11/04/2016 The One Show

All right? Let's go. What would you prefer, a brand-new scooter, or, a

date with Twiggy? What? Well, twig or scooter? Scooter. 100%.

-- Twiggy. Wouldn't everybody? Hello and

welcome to The One Show. Tonight's guest is the face of 66 and now 50

years later is as much of an icon, it is Twiggy. Awkward.

APPLAUSE. Hello. What is, why would you ask

that? I would have gone Twiggy. Definitely. Most guys go for the

scooter. Now, it is a story, when I was 15-and-a-half, I was a mod. I

was really cool. And I had a date with a young boy mod, who was

probably 16. And we went with a young boy mod, who was

pictures, and he bought me a record, A World Without Love. So I was, like

most young girls I thought this is love, the big one. He said I will

call you necks week. I thought lovely. He called me and he said he

was embarrassed and said, look, I can't afford a girlfriend and a

scooter, and I am saving up to buy a scooter so I won't be able to see

you again. Listen, if you are watching, tonight, come on, send us

a picture of that scooter and you: I can't remember his name. You should

have forgotten it straightaway. We will gloetz of photos with people

with scooters. With housing in short supply, some landlords have been

quick to cash in. Lucy has been to make the Tennants of one housing

estate who may not have homes much make the Tennants of one housing

Imagine getting one of these through your letter box. A section 21

notice. Giving you two months to leave the home you have lived in for

years. For some people renting homes on this street in East London

getting one of those through the post has become a reality.

getting one of those through the This is the Butterfield estate in

Walthamstow, last November, 63 houses owned by the same landlord

were sold off to develop evers, apparently without warning to the

tenants. Since then, ten have received notices to quit. Some are

due to move out one days, others have already gone.

We had a knock on the door and we were handed this letter. I had to

read it twice to understand what were handed this letter. I had to

said. Right now, I am so were handed this letter. I had to

stiff. London's crazy property prices mean affordable rented a. O

location is fast becoming as rare as hen's teeth so people leaving

Butterfields are likely to face paying more rent for their next

home. The thing that seems ironic to the tenants here, is that the

organisation that sold their homes is actually a charity. That charity

was set up to help people out of poverty.

The local charity says it is not a social housing provider, and that

selling the homes has allowed a seven fold increase in the

selling the homes has allowed a emergency grants it is able to give

to people in need. Nicole is one of the former tenants given two months

to move out. It is so upsetting, that someone can walk up to you and

say, in two months you are going to get out, and no-one is going to help

you. Nobody involved in the sale, either the hearty that sold them on

the company that bought them has done anything that is legally wrong.

You cannot simply upturn and displace 100 people and not expect

any consequences. Magda is another Tennant under threat.

any consequences. Magda is another in her home for five years.

You are supposed to move out in two days' time At this moment we have

nowhere to move. Further down I meet Alex who has lived here for over FIA

year, she is safe for now but fears the worse once her tenancy is up for

renewal When I see the post, I think they are going to bring the letter.

What would it mean to you if you had to move? The school is round, I

don't want my son to miss even one day of education. So how does a well

regarded local charity find itself at the centre of this storm of

criticism? Hello my name is Lucy, I am calling on be The One Show. But

they don't want to speak to me. Instead they point mow a statement

they have made. In it they say they are saddened the innocents are being

evicted and they seek assurances from the agents that I sold the

homes through regarding the rights and protection. They also say they

can't prevent a new owner reviewing the the Nancies after the sale.

South Bank's university expert on the sector says he understands why

the charity has chosen to sell the houses. It is probably a very good

deal long-term. Their plans are to re-invest the funds, to give them a

securer form of income, which they can grow the grants to people in

real need. As the charity say they sought assurances from the the about

in, I call the agents to find out more. But they too just direct me to

the statement. The developers who bought the properties are local

businessmen. A representative told us they didn't want to speak to us

directly but they did issue a statement.

They say there was no agreement to keep the the about in, they say the

decision not the renew taken after careful consideration, they will do

their best to limit any disruption to the Nantes, they said they would

welcome investment from social landlords interested in the

properties. But the the napts having given up hope. They started a

campaign to persuade their new landlords to have a change of heart.

They have been protesting at some of the auctions where the homes have

gone under the hammer. We are ordinary people, However, the

Butterfields situation reitself, Nicole believes changes in the law

are needed to better protect those who rent their homes. Housing can't

just be treated as an investment, so many people are in desperate need of

homes at the moment, presenters need a lot more rights in this country.

And luesy join us now. We heard from Magda and she said I only have two

days to find somewhere else to live. Has she found an alternative? She

has. She is waiting to move in. She has signed up for a new place, and

she hasn't been evicted yet so she is still at Butterfields waiting to

move on. You hear you are here loaded with figures what is the

national average for rent? The national average is ?744 a month,

which sounds a lot as it is. Then think about a hotspot, everyone

wants to know what the average rent in London is. It is ?1521

percalendar month. That is up 40% on FIA years ago.

So it can be a shocking figure. When it was happening for you in London,

do you remember rentses be ridiculous then? Yes, I mean I was

living at home when the whole thing happened to me in 66, and I did help

my mum and dad move into a nicer house, and I was telling you what I

bought. But when I then got into London, when I was working a lot. I

did rent, but you know only for a few month, but I had it probably

because my dad bought, he bought in the '30s, his first house. I always

had in my mind, you should own property. But some people can't,

nowadays... I mean, my heart goes out to young people, because what do

they do? We call them generation rent. The amount of under 35s buying

properties has dropped off. Yes. So So what about if you are renting, is

there anything done to protect these rising rent prices? The Scottish

Government has brought in the private tenancy bill recently, it is

billed as being a compromise between landlords and tenants. The tenants

get a certain amount of stability and security, so local authorities

can cap rents in hotspots, tenancy agreements are made more easy to

understand and tenants can't just be ejected because it has come to an

end. The landlord has to have a reason, such as the fact they are

selling the property. Wales have brought in a similar bill, again,

more easy to understand agreement, and sort of, different factors, you

can't as a landlord do a revenge eviction, so if your ten mant

complains they don't like the house you can't get rid of them. Northern

Ireland is looks 59 some sort of measure. In England? There is not

much appetite for that. It a big day for the Government's housing and

planning bill which has gone into the report stage, so the final sort

of set of procedures, now, there is lots of things within that. The

Government says this is to turn generation rent into generation buy.

So there is a whole... That is a big ask. Something needs to be done,

there is a suite of reform, for example local authorities will have

to but power to ban rogue landlords, private rogue landlords and the

right to buy will be extended to housing association people as well.

This bill should not expect an easy ride, there is already a lot of

debate over it, so, watch this space. Thank you Lucy. Now, here we

go with a true story, imagine that you have put on a show right, for a

few friends in the village hall and a top theatre producer rocks up with

an offer for the big time. It sounds amazing. Problem is... It caused a

massive split when many of the cast were axed. I wasn't selected so I

was disappointed about that. Some people were deeply hurt, that they

hadn't been chosen. Each one of those women detested me.

hadn't been chosen. Each one of tough, but we did it for everybody.

I agree to abort my baby. 30 years ago in that Merseyside

clinic. It doesn't matter if it's a golf ball, a tennis ball, a football

or a rugby ball. You men will watch anything that has balls. He knew

what to do and he made me feel like a brand-new women. Each of them come

with life experiences which they share on stage. What I am trying to

say is I think you should recast. My Stacy will be Annie.

If If it kills me. I asked the request what he unites women and we

are still here today discussing it. I fairly recently retired, nobody

else was asking me to do anything. And it was fantastic. When I was

five months pregnant I was going through a difficult time. My husband

was critically ill, he has a brain tumour, it was a chance to step into

a room and try and forget what was going on. It is like therapy coming

to the group and chatting to even, and being part of a unit. We are

coming out with, some people just wouldn't be able to talk about, or

think about. We are bringing it to the front, yes, it is here, it is

real. I think every woman out there

relates to the stories we are not the ideal we are not size six, we

are every day, imperfect but perfect women.

Played here to an audience of 50 people, we sold out for four nights.

To take it to the next step, I needed to use celebrity actresses,

that meant eliminating nine of the original cast. Each one of those

women detested me. When he did make the election, there was a lot of

very disappointed women. After that, there was a great divide in the

rehearsal studio. It was really really difficult, because we knew

that everybody couldn't go, but, we were doing it for all of us, we were

doing it for all the real women. We hadn't finished. Even though it took

a slight lull, a lot of us really knew that there was more to come.

Being back with the women again in a room, was so powerful, in that

sisterhood, which they allow me into and I just thought this is something

that we have to revisit. Dead exciting really. It is amazing to be

going to the West End. They will stand on the stage that lots of

stars have all over the world have stood and performed on. I am

terrified, but hoping that I will get my lines out and do it. And do

it well. Is the ultimate goal and we have managed to do it, on being real

women. I think that is what has carried us there. It has style. He

has got class. He has got lovely shirts.

And he still has my heart. All of us together on the final leg

of the journey, it is the icing on the cake.

APPLAUSE. Listen, good luck. Listen good luck. Break a leg! You

see them at the Playhouse Theatre in London from the 8th May. A great

story. The people's story of pop tells the story of pop. Twiggy you

met some of the fans from the 60s. Your grand-dad ran a recording

studio. Phillip's recording services, the first studio in

Liverpool. Did he live here? Yes, it was our home. George, Paul, George

and mate came in through the front door and will have walked into the

kitchen and been served jam sponge cake. Made by your? Grandmother. And

she played the piano and made cake. That is a lovely angle. His granny

made sponge cake and they would come and didn't have proper sound

proofing, they had blankets at the windows. It was the first recording

studio in Liverpool and he still has the log book where he wrote down who

came in and what they paid, like one and six pence and they get a record.

I said what did your grand-dad think of, I think it before they were

called the Beatles. He said he said something like, it wasn't his music,

it was a blooming racket. What is the one about the lady who ends up

in the bikini? I didn't meet her. When I voiced it and everything, it

was extraordinary. It was a ban and she put over her tummy the letters

of the band's name. I think it was Mojo, sticking plaster and lay under

a sun bed! You can see it there. Hysterical. There she is. Then the

band came to meet her and she was in a bikini. She said look at my belly.

The things people do is extraordinary. I met amazing people

who have kept things and are still looking for memorabilia. If anyone

has any great stories from that period, they're still doing more

programmes. Go to the web-site. That decade is remembered as a

significant one. For you. I was a mod at the time. With the scooter

and the boyfriend. I didn't have a scooter. Why do you think it was so

important? It was the beginning of music changing. It wasn't only

music, it was fashion and hence what happened to me and music and art.

That whole thing that happened to England or Great Britain in the mid

60s. There was a revolution. A nice revolution. Music was a huge part of

it. And it was the beginning, the end of the crooners and the guys

singing on their own and music for us. Were you out there really

enjoying yourself? Yes. Is that how you got kis dovred? -- discovered.

No, but I was a mod and I was into my clothes and made my own clothes.

You couldn't buy clothes for teenagers, I would make, I made by

first bell bottoms, it was important to have the look. Nice to continue

that. Yes I was doing that today for my M range. But it was amazing,

the music was so important. I used to go as a mod on a, I was only

allowed out Saturday night and I went with my friends to a place

above a tailoring shop in harrow and I saw people like Eric Clapton, the

Yard Birds. He wasn't famous. The Animals. I mean Georgie Fame. They

all played there. They were the new young musicians. I saw them all live

in a room as big as this. Listen, the people's history of pop starts

this Friday on BBC 4. Now... I love this song. I love it. You have been

dancing. Oh, that is me! There was a time when Twiggy was enjoying

success with songs like this. What were you going to say. I say,

because I thought, oh, I know that song. This, David Essex wrote that.

You can tell. Can you? That was me on Top of the Pops. At the same time

in Birmingham one man was preparing for a day of hard labour on a

building site. But he glanced into the mirror and that look changed his

world. The melting pot of Midlands in the 70s inspired a different kind

of music. It became known as Two Tone, fusing punk, pop and reggae.

Mirror in the Bathroom by the beat was one. What was life like here?

Very mixed and very cultural and lots of immigrants came here. Did

that influence the music of The Beat? I think it did a lot. The

atmosphere in Birmingham allowed us to cross musical areas. We wanted to

mix punk and reggae. I love that. The hit single Mirror in the

Bathroom had been written while Dave was working on a building site. It

started on a particular morning. I had a bit too much fun the night

before and forgot to hang my clothes up to dry. Realised that at about

6.30 and hung them up in the shower and thought hot and wet is better

than cold and wet and I was having a shave and felt miserable, faced with

the prospect of putting on wet clothes to go to work, I was like we

don't have to do this, the door is looked, it us just you and me, we

don't have to do this, and the words were going through my head. The door

is locked just you and me. And it stuck with me. Mirror in the

bathroom, please talk free, the door is locked... The lyrics are about

how people get fixated on themselves and that tends to make you feel less

connected to people. I saw that. In that time, there was a lot of

stainless steel and shiny mirror architecture and you could go into

restaurant and there was glass tables and lots of reflections in

the shops and the more I looked, you would see people are pretending to

look at the shoes, but they're looking at themselves. You start

thinking about everything in terms of just yourself, what do they think

about me? I just started to tease me. It had a nice scan to it. Apart

from you can't have something called Mirror in the Bathroom. Did you not

like the title? No it was stupid, I was too embarrassed to tell anyone

in the group what it is called! David Steel bass player, genius had

an odd tune going on, with a bass part and my poem fitted to it. Quite

closely. So I worked on it a bit before I presented words. They

thought it was fine being called Mirror in the Bathroom. It reached

No 4 in the UK in 1980. Three years later they split up. Dave now lives

in California performing as The English Beat. They recently came to

England with the band. Big shoes to fill. I can't help but love the

experience. Touring. The music here feels more like part of English

heritage. We come here to do shows and everybody would sing the set

more than we would. Still today, Mirror in the Bathroom is a huge

crowd-pleaser. I enjoy playing it, but I enjoy the crowd's reaction and

people tell you after, what that song meant to them. And that I think

is the greatest honour you could hope for that people come and tell

you that they use some of your threads for their tapestry. You

can't get better than that really. Mirror in the Bathroom what were you

saying. It doesn't steam up. You have to have one. Now some wildlife.

When you're not designing clothes, hedgehogs are on your mind. I'm the

patron of the Hedgehog Society and this is hedgehog awareness week. Be

careful with your strimmers and lighting fires. We have lost 50% of

them. You know. So it is look out for the hedgehogs. We can't have

Britain without hedgehogs. And make holes in your fences. At this time

of year there is nothing like waking up to the song of bird song. One of

the joys of spring. Well... That is ideal... Unless it is the sound of

the Great Grey Shrike and you're a lizard or a mouse, so you may want

to stay in bed. Remote corners of our countryside

are draped with macabre decorations. These are the calling cards

of a rare visitor to our shores - The Great Grey Shrike has a grizzly

reputation, which is earned it Less than a hundred

visit Britain each year. They're song birds no bigger

than a blackbird, but they're also sharp-eyed predators

with the unusual habit of hanging their prey in bushes

to create a gruesome larder. I have come to the Forest of Dean,

where one of these rare This hawthorn I'm pretty sure

is where this Great Grey You can see a whole

bunch of feathers. It's obviously dismembered

a small bird here. What the birds are doing

is when they catch prey, they impale them on the thorns

and then use their bill to help prise the food apart and hang on,

just looking down here, A bit like owls, Shrikes

produce pellets. So small bones, feathers,

anything that is inedible will be swallowed down and then will come up

as a pellet. I think this Shrike has

been eating a blue tit. I'd love to get a glimpse

of the Shrike hunting so I have teamed up

with a wildlife cameraman. Now, you have been here for last

couple of days trying to track down the Shrike,

how has it been? It's been out and about perching

on trees, it's got definite spots So it's off to the woods on the look

out for an unlikely bird of prey. We have been here five minutes

scanning around and Toby has just They have got beautiful flickering

wings, it is like a bandit with that That what is they will do,

they will perch up there, spot prey and be down

quickly and on it. That is spectacular eye sight,

that was probably a flight of 60, 70 metres, spotting

something that size. Common lizards start

to emerge from hibernation on sunny spring days,

but in the cool temperatures Making them vulnerable

to the Shrikes. Over the next few hours our Shrike

makes several successful hunts. And in the undergrowth the butcher

bird may well be storing The Great Grey Shrike really is one

of our rarest visitors to these shores and not only have

we caught up with it today, we have seen the most amazing

behaviour of it catching lizards. What a fabulous

pint-sized predator. Oh. Nice colours. Listen thanks for

these photographs. Lots of people claiming to be Twiggy's boyfriend.

She is denying all knowledge. The people's history of pop starts on

Friday on BBC 4. Tomorrow we are here with Zoe Ball. See you then.

Thanks.