Across the UK, across continental North America, and around the world, on the internet, by webcast, and by podcast, my name is Howard Hughes and this is the unexplained.

Well, a very special edition of this show, it isn't very often these days that we get the chance to bring the show out on the road, but some people are worth making the effort and making the trip for.

I'm here with a very good friend of mine, I've known for about 20 years or thereabouts, but I've been aware of him for most of my life as indeed you will have been his name is Uri Geller.

Now, Uri and I first connected on Radio in London back in the what, 80s, late 80s, 90s, and just kept on talking here and I've always found, as you may have found this man, fascinating.

Like a lot of people who've tried to encapsulate his life and times, it's difficult to say what Uri is, but the last time we spoke was by telephone from the scene of a TV series that he was doing in Sweden.

We kind of came round to the word unusual, and we both felt comfortable with that word.

But look, I need to lay my cards on the table before I start all of this, I believe that Uri has something, but I've never really understood what it is, so we're going to try and get to grips with that.

One of the reasons I'm here is that Uri's been getting some media coverage lately with reports that he is about to leave the United Kingdom.

At this moment, let me describe before I take you to Uri who's been sitting by my side here, I'm sorry for the delay with this, sorry by the way, you know me for talking.

We're in Uri's beautiful home at a place called Sonning in Bachchen.

Now, I first discovered Sonning in the Thames Valley right by the side of the River Thames about 25 years ago, and I fell in love with this place unwanted to live here.

It is tranquillity personified for me, and I'm guessing that's, we'll find out in a moment, that's one of the reasons that Uri Gellar decided to be here, because it is so peaceful, so beautiful, and if you need time to think and concentrate and be yourself and do your work,

I cannot think of anywhere better in the UK, plus of course it's really handy for London, which is another world away from here.

Uri has what I think you can describe probably as a mansion, if you ever saw the TV series, the Beverly Hills and the place that they lived in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, it looks a little bit like that, and I mean that in the very nicest possible way.

Uri, thank you for listening to my ramblings there, and lovely to see you again.

Hey, thank you very much, you're welcome, and again, thanks for having me on your show.

Since you started describing the house, actually, Sonning Court, that's the name of the house, is loosely built after the American White House in Washington, and we've been living here for 34 years.

You are right, this is a magical village, and as a matter of fact, when I bought the house, 33 years ago, an old lady came up to me, and she said, oh Mr. Gellar, do you know that this used to be a healing centre a thousand years ago?

Really?

So I said to her, come on, a thousand years ago, how would you know that?

And she said, it's in the Doomsday book. Now to those who don't know, what is a Doomsday book?

It's a thousand year old book where very unusual and interesting properties were registered, 900,000 years ago, and Sonning on Thames and this property, this area, was registered.

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