14/12/2017 The One Show

Hello, and welcome to The One Show

with Angela Scanlon...

And Matt Baker.

Our guest tonight is a Mancunian

maestro with the midas touch -

every single album he has released

in a career spanning three decades -

has gone to number one.

No need for anger, just

let's take a look back...

# I'm a rock and roll star

# So Sally can wait

# She knows it's too late as she's

walking on by

# Little By Little

# Gave you everything you ever

dream.

# She fell

# And I spell #

He doesn't need an introduction...

Here he is anyway... It is Noel

Gallagher everyone!

Welcome Noel - congratulations

are in order as you have set a UK

record - you are officially

the first artist to score

ten consecutive number

one studio albums.

Looking at this picture we were

trying to decide how you feel here?

LAUGHTER

That is me looking overwhelmed! We

were not aware of the record until a

couple of days before the people

from the chart company phoned up and

asked for a quote. It was ten number

ones in a row. I don't like to make

a big deal out of it but I like to

make a really big deal out of it!

Everything I do at the moment, I get

people to mention it!

Well, I think

it is fabulous!

The final 2018 inductees

for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

have just been revealed,

they include Bon Jovi,

The Cars, Dire Straits,

The Moody Blues and Nina Simone.

To be eligible the acts must have

released their first single or album

at least 25 years prior to the year

of nomination.

We did some maths...

Definitely Maybe, your

debut album with Oasis

was released in 1994,

and will be eligible

for induction in 2019...

You might have to reform, would you

do it?

I would do it...

Would you?

You would have two, to accept it?

I

guess you would have two, yes.

That's if you accept it...

Would

you?

I am going to say... No.

Well,

there was a hesitation...

Your

instincts said yes.

Shall we say

yes? Do it again and I will say yes!

Would you reform?

Absolutely, I

would be thrilled!

Ready and

waiting, you heard it here first!

You are flying high at the moment,

we will be talking more about that

in a moment.

What's in a name?

My name is derived from the Greek

word "angelos" meaning

"messenger of the gods".

But it's now being used

in a whole new way -

as Kate McIntyre explains.

It is a situation that is all too

familiar for many of us. You are on

a date or at a party and you feel

unsafe, hassled or threatened by

someone. With Christmas

get-togethers in full swing,

situations like this can come up

more often than usual. Have you ever

been at a work party or you have

been on a date or something and felt

uncomfortable?

Yes, sometimes I've

had to be rude so I get them to

understand that I don't want do with

them. I just want a nice time on my

own.

Harassment can be something

like a comment, up to someone not

leaving you alone on a night out.

When jingle Bells turned to warning

bells, what can you do? Excuse me,

can I speak to Angela?

Of course,

she's out the back. Do you want to

see her?

I'm not asking for a

friend, "?Angela is a code word.

When the bar staff hear someone

asking for Angela, they know to

help. The scheme started here in

Lincolnshire, and Hayley came up

with the idea.

If you are feeling

uncomfortable and you are feeling

vulnerable, you need help or you

need to get out this situation, you

go up to the bar and you say, is

Angela there? Immediately the bar

staff know what you mean, they will

take you to the staff room or an

emergency exit or to the toilets,

and give you some time to establish

what you want to do. Whether it is

called a friend or get a taxi called

for you, or exit the building

without being seen.

Ask for Angela

has recently been taken up by bars,

cafes and pubs nationwide. Places

part of the scheme are recognisable

by these posters. It isn't only

women who Have to ask for Angela,

men use this scheme as well. You've

asked for Angela yourself?

I was on

a night out, and a gentleman came

and sat next to me, he came along

and got closer, I walked away. Next

minute, his hands are around my

waist and I felt so uncomfortable, I

asked one of the bar staff for

Angela. The next minute, all of the

bar staff were there to pull me out

away, made sure the guy was away

from me. They spoke to him, they

kept me inside until I felt safe. Is

the best thing that you can do.

So,

what do people out on the town

tonight think of Ask for Angela?

As

the father of three daughters, it's

fantastic to have Angela sat in the

corner.

Would you consciously choose

a bar in the scheme? If I was going

on a date with a stranger, I would.

When I heard of it, I thought it was

amazing.

I think it's a benefit.

I

think it's good that we have that in

place. I just feel that it's sad to

be in place.

Worst comes to worst,

you can ask for help about making a

big deal.

Uncomfortable situations

on a night out can never be

eradicated completely. But with

schemes like this, Angels this

Christmas could come in the form of

a friend behind the bar named

Angela...

STUDIO: This came as news to me. I

had never heard of it.

I hadn't

heard of it until you told me about

it.

And your daughter is about aged

18 now? There she is. All of this

stuff will be on the radar for you

as a dad.

It's a good thing. It's

open... Imagine, the clubs I would

go to, there are taxi ranks outside.

Imagine jumping the queue? You just

say, Angela. You get a niqab and go

suggesting people

-- you get in a taxi and you go

home. I'm not suggesting that people

do that!

Elton John has said that

your new album is the happiest thing

he's ever listen to.

And he would

no!

Was that the intention to make a

joyous record?

I didn't know what I

would get out of it going into it, I

was in the studio but the backing

tracks suggested things that were

quite upbeat and uplifting. It's

difficult to achieve in music, to

get some kind of joy into a song. It

is very easy to pick up a guitar and

watch the news, and write about

things going on in the news. It is

difficult to write about the

universal truths of happiness and

love.

Especially in that climate.

So

it was something that you were

trying to do? Have you been working

on it for a long time to nail that

concept?

No... When I am writing a

song I would always try and put some

kind of hope in it. Even if the song

lends itself to being sad, I would

always try and round it off

lyrically with some hope or joy in

it but it is difficult to do. Happy

songs can be slightly banal, and you

do not do it often. If you could do

it all of the time it would be

great, but... Umm, I managed to do

it though!

You nailed it!

Now, Holy

Mountain... That is banal!

It's one

of your favourite pieces of music

ever?

The flip thing is a sample of

a record from the 1970s and my

producer said, what you think of

this? -- the flute thing. I said,

it's possibly the most annoying

thing I've ever heard in my entire

life... It's going to be a hit! He

said, will we get a song out of it

written what I said, if it hits me!

Let's have a listen?

Please do!

# She fell, she fell

# Right under my spell

# She danced right into my hands

# Come on!

# If you feel the need

# I said you've got to sing to me

#

It is an earworm. You mentioned your

producer, and how you built this

record was different to what you've

done in the past. Different to being

alongside them in the studio...

What

I've done in my career, I will sit

at home for a year before I write a

record, I go to the studio and we

pick out the best songs. That's

where you go, you aim for it and do

your best. My producer, David

Holmes, hello, David, wherever you

are... In Northern Ireland. He said,

let's write it in the studio. The

main difference was whenever I did

anything is starting to remotely

sound like a Oasis, he said, you've

done all of that. Let's try

something more annoying! And it

ended up sounding quite different.

As a songwriter, you lapse into lazy

habits. Eugene on the things that

you are known for. But, you need

pushing sometimes. Pushing in a

different direction.

And for you,

playing live is the Holy Grail,

really.

That's the payoff. It is

literally the payoff these days!

LAUGHTER

Do you think about that payoff while

you are writing?

Umm... I would

generally treat the three things

right, recording and playing live,

and while I am writing, you write

the best that you can. In the

studio, you are trying to get out in

the speaker is what you've got in

your head. But on tour, that's when

you know how good your songs are,

you place them against other songs

in your career and how good they

are. How they will stand up. You see

what people react the best two. The

first few weeks on tour can be

pretty... Not difficult, but you are

working out what will work best in a

sat. But you only get to know them

after six or seven weeks. -- best on

a set.

For you it is about the

audience, how competitive would you

say you are with your music these

days? Back in the 1990s, their worst

good conflict between Oasis and

Blur, in Britpop. These days, being

knocked off the top spot by Sam

Smith and Ed Sheeran is...

I've

tried to goad Sam Smith into a war

of words but unfortunately people

these days are too nice! I will get

him, him and Harry Styles!

Does it

annoy you, the clean cut?

I tell you

what they have got, I was at radio

one the other we can Sam Smith was

there. A lovely lad. He had a bigger

entourage than the Pope! There were

about 60 people with him. I thought,

good God! I was there on my own!

As

you have done today.

The current

crop of pop stars... Yeah, they are

a bit clean cut and a bit nice. But

in the 1990s, that was a bloodbath,

man!

His eyes lighting up as he says

"Bloodbath"!

One Direction got to

11.

Who Built The Moon is out now.

Blood services around the UK have

released what they want for

Christmas and that is more donors.

To be honest it's the same

thing they've been asking

for since transfusions began nearly

a hundred years ago -

here's Natasha Raskin

on the original blood drives.

John Cartland would leave in the

dead of night in Edinburgh and drive

his father's car quickly through the

streets but this was not joyriding.

This was a matter of life and death.

In the early days of the Scottish

National blood transfusion service.

In the 1920s and 1930s, blood

transfusion was in its infancy and

the UK's first blood donor service,

run by the British Red Cross in

London, only started in 1921.

This

is a typical piece of apparatus from

the 1920s - 30s. The donor and the

patient would have been in very

close proximity. You had a line

going into the donor and a line

going into the patient. You would

take the blood from the donor and

inject it into the patient.

It was

quite an intimidating procedure so

blood donors were quite scarce.

Edinburgh dentist Jack clock blend

wanted

-- Jack Copeland wanted to change

that. I've come back to where he

lived and worked.

A friend told him

that his wife had died, and she

could have been saved with a blood

transfusion.

Jack decided to start

his own blood donation register. He

would ferry blood donors to the

hospital but within months, the

service got so busy that his dental

practice began to suffer...

It was

getting too much, he called on my

teenage father, can you take on the

night-time calls coming he said?

Hello? Every night, John would take

calls from doctors needing blood.

It

was his responsibility to drive the

donor to and from hospital in his

father's car. He was only 13 years

old and clearly underage! So, did

the authorities turn a blind eye?

The Lord Protestant Edinburgh was a

supporter of the blood transfusion,

and so I think the police knew what

was going on!

In truth, John

Copeland style, we've got our own

1930s Lanchester and we are going to

look at his father's destinations...

The Royal Infirmary, the Hospital

for sick children, and private

hospitals in streets like Moray

Place. People wrote to your

grandfather and father, letters of

thanks.

If it was an emergency

situation, and it did not always

turn out as you would hope... I

regret that the great human effort

was in vain. "I Have lost my

comforter, councillor. Everything in

the world to me but I pray to God

that you, you will have health and

strength to carry on your good work

in the interests of humanity".

Very

touching. So sad. It was really

selfless work. But worth it for the

lives these transfusion saved.

I wish to thank you very sincerely

on behalf of my brother, from Ward

three of the Royal Infirmary, for

your real kindness in coming forward

to give him a blood transfusion.

We feel very grateful to you indeed.

That is wonderful. Jack Copland

Centre himself into fundraising and

publicising the service. By 1936 he

had a list of 350 blood donors and

helped to create the Edinburgh blood

transfusion service. By 1939, with

the advent of the blood bank, cars

were transporting donor's blood

instead of people themselves. But

speed was still of the essence. Last

year, nearly 31,000 people in

Scotland were helped with red cell

blood transfusions.

The principle is

still the same, we are still 24/7,

365 days a year on call. We are so

grateful to Jack, realising how

important blood was in future.

What

would John have made of this fast

car with blue lights?

He would have

been writing there, and up the road!

He would have loved it!

Jack Copland

and his young son left a brilliant

legacy to the people of Scotland and

now the Scottish blood transfusion

service on him they with this

building the Jack Copland Centre

building.

They are about 80%, but the Jack

Copland Centre is on track to be

operational by next spring.

At this

time of the year, blood donations

drop significantly, so if you can,

do donate over the next few weeks.

The link is on the website of where

and how to donate.

Noel, we

understand we are helping you out.

I

could have done with some of that in

the 90s!

A whole different

conversation.

You are getting out of

Christmas shopping by coming here.

It is my least favourite time of the

year.

So you are delighted to in

this subtly decorated studio.

I told

my wife I was on a TV marathon so I

wouldn't be home until tomorrow.

You're not into the whole gifting

thing?

It's just the atmosphere of

Christmas, it winds me up, like the

adverts. Apart from them using my

music and I get paid a fortune. The

one that Martin Freeman is in the

minutes, you know that one...

Over

and over...

The jingles and walking

through shops. I tell you what

annoys me, glitter. The staff at my

office are having a Christmas party

right now, and it was shaping up to

be, frankly, the saddest Christmas

party ever. I was in the office and

it's covered in glitter. Why indeed!

I've got it on my jeans, I had it on

my nose before.

My vision of what it

would be like to meet you is

absolutely bang on.

The Grinch, kind

I taught the Grinch or that he

knows.

What did you get your mum?

I

get the same thing every year. My

wife looks after it all. My mum is

like, thanks for the present.

I

assume that Liam doesn't get

anything.

He's been benefiting from

my genius for a long time. He'll

have to make do with that again this

year.

Quickly, let's have a look of

this photo of you at the recount,

because you don't enjoy football

pundit. Your rat the match between

Man United and Man City. Apparently,

they were all singing Look Back In

Anger.

Yes, and Jose Mourinho didn't

like it, did he? That might have

been the best 48 hours ever, to sit

beside Gary Neville, watching him

have a meltdown, and then to kind of

leave the stadium and there had been

a fracas, so to read in the papers

that they were playing Look Back In

Anger at excruciating volume and

wound up Jose Mourinho, the most

hated man in the world, it was just

too much. The best Christmas present

I've ever had!

Nadiya Hussain and Christine Walkden

have spent the last year visiting

the passionate gardeners

of Walsall Road in Birmingham.

They've already seen the allotments

in Spring, Summer and Autumn.

No prizes for guessing what's next.

It's winter, and we are back for our

last visit this year to peas in

Birmingham to check up on our lovely

allotmenteers.

Where has the year

gone? It's flown by. We had such

fun.

What happens to an allotment?

Does it just go into hibernation?

No, digging, weeding, cutting back,

fruit trees, greenhouse, picking

Brussels sprouts for Christmas Day.

Last time we were here, we saw a

selection of juicy Asian vegetables,

including this whopper. I've not

seen one that big in my life! And

Christine tried to teach me a thing

or two about the quality of the

soil. You've got good hand cream.

No, I haven't! You can smell the

earth.

Is the Earth living up to its

promise?

We got some parsnips.

The

bigger the crown, theoretically, the

more leaves, the bigger the

parsnips. Look at that!

That

enormous!

The best thing is, when

they are frosted, the carbohydrate

toasters sugar and feels we doubled

windy big these?

January. I planted

over 50 and I've probably got about

half.

If you sold them later, you

would get a higher percentage.

What

tips would you give me for growing

parsnips?

Plant them in March.

What

are we up to today?

We are sitting

in the freezing cold! We are going

to cook that parsnip with an

aromatic, spicy, curry flavoured

soup.

What would you like me to do?

This big parsnip leads greeting.

Some garlic... Into the hot oil, we

put garlic, onion, chilli flakes,

curry powder and turmeric. In a good

peeler.

You are very good. In dopey

peelings, mix it all up, add water

and let it simmer. -- in go the

peelings. It's taken 11 months to

get this parsnip. We are going to

honour it and cook it long and slow

and let it take its time.

OK. I

think allotment are romantic.

There

was something Sarina and calm.

Caring, loving, romantic.

Relationships bring this place

together and when newcomer Elaine

inherited a shed, her neighbours

were happy to help.

It was lovely to

see these wonderful people appearing

in saying, let's sort it, and

pushing it. I was amazed.

I think

allotment are romantic.

Really?

I

can sit here and dreamy romance in

my shed but there's nothing

happening here. It's boring, I'm

afraid.

But from the land of

bromance, Colin is planting a bit of

Sicily. -- the land of romance. How

do you grow Mediterranean vegetables

in this climate?

If you keep working

hard, you achieve the fruit of it.

There are so many things here.

We

are in a city so you don't get the

extremes of weather, and you get

some protection from the heat. The

plant is modified.

But we are not

feeling that he'd today. Time for

the soup.

Super!

Really sweet. Shall

we share it?

No, we'll have it.

Served with a dollop of York and

some parsley, what is John's

verdict? -- A dollop of yoghurt.

It's lovely.

Really nice.

Everybody

has been so welcoming and I've had

such an amazing time. I reckon we

should come back.

Will you have asked?

Yes!

A great

bunch. What a lovely year it's been.

It's been a happy time and they have

always been so helpful and

welcoming. To see them develop and

see the crops they've grown, it's

been fantastic. A real sense of

community board

your mum is a big

gardener, isn't she?

She gets stuck

in. A very tidy garden.

That's the

right thing disabled

let's hope

she's going to be proud of you. --

the right thing to say. We're

putting your knowledge to the test.

We have a plant which has a mention

in one of your songs. Any idea what

it is?

You should know what that is,

some trying.

Shall we hum it?

THEY HUM THE SONG.

Morning glory.

When you said it

began with the letter M, I was

thinking, it can't be the other one,

can it?

We've got some gardening

queries from viewers. I think, are

you going to read the first one?

The

first one is from lawn, who asks, I

don't know how to prove an apple

tree but over the last six years, it

produces

masses of leaves but no longer

fruit. Can you tell if it is a chip

bearer rather than a spur and, if

you get that right, there is a

speedboat but should she prune it in

winter or summer? No conferring.

Looking at that, it is a shade tree

against a fence and it looks from

the nodules along those low branches

that it is a suburb bearer, so you'd

prune it in the summer and prune

those upright shoots back to the

leaves.

That's correct, you win a

speedboat!

Diane wants to know if

she can put ash from a log burner

onto the soil.

It produces potash,

but it needs to be wood ash and not

Cole ash.

Noel, you said you weren't

great at gifting. He is a present

that you can pretend. Your mum loss

a gnome.

It's striking. -- your mum

loves. I look like a Geordie

cracker! Here, I look amazing.

It's

a collectors item.

It's always been

a pair, so you need a pair.

OR TALKING AT ONCE.

Thank you. Noel will be touring next

year with High Flying Birds. Ed

Balls will be here tomorrow along

with music from Elbow, who will be

outside with