09/06/2016 The One Show

Thanks, and part-time, what shall we say? Today, my husband's PA. It is

Alex Jones. Our guest tonight has been

on a full-time mission to find And he's been in

a few bands himself. It is nice to see you. You cannot

help but sing along. Even now, you keep doing it. I was cringing. I was

not singing along. We enjoyed every note. Music has been in the

headlines today. Ed Sheeran's being sued

for $20 million by two songwriters

who claim his song Photograph See what you think. This is Ed

Sheeran. And here's Matt Cardle's version

of the song in question - Amazing. # Came out of nowhere.

# It's kind of amazing how you found me.

Well. We cannot really comment. We will ask Midge! From a songwriter's

perspective, what you think? Is it to create a song like that and not

copy at? Absolutely. We take things in, we hear things all the time. It

is possible he may be heard it somewhere in the background. There

are only so many notes to write a song with. They have the same chord

structure. It is an obvious melody to sing over the top of. He could

have heard it subliminally. Ed Sheeran does not have to plagiarise

someone else's song. That is what I said. When you look at the chords,

and we have done closely. The chord progression, it is logical. It is

very natural. We will be talking about Midge's search for the UK's

best part-time band but right now we want to find Britain's best band

name. If you are in a band with a quirky, creative name, get in touch

with the photograph and Midge will choose his favourites.

If somebody told you about a scheme that could give you all of your

electricity for free, you might think there

As Joe has found out - in this case - it was a catch that

Cost one family tens of thousands of pounds.

Leigh Park, in Portsmouth. Built after the Second World War, it was

one of your's largest council estates. There are two things you

get around here when the sun is shining and this is one of them and

the other is free electricity from the solar panels. Until subsidised

tariffs were cut last year, solar panels offered lower bills and

lucrative government incentives. As not everybody could afford to buy

them, some firms offered to put their panels on your roof. Called

the rent a roof scheme, the company kept the feed in tariff payments

while the homeowner like 83-year-old Jean benefited from lower bills. You

liked it because it was free electricity? Of course, on a

pension, you try to save on your bills. But, you are leasing your

roof for up to 25 years. What did you know you were signing up to?

Basically, to get the government scheme. I did not realise there was

25 years on it. You did not know they were releasing your roof?

Evidently not. I did get told off afterwards. Who told you off? My

daughters. Next door, her neighbour Pat Chandler was 95 when she signed

up and her son Gerry knew nothing about it. Jerry. Hello, this is

mum's house. Pat had lived here happily for 30 years. It was how she

was fond of? Very fond of it. A good-sized garden. Pat took pride in

their home with new windows and doors and enjoyed gardening right up

until she died at the age of 97. She left a legacy the family was not

quite expecting. Pat had agreed to local businessmen Carl Hughes to

putting solar panels on her roof. To get and 95-year-old woman to sign a

contract for 25 years is not on. She did not consult anybody. As Mr

Hughes paid for the panels he would get feed in tariff payment worth

tens of thousands of pounds over the course of disease. What does an like

Alex -- Alistair McKinlay think of the 25 year lease? Someone of that

age, it is someone who is potentially vulnerable and in those

circumstances they ought to be given the opportunity to speak to friends

and family or take legal advice. As regards the installation code, it

says vulnerable clients should be given consideration. What do you

think of this document? It makes me angry because I feel advantage has

been taken of somebody, the circumstances feel wrong. Carl

Hughes would not be interviewed but said there was no evidence Mrs

Chandler was vulnerable and all steps were taken to ensure she

understood the deal. He says her age was irrelevant because the solar

panel benefits could pass to any new owner of the house. 18 months after

signing the 25 year lease, Pat died and her family inherited her home

with the rooftop tenant. We went to an estate agent to put the house on

the market. Within days he had a buyer. After four weeks, the sale

fell through. It turns out the solar panels stopped getting a mortgage.

After three more sales collapsed, the family asked Mr Hughes to remove

these solar panels. He agreed, but only if they paid him ?13,000. In

the end, the family had the panels removed themselves and returned them

to him. Carl Hughes says the family had no right to remove the panels

and say they are in breach of the contract signed by 95-year-old Pat.

He put in a court claims of the money he said he would have earned

over 25 years of sunshine pouring down onto her roof. The claim was

for ?50,214. Oh, and 67p. The family settled out of court and paid Mr

Hughes ?22,500. That meant he got a large share of the estate. He got

more than what any of us got. She would have been so upset. Mum and

dad worked hard all their lives to give us all something. Not Carl

Hughes. Over the garden fence, June's agreement was not with Mr

Hughes but the Chandler family's tale has given her sleepless nights.

25 years is a long time and I will not be around at the end of that and

will my family have the same problems? Anybody who is thinking

about going solar needs to be careful about what they sign up to,

but also with the government incentives being cut, is it worth it

any more? That is a question, certainly for companies you saw in

the film, making the money from feed in tariffs, it is probably hard to

make money now because the tariffs were an incentive for people to have

solar panels and create electricity and when it started in 2010, it was

40p per megawatt hour, which does not sound a lot but it added up to

big sums of money. Today it is more like 4.5 pence per megawatt hour.

Just this year, it was cut by 65%, so it is hard to companies who lease

roofs to make that money out of tariffs. Solar power reached a

milestone last month. This is a fantastic fact for solar fans! In

the calendar month of May, we in the UK generated more solar power than

through burning coal. And much more, 50% more electricity from solar than

burning coal, in May. A word of warning on that, it tells us about

the state of coal-fired power stations. We are trying to phase out

coal by 2025 and there were closures of coal-fired power stations in

Yorkshire. Cold is not used in the way it once was. Solar accounted for

6% of energy generation but even so a milestone and a signpost of where

we are going. Portugal went one step better. They managed to go over four

days, 107 hours, on clean renewable energy, hydro, solar and wind. A lot

of sunny days. Everybody was at the beach!

From tomorrow night, it's all eyes on France as the host

nation kicks off Euro 2016 with their first group

We have had all of the home nations sinking their euros anthems on the

show, some better than others. Now it is time to catch up with English,

Welsh and Northern Irish fans as they prepare to cross the channel.

# All the way to Paris! I am trying to the Euros with my friend Mark in

this green van. It is the first time we have had a chance to see Northern

Ireland at a major tournament and the last time was in 86 before we

were born. We thought this was our chance to go. We came up with this

minibus idea. We took the seats out of the back and put bunk beds and

electrics to make it home. It will be 26 hours of travelling. We are

going to and a half weeks, which was pushing it with our bosses, and then

unfortunately we will have to come home. Mark likes to sing. We have

been away a few times before. Not too many fallouts. We will not take

too much, some Northern Ireland shirts, shorts and flip-flops. I

think we can get out of the group and after that anything can happen.

I hope we are not knocked out too early. I am Steve Scott and this is

Gary, this is Dave. We are from Radcliffe and we are off to France

to watch England in the euros. The first time I went was in Ukraine.

The guys behind me have watched them in France in 98, in Africa and watch

them in Germany. It is the camaraderie, we have a good laugh

and drink and knees up and the icing on the cake is watching England. We

have found going to tournaments dressed up you have banter with the

locals and it adds to the fun. We copied the idea from Germans we met

in South Africa. It is a nice occasion and brings people together

and other nations come over and want to have a drink and photograph with

you and it bodes well for a friendly environment. I live on the other

side of the world. I catch up with my mates. The banter is fantastic on

these occasions. We have got a bit older and a lot wiser. We have added

to the berries and some of us have lost our hair, as well. -- belly. I

am Tony, Cardiff City fan, and I am following Wales to the euros. There

are eight men and four women ranging from 19 to 68 years old. Myself, my

wife, my son and mother, who is 68. She has never been to a football

match, never mind a tournament. She is probably more excited than any of

us. The characters amongst us most likely to get drunk is probably

myself. The one who could be arrested could be my sombre

policemen, only joking! The biggest crybaby, my wife. She gets emotional

football. We are quite vocal and will be their for Wales. The big kid

in me cannot help myself on the trip and I have put together surprises,

including a child's party bag with a red beret, Welsh bracelet and pin

badge which has been specially produced. Coming to the euros as a

group, especially with my family, will make it more memorable. It is

all about memories. These events come along very few and far between,

especially being a Wales fan. Tremendous. He has made party bags!

With those songs, some of them need the same lawyer as Ed Sheeran. Move

on! So, the reason you are here is that you, alongside Rhod Gilbert,

trying to find the UK's best part-time band. Bring us up to date.

It is fantastic. We spent a few weeks together. I went to Scotland

and Northern Ireland and Wales. And we saw bands who have not made the

transition from being part-time musicians to full-time musicians for

a variety of reasons, for obvious reasons. But they are still

passionate about making music. I am sick to death of people coming to me

and saying, I used to play. What does that mean? Why don't you play

now? You might not have chosen it as a career but you play for the joy of

doing it. This programme is about that, real musicians doing it for

the love of it. Rhod takes you on a 700 miles tour in his white van,

call -- calling you the Prince of top lip hair, which is not kind. You

whittle it down to five favourites and then down to two. Let's have a

look at one you liked in Scotland. Fantastic. How many are you? You are

obviously a band that don't want to make money. I loved that, amazing.

Really good vibes. That does not come overnight. You can see it when

you are playing, that you would do this for nothing. We do!

There is no prize for winning. That is important to you. It is the

antithesis of the regular Saturday night talent show. There is no

prize, no recording contract, no week in a studio. Being on the

programme is the prize, the platform for these musicians to be seen.

Bands like that are playing in your local pub, your local club,

whatever. They need supporting. The industry does not exist to support

that kind of band, things that are not straightforward chart-topping

staff. But our industry was ill on the interesting oddities, and they

are not being signed. So it is a great platform for the music. -- it

was built on the interesting oddities. What about your transition

from part-time to full-time. I suppose you used to play in dark and

dingy garages and then played for thousands. I have played music since

I was a teenager, 13, 14. My father was a van driver and instilled in my

brother and I that we should get a trade. I got an apprenticeship as an

engineer. Halfway through, I was still playing in bands and I was

offered the job of being in a Scottish full-time band. I let my

parents decide for me. What did they say? Luckily, my mother said follow

your heart. It was difficult, because I have the job of their

dreams, so they could see I was passionate and they just said go for

it, and I did. The UK's Best Part-Time Band continues tomorrow

night at 9pm on BBC Four. You can catch up on Midge's episode on the

iPlayer. It has a wonderful vibe. 20 years ago, when designer

Wayne Hemmingway was bringing his fashion to the high street,

one of his shops in Manchester was caught up in an explosion that

destroyed the city centre. Now Wayne has been to meet someone

who thinks that the events of that day allowed a better Manchester

to rise out of the rubble. Greater Manchester Police are

advising people to stay out of Manchester City centre because of a

security alert. I will never forget that sunny

Saturday morning in June in 1996 when a massive IRA bomb devastated

Manchester City centre. The police had been given a coded warning and

managed to evacuate most people from the city centre before the bomb

exploded. Even so, over 200 people were injured and the bomb caused

nearly ?1.3 billion of damage at today's prices. 20 years ago when

the bomb went off, we had a shop in the Royal exchange here and I could

not believe what was going on. The first thing we were thinking was,

are our staff all right? Is the guy running the shop OK? You never think

something like this could happen so close to home. Some have argued that

it was a catalyst for the major redevelopment that transformed the

landscape of the city. Nearly ?600 million of public and private sector

cash rolled into fund the reconstruction, and the bomb site

took on an ultramodern architectural appearance, full of glass buildings

and designer shops. But opinion is split over whether it helped to

drive a Manchester revival. The Beetham Tower is a symbol of the

regeneration. It was designed by architect Ian Simpson, whose vision

helped to reshape the city centre. Standing at 169 metres, it is one of

the tallest residential buildings in Europe. Ian lives on the top two

floors. I am from just north of Manchester, over in the distance

there. So this has always been my home city. Until the truly before

the bomb it was a very dour city, with very few people living in the

city centre. Before 1996, the centre of the city was predominantly

office, retail and industrial space with very few residential areas. How

did the architecture and planning committee respond? The vision was

very much about breaking the barrier between the wealthy south and the

poor north, which existed along market Street. The fact that the

damage had occurred on those buildings that were forming barriers

in the city, the opportunity occurred to open the city up a

little bit. The change has been rapid. You get people saying, would

it have happened that quickly without the IRA bomb? There is no

question it would have happened but maybe 25 years later. It was a

catalyst for speeding up the opportunity of change and

reconfiguring the city. It is about presenting the city outwards,

internationally, to places like New York, Frankfurt, or whoever wants to

invest in Manchester. If we create opportunities for the citizens of

Manchester, then that as a result. But Pat Carney, city councillor here

since 1979, disagrees about what sparked Manchester's regeneration.

What do you say to those that say it gave council leaders a reason to

accelerate the change? It is a fair question and I have heard it from a

large number of Mancunians over the years but I have rejected it from

day one. He believes Manchester's bid to host the Olympics was a more

significant driver. When we bid in 1996, we brought the city together.

From then on, everybody had a role to play in making modern Manchester,

and that partnership is what has seen Manchester through the last 20

years, not so much the Manchester bomb.

Whether the devastation of June 1996 benefit of the city or not is a

matter of personal opinion and we should not celebrate people getting

injured, for sure. But just look at the city now. You have the beautiful

old Manchester and now thrusting new Manchester. It feels like a dynamic,

vibrant city. The tower that we saw, Beetham

Tower, as a quirk. It makes an eerie sound. Listen.

the architect has apologised for that sound. I don't know why he has

apologised because he could start a band with you, because we heard that

note and we thought, that is familiar. Listen to this.

# Means nothing to me # Means nothing to me and

# It is there. Can I sue him? You are going back on tour. All the

time. Crowd always the old classics and artists do not enjoy playing

them much, but you have found a way of pleasing everybody. You have to

understand it. For an artist, 50% of the audience do not want to be there

because a significant other half has brought them. That 50% just want to

hear the hits, most of them. You have to play them, but I reinvent

them. I rearrange them, do them in different ways that keeps me

interested in playing them and getting the balance between the old

and new stuff is important. We want to hear from these bands. You have

been sending in band names. A band of surgeons call the fine toothed

forceps. Coming to a conservatory near you. This is from Joe, the blue

room baboons. Pineapple grapple. And man flu. The

invisible Martini experience. Who is your winner? Man flu. You can't get

rid of them. Next, a film about dead man's fingers. Is it a punk band

from Bristol? A challenge in the Bake Off special? Or a species of

soft coral in the North Atlantic? I would say it is coral. Let's find

out. Over the years, we have filmed many

treasures in British waters, from blue sharks, to a living reef of

tube worms. That is really beautiful. The colours are

exquisite. And the bizarre and wonderful flame

shell. Oh, my God! For our latest challenge, we wanted a closer look

at one of our strangest underwater animals. Dead man's fingers. So we

turned to Andy Jackson, who specialises in filming our most

unusual marine life. If I was on land, I would have to go halfway

across the world to find stories. In UK waters, there are lots of news

stories and lots of exciting wildlife. For this project he has

been filming on the north-west cost -- coast of Scotland. This lock is

absolutely stunning. We have flame shell reef, dead man's fingers, and

other things. The key stretches called The Narrows, where nutrient

rich water is channelled by strong tidal currents, making it very hard

to dive. Divers have to enter at slack water, when the currents are

at their weakest. That only gives one hour for a dive, but a lot can

be seen in one hour, because the rich water means the sea floor is

covered in a fantastic array of life. Including large yellow

clusters of the animal that Andy is looking for. Dead man's fingers are

fascinating. They are a soft coral, so you have a fleshy body that holds

a colony of polyps together. The polyps are individual but they can

act together as well. Andy has used special lenses to film the polyps,

just a few millimetres long, as they capture planktonic from the water. I

think when you see the polyps on dead man's fingers in close-up, they

are stunning. But over the course of numerous dives, he has found that

the dead man's fingers have a predator. A sea slug. You see them

approaching a dead man's fingers, and the dead man's finger actually

senses the danger coming and it pulls all the polyps in some time

asleep. So the whole thing retracts and tries to protect itself. But the

most exciting discovery was hidden within the polyps, where something

barely visible to the naked eye was moving. I saw this tiny little

creature, a shrimp like creature, so small you could not see any detail.

I wondered what it was doing. Using his special lenses, Andy discovered

something remarkable. As far as I can make out, it is pinching food

off the polyps, which I don't think has been seen before, so it is a

prime example of photography asking questions of science, really.

Through his persistence and skill, Andy has filmed a microscopic world

that has never been seen before. There is a perception that our

coastal waters are mucky and the wildlife is not very colourful and

everything is drab. That is just not the case. It is a bit of a quest to

go out there and convince people that what we have got is worth

protecting. On that calm and restful note, we will say good night.

The UK's Best Part-Time Band continues tomorrow

and you can see him on tour later in the year.

Helping me keep order tomorrow will be guest host Jerry Springer.

And we'll have Beverley Knight and Nadiya Hussain on the sofa.