:00:23. > :00:28.Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker. And fresh from her
:00:28. > :00:33.Comic Relief visit to Malawi, look who's back, Alex is here! So nice
:00:33. > :00:39.to be back. It was a sobering experience for the top of the year.
:00:39. > :00:43.I'm sure. Where's your tan? Sorry. Hang on, who's that mystery voice
:00:43. > :00:48.that we haven't introduced yet? Well, our guest tonight, you
:00:48. > :00:51.wouldn't want to be next to him in a hotel. No he's forever holding
:00:51. > :00:57.parties in his room with laughter every Friday night. You wouldn't
:00:57. > :01:03.want to stay in room 102. You've seen him, it's that funny bloke
:01:03. > :01:11.from Room 101, Frank Skinner. APPLAUSE
:01:11. > :01:16.Sorry. I went early. I started about 6.55, I was hilarious then.
:01:16. > :01:22.You two had a little meeting on the show. Yeah we did. Hold it. We did,
:01:22. > :01:30.yeah. Alex.show. She did Room 101. She put you in Matt. You never
:01:30. > :01:34.mentioned that. You, the BBC. The English. Don't say things like that.
:01:34. > :01:38.No, she didn't. I did have good choices. You didn't pick any of
:01:38. > :01:44.them in fairness. You picked the seagull, which is one of the
:01:44. > :01:48.noblest of creatures. I'm sorry, it's flying vermin. This is why we
:01:48. > :01:53.don't like them. They do things like this. They nick people's
:01:53. > :01:58.sandwiches and live for 40 years, which is the worst bit. They chase
:01:58. > :02:06.dogs which is brilliant. They're a postman all -- there are postmen
:02:06. > :02:13.going "hooray ". John Craven, I can't believe he put the marrow in
:02:13. > :02:18.there. Yes, a cub trifile person. Every -- Countryfile person.
:02:18. > :02:22.couldn't believe it. He always turns up with fruit and veg.
:02:22. > :02:26.way, now the last few weeks in Belfast has fallen back into the
:02:26. > :02:30.type of street violence not seen in many years. Families, businesses
:02:30. > :02:40.and tourists have enjoyed over a decade of relative peace. Has their
:02:40. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:46.faith in the new Belfast been It seems like this -- it's scenes
:02:46. > :02:49.like this that the people of Northern Ireland had hoped were
:02:49. > :02:51.consigned to the past. With the protest with no sign after baiting
:02:52. > :02:57.here, I've come to find out the impact on the everyday people of
:02:57. > :03:05.Belfast. The morning after, I head back to the scene of last night's
:03:05. > :03:09.disturbances. Like most people in this part of East Belfast, chip
:03:09. > :03:14.shop manager Stuart diz agrees with the decision to restrict the flying
:03:14. > :03:19.of the flag. At the moment we're down about �2,000 a week on average.
:03:19. > :03:24.That's over the whole six weeks. One example would be last Saturday.
:03:24. > :03:27.We were actually down �1,000 in one day. We actually had to close the
:03:27. > :03:32.doors because they were rioting outside the front of shop. People
:03:32. > :03:35.are afraid to come out and are afraid to come this side of town.
:03:35. > :03:40.Now that is really interesting, because you would think a riot
:03:40. > :03:44.happens for a couple of hours in the evening, how can that have an
:03:44. > :03:48.impact on businesses? But Stuart says his business is down by 50%
:03:48. > :03:52.because people are too scared to come down this road.
:03:52. > :03:56.The protests may be limited to just a handful of flash points, but
:03:56. > :04:00.their impact has been felt in the wider community. In the city centre,
:04:00. > :04:03.many shops and restaurants have seen customers staying away, while
:04:03. > :04:08.business leaders estimate the recent disturbances could have cost
:04:08. > :04:13.the local economy up to �15 million. It has stopped me from coming into
:04:13. > :04:17.town. I've been in a couple of times. The last time the buses were
:04:17. > :04:22.cancelled and I had to walk from the town. I suppose I can see why
:04:22. > :04:25.people wouldn't come down, but me personally, because I know the city,
:04:25. > :04:29.it's only certain areas where the hassle is going on. It wouldn't put
:04:29. > :04:35.me off. It does actually. We don't know whether we can get home at
:04:35. > :04:38.night. Even at work, I work usually till about 6pm, I've had to leave
:04:38. > :04:42.early to ensure I can get a bus home. Not everyone I talk to wanted
:04:42. > :04:46.to be filmed. There was concern that the protests will escalate.
:04:46. > :04:50.That would be bad news for those who've benefited from the rising
:04:50. > :04:53.visitors since the peace process began, like Joe Turner who runs bus
:04:53. > :04:58.tours. It's already had quite an impact on our business. The
:04:58. > :05:02.weekends at this time of year would be when we earn a lot of our money.
:05:02. > :05:07.We've found that I lot of people are stay ago way because of it.
:05:07. > :05:12.the riots continue, what could that mean for the future? For us, it
:05:12. > :05:16.could be diabolical. It would put us out of business. The sight-
:05:16. > :05:18.seeing business within Belfast is tailing off at moment as it is.
:05:18. > :05:23.Politicians on all sides have condemned the violence and say
:05:23. > :05:28.they're trying to find a solution. That can't come quick enough for
:05:28. > :05:31.this restaurant owner. We lost the lunch time business on the days the
:05:32. > :05:35.protests have been held. We've had cancellations ats the nighttime.
:05:35. > :05:39.What's happened hasn't been about people being afraid to come into
:05:39. > :05:43.the city centre, it's the hassle factor. People are thinking, can I
:05:43. > :05:46.get a bus home or a taxi home? do you say to those thinking of
:05:46. > :05:50.coming to Northern Ireland for the weekend? Please come. You'll have a
:05:50. > :05:55.ball. You won't see any trouble at all. You'll have a fantastic time
:05:55. > :05:58.and it's great value. Many people we've spoken to agree with Bob. But
:05:58. > :06:03.the hassle factor is most frustrating. Though most want the
:06:03. > :06:10.violence to stop, Belfast is trying to get on with life as normal.
:06:10. > :06:13.Simon's here. Back in the 90s you stayed next to the Royal Opera
:06:13. > :06:17.House which had just been bombed. Yeah, in those days, I don't know
:06:17. > :06:21.if it was like it all the time, but it was like Bonfire Night. You know
:06:21. > :06:27.that smoky smell? You used to get soldiers this those tanks, where
:06:27. > :06:32.like a platform on the top. It was scary. But I think, one of the
:06:32. > :06:35.problems with islands is if they stagger a bit, people think it's
:06:35. > :06:39.going back to the old days. We have to stop thinking that and believe
:06:39. > :06:43.in the process more. You've been over there, what were your
:06:43. > :06:46.impressions then? I think it's important to point out there's a
:06:46. > :06:52.lot of people being hurt by this trouble. But it is isolated to a
:06:52. > :06:54.hand fl of very specific areas of the city. It's not everywhere.
:06:54. > :06:58.People of Northern Ireland are quite resilient and humorous about
:06:58. > :07:02.it. We were there on Tuesday night and along with the bricks and
:07:02. > :07:08.bottles, there were a lot of golf balls thrown at the police by the
:07:08. > :07:13.rioters. In the midst of the riot two little old ladies came walking
:07:13. > :07:17.through the ranks of the riot. As they pass, all the media and police
:07:17. > :07:24.cowering behind the armoured cars, the golf balls around them, one
:07:24. > :07:27.said," Rory McIlroy is unhappy about something." Then carried on
:07:27. > :07:32.their way. The cost to businesses is �15 million. There's a lot of
:07:32. > :07:36.other costs involved as well. police already saying it's cost
:07:36. > :07:40.them �7 million so far to deal with all this. But the real worry for
:07:40. > :07:46.people in Northern Ireland is the cost to the wider economy. Along
:07:46. > :07:52.with investors being put off... a big year as well. 2013 is meant
:07:52. > :07:57.to be a big year for tourist with Derry being the City of Culture.
:07:57. > :08:01.The Titanic museum is opening. A lot of hopes for this year. Now in
:08:01. > :08:04.50 years' time, when telly is obsolete and The One Show is
:08:04. > :08:08.downloaded straight into your brains, hopefully we can get your
:08:08. > :08:15.little boy to do one of our growing up with films for us. Yes, that
:08:15. > :08:22.would be brilliant. You don't even know what it is yet. I'm figure ing
:08:22. > :08:29.will I be alive? We asked children of fame ougs personalities to talk
:08:29. > :08:32.about their childhood. # I've got that photograph of you
:08:32. > :08:37.# It's in my head # My father was Spike Milligan, who
:08:38. > :08:44.was an expressive and wonderful genius, poet, compassionate,
:08:45. > :08:53.vegetarian, lunatic, tea drinking, trumpet-playing, wonderful dad you
:08:53. > :08:56.could possibly hope for. He wasn't an outrageous figure, but he was
:08:56. > :09:03.very chilled and mellow, sensitive man. Around the house he liked
:09:03. > :09:10.routine. He liked things to be very ordered. He was a soldier. We lived
:09:10. > :09:18.in a very organised and tidy house, not a chaotic, eccentric genius'
:09:18. > :09:23.house at all. I was born in the late 60s. He was at the peak of his
:09:24. > :09:28.fame. I have three older siblings who are quite a bit older than me.
:09:28. > :09:34.Their mum and our dad separated and my father gained custody of the
:09:34. > :09:43.three kids, which was quite rare in those days. I'm glad he did,
:09:43. > :09:48.because then I got to grow up with them. I went to the animal stare,
:09:48. > :09:53.the birds and bees were there... had an intercom in our house. We
:09:53. > :09:58.all had different numbers u, because it was quite big. He would
:09:58. > :10:03.buzz you and say, "Come and hear this poem. I've written a good
:10:03. > :10:06.poem." If I could write words like leaves on an Autumn forest floor,
:10:06. > :10:11.what a bonfire my letters would make."
:10:11. > :10:17.The children help me by the sheer simplicity and lovingness and not
:10:17. > :10:26.wanting anything sceptd love or a story. When dad was down, he just
:10:26. > :10:30.would rather see a little child than somebody complex. We were
:10:30. > :10:35.privy to a lot of this so-called terrible depression which, when you
:10:35. > :10:39.went into his room and it was all dark and he was in his pajamas, he
:10:39. > :10:49.would give you the biggest smile. To me, I thought, he's in control
:10:49. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :10:57.This is Spike's last car, which he bought when he moved to Rye. He
:10:57. > :11:03.bought it in bright yellow so that he'd be able to see it in the dark
:11:03. > :11:07.he was a bit of a speed freak. He would park anywhere. He would leave
:11:07. > :11:11.very funny messages or if he couldn't get somewhere, he would
:11:11. > :11:14.drive all offer the pavement, which as a small child, I thought, was
:11:15. > :11:23.brilliant. When I was about eight, my parents spotted this house which
:11:23. > :11:26.was in need of a lot of work and they spent years doing it up. But
:11:26. > :11:32.Spike wasn't very security conscious. The front door was often
:11:32. > :11:38.not very well locked. He said the world was burglar mad and that kind
:11:38. > :11:43.of behaviour attracted more fear. He wasn't a big locky up the house,
:11:43. > :11:48.locky up the car kind of guy. It was a lovely place to grow up. We
:11:48. > :11:51.were never bothered here. When we first moved in in 1974, all the
:11:52. > :11:57.properties that they have built around, well it was mine, I was
:11:57. > :12:03.just eight. I used to run wild. I was Tarzan.
:12:03. > :12:08.My mum died when I was just short of my 12th birthday and I can
:12:08. > :12:13.remember very clearly him sitting me down and saying right, now mum
:12:13. > :12:17.is gone, I need to be with you more and so I'm going to come and work
:12:17. > :12:22.from home, so we can be together more. He spoiled me rotten. We
:12:22. > :12:25.spent a lot of time going to see live music and shows. He took me on
:12:25. > :12:30.tour with him a couple of times as well.
:12:30. > :12:36.# I've got this photograph of you... In the past ten years since he's
:12:36. > :12:42.died, people have written things, focusing on his depression and his
:12:42. > :12:46.difficult side. But look at what he left us. He left us incredible
:12:46. > :12:52.writing and incredible humour. There's so much, isn't there, of
:12:52. > :12:57.Spike, his legacy. Excuse me constable, have you seen the payoff
:12:57. > :13:04.to this comedy sketch? That was no lady, that was my wife, going by on
:13:04. > :13:10.a cycle. Thank you. How did he know I was a constable? What a lovely
:13:10. > :13:15.film. Brilliant. Thanks so much to Jane for telling us her story.
:13:15. > :13:18.She's turned out to be a chip off the old block, currently in Hansel
:13:18. > :13:22.and Gretel in best fall. You went to an audience with Spike Milligan.
:13:22. > :13:25.I did. What did you ask him? don't know if you know, this
:13:25. > :13:28.audience with, they come up to you before and say would you ask a
:13:28. > :13:32.question. Here's the question. He was about 70-odd at time. The
:13:32. > :13:37.question was, "Can you remember the first time you made someone laugh
:13:37. > :13:42.on purpose?" I said, is it good to have a the word "remember" in it
:13:42. > :13:46.for a man in his 70s. They said, no he knows about. It he went yes? I
:13:46. > :13:53.said, "Can you remember the first time you made someone laugh on
:13:53. > :13:57.purpose?" And he went. Next question. I felt so terrible. That
:13:58. > :14:03.was my one contact with Spike Milligan. It was a disaster. It
:14:03. > :14:06.wasn't my fault. What was lovely is that you said after Jane's mum died
:14:06. > :14:10.that he consciously spent more time at home to be with the children. Do
:14:10. > :14:14.you feel like that now that you have Buzz. I hope my girlfriend is
:14:14. > :14:18.not watching this. Now that you have Buzz... If I'd watched that
:14:18. > :14:22.film a year ago, I'd have thought, that's a nice film and I was
:14:22. > :14:28.actually watching it, and that bit with the little girl, it's really
:14:28. > :14:32.made me sad. I like the idea that, if you're a comedian and a dad you
:14:32. > :14:37.can use some of your professional skills to keep the kids. I'm doing
:14:37. > :14:47.dances and stuff at home. I'm doing some of my less adult material. At
:14:47. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:55.But I wonder if Spike did all of that stuff? He probably did.
:14:55. > :14:59.I'm sure. I saw footage of Charlie Chaplin, when he makes the bread
:14:59. > :15:07.rolls dance. He did it at home with the kids.
:15:07. > :15:14.I like my kids to see me do The One Show each morning. Yes, and
:15:14. > :15:18.tomorrow, Countryfile. Who is going to be John Craven! Brilliant stuff.
:15:19. > :15:23.As Frank is the gate keeper of Room 101, I know something that I'm sure
:15:23. > :15:29.millions of people would love to put into it. It is of course the
:15:29. > :15:34.winter vomiting bug, Norovirus. AKA hell. If you have not had it,
:15:34. > :15:38.you are likely to know somebody who has. As we find out, we have
:15:38. > :15:41.ourselves to blame. The number of Norovirus cases
:15:41. > :15:45.jumped 72% over the Christmas period compared to last year. The
:15:45. > :15:51.outbreak is showing no signs of slowing down. What we can do to
:15:51. > :15:55.stop it spreading is to of course wash our hands. 99% of us claim to
:15:55. > :15:59.wash our hands each time we visit the bathroom but is this really
:15:59. > :16:03.true? Today we are finding out how clean the hands of people in
:16:03. > :16:08.Manchester are. We are taking samples from the people here in the
:16:08. > :16:13.city centre. Right, do I take this? We are testing for signs of faecal
:16:13. > :16:16.matter. It is worth saying if you do test positive, it does not
:16:17. > :16:20.necessarily mean you have not washed your hands. They could have
:16:20. > :16:26.picked it up anywhere. When did you last wash your hands?
:16:26. > :16:30.Six hours ago. Less than an hour. Three hours... About an hour ago.
:16:30. > :16:37.Do you wash after going to the toilet? Yes. Yes.
:16:37. > :16:42.Thank you for being so honest! I will not shake your hand now! No-
:16:42. > :16:44.one is immune from the Norovirus, but it is the very young and the
:16:44. > :16:49.elderly most vulnerable when they catch it.
:16:49. > :16:54.This year we are in a much worse situation. We have seen 4,000
:16:54. > :16:57.reported cases. They are the tip of the iceberg. So that 4,000
:16:57. > :17:00.represents over 1 million people infected since the gaining of last
:17:00. > :17:05.year. You can catch it easily? Yes, in a
:17:05. > :17:10.number of ways. From touching a surface that is contaminated with
:17:10. > :17:14.the virus. By eating food or drinking water contaminated by
:17:14. > :17:19.somebody who is ill and in some circumstances inhaling drop let's
:17:19. > :17:23.in the air that carry the infection. Because it is so infectious,
:17:23. > :17:29.hospitals have been forced to close wards with thousands of beds
:17:29. > :17:34.affected. This hospital in Stoke fought hard to contain its recent
:17:34. > :17:37.outbreak over the Christmas period. We have had up to six wards closed
:17:37. > :17:41.with Norovirus. How many beds does it affect?
:17:41. > :17:46.can affect at any one time 40 to 60 beds. Over Christmas it was about
:17:46. > :17:52.And the fact it is in the hospital make it is even more serious than
:17:52. > :17:56.it would be for any of us getting it? In hospital, you are already
:17:56. > :18:01.ill, vulnerable. For our patients it can be more of an issue for them.
:18:01. > :18:06.So we want to prevent it at all costs. Please don't come in until
:18:06. > :18:10.after 48 hours if you have had contact with symptoms or had the
:18:10. > :18:15.symptoms yourself. If cow come in, please don't bring in food...
:18:15. > :18:19.If they have been in the home and pick it up.
:18:20. > :18:24.It can come in on the food? Yes, the best thing to do is wash your
:18:24. > :18:29.hands. So, what about the 100 people we
:18:29. > :18:32.tested in Manchester city centre? How clean were their hands? You
:18:32. > :18:37.have the samples in with interesting results? Yes. What I
:18:37. > :18:40.found is that there are about 50 people who had obviously washed
:18:40. > :18:44.their hands with low numbers of organisms on.
:18:44. > :18:50.That is about half. The other half had high numbers of organise
:18:50. > :18:56.anymores on or 30 of these. So 30 out of the 100 had fiekal organisms
:18:56. > :19:02.on the hands. They could have got it from not
:19:02. > :19:05.washing hands or from other places as well? That's right.
:19:05. > :19:10.Of the 30 people two thirds were men.
:19:10. > :19:14.Really? That is horrible. Now the results do not mean that the p%
:19:14. > :19:19.carry the Norovirus, but as it is passed on through contact with
:19:19. > :19:21.vomit Orpheusis, it shows how easily that the virus can spread --
:19:21. > :19:27.30%. The good thing is that lots of
:19:27. > :19:31.people were washing their hands but perhaps others don't get it? Is
:19:31. > :19:35.that right? I think so. When you wash your hands, warm water, soap
:19:35. > :19:41.and start to wash them in all of the creases.
:19:41. > :19:46.Make sure that you wash them well. Rinse them well, and apply more
:19:46. > :19:49.soap and usually sing Happy Birthday, really to ensure that I
:19:49. > :19:53.have washed my hands for long enough.
:19:53. > :19:59.Val Edwards-Jones may not be shocked that 30% of the people
:19:59. > :20:03.tested had faecal bacteria on their hands it shows you how much a
:20:03. > :20:10.difference it makes just to wash your hands. She's watching, so I
:20:10. > :20:15.will do it. That is your fifth go, Frank?
:20:15. > :20:22.the last film made me want to cry, this one frightened me to death.
:20:22. > :20:28.I do wash my hands, to make it clear but I think that I gave it to
:20:28. > :20:33.Lionel Richie! Did you, what a brilliant person to give it to.
:20:33. > :20:41.Well, it was his fault, he went in for a kiss on the lips. He was
:20:41. > :20:45.dicing with death! The trouble is I am going home by skiing... That is
:20:45. > :20:49.definitely going into Room 101, but let's have a look to see what is
:20:49. > :20:56.happening this Friday. I don't like people who are naked
:20:56. > :21:01.in public changing rooms. It is worse in a bloke's gym, imagine?
:21:01. > :21:07.What do you mean you imagine? You don't know? No!? But it is hard to
:21:07. > :21:12.compare, obviously. With men, how can I put this delicately at this
:21:12. > :21:18.hour. With men size... With women, I don't know if women have made up
:21:18. > :21:26.their mind about themselves, what is sewer earior, with the men, the
:21:26. > :21:33.votes have been counted! APPLAUSE Are you agreeing with the naked
:21:33. > :21:41.females? I don't mind a quick drop of the towel and the undies on but
:21:41. > :21:46.when the cream is going on, it is too much! Can I get that on DVD?! I
:21:46. > :21:53.cannot cope. I will go in, swim, then go home soaking wet rather
:21:53. > :21:58.than be seen. I'm an old man. I look like I have not been ironed!
:21:58. > :22:02.Frankenstein! Now, we wanted to give the viewers a chance to give
:22:02. > :22:10.something to put in Room 101. We are on a very appropriate bus, so
:22:10. > :22:14.have a look at this. Right. Frank, I would like to put clowns
:22:14. > :22:20.in Room 101. They are creepy. want to put in cheap possibility
:22:20. > :22:26.paper. There is no point in it. What-related annoys me is people
:22:26. > :22:31.who wear socks and sandals. You think, why are you doing that?
:22:31. > :22:35.I -- what I would like to put into Room 101 is everybody younger than
:22:35. > :22:40.myself! I think what you really need to put into Room 101 is
:22:40. > :22:48.annoying camera cruise that turn up when you are clearly having a bad
:22:48. > :22:55.hair day! A super job. Some good ones there.
:22:55. > :22:59.What do you reckon to all of that lot, Frank? I used to be at a
:22:59. > :23:04.school where we had toilet paper that could be used as tracing paper.
:23:04. > :23:10.We had a thing you could not take the roll. You had to say how many
:23:10. > :23:16.sheets you needed. Honestly. So, you would say I would have,
:23:16. > :23:23.seven...? And then come back in and say make that nine! I bet Norovirus
:23:24. > :23:31.was rife in your school! I don't think it came to our school! Clowns
:23:31. > :23:37.I can't put in as I feel that I am part of that team. Sandals and
:23:37. > :23:42.socks? I don't do that, the Room 101 is not big enough for them!
:23:42. > :23:48.yes, I think that I will put in sandals and socks. As terrifying
:23:48. > :23:52.that feet can be, we must be confronted by the truth of humanity.
:23:52. > :24:00.Has anyone ever said that on the One Show before? I would like to
:24:00. > :24:07.put in the One Show theme into Room 101, I think Frankenstein?! Some
:24:07. > :24:17.people love it. It is a real trumpeter! I know but when you
:24:17. > :24:21.watch the Million Pound Drop, it does not repeat the number... Nor
:24:21. > :24:28.the Magnificent Seven... Seven... Len Goodman could do that theme!
:24:28. > :24:32.Well, you have two ones in the title of your show, so you cannot
:24:32. > :24:37.disour show! I know but we have come up with a tune.
:24:37. > :24:41.Well, you can see what goes into Room 101 tomorrow at 8.30pm on BBC
:24:41. > :24:47.One. On Monday's show we heard from you
:24:48. > :24:52.about the terrible Christmas presents you received. There is a
:24:52. > :24:56.lovely gallery. What did you pick out? Crafting with cat hair caught
:24:56. > :25:01.my eye. Our photographer jaimswraim jaim
:25:01. > :25:06.has the best way to get value from the worst gifts.
:25:06. > :25:11.-- Jamie Crawford. If you are selling Christmas
:25:12. > :25:16.presents, a good photo can lift the price. This is the same vase,
:25:16. > :25:26.photographed well and badly. Let's see which people think is more
:25:26. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:32.valuable? About �150. How about this one? About �2,000? Ten euros.
:25:32. > :25:38.OK, the second one? 500 euros. That is conclusive, a good picture
:25:38. > :25:43.can pay. Peter is the head Auxerre at an
:25:43. > :25:50.auction house. I have come to pick his brains. Can his techniques be
:25:50. > :25:57.used to get the best prices for the gifts that did not cut the mustard?
:25:57. > :26:01.So, two lights, on the table. The white backing. There is shadows
:26:01. > :26:07.that are reflected and then a reflector to shoften the shadows.
:26:07. > :26:09.Then a lighter on the top. That is not on the piece, it gives depth
:26:10. > :26:14.between the object and the background.
:26:14. > :26:19.Surprisingly, Peter shoots from well back on a long lens.
:26:19. > :26:24.If you use wide angle lens it is close to the object and distorted.
:26:24. > :26:29.The finished photo shows the detail. That spotlight on the background is
:26:29. > :26:34.effective in creating depth. This is a professional set-up with
:26:35. > :26:39.expensive equipment but the ideas can be Boroeded to attract
:26:39. > :26:48.morbiders and get higher prices for the unwanted Christmas gifts. To
:26:48. > :26:51.prove a point, I am off to help a keen internet auctioneer to take
:26:51. > :26:55.photographs of her stuff. Claire has been selling online for
:26:55. > :27:00.eight years. I have a cupboard full of stuff.
:27:00. > :27:07.When I have time I load it up. And go and buy yourself something
:27:07. > :27:12.with the proceeds? Yes. But Claire admits, that her photos
:27:12. > :27:17.can be rub urb. She is not alone. This seller is not showing the item
:27:18. > :27:23.at its best. The taty box does not fetch a lot and this is fingers and
:27:23. > :27:27.thumbs. I end up selling for 99p, when you
:27:27. > :27:34.could sell it for a fiver. This is a home studio. It is a
:27:34. > :27:37.steal at �30. It can use it to copy Peter's techniques.
:27:37. > :27:42.The light will bounce off the back so you don't have that, that is
:27:42. > :27:47.what you get? Exactly. Lots of photos that people take,
:27:47. > :27:51.they take with a standing level, but you want to see this in the
:27:51. > :27:57.best light. So get level and steady yourself up with the camera. You
:27:57. > :28:02.can see it is wide. It is lost in the photo. So use the zoom and hone
:28:02. > :28:08.in on it. Nice and steady and keep the flash off. Then fire away.
:28:08. > :28:14.It looks nice. I don't want to sell it now! Without a home studio you
:28:14. > :28:20.can get better pictures easily with an ordinary white sheet it
:28:20. > :28:25.declutters the shot, focuses the attention where it should be and
:28:25. > :28:30.diffuses the light. Avoiding the flash as it can be harsh. Use a
:28:30. > :28:36.tripod if possible and a longer exposure. The timer on the camera
:28:36. > :28:40.is useful here. So don't catch the -- touch the
:28:40. > :28:46.camera. Then hit go, you have two seconds to get out of the way.
:28:46. > :28:51.Perfect. That looks really nice. I will buy one of those, please! Some
:28:51. > :28:56.super tip there is. Another good example of how to make a relatively
:28:57. > :29:03.ordinary object look special, here it is! There we go! Can you get
:29:03. > :29:08.those on eBay? Can you get a home kit for photographing stuff on
:29:08. > :29:13.eBay? I don't know. It looks like you could spend more on the
:29:13. > :29:19.photography stuff? You can use a little white sheet and a torch U