20/03/2017 The One Show

# But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

# Till the blue skies chase Those dark clouds far away.

APPLAUSE. Hello and welcome to The One Show

with Michelle Ackerley. And Matt Baker, and a huge thank you to

Katherine Jenkins! Beautiful as ever. Lovely to see you. Someone

whose voice was as much a part of World War II as Winston Churchill's,

you were singing in honour of. We are talking about Dame Vera Lynn.

You performed that song with Dame Vera Lynn for the 60th anniversary

of VE Day. That was when you were dubbed the new forces sweetheart.

What are your memories of that day? It was such a special moment. I was

asked to close the show by singing We'll Meet Again in Trafalgar

Square. She was interviewed before the finale and she was at the back

of the stage. I remember looking out as I went to sing it and thinking,

this is all wrong. Why is Dame Vera not at the front of the stage? It is

her song. You have had quite a connection with her, because you

sang at her 90th birthday. It feels like yesterday was her 90th

birthday. She has always been such an inspiration to me. It was at

Trafalgar Square where we talked after that showed that she persuaded

me to go out to Iraq for the first time. So all my links with the

forces were because I was inspired by her and her stories. Well, Dan

Snow will be leading our own spectacular solo version of Dame

Vera's 100th birthday when he helps to project one of her classic

performances onto the White Cliffs of Dover. So if you would love to

wish Dame Vera a happy birthday today and you have a picture of the

two of you together, please send them in. And it is not just about

Dame Vera tonight. We will be talking about Katherine's new show,

plus Sara Cox and Javone Prince tell us why we should dig deep for Comic

Relief. It is a busy show. Now, another person who has been digging

deep, unfortunately into other people's rockets. Here is nick.

It was when we needed money that he would pray honours. It was scary.

Upsetting. -Ness. -- yeah. They have traditionally been thought of as

villains in a murky underworld, but don't be fooled. Last year, over

300,000 households fell victim to loan sharks. When times get tough,

demands for quick cash bring with them a surge in legal moneylending,

but with extortionate rates of interest and threats of violence,

these loans are costing people dear. Like victims of loan shark Lynn

Davis from Neath in South Wales. The 58-year-old led thousands of pounds,

charging massive repayment rates, and used intimidation to claw back

his cash. Two of his victims have bravely agreed to talk to the One

Show. We have disguised their identities to ensure their safety. I

thought he was a friend in the beginning, and things went from

there. He knew he could make money off us. We missed out on food

sometimes struggled with gas and electric to make sure he got his

money. He lent us ?1000, but woodchuck ?800 on top. We were just

paying every week. And when we didn't have the money, he would get

aggressive. The frighteningly high interest rates charged by loan

sharks are shocking, but it is not those mind-boggling percentages that

are illegal, it is the fact that they are loaning money without a

licence that puts them on the wrong side of the law. Steve Gray is

investigations manager at the illegal moneylending unit here in

Cardiff, a task force set up to bite back at loan sharks. In front of us,

we have some of the tools of the trade we have come across during

searches. They are clearly intimidating weapons. That access

from a case where someone turned up the person's house late in the

evening and arrived with that. How do people find themselves borrowing

money from a loan shark in the first place? It can be a simple financial

crisis if you want a pair of shoes because the kids are going back to

school or your washing machine breaks down. If you are in a

position where you can't satisfy traditional lenders with your

creditworthiness, there is nowhere else to go sometimes. The real thing

the loan shark is after is not lend you 100 quid and have 200 quid back

next week. They want to groom you, entice you into their world so that

they can control you, and you will be a cash cow for them for the next

five years. But it was the emotional cost that took the greatest toll on

Lynn Davis' victims. I just feel embarrassed and angry. He was making

us go into debt, not helping us out. It was going on for about five years

- stress, anxiety and worry. I think he's capable of anything. He is a

nasty man. Davis pleaded guilty to illegal moneylending last October,

but here is what is surprising - the judge offered him a lifeline. If he

would pay back all the extortionate interest he had charged his victims,

nearly ?10,000, then he might avoid a prison sentence. It's a decision

not all of Davis' victims agree with. The stress he put us through

towards the end, the last couple of years, he should have some

punishment back. On Friday, Davis was due back at Cardiff Crown Court

for sentencing. We have been told he has coughed up that interest in

full, but is it enough to avoid a prison sentence and what has he got

to say to his victims, the people he bullied into a cycle of debt? Lynn

Davis? It is nick Walace from The One Show. You can take your jacket

off your head. Are you ashamed of something? Why don't you answer some

questions? Does he deserve any privacy after the way he treated his

victims? There we go, no remorse, not answering questions. It is down

to a judge to decide what happens to him now.

Well, Nick is here now with news of that decision. What did the judge

said and did Len Davies escaped jail? Lynn Davis is a deeply

unpleasant and now convicted criminal who engaged in a

controlling and abusive relationship with his victims, but he wasn't sent

to prison. He was given an 18 month suspended sentence, and the judge

said that if he broke the terms of his parole or his curfew or he

engaged in any other kind of criminal activity, he would be

straight into jail. Is it unusual for a judge to give somebody time to

pay money back? Many people might be disgusted by the way Lynn Davis

could just walk out of court essentially a free man. Steve, who

we saw in the film from the illegal moneylending unit in Wales, said he

had not come across something like this before. However, we have found

instances where court orders have been made of this kind. I think the

thinking behind it is that if you throw a loan sharking to prison,

then you might find it difficult to track down their assets. But if you

say to them, you can avoid jail if you start paying back the money that

you have taken from people illegally, then sometimes that money

magically appears. In this case was particularly unusual because we knew

how many victims there were and how much he had taken from them, so the

court was able to order him to pay that money directly to the victims.

In many cases, if the police do a raid on a loan shark's property and

they fined ?200,000 stuffed in a mattress with no paperwork, they

will not know where that money has come from. So often, that money is

then given back to the community in terms of charitable projects. What

advice do the police have for people who may be tied up with some kind of

debt and are concerned about this? The first thing is that it is not

illegal to borrow money from a loan shark. You will not get into trouble

if you raise your hand and say, I need help. You can get confidential

help from any number of organisations like the Citizens

Advice Bureau or Crimestoppers or you can go directly to the

moneylending units themselves and say, I think someone could be an

illegal moneylender. They will check them out and start to give you help

from day one. It is -- if it is a potentially violent situation, they

can take you out of that situation. These units also operate on

tip-offs, so if you suspect that someone is a loan shark or might get

in trouble with a loan shark, call them and they can expect to get

these loan sharks out of the communities they are operating in.

Thank you, Nick. There are more details on our website. Katherine,

before we hear about your new version of Carousel, let's have a

look at a song everyone will recognise from the classic 1956

movie. # Walk on, walk on.

# With hope in your heart. # And you'll never walk alone. Well,

Michelle, you say everyone will know the song, but I am sure not many

realise that it is from Carousel. What images does that conjure up for

you when you see that old footage? As a child, my mum used to entertain

my sister and I by putting on all the Hollywood musicals, and that was

my first love before I found classical music. I have always

wanted to do something like this, but it has never been the right

project. I am thrilled to be rehearsing something like this. It

is a song you have sung many times before. Yeah, I have sung this in

concerts and recorded it for my album. It is such a special song and

I think not many people know where it comes from. When you put it into

the context of this amazing story, this love story, with its highs and

lows, and this comes at the end, it is really emotionally charged. A

very different setting for you. We are used to seeing you in front of

big audiences, but in a concert situation. Here you are in a musical

situation, with Alfie bow on the 7th of April at the London Coliseum. As

far as the story is set, when is it set in history and what is your

character? This has been moved to the 1930s. I am playing Julie Jordan

and Alfie plays Billy Bigelow, and it is the story of how we fall in

love and the consequences of that. It is the most gorgeous score by

Rodgers and Hammerstein and it was voted the most popular music. It is

my first time doing anything like this, but I am having the best time.

We have 71 people on stage in one go with the English National Opera

chorus and their award-winning orchestra and all the dancers and

taking children. But it is only on for five weeks. This is your first

musical theatre performance, but you are so used to performing in front

of thousands of people. How are you feeling about this on how does it

compare? It is nerve-wracking, but exciting. It is such an honour to

get the opportunity to be involved in this. The English National Opera

decided to put on special programming of a one off popular

show every year to bring in a different audience. To be asked to

be involved with that has been a lovely thing. Of course I will be

nervous on the night, but I am having a whale of a time. It is an

emotional story as well. And you have to kiss Alfie Boe as well. I

do! We went into the kiss pretty early. It is so funny, because I

have known Alfie for such a long time and we get on so well that it

was like, let's get it done. Did that make it easier? Um, I am a

married woman with a baby at home. You just think you will never kiss

anybody else again and then you have to get your head around it. And you

have to do an American accent. Yeah, I have got to speak in an American

accent, but luckily my husband is American, so I get some practice at

home. First-time acting, first time in an accent. Alfie has done lots of

musicals and operas, so he has been great at giving the encouragement.

We wish you all the best. Now, Katherine, you are not the only show

stopper in the room tonight, because here is the clip. This was Michelle

on Let's Sing And Dance For Comic Relief on Saturday night. Shall we

just let it breathe a moment? There you have it, well done, Michelle!

Put that into some context for us. I loved wearing that costume. We all

thought, if we are going to do it, we might as well go for it. As you

could probably here, I can't sing to save my life. I thought you did

well! And of course, you got lots of support from viewers at home. Thank

you for voting. We are thrilled to be few. Final Saturday, all the

best. Everything is crossed. This week we have some famous faces

highlighting project your money helps fund. Here is Javone Prince.

Any change for the homeless please? Spare any change for the homeless

please? This is like my reality. When I leave my house I am amazed at

how many homeless people I see sleeping rough on the streets of

Britain and I am thinking why is this still happening in this day and

age and why are we not doing anything about it? Firm foundation

Winter night shelter is one of many projects across the UK which is

funded by Comic Relief and helps meet the basic needs of people who

are homeless. The shelter offers emergency accommodation for up to 12

men and five women and night, Gillian is the manager. The shelter

runs for three months, 84 nights, requiring caterers and volunteers

and people to help run a shelter so people can leave the street. People

are homeless for many different reasons and so we find very quickly

that there isn't a stereotypical homeless person. My job finished, I

didn't have any money and my landlord said sorry, I like you but

you have to go. I was on the street. What was your first night like? I

was walking might just to keep warm. I stay here, it was like, wow, like

something from above. One of the reasons the shelter is so helpful is

it gives people not just the nutritional aspect but the social

aspect and the two together to lift spirits. They give you a nice bag of

washing stuff, boxers and stuff like that and you can put your head down

for the evening and they give you a lunch. It's a good thing that they

do. There are circumstances are often heart-wrenching and we are

working with them to establish away out of rough sleeping, out of

homelessness. I'm not asking for people to feel sorry for me, it is

just understand it. I may have fallen on hard times, for me it's

not what people think about it, it's what you think about yourself.

People who are homeless are 13 times more likely to be victims of

violence. I have had a couple of fights before. Some say get the job,

some say go back to your own country. Before they hear me speak.

Because I was born here. Was fine sleeping rough in an abandoned

building. The first night I slept out, I slept in a car park, no

sleeping bag, nothing. It does get cold. It is called now as you can

feel. I get cooked meals when I come here. If I can get some change

together, get a hot cup of tea. This place is a life-saver, definitely.

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger doesn't it? Sadly there are

more people that are homeless than there are spaces at these projects.

To add to say to someone sorry, there is not a bed available and see

them go out rough sleeping, that is difficult. There are thousands of

people across the UK sleeping rough on our streets in any one night.

Your donation can help project like these offer those that are homeless

a safe place to spend the night and provide vital support to help

improve their lives. Thank you. Big thank you, Red Nose Day is of

course on Friday and if you would like to donate some money which

codes to fund projects here in the UK and in Africa, here is how you do

it. Catherine, can you do the honours?

Those text messages will cost your donation and your standard network

message charge and all of the donation will go to Comic Relief.

You must be 16 or over, please ask the bill payers permission. For more

information or to donate online go to BBC .co .uk/ Red Nose Day.

Someone else raising a lot of money for Red Nose Day as we speak doing

it about 50 meters in that direction on the top of Radio 2. She can hear

us. She is smiling. She is dancing to 80s music for hours, it is Sara

Cox. You are looking good, how do you feel? I feel all right. This is

what I do know, I danced nonstop. Very fresh faced. Let's hear about

what you are eating and how you are a growing, how are you keeping your

strength up? I have the good Professor looking after me, lots of

peanuts and bananas, a burger. It's amazing. Whilst you are moving? For

the odd moment, I had to viewers because I am wolfing food whilst

dancing. The listeners of radio to have been incredible and we have

raised so much and we have to keep going until 9:30am. Stick with us on

the red button. As far as beams are going, what are you finding the

easiest to dance to, power ballads, rock, disco? It's good to have a

power ballad because then you can just do some of this. It of that. A

bit of Prince was good. We have got it all. 80s music for 24 hours until

9:30am, I would love people to join in and innate and support because as

you know Comic Relief is incredible, every penny goes to all the

brilliant causes. If people donate and keep me dancing that would be

mega. No doubt they will. We have something to motivate you, the

slogan is make you laugh count so we have asked viewers to send in videos

of their favourite laps. Keep them coming, here is the current top

three as they stand. At three it is one-year-old Dylan.

LAUGHTER In Glasgow it's Ann.

And in the top spot at number one, Sinead from Dagenham.

Sinead joins you know to help you dance for the rest of the sure, all

the very best with everything Sara, you are doing a sterling effort,

well done. Thank you very much. Can you give us a laugh? LAUGHTER

I don't know if Material Girl will be playing at some point but if so

Katherine chose that one. And you can support Sienna Cox in her Sounds

of the 80s Dance-athon/ Radio 2. Earlier we heard music from the

1930s, the birthday of Dame Vera Lynn. To celebrate Dan helped in the

performance of one of her most famous songs.

During the blitz one voice rang out in the depths of the darkness. Her

songs were shorthand for British spirit in the face of adversity. The

forces sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn. # But I know we'll meet

again some sunny day In honour of her 100th birthday The

One Show is preparing something very special to mark the occasion. Where

else but the white Cliffs of Dover. This iconic British landmark is

synonymous with one of Dame Vera's most love songs. Named the Aptly

white cliffs of Dover. # They'll be bluebirds over the

White Cliffs of Dover. It's that unforgettable Hector which

will be at the heart of our tribute. With the cliffs as a backdrop we

will attempt a tribute on a monumental scale. We have teamed up

with a company specialising in outdoor projection. Such a large

scale canvas is not without its obstacles. Most people assume cinema

screens are quite virgin services winners this is actually mottled

with moss. What is the idea, blast as much light as you can? We have

six high-powered projectors, we are going to have about a lumens of

projection, probably equal to the average lighthouses worth of power

onto the surface. As the team sets up I'm off to learn more about the

song. Filled with the spirit of resolve and defiance it is

quintessentially British classic. Or is it? Although this has the

reputation of being an iconic wartime British classic it was

written by two Americans. What? It was written in New York in tin Pan

Alley. My goodness. Despite neither of them coming to England, and we do

not have bluebirds in England. Why did these Americans write it? It was

1941 and the Allies were not doing very well and there was a dire

desire to try and decrease American support for the idea of joining the

war. Dame Vera Lynn became a figurehead for the war effort,

braving bombs to sing to troops across the globe. Songs like the

White Cliffs of Dover reminded soldiers stationed far away of home.

Exactly what they were fighting for. Almost time to begin. In true

wartime fashion we will be using searchlights. These are so powerful

we have had to notify the Civil Aviation Authority to tell pilots to

keep their distance. With one exception. The tribute would not be

complete without a cameo from one aircraft that has become synonymous

with World War II. To kick-start proceedings, a Spitfire salute for

the forces sweetheart. And as darkness falls it's time to

turn on the projectors. # There will be bluebirds over the

White Cliffs of Dover. # Tomorrow, just wait and see.

# There will be love and laughter # And peace ever after.

# Tomorrow, just you wait and see # . APPLAUSE

We were all joining in, some of us better than others! If you're

watching Dame Vera Lynn, happy birthday. Thank you to our technical

team. These are pictures of people who have met Dame Vera. This is say

that who sang in front of horror in 2010. This one sent in by Vivian.

Thank you for all of your pictures. Thank you to Katherine, Carousel is

in the London Coliseum from the 8th of April. John Bishop is here

tomorrow night. See as we served life sentences

in solitary confinement.