link.

And we've raised over half a £1,000,000 on their since Friday, thanks to the generosity of people on DDE.

But it's been amazing with Sun because as you as you can see that people have been recording their own versions and putting them up on Twitter, and it is it's a bugger of an earworm, and I apologize for that.

I want to apologize for your language now as well.

Master Matthew.

Naughty debate.

Potato needs to teach me what words I shouldn't.

Shouldn't say no before Quickly.

Matt, just tell me what your tips for people at home.

We want to write songs.

Have you got any tips?

Mm.

You know, I It's a little hard to focus at the moment, I think for a lot of people, because they're doing something so much cooking, cleaning.

But I think once it subsides, well, I mean, it's not like any of us.

Many of us are going out in the evening, so there's no excuse.

So it's a call to arms.

Everybody pick up your instruments and start playing and start writing on dhe.

I mean, I'm no expert songwriter, but I was trying to just keep it really simple.

Yeah, I love it.

Well, he was definitely making the life of kids more interesting cause he's been doing it big potato or song.

But of course, he's also got a vehicle coming up a cz.

Well, how you feeling about hosting that mass?

I'm so excited.

I mean free cake.

Come on.

There's no way I was married to that.

I'm so excited.

I love this show Have you seen this kick?

By the way, this is a cracker.

Have a look at this.

Let's have a look.

So this is a kick that somebody's made?

Uh, that's a kick, and I'm gonna prove it by showing you the shot where it's being put through.

That's what All this stuff, isn't it?

Oh, wow.

Look at that toilet.

That that's, um, a toilet cake.

Yeah, it is a toilet roll kick.

Yeah, but I mean, what what would you What do you make of you?

We're going to do a show stopper on bake off.

Uh oh.

If I was, obviously I do abate.

Of course you have to do a lord of baked potatoes or something, wouldn't you?

Otherwise, it would be.

Yeah, but your every started filming it yet.

What's happening?

I imagine you have things around, Hold other.

Yes.

So we were supposed to start filming in about three weeks time, but obviously, we're just following the government guidelines.

And whenever they say it's safe to make it, we'll make it.

But for the moment, like like most other people were sort of on hold.

Yeah, well, we are very much looking forward to seeing you in action on the shore because it it's gonna be fab.

It's such a fantastic show as well.

So I hope you manage to get that in the back suit.