02/06/2016 The One Show

Hello, and welcome to The One Show with a question.

The gang from Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Rowdy Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers?

Incredibly It's Alex, because she's the only one

Let's start by welcoming Clive Anderson,

Fun and games tonight then! This is what I have to put up with from

Greg! Put up with, or be carried by? It's lovely to have you with us,

Angela. In a moment, we'll also be meeting

the governor of the Bank of England - the man with ?140 billion worth

of gold under the floor That's after Dom has explained

why our five pound notes Our banknotes are being given a

makeover. Whether it's a crisp 20 straight out of the ATM, or a

scrunched up five fished out from the back of the city, paper money is

on the way out. It will be replaced with plastic. It's not Monopoly

money, it's the real thing. Scotland has been trialling it for the past

year. Northern Ireland is sticking with paper for now, but Polly -based

fibres are being rolled out across England and Wales. 400 and 40

million plastic ?5 notes are being carried on the production line.

That's an awful lot of money. And it. Sell like this. -- and it all

starts out like this. How much is he? Around ?180,000 worth of notes

in that stack. Just here? Wow. This is about ?300? What's different

about it? It's polymer so last two and a half times the life span of a

conventional paper note. It could go through a washing machine? It could.

That's happened to me plenty of times. Those faceless white sheets

of polymer are transformed into cold hard cash, complete with a first

appearance of Winston Churchill as the Queen's new companion. They say

these new notes are tougher and more resilient. But how can they be so

sure? Victoria is the Bank of England's Chief cashier. She leaves

her mark on every new banknote. Your mum must be very proud, your

signature on every British banknote. It's a really exciting part of the

job. A real thrill when you use money and it's your own signature.

Do you go to the pub and say, that's my signature? I would! I might get a

free drink if I tried. Victoria doesn't want her name on any old

rubbish, so the daily battering we give our cash is tested to the

extreme in the lab. It's making a bit of a racket. Lady Godiva is

blasted with glass beads, stained, rubbed again and again, and then

spun around in this old mark. It looks like cat litter! How is the

money looking? It simpler to good condition. It's not ripped, no

damage at all. This is a paper one that went in at the same time. They

have dulled down, and they are quite crackly, beginning to suffer after

two hours in there. It's very dry, sucking the moisture out. That's one

of the reasons we are moving to polymer notes, better in your pocket

and better for the environment because we do not print as many. A

paper ?5 note has a life expectancy of just two years. The plastic ones

will stay around for up to five years. Intricate design features

will make faking them a tough job. We have added a clear window. You

can hold it up to the light and see straight through. Is that harder for

counterfeiting to replicate? It is. Elizabeth here is in gold and then

it's in silver. Well spotted, a key security feature. Difficult to do

even with the most sophisticated professional machinery. It's also

how easy it for you and me to spot counterfeits. When can we expect to

see this little lot in our pocket? It won't officially be let out of

the cages until September. It will be followed by a plastic ten next

year, and a new 20 in, appropriately enough, 2020. It seems that from now

on, even when you are paying with cash, you will actually be playing

with plastic. Worth a go! Mark Carney, the governor

of the Bank of England Show us the cash! They were just

unveiled today. I have brought some samples of the product. Greg, can I

trust you to pass them on. I will take as many as I can hold. They are

weird, like latex. We shall spend them on the beaches! Can we keep

these? After September 13. What about now? Come back to the vaults

in the Bank of England. I could give you a Scottish fiver from the

Clydesdale bank. Look at the state of that. No disrespect to Clydesdale

bank, but this is exactly one of the things we are trying to get around,

the tatty five. Nobody likes a tatty five. I quite like a tatty five. So

do I, Josie. Just on a Friday night. Is it slightly smaller? Well

spotted. It is. People have asked us to make all the notes slightly

smaller. We start with the five, a bit smaller than the existing five,

and then they will scale up from that. But they will fit in

everybody's wallet and purse. Will they be different sizes for blind

people? They are. And it's embossed with the five lifted slightly up.

Tempo Mac is the fancy word for that, making it more sophisticated.

-- Italio. The see-through thing is the security feature. It's a huge

security feature. These notes last two and a half, three times longer,

so you need more security features, as Victoria was showing on the film.

So in five, seven, ten years from now, you can still use them with

confidence. Did you think of getting rid of them altogether and replacing

them with a coin like the pound notes? ?2 coins, a few of them can

weigh you down. People like the fires. We will print 440 million of

them, and we will see them in secular age. What about the old ?5

notes? -- see them in circulation. These come out in September

officially, and by the end of May the old five is will be withdrawn

from circulation next year. If you have a mattress stuffed with old

ones, get spending. Get spending, lots of reasons to get people

spending. So shopkeepers can hand in their cash as well. They can do

that, recirculated. As soon as cash is deposited in banks and building

societies, they will withdraw the notes from circulation. If you are

stuck with a mattress full of five is a few years from now, you never

know, you might always be able to bring them into the Bank of England.

Do you enjoyed being the governor? You have been here through an

election, the referendum, the Scottish referendum, the one coming

up about Europe. We can't get into that! We can talk about European

football. We want to ask you which whole nation will do best. What I

like about this already, when I look at Matt Baker, because of the

see-through thing next to the Queen, you could have a photo taken with

the Queen with you framed. Alternatively, I will be on your

fiver. Ever noticed how Matt's eyes seemed to follow you around the

room? They certainly do if you are holding a ?5 note! Are you enjoying

your time in Britain? I asked that. I'm allowed to ask that. This ?5

note, we have heard its durable, but we didn't trust it. We decided to

try it out for ourselves. Into the washing machine. We decided to put

an old one and new one into the washing machine, were lit about, but

in some detergent, and see if it lives up to its new durable

expectations. -- world it about. Dave, bring out

the laundry! We heard you would be coming out in

your boxer shorts. I'm disappointed! Cash in both pockets. Already! The

New one, perfect. You can have that one. Perfect money to launder,

apparently! LAUGHTER Another success for London. This one

is soggy, completely useless. Not useless, but... Thank you, Dave.

It's official, thank you for coming in Mark. It has been great to talk

to you. We will put some music on now, this is the sound of the Manic

Street Preachers who will be performing later. Does music bother

you when you are in shops spending your money? I like it, and I

understand there is a muzak controversy. There is a music

controversy. Full is the But first, muzak has been making

the news this is the week after M announced it is abolishing

background music Has the decision come as music

to the ears of Britain's shoppers? bee Sound of music has long been

synonymous with the sound of tills ringing in UK shops. From big chains

in-store radio stations, to the background tunes in independent

shops. The Marks Spencer decision to turn off their in-store music for

good, will see 300 branches go silent. Well walking in the air...

Even your favourite Christmas tunes are getting the axe. That means you.

Hop it. This will save the company thousands of pounds of payments to

music publishers. But M insisted the decision is purely the result of

customer feedback. With a more mature customer base, that is

perhaps understandable. Our other stores doing the same? We did a

survey of one of the busiest shopping streets in the world,

Oxford Street, to find out. 86% of the stores play music of one sort or

another. With an average decibel reading of 67. With one trendy

clothes store hitting a whopping 89 decibel is. Stores not playing

included BHS, Debenhams and Prior. What do shoppers on the average high

street think of the silent shopping? I prefer to have music going on, the

more atmosphere in the shop. I wouldn't say to cut the music at

all-star blue I wouldn't even know they play music. It wouldn't stop me

at all. Really loud music annoys me. But I don't mind something in the

background. I guess I prefer music that isn't too loud or intense. It

can be distracting. I run a small shop and music for me is critical to

create the right atmosphere. It's all about the atmosphere. If you

have a trendy shop it's nice to have it quite loud. If you are in

Sainsbury's or Waitrose, you don't want that, you want to concentrate

and get in and out. I'm not going to miss it. I think it's nicer with the

music. Your easy! I love you like shopping! STUDIO: Generally, I don't

care, but at Christmas I really do. It would upset you if jingle Bells

wasn't playing. Or noddy Holder. What about his pension plan? What

about generally, day to day? It depends, one lady said she had a

small shop. You going to a lot of small shops like that, and there is

nice blues or jazz playing. It's nice stuff. I can understand if they

say they will save money, but it's sad for the people working there,

they might like the music. It's quite dead in a store without music.

You walk into an MNS, and you think it's quite quiet now. Then somebody

comes up and says, how are you? That's the difference. It's

disturbing in New York when you are a British tourist when they come up

to you in a shop and ask you how you are. I get terrified. You are so

sensitive. I'm rubbish in shops, can never find what I want. It's just

human interaction he hates! He lives in a box. It's wonderful you are all

back together again. Whose Line Is It Anyway? The stage show is live at

the Palladium. The 9th of June to the 19th. 14 shows. Two shows on

Sundays. They are so different depending on who's in the audience.

What's the perfect recipe for you? . It is great if you have good people

improvising. I like it when it goes slightly wrong. Josie doing a song

is often too perfect and people cannot believe she has not been

rehearsing it so it is good if something breaks down or the

suggestion is misunderstood. I imagine rivalry adds to the

uncertainty, do you ever hang each other out to dry just for Lance? I

find it is a team sport and I try to be as generous and supportive as I

can. There are marsupials on the team who are tedious and try to trip

us up. Do it in the style of the gangster. I would, but then I would

have to shoot you. They want to see us mix it up. They want to see us as

ourselves. We have never been characters on the show, we are

ourselves. I am always a character because I am an actress. These are

just... You know. She was acting then, by the way. We can look at the

clip from back in the day. The TV version. What collar am I wearing?

He has to use three words. Juliet is Josie she has to use four words. You

are the disapproving father and use six words at a time. Romeo, I love

you. I love you. Romeo, I love you. I love you. Take your hands off her.

Oh, my father, oh, no! Once a Capulet always a Capulet.

APPLAUSE. Oh, my right arm. My favourite one.

What the... ? APPLAUSE.

You were not even in that one. There is a UK and US version. That was a

strange want a bit. It is a complicated game and the bad news is

I think we will do that, speaking a specific number of words. Is that

what we were doing? I wondered why we were stilted. I would have

thought I would remember Stephen Fry touching me.

We have the usual ones they like. The one I like is the simplest,

stand, sit, bend, lie down, which is so silly. They have to act a scene

and when someone is standing up someone else will stand up and they

have to bend down. It does not last long because they start pulling

muscles now. You need a gentle form of the game this time. I like to

play bend, bend, bend. And sit. We like doing film and theatre stars.

That is how she shows off her acting. It feels like comedy shows,

panel shows particularly, they feel very competitive, but with a show,

it is all about collaboration. You cannot compete when you are

improvising. We know each other well enough to trip each other up every

now and then. The comedy store players as well. It is a nice term,

players. We have known each other 31 years. And you since... Since we

were a lad, 30 years ago. It is about helping each other, for

example, if one of us felt we were fading... Greg never does, but

somebody would help them. You would help me? When we first did it on the

radio, because it was like a quiz show we had to give points and so I

decided to give them random points and we have never found a better

way. On stage, we do not have points. Who cares? It is a joy to

watch. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Will be live at the Palladium and

starts next Thursday. Now, George McGavin's

going to reveal why kissing Don't worry -

it is a wildlife film. Gorse is one of our most abundant

plants, covering huge areas of moorland and heaths, yet its success

is largely down to the work of one of our smallest insects. Three

species of gorse grow in the UK and at any time of the year at least one

of them is covered in these beautiful acid yellow flowers. There

is a traditional country saying, when gorse is in bloom, kissing is

in season. Because gorse is never out of bloom, it basically means it

is OK to pucker up at any time. But the secret to the abundance of gorse

lies in what occurs when the flowers fade and seed is produced. If you

stand near a gorse Bush on a warm day and listen carefully, you may be

surprised at what you hear. As the seed pods mature, they twist and

burst open with a pop, propelling the seeds through the air. Ideally

these seeds need to be disbursed as far away from the parent plant as

possible and gorse has evolved an ingenious but unlikely relationship

to enable it to do this. They have teamed up with ants. One person who

has explored this unusual relationship is a local naturalist,

John Walters. Having the seeds disbursed is important for a plant

but using ants to do it is the unusual in the UK. Mammals will

spread seed but gorse has formed a remarkable relationship with these

tiny creatures and it is vital for the heathland ecosystem to survive.

If you look, you will get a clue to what happens. We can pop it open.

You will see there is a yellow blob. It is an ant delicacy and when it

drops to the ground the ants act as a courier service.

They wait for the transport to arrive when does the seed to begin

the journey to the ants' nest. There are lots. There are some seeds

of gorse. These red ants really go for them. They can pick it up and

carry it. There is like a little handle. When the ants get the seeds

into the safety of the nest they quickly devoured the protein,

leaving the seed behind. Ants like to keep a tidy nest but without the

handle the seeds are too smooth to pick up and remove and so they

remain behind in the damp, dark nest, perfect conditions to

germinate. For ant and gorse it is a win- win

strategy. Because the gorse flowers through spring and summer into

autumn there is a constant supply of this food for the ants throughout

most of the year. Amazing to think that these tiny insects have such a

crucial role in keeping our heathlands a blaze of yellow.

We are overrun with gorse back home on our farm and now I know who to

blame. We are in trouble now. CHANTING..

So far we've played the unoffical Euro 2016 anthems for England...

# Bring it home to the place where it belongs.

# Its 2016, we will make it all the way to Paris.

And tonight, Wales have brought the professionals,

And these guys are noisy because we have the Manic Street Preachers. I

did not know if you can hear me or not. This song was started to be

written and words put to it some time ago. How did it involve? 93 was

the first time we lost to Romania, in a big game, missed a penalty and

did not qualify for the World Cup, and so it has been in my mind since

then. A long time coming. You do the music first? The words come first

and then the music. It is tough to get an anthem that really captures

people'shearts. Did you feel any pressure? Definitely. There are only

two that have really been done. World in motion, that is the

benchmark. We wanted to create a great manic 's song and I think we

pulled it off. It is your 30th anniversary. 20th anniversary of the

album stop what will happen to celebrate? We did the liberty

stadium in Swansea. It was amazing. I am still coming down after that.

Hopefully there are another 20 years coming up will stop what are Wales'

chances? It is the year of the underdog. It could be Northern

Ireland, it could be us, who knows? It must be one thing to hear your

fans singing along to your music but when you have an anthem like this

going, what do you imagine it will sound like, in Paris? If it takes

off in the stands, terraces, whatever, there will not be many

finer moments than that. Get yourselves ready.

Whose Line Is It Anyway - Live at the Palladium

Tomorrow The One Show is coming live from the magnificent Eden Project

in Cornwall to celebrate BBC Music Day with Duran Duran

But now, with the official Welsh song for Euro 2016 -

Together Stronger - C'mon Wales, which is out now.

# When Brazil would make our hearts break

COMMENTATOR: Let's have a look will stop everybody is wondering when, if

ever, Wales would eventually make it to an international competition.

COMMENTATOR: History beckons as the Russians kicked off. It is Wales

zero, Russia one. The whistle-blowers. The dream is dead.

# Chrissy Coleman, Gunter, Chester

# Hennessey, Allen, King and Collins

everyone's getting ready for a day-long celebration of music