01/11/2016 The One Show

I do not think we have ever had a better opener. That was live.

Tonight we are joined by the man who has brought the hit film

School Of Rock to the London stage - Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber!!

What a talented bunch you have brought tonight. We have got three

talented bunches and they play live every night, not recorded. They have

blown our socks off, but if it was not for your wife, this may never

have happened. She saw it to ten years ago with my kids and they

loved the movie and she thought it would be great to produce in the

theatre. She suggested I produced it and she went to Paramount in LA and

she got the rights. She managed it. I will let you into a secret. The

producer over there who let her have the right. She was the producer of

Les Miserables. Why? She went with the flow and I got the rights and

there were not so many songs in the movie as I thought, so I ended up

doing the score. It gets you deep in your soul. The young band we have

got in here tonight obviously enjoy rocking. We are listening to the

theme tune again because it is so good. We would like to see footage

of you guys rocking out at home. This is what we are looking for.

This is Jack Black doing his thing in the movie. I love Jack Black. A

bit of air guitar. Send your clip to our e-mail address or put it on our

Facebook page and we will show you the best ones later on. I cannot

We've all rocked out a little too much at a wedding disco

Well, what is supposed to be the biggest day for any couple

could for some turn out to be a lot pricier than expected

There is doubt about it, weddings are big business. The average cost

is now set to be around ?30,000. But do newlyweds risk being exploited

and paying over the odds for their big day? As soon as you say the word

wedding, do you feel that prices go up for venues? 100%, ridiculously

so. Wedding venue hire was more expensive than event hire. Do not

mention the word wedding, because as soon as they hear it, the price goes

up. In fact, a wedding reception could set you back two thirds more

than a party in the same venue on the same date. It is enough to give

you cold feet. But not for Pete and Angie from Cornwall. They got

engaged last month and this is the moment Pete got down on one knee to

propose to Angie. They are determined to have the wedding of

their dreams, but at what cost? We are not at that stage in our lives

when we have got a lot of money. We did not realise how expensive a

wedding would be. So, with their help, we are putting wedding venues

across the UK to the test. First, and she asks for quotes for a

no-frills wedding reception. There are 100 of us, a three course meal

from 5pm onwards with a DJ. I have asked Peter to get quotes for a

special birthday celebration. He is having 100 guests, a three course

meal and a DJ. That includes room hire as well? As soon as venue

managers hear the word wedding, it is different. It is 595 for the

wedding and for the party it is 395, so quite a difference. That is ?1600

difference. ?39 per head for a party and ?59 per head for a wedding

reception. Of the dozen venues we contacted, all but one charged more

for a wedding reception over a birthday party. One venue wanted

double the money compared to a big party on the same date, an extra

?5,450 on the bill for the wedding booking. Our business is effectively

applying a secret wedding tax? Alex Butler is the event manager at

Manchester's National wedding show. She insists any mark-up is

justified. Is there a hidden tax when people say the W word?

Absolutely not. These suppliers are dealing with couples who want the

most perfect day of their lives. Some people might think they will be

able to organise a wedding blindfolded, but when you get into

the detail, there is so much to think about. The venue managers

themselves say no matter how big or small, wedding receptions are always

hard work. It is about the emotional support for a bride and groom that

you do not need to get for a party celebration. People do not consider

that a lot of people get married at 11am and we have to have the venue

staffed from then on and all day. How can you stop your dream wedding

reception becoming a financial burden? Kat Williams is editor of

the magazine and blog Rock And Roll Bride. A lot of people I feature

will go to a pub or hire a village hall or hire a field and put a tent

in it. That brings the price down because you do not have those extra

services. The wedding packages. You can avoid the packages, but you have

to do everything yourself. Given our research found an average of mark-up

of ?2195 for a wedding reception compared to a party, they be doing

it yourself is a price worth paying. Pete and Angie are more keen on the

party option and whatever they choose, it will be special. We want

a big party with our friends and celebrate the fact we are committing

the rest of our lives to each other. Never ever say the W word. Speaking

of words, watchdog is back on our screens tomorrow night and they are

taking up residence in the Piazza. They have got a lovely tent. Why all

the crates? We start tomorrow night about a supermarket home delivery

service. Nowadays because of the plastic bag charge, people do not

have food delivered, in bags, but in crates. We have heard from customers

from one supermarket who were so concerned about the state of the

crates that they have been in touch with us. As in dirty? Yes, and we

have gone undercover and the results are stomach turning. One expert told

us it was like having your food delivered in the lid of a dustbin.

We will tell you more tomorrow night and which supermarket we are talking

about. I always go to the shops. Matt Baker is with the other match.

And you say you have watchdog running through your body like a

stick of rock. Yes and we are carrying on with Rogue Traders. Do

you like the new place? This is quite something. What are you going

to call it? It is the watch or. You are quick. Look at the watchdog

family. And family is something that is important. I am very chuffed to

have joined the team and I get to travel around the country and lead

team watchdog, hundreds of families who volunteered across the UK to

help us solve problems. This week we are looking at nuisance calls, and

they are a nightmare. We help a family where they get a lot of them.

They get 42 called in two weeks. One in 20 people will change their

number because they are sick of nuisance calls and that is what we

are looking at this week. If people want to join, they can still join us

on the website. Get in contact. And as far as Rogue Traders are

concerned? They should get in contact as well. We go into salesmen

in a big way and we have got a good one tomorrow night, people who

pressurise the elderly. This is the new look watchdog, next door to us.

This will be weekly. Yes, it is. And there is heating and everything in

here. It starts tomorrow at eight o'clock on BBC One.

Just ten days until Team Rickshaw set off on their latest challenge.

Last week, we introduced you to Andy and Ross.

Tonight we're off to Bonnyrigg, just outside Edinburgh,

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My name is on for the rickshaw challenge.

When we first met Olivia she was quite quiet but since she's been

involved she's become more confident. She's taken on more

responsibility within the group. It's helped me, changed me, made me

happy. She is a fantastic role model. She's

never let her deafness hold her back and I think she will make us all

proud. I want to prove that I can Olivia is very, very positive about

the rickshaw challenge. Everyone taking part is equal. She's looking

forward to spreading that awareness so I feel very proud.

Olivia is so lovely and so wonderful. She's a lovely outlook.

Her dad was there on the selection day and he was the only one that

couldn't hear what she was saying but still all day long she signed

everything so that dad would be part of the whole experience and know

exactly what was happening. She did it in the photo shoot so her mum and

dad could understand. It's far more detailed than what she is saying,

it's incredible how she combines everything at once. We will get to

know her more over the weeks I am sure. For those of you who loved the

film School Of Rock which starred Jack Black as a teacher who tenners

his pupils into a rock competition -- who enters his pupil into a rock

competition, the good news is it's on stage. How faithful is your

version to the film? We are very faithful, the one thing perhaps we

have done is the film didn't do we go into the back stories of the

children a bit. Really, it's about how music empowers kids. Empowers

everybody, that's the stream message of the story, how music can change

everybody's life for the better. It's a tale. We need to know a bit

about the parents and why they feel repressed. It chimes with me. When I

was at school, I was about nine years old, I was the school swot and

I was academic and learning history and all of this. I kind of played

the violin. One day I was supposed to play at the school concert and

supposed to play the boring violin and I said, no. There was a piano, I

said I am going to play some music about every master in the school. I

never told this story really. Is that right? But I did. Suddenly the

whole school, they were rock pieces and the school erupted. My life

changed. I think that's why I kind of when I saw this movie thought

that's what happened to me. Of course I started life School Of Rock

is taking me right back to my childhood. Those early feelings.

We saw at the beginning of the show, the children that you have got in

this production are phenomenal. That's some of the cast because

there are 39 members altogether. Three sets of children, yes. Now,

how easy was it to cast these children, because they are the heart

and soul of the show. They've a lot to do in it. We started in America

because we opened on Broadway now for about a year. I got it all wrong

I am afraid. I thought it was going to be more difficult to find kids in

Britain than we did because rock is in the American DNA in a way and

playing live is, or so I thought. But last summer when we started to

audition we found the kids so much quicker that we brought the opening

of the show forward from next April to two weeks' time. That quicker?

Which was fantastic. We were kind of ready to go. You must be delighted

because really at its heart, your foundation where you are trying to

get as many children as possible playing musical instruments, this

ties in. We have seen ludicrous Government cuts in the arts in

schools and particularly in music. Music is central to the school

curriculum. It's the most empowering force, it liberates schools. One

school that inspired me is in Islington, it was a school in

special needs, the head mistress decided they were going to make

music a central part of the curriculum and very shortly after

that, the basic idea is that the kids get a free violin when they

arrive. Every child. Then learns music from that point onwards, not

to turn them into musicians, but to turn them into complete people. In a

school like that where I believe 46 different languages are spoken, it's

extraordinary what it does. A few years later they got their first

entry into Oxford, and my foundation is coat-tailing on the brilliant

idea they had there. We are now involved with six schools t will be

eight next year. 4,000 children are now receiving free music lessons.

What I promise you is that every penny you spend on music and the

arts comes back, if the Chancellor is listening, to the Government ten

times over. I promise you. Fantastic.

We have to say quickly a big congratulations on 30 years of

Phantom of the Opera. Yes, the old boy goes!

But, amazing. 30 years. I tell you what, here is to 30 years of the

School Of Rock, as well. Thank you very much. That is currently on at

the New London Theatre. And a little treat, the cast will be performing a

number from the show at the end of the programme.

The subject of our next film should be just up your street, Andrew.

It's about the classical composer Mendelssohn.

Queen Victoria called him the greatest musical

But what did she know - she never even wrote a musical!

Well, you never know, do you! He is the fella behind the song that

millions around the world have walked down the aisle to.

Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most respected composers of the

romantic era but in 1829 this German composer found inspiration for one

of his best-loved pieces of music somewhere rather unexpected.

At the age of just 20, Mendelssohn was already hailed as a musical

prodigy and decided to embark on a grand European Tour beginning here

in Edinburgh. Steven carpenter has closely studied Mendelssohn's

journey. So, why Scotland? Mendelssohn's parents had read all

the novels of Sir Walter Scott in English and the whole of Europe was

overtaken by Scott-mania at this time. They wanted to send their son

to Scotland to soak up the atmosphere. What do we know about

his trip? We know a huge amount, actually. Because Mendelssohn as

well as his musical talents was an accomplished artist and he sketched

everywhere he went. You can recreate exactly the route that he took.

There is a sketch here we have actually of the Edinburgh skyline.

You can see Edinburgh Castle. Giles cathedral. But it was his trip here

to the ruined Abbey of the Palace of Holyrood which first got

Mendelssohn's musical cogs wearing. On his last night in Edinburgh

Mendelssohn came here to Holyrood Abbey.

And he famously wrote in a letter home that, I believe I found in that

old ruined chapel the beginning of my Scottish symphony.

So it is feasible that he wrote the opening bars actually here? More

than feasible, absolutely probable that he did. How do you think the

atmosphere of this place affected him? I think it wasn't just the

chapel here, but it was the Palace next door which was the home of Mary

Queen of Scots where Mary lived and loved as he put it. I think he found

her a tragic figure and a lot of that is recreated, not just in the

opening but a lot of the rest of the Scottish Symphony. Mendelssohn would

take another 13 years to finish his owed to Scotland, symphony number

three in A minor. By the time he had done he had written a masterpiece,

each carrying clues of a different part of his journey.

When I first came across this symphony I wasn't convinced it's

that Scottish, is it? I think probably one of the main moments in

the symphony that you really can feel a Scottishness is the beginning

of the second movement. MUSIC There is a feeling played on a

black note of the piano or the sound bagpipes make. He wrote home to say

that he was listening to drunken songs of servants in the room below

where he was staying, so he was certainly exposed to local culture.

That's given me an idea. What if we were to take his melody and

reimagine it in a mar traditional Scottish style? I found a group

ready for the challenge. The Edinburgh Highland Reelland

society is the oldest of its kind in Scotland and they've arranged

Mendelssohn's music especially for the One Show to perform at the top

of the iconic Carlton Hill. Who knows what Mel den son would

have thought of today's performance but it captured the essence of a

journey he swore he would never forget as long as he lived.

I think if he could hear our tribute today he would fall in love with the

city all over again. Well, from classical now we are

going to go rock again. In a moment we will enjoy a firmance

from Andrew's new show and lots of you at home have been inspired by

what you saw earlier. We asked and this is what we have seen. This is

10-year-old Moses from Cheltenham rocking out!

And we have got Josh here from Hampshire playing a bit of air

guitar there. Andrew, thank you so much for joining us this evening.

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber everybody! Good luck with the School Of Rock.

We have a packed show tomorrow - Esther Rantzen, Sir Chris Hoy,

and, gracing our sofa for the very first time,

Plus, a performance from Rebecca Ferguson.

That's it for tonight, playing us out with Teacher's Pet

is the amazing cast of The School of Rock!

We are the School of Rock and this song was written by our lead

# Don't take too much to memorise your lies.

# And then that magic man, he came to town.

# And if you wanna be the teacher's pet.

# You better get me to school on time.

# Oh, you know I was on the honour roll.

# Raise my hand before I could speak my mind.

# I've been biting my tongue too many times.

# And then that magic man said to obey.

Now can I please have the attention of the class?

# You better get me to school on time.

# You better get me to school on time.

Ladies and gentlemen, Lawrence on keys!

ROLLER-COASTER NOISE, PEOPLE SCREAMING