21/03/2018 The One Show

Hello and welcome to

The One Show with Alex Jones.

And Matt Baker.

Our guests tonight are both

heavy-hitters in their own rights.

But if they were pitted against each

other, who would come out top?

It's time for a face-off.

Bring in the microphone! Here we go!

From Leeds, weighing

in at 112 pounds...

She's the Olympic world champion

featherweight who started fighting

with the nickname "Babyface".

Not any more.

It's Nicola "The Lioness" Adams!

APPLAUSE.

From Port Talbot, weighing

in at (COUGHS) pounds...

He's the Hollywood heavyweight whose

knockout performances include

Tony Blair, Brian Clough

and Sir David Frost.

It's Michael 'The Welsh

Dragon' Sheen.

APPLAUSE.

Welcome! Have a seat! Nice to see

the! Come over! There we are!

The two of you have never met,

but Nicola, you're a big fan

of a certain vampire

played by Michael?

Yes, Twilight!

Unbelievable! I

thought you were going to say David

Frost! You went to the premiere of

the last one?

Yes and I really

enjoyed it!

Will there be another

one? Yes, it is about a vampire from

Wales... It is just his life, one

man show! No, I don't think there is

going to be any more!

Nicola - you've only gone and got

yourself your own Barbie doll.

Do you have it with you?

Have they

given you one of them?

It is

actually in my hotel! You forgot?

Did you not get the e-mail? That is

the first bit of the show just gone!

The surprise is, I am the Barbie

doll!

It has been the arms, the same

haircut, my trunks, my little boats.

It is really me! And you take it

everywhere with you, apart from the

One Show!

Also tonight...

She topped the charts

with Clean Bandit and Rockabye.

Tonight she'll be performing her

latest single, Friends.

Anne Marie is here.

And we'll be connecting

with TV's newest agony aunts.

They're the stars of a new show

'The Secret Helpers,'

where they use their worldly wisdom

to give advice to Brits

when they need it most.

And tonight they could

be helping you.

Because they're joining us live

from their home countries.

Let's meet them now.

First to Italy to meet husband

and wife Gennaro and Chiara.

Halal! We are very well.

Good

evening and nice to meet all of you!

Happy anniversary!

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They want to hear from you if

cooking or romance is the issue.

And say hello to Lilian in Norway.

A yogi, life coach and

motivational speaker.

She does a mean downward dog!

If you've got a question about

making a life change, send it in.

And finally, for everything else,

there's New York cops Mark and Joe.

What was the shift like this

afternoon? Pretty busy, we had a big

snowstorm here are!

And apparently

it is going to get worse according

to the Weather Centre! Hopefully the

line will stay for the rest of the

show!

That's your line-up.

So if you need any

advice, get in touch.

It's been a very busy couple

of days for Michael.

You have been at Parliament? I was,

very posh. It is a new report from

the Royal Society for Public Health.

About the impact on mental and

physical well-being around certain

credit products, particularly high

credit. We launched that report and

we had people interested in that

issue and it was fantastic.

We will

talk more about that shortly.

Joe met up with him in Glasgow

before he launched his big idea

to tackle the problem.

I'm in Glasgow spending the day with

Michael Sheen but he doesn't want to

talk about his latest film. He is

here to launches End High Cost

Credit Alliance, many people from

across the Finance centre together

to tackle Britain's's debt crisis.

What is the key issue? For me it is

fairness. For a lot of people who

don't have the same kind of access

to mainstream credit, they find

themselves pushed towards what we

call high-cost credit lenders.

With

UK households currently owing nearly

£200 billion in consumer credit,

Michael wants to see less people

turning to high-cost lenders. The

first stop is at the home of mother

of four, Lynn. Like many others, she

felt she had no choice but to use a

doorstep lender.

If you need things

for the house... The only way to get

the money is through credit.

Did you

look at things like the interest

payments upfront? I never looked at

that. When did you first start to

feel like it was starting to become

difficult for you?

At times you

could not pay it and you had to miss

the payment. They would come to the

door or telephone you and you were

hiding behind the door! They would

get to you.

And she is not alone,

last year and 1.4 million people

borrowed from doorstep lenders, pay

weekly high stores and payday

companies. I find Lynn very

interesting because was not much

awareness of what the exact interest

was.

It was about flexibility for

her? Not necessarily thinking about

paying more than twice the amount of

what you originally...

What happens

if she misses a week? Typical

high-cost annual percentage rates

can range from 270 present to over

1500%, depending on how much you

borrow and over what period. If you

borrow £300 and pay that back over

52 weeks, you could end up paying

back more than £550, almost double.

For many that is a price they feel

they have no option but to pay.

In

this day and age it should not be

happening, I don't think a lot of

people are in that situation where

they have to.

Waiting for their

salary to come in so they have to go

to these companies to buy stuff for

their houses.

They are paying it

back for years and years, getting

deeper and deeper in.

Ridiculous.

Almost 50 members make up Michael's

Alliance, including lenders,

regulators and public health bodies,

who say they are committed to

delivering terror finance.

You want

to make it harder for people who are

being irresponsible and overly

exploitative but you can only do

that if you also support the company

is trying to give a fairer deal to

people and being more responsible.

Michael takes me to one of the

companies in his Alliance. A

not-for-profit social enterprise

which offers financial help to those

who need it.

Our nearest competitor

might charge 600% APR or as we are

around 116%. If you borrow £15 for a

month, the APR is much higher and

that might sound quite hide to lots

of people but...

The credit card

might be 20% or the back loan is 3%?

We are not comparing mainstream

credit, we are compelling high-cost

lenders. Why cannot not be lower?

Smaller loans are more expensive to

administer than larger ones. You

find mainstream lenders tend to shy

away from that market and it is left

to the high-cost lenders.

One person

who says she is benefiting is Lynn.

I don't have the word is any more of

that man at the door phoning me,

telling me I have to pay extra or

double.

I don't have that hassle.

And the APR still looks quite high

but it is lower than it was.

Do you

notice a difference? A lot because I

am paying off my loans quicker.

High-cost credit is unfairly

targeted at those who can least

afford it...

As he launches his

Alliance in Glasgow, Michael says it

needs to act fast to help more

people Mike Glennon before the

financial crisis deepens.

The levels

of household debt or unsustainable

and it affects families, local

communities and it is dangerous

nationally, we have to sort this

out.

Shirley Cramer, CEO for The

Royal Society for Public Health, who

published the report, joins us.

Michael, you're so passionate

about this issue.

Where did that come from?

As you

both know, with some celebrity

people say, but you have a

photograph taken or support this

project? Over the last seven or

eight years, doing more of that,

certain things come up again and

again. You hear stories and I

started to hear more about debt and

having troubles with paying stuff

back. Worrying about the stress and

especially around high-cost and it.

I started to look into this and

eventually I was hearing family

members and friends talking about

this and as I looked at this I

realised what a conjugated subject

it is.

It is very complicated, if

you are not into finance?

It

overlaps so many things, talking

about APR. What does that mean? Lots

of difficult stuff. As I looked into

this I realised there was great work

out there and people trying to grade

a fairer deal for people who find

themselves cut off from mainstream

credit. What I started to do was put

this Alliance together to bring lots

of these people together who had the

same aspiration, to bring the cost

of borrowing down for people who

have trouble affording it, and get

them working together to try to do

lots of different things at the same

time rather than individual great

work and not getting through.

How do

you see the alliance working going

forward?

One of the aspects is to

work with somebody like Shelley.

Public health has not been part of

this, the impact of certain credit

products like payday loans and

arranged overdrafts and doorstep

lending and weekly payments. We know

they are difficult financially for

people but with this report we know

the effects on health. And we need

to make sure there are

recommendations taken up by

government and regulators to look

after our health. As soon as you

start talking to somebody about

money trouble they start talking

about the stress.

I was not

sleeping... The people in this

report, they are skipping meals?

Skipping meals, depressed, socially

isolated. People feel the stigma and

judged.

It is hard to talk about

anything financial?

With that

depression and you have anxiety and

sleep problems. One in ten people

have gone to a food bank for the

first time when involved in payday

lending and some of the high-cost

credit. We have tried to quantify

all of the things that can happen to

you. If you are checking out

these... And we never looked at this

in this way, this is the first time

this has been brought together, we

can say, this has an effect on your

well-being.

Into a different

place... What recommendations are

you looking at to help this

situation?

We have a parcel of

recommendations and one of them is

critical. That is to stop the

lenders, the high-cost lenders,

marketing hard to people already

paying these loans. They might have

seven or eight loans and you get

bombarded with texts and e-mails.

That can do with regulation, that

needs to stop and we need financial

literacy in schools. People have no

idea when they come out of schools

about insurance, mortgages, let

alone high-cost credit and the

problems they can get from that.

Many people take these products

side. And it becomes a vicious

circle? We suggest that credit

agreements should have health

warnings. That might sound

outrageous but it is to release show

people that there are other impacts

that can happen, not just financial.

They payday loan companies are keen

to point out... But everybody is

vulnerable and there is some

protection. From the research you

have done, the people taking that

these loans often are not ask the

difficult question, whether they

have mental issues that need to be

looked at?

Before the loan is given?

Remember, credit is really useful,

it is important, it helps people.

There is nothing wrong with that.

You don't know what's happening down

the line, if the washing machine

suddenly breaks... The problem is,

there is an unfair deal going on, it

is not just about people being

vulnerable, it is unfair and there

are companies that are trying to do

everything they can to bring the

price of borrowing down and be more

responsible about whether it is

right for you to have credit and

they can work with you and your

needs and maybe give you support and

advice. Those companies are very

small, that is what we are talking

about, to support them and get more

people to know about this.

It is one

thing from wealthy people to have a

financial adviser but the most

important people are people who are

in trouble? Very quickly, this is a

minefield, what is it all right at?

There Are Two Aspect, One Of The

Problems I Found In Dealing With

This Area Is that people have got

scared because it can't become

perfect overnight, and even with the

companies we would call doing a

fairer finance deal. Because of

that, people back off. They think it

is still too high. Instead of high

cost credit, we can't go straight to

low-cost, but maybe we can do

mid-cost. Rather than talk about an

actual figure, we are talking about

two things. The price of borrowing,

people talk about APR, but there is

the responsible relationship between

the lender and borrower. If the

lender takes your needs into account

and what you can deal with, and if

credit isn't the right option for

you, and they can see you are going

to get into trouble, offering

support and advice. The fair nature

of it is to bring the price of

borrowing down. The more people

support smaller companies, the more

the price can come down. They are

not-for-profit, that is the thing.

The smaller ones are not making

profit for shareholders or bonuses,

all the money they make goes back

into the Company to bring the price

down for you, for your borrowing, to

get a fair deal.

Thanks for coming

in. Don't leave us there, stay with

us for the rest of the show.

Five years ago, our cameras

caught these scenes

in the coastal village of Hemsby.

You might have seen on the news that

it's happened all over again.

David Whiteley was there

for us first time around.

He's gone back to see why Hemsby has

been left so exposed.

The last time I was here in Hemsby,

I saw three houses disappear into

the sea. This weekend, there have

been really high tides and a strong

easterly wind, battering the

coastline. Look at that house, that

is one of 13 teetering on the brink

of catastrophe. I have come back to

find out what is happening to stop

it. Lorna Bevan Thomson, runs the

lake on arms. You have been here

since the 70s, how much of the

coastline has changed in that time?

It is entirely different. We have

lost 300 metres of beach. In the

80s, we lost countless houses on the

dunes, we did it five user go with

the search, it has happened now, why

is no one 's dipping in to help?

The

problem is not just confined to

Hemsby, is it?

We have a gap through

to Long Beach. If it gets into

there, it will flood through to

Winterton, into the Norfolk Broads.

We see the houses disappearing, but

it is easy to forget they are

peoples homes. When you look up, you

can see belongings. A teapot on the

sand dunes. I will meet a resident

that can no longer live here, and

sadly, he has been preparing for

this day for a long time.

If you

look at the blocks out there, that

was where the back of my garden was

on Friday. Tonnes of sand

disappeared into the North Sea.

I

remember how stoic you were last

time I filmed you. But now, you are

resigned to the fact that you are

homeless.

I am homeless, yes.

The Environment Agency has clear

guidelines on this widespread

problem.

This is one of the fastest eroding

coastline in the whole of Europe,

actually, around Norfolk and this

area in particular. Our role is to

look at schemes being put forward by

the local authority at Hemsby, to

see if they justify public funding

from us, and in doing that

assessment, we will look at whether

the scheme will do the job it should

do, whether it will last, and

whether it is good value for money

for the public purse. Primarily, it

is based on the number of households

we will protect, judged against the

cost of the actual scheme.

The government may say that to

defend Hemsby from the sea would

just be far too expensive.

We have

5600 people in the village, 70% of

those rely on seaside tourism. We

have Great Yarmouth down the road

that relies on speeding them

business. We have a

business. We have a hold of Norfolk

waiting for our customers to go out

and spend money with them. All these

people that that has a knock-on

effect with, their way of life will

go if we don't get protected.

This is devastating to see this.

Terrible.

Having been here before,

can we go in here?

No, you can't go

in here at all. Underneath there,

there are no foundations. That could

just snap. Gone.

When we leave,, it

could be the last time?

I am just

getting my last bits and pieces now.

A bit of heartbreak, really. But,

you know, I think I have got to walk

away from the building. Me and Lizzy

bought this and we thought we would

be here for the rest of our lives.

Eight years... It is finished now.

The sad news is for Paul, that was

actually the last time he will be

there, because the houses will be

demolished by the end of next week.

Nicola, coming up to the first

anniversary of your first

professional fight. Since then, you

have won every single one. All three

of them.

Yeah.

Who have you got in

view next? Who would you like to

take on?

Anyone.

take on?

Anyone.

"Please Don't say

me!"

I am looking forward to going

for a world title shot at the end of

the year. There are four, so I am

looking for them to volunteer. I

have called a few of them out

already, and there has basically

been silence.

When you have called

them out, how does it work?

I have been on Twitter and

Instagram, and I have said, I want

one of the world titles, the WBO,

IBF, WBC. Nobody's come forward.

Odd

that.

Do you say, come and have a go

if you think you are hard enough?

Maybe I can do it now! Which Camara

are we on.

We have a link up to the

rest of the world.

Come and have a

go if you think you are hard enough!

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Nicola, you are 35 now, what is the

dream? What is the vision for the

rest of the career? Do you feel like

you are in your prime now?

Yeah, I

feel in my prime now, but I want to

unify all the belts, get all the

titles, and after that, I will have

achieved everything I want to do in

professional boxing, the boxing

world. Then I want to go on and do

some acting.

Oh!

Join this fella,

here.

I feel like I am in my prime

as well!

LAUGHTER

We have a clip of you, weirdly,

doing some fighting in Home Against.

Look at this and you can assess the

performance.

What are you even saying??

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Not hard.

Not bad.

You caused

yourself something.

That was a

painful memory. When you see me

going... That is when I tore my ACL.

The bone came out.

Out...?!

I fell

back down and it popped in again. I

had to have surgery and I was out

for six months. Sorry about that.

The matron of a hotel was watching

earlier and sent this over.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It is a great likeness.

It is.

Let's talk a bit about sport relief,

Nicola. Because this year, they have

got six people, I mean, not even

amateurs, people that have never box

before, celebrities fighting in

boxing matches. You will be

commentating, tell us how it will

work and who is taking part.

It is

going to be really exciting. I won't

be in the ring for once. I will be

on the sidelines, talking about

everybody competing. All the matches

are going to be entertaining. I'm

not sure. I haven't seen any of the

training yet.

We have Helen Skelton

up against Camilla Thurlow.

I have

seen Helen, she has been putting it

on social media. She has been

training loads. She is a tough

cookie. Not to be messed with.

Yeah,

then we have Vanessa from the

Saturdays, against Hannah from S

club seven.

As far as the men are concerned, we

have Spencer Matthews versus Wayne

Bridge. Who do you think at first

glance?

Who is the one to watch?

I

can't really say, you know? It is a

tough one. You never know until you

step through the roads into the

ring. There is mental work at play

as well. When you get through the

ropes, there are nervous.

How many

rounds are they doing?

Is it two

rounds?

I don't know. Oh, well...

LAUGHTER

You can see the celebrity boxing

fight on Sport Relief on Friday

night. There is also a football hero

is Strictly special.

We will have an

exclusive look at John Bishop's

Sport Relief sketch, inspiring the

England football team to World Cup

glory with help from Geoff Hurst.

Sir Geoff Hurst, I should say.

Dele Alli! Come here. Boys, what are

you doing? What is that about? Did

you see what Sir Geoff Hurst did

when he scored a hat-trick in the

World Cup final? A little skip and a

hug from your mates. You don't need

any fancy handshakes. No knee

slides.

Definitely no doubts no more

elaborate separations.

Bombs?

We

promise.

You can't help yourself.

If

you want to win the World Cup money,

you have to focus on it. No fancies

Dove, focus on the football and get

the job done.

That it, your job is

done.

OK.

Cheers, John.

Legend.

CHEERING AND

APPLAUSE

Myself and the mums are having a

night out for Sport Relief.

Now to meet two men who have also

had a fight on their hands

as they take part in a remarkable

exercise to get others to really

I was starting to get this really

strong sense of something untoward

in my peripheral vision.

When I

looked in the mirror, it would be

like this are good, tired, beaten up

old man.

Woody dysmorphic disorder

and psychosis are two very different

mental health problems, but they

share a common link, both Direct

Impact Fund person's perceptions. In

one case of self image, and in the

other, of the world around them.

David suffers from psychosis. For

him, it was an issue for many years.

I started hearing and seeing things

when I was a teenager. Nothing

prepares you for that. The

experience I remember most and

strongest is the cloud.

It was dark, brooding, thundercloud

there in my lounge, trying to

explain what I described to me as my

psychotic episodes is quite

difficult and frustrating to

articulated.

Amartey suffered from

body dysmorphic sword offer ten

years. He experienced many

frustrations like David.

--

disorder. When I talk about seeing

big, fat, puffy bags under my eyes,

inflamed eyelids, that is what I

see. At my lowest point, I was

suicidal. I didn't see myself that

are getting better. I felt very

lonely. And desperate.

One of the main frustrations for

David and Amartey for others to

understand what they go through. For

the first time, we will bring to

light what they experience with the

help of special effects company

Rushes.

It would be really useful for

insight for how the cloud would look

when it's in the room and how it

manifests itself.

More jagged than

you would think of.

Not a

cumulonimbus? Not a summers day

cloud?

A cross between a

thundercloud in lightning and jagged

glass, broken Edgefield. It got to

the point where it was so

frightening that ran away.

Andy is

also briefed.

Big bags under my eyes. On a

particular day, I looked like I have

gone a couple of rounds with Mike

Tyson. The person that I see is

repulsive. I am nervous and anxious,

but I know that if I can deal with

that, I can deal with all the

smaller things.

Suck out all the

colour. It gives you the horror show

moment, something that is quite

scary. That's great.

Three weeks later, work on the

special effects is complete. For

David and Omari, today is the first

time they will representation of

what has previously only existed in

their minds.

The moment of truth,

the grand unveiling. Shall we play

the sequence, have a look?

That's

very impressive.

It gets that threatening essence.

This happened to me 25 years ago.

But you can live through it, there

is life after these things, this is

not a life sentence.

Omari arrives

with his mother, who will see for

the first time what her son has

experienced for so many years.

What

we will do is show what we have

created.

It is scary! Really scary!

I think

what we have created is an extreme

perception.

That, to me, his

monstrance.

When I heard that you

had BDD, I could not see what the

issue was, because you are beautiful

boy.

There was so much difficulty in

being able to communicate what my

experience was, it is great to be

sitting here...

And actually, not

having it any more. You don't have

to carry around the shame.

Omari joins us now.

Was that image accurate? Was that

what you could see looking in the

mirror, or was that more dramatic?

Definitely more dramatic. In the

worst times, when I first started,

the first couple of years, it was

closer to that, but whenever I saw

that, it really took me back. Wow!

It really is monstrous. Has that

helped you in anyway, see that? You

can tell yourself you don't look

like that, you have reversed the

process.

Does that help you cope?

Definitely, and even watching it

back, it kind of helps me see again

just how different my perception is

in my head compared to the reality

and if I go into the mirror and

experience anything negative, there

is something I can switch on...

But

actually, it doesn't look like that.

It must have been a huge relief for

your mother because it is very hard

to describe what you are seeing? To

have that image that she can

understand, has that helped move

your relationship forward?

It was so

important. We had ten years and she

desperately wanted to understand as

my mother that she was struggling

because she is my mum! And being

able to see through my eyes what I

was dealing with was very healing

for us. We just do not need to talk

about this any more.

There is no

resistance. You mentioned the early

years and just how extreme it was.

When was the first time that

happened and what was the trigger?

I

remember that very clearly, 15 years

old. The irony is I thought I could

be a model. I wanted to be a model.

You should have been! I like that!

My father got me a photo shoot for

my 16th birthday and it was that

morning and all of a sudden I was

gripped by this fear and I locked

myself in the family bathroom and I

was standing there... I was pulling

at my skin and feeling hideous.

Beating myself up. I would take at

my mother 's make up and I find some

concealer, foundation... This

15-year-old, trying to put this

make-up on myself because I was

clear there was no way I could leave

the house, people would laugh at me,

I could not stand in front of a

camera without doing something.

When

you needed to feel most confident,

that is when it started? Did you see

any pattern until right now?

Totally. How are you dealing with

that? You still have the condition?

In the past, specific triggers, like

going to the photo shoot... When I

went to university and I wanted to

be the man about town. And all of

those things which get mixed up with

the teenage years. Thinking about

this today, I know I am on national

TV, and it is just like any other

day. OK, I am here. That is it.

Because I do not need to have that

obsessiveness any more.

Thank you

for talking about it. Fascinating

film. If you have been affected by

what we have been speaking about you

have watched David in the film,

please go to the website for more

information support...

Whilst we have one of the biggest

names in British boxing with us,

let's celebrate another sporting

hero - a two-wheeled speed

demon who crashed his way

onto the evening news in the '70s

Here's his son, Freddie.

Michael, he's got a very

familiar surname.

My father was quite the sporting

icon in the UK but in Australia I

did not realise how famous Barry

Sheene was. Friends would say how

much of a great rider he was.

Winning the championship than two

years in a row, 76, 70 seven.

I

would like to win every race I am

riding in. To be the world champion,

to be known as the best ever has

been.

That was the Pic of his

career, well before I was born. He

was a character and my mum was a

model. When they got together people

said they were like posh and Becks

of the day. He was a very strong

character, and along with that comes

cheekiness. We had interesting

people staying at the house and

George Harrison was one of them. I

had not even heard of the Beatles!

My sister and myself had the

greatest childhood, when I was

three, everyone was there. When I

turned five I got my first motor

bike and you could not get me off of

it. Dad was notorious for his big

crashes. One of the side-effects was

you get rods your legs and he would

set off metal detectors in the

airport! I have travelled to the

East Midlands to see one of his

favourite tracks, Darlington. Look

at that. 40 years later, Suzuki have

brought down his 1977 by, he was

aware of World Championship on this.

It was styled by his original

mechanic. This is the best condition

I have seen this in.

The rebuild, we

got that down. We could have carried

on for another two or three months.

It was like restoring a masterpiece.

If you change the parts it is not a

masterpiece, like repainting the

Mona Elisa.

I have competed in

professional races but I never

thought I would become the next

Barry Sheene. It was just something

fun. Now it is my turn!

I will get to have a go on this and

have some fun.

Freddie clearly knows the heritage

that Barry has and there is nothing

wrong with his riding, he just never

pursued it. The crash is made Barry

famous. Ridiculous, for beating

yourself up for the cameras were

rolling, falling at 170 mph and they

screwed him back together and he

came back to make the double world

champion. There was not much that

stopped him. Very resilient and

tough. Unfortunately, cancer got

him. That was the awful thing about

it.

It was quite an emotional

experience for me to be on the same

tracks that he raced Alonso many

years ago. Fashionably raced on. My

father was superstitious, he loved

the number seven, it was on his bike

and even on his ring. His home from

home, this is where he stayed when

racing at the track. Dad always

wanted a room number that added up

to seven. He liked the look of this

room and he was able to get the

manager to put on the number one.

These are the holes. And this was

his room. My dad was quite pedantic

about lots of things in life, his

hair was one of the biggest. He had

his bottlebrush and his hairdryer

and it had to be the right one

otherwise it was going to be a bad

hair day. Quick pit stop with some

of his old colleagues and friends.

Freddie does not know but we know

that this is as birthday so we are

surprising him. Check this out! This

is from everybody.

It is great to

see that my dad is still remembered

and it happens to follow my

birthday, so I am very proud. Thank

you!

APPLAUSE.

Thank you, Freddie. It must be good

to see your uncle in action!

LAUGHTER

When I was growing up I would tell

everybody that Barry Sheene was my

uncle, he is not! One day I heard

the paper by coming to the house and

he said, Barry Sheene is your

brother? That is what your son is

saying! My dad said, that is right!

Get in! Apparently there is a biopic

of him coming out next year.

You

must play him! I am in my prime! You

would be perfect! I have got about

as many pins in my legs!

You have

specialised in playing real people.

You must enjoy drilling into what

makes people tick?

I love the

challenge when I am doing those

parts of people, knowing who that

is. People expect certain things...

It is scary, but then you can play

around with that, you can play with

that so I do enjoy that.

You have

just finished Good Omens for the

BBC. For those not familiar with

that book, tell us about what we can

expect.

This is about an angel and a

demon they first meet in the Garden

of Eden when Adam and Eve are

expelled and they become friends of

the whole of history until modern

day, when they work together instead

of enemies and they have to stop the

apocalypse. It is a comedy! David

Tennant plays the demon and I play

the angel. I have to have bleached

blonde hair. Underneath this brown

hair is bleached blonde hair!

I hope

you have a good conditioner!

I just

wash and go! And there are other

products available!

The filming is

finished. There is no part available

for Nicola? Let us get back to this

acting! What kind of roles do you

fancy?

I would love to play a

superhero or maybe a villain!

Contrasting styles! You are much too

smiley for a villain!

Acting

lessons? Drama school? I am doing

acting lessons currently. Who knows?

Maybe a boxing superhero?

There

might be a film of your life in

years to come. Who could Michael

play? In your film?

Seeing him on

the television earlier, he could

play my coach!

I could be the

grizzled old coach! Come on!

At the

moment you are planning for a

wedding?

Very good! How is that

going? It keeps getting delayed! We

are both boxers. We are having

problems getting the correct date.

We will have a competition so it has

been moved and moved! What about

arguments in your house? It is not

too bad. There are no fists flying

about!

Are you able to stay quite

calm in arguments? Or do you get

quite...

No!

Have you seen the state

of my house? If you need

relationship advice, we are moving

into these agony aunts.

Well, we met them earlier

and in a moment we'll be talking

live to the stars of a new BBC

series, The Secret Helpers.

This series helps people do with the

toughest weeks of the life-giving

giving them access to the wisdom of

strangers from all over the world.

Can you hear me? We know a little

bit about this, maybe there are some

things we can help you with.

Their

guiding words are beamed live into

your ears. Show the dedication! Day

and night through a hidden earpiece.

You little sleeper!

Finally! This is

so strange!

While family and friends

remain totally unaware of these

unseen guardian angels in your head.

Hello, my sweetheart!

I have to be

discreet! In this series, people

with life experience from all over

the world will watch live. All

right? And listen in to help

desperate British people in need.

But that little fellow on your

shoulder.

I will put onto my

shoulder, that is easier.

Don't

forget to tell your dad... Tell her

you love this so much!

Can the

worldly wisdom of new-found

friends...

You cannot change what

happened but today is the first day

of the rest of your life.

Each with

their own unique perspective on

life, offering us help at a time

when we the most.

Come on!

To have

people even caring and pushing me

more...

It is amazing. Let me hear

you say, thank you!

I am glad you

are watching!

I am glad you are

here! Be joined by Dan, Suzy, little

Henry!

He takes after his dad.

Welcome and congratulations on the

wedding. This is a mad concept?

First of all, why did you feel that

you needed help?

I didn't, to be honest. I got

involved via work I was doing

voluntarily to promote the Stroke

Association. The BBC got in touch

with them and they were looking for

people to come on the show and have

been through a difficult time. We

faced a significant event in our

lives, and they chose us.

You felt

the stress of planning, because it

is a stressful thing, planning for a

wedding, you thought the stress

might have an impact on you, which

means you might not make it to be

alter on the day?

I was concerned

that we'd had such a hard few months

since my strokes, I just didn't want

that stroke to be visible on our

wedding day. I want to be able to

stand up there. You couldn't see it,

it was just about us, not about the

event. The idea was dropped in at

the 11th hour were when the cameras

were set up, the producer said, put

this in your ear. That's when I

found out what concept was!

You

haven't seen any photos, it was just

people's voices.

Complete strangers.

What was the best bit of advice you

heard down the piece on the day?

The

best advise on the day, I was very

nervous about doing my speech. The

day was going to take a toll on me.

I was concerned I would get in a

muddle. The two New York cops, Mark

and Joe, they said, remember, it is

a room of friends and family, they

won't judge you however it goes. The

other bit of advice was for me to

put my jacket on, which sounds

random, but it struck a chord with

me. Before I did my speech, I put my

jacket on, and it is like putting

armour on, you flick into that mode

and it gives you confidence. It

really works.

And it hides sweat

patches.

It does!

Five Akani arts

are with us -- agony aunts. We have

had lots of view was problems and

questions in, which we will put to

the agony aunts now.

Lillian, this

comes from Kristina, "I am having a

midlife crisis, do I give up a

well-paid but stressful job to train

as a yoga teacher, to help people

with depression, or do I stay safe

in my current job and train slowly

over a few years?"

I don't know. I

say get the hell out of your comfort

zone. Go free yoga training and get

into a different profession that you

really love and you can sink your

teeth into.

It has worked for

Lillian. The next one is from Rachel

to Chiara and Gennaro. This is a

good one. "Should We stick to white

wine with white meat, and red wine

with red meat? Or is it OK to have a

Chardonnay with red meat? " Really,

she should stick with white wine on

the white meat and red wine on the

state.

The state is too structured and

heavy. The red wine is important

because it claims a pallet. It is

too light, the wine, for a steak. I

would speak on what she was doing

before.

I would go with a rose a

fair everything.

I go with what is

in the cupboard and I am grateful!

Mark and Joe, we come to you now in

New York, "I am doing a nursing

degree, but it is not going well.

There are so many things I would

like to do, like joining the police.

Should I give up nursing and pursue

other opportunities or stick with

nursing until the bitter end? " What

do you think?

Let's see. Trading

bedpans for bullets? My daughter is

in nursing school right now and it

is a difficult path. I don't know

how far you are in the process, but

stick things out, it is a noble

profession like police work.

Both of

them very undesirable most of the

time. Equally! Where your passion is

is where you should go.

Good advice.

Find your path and follow it.

A

quick one for Chiara and Gennaro

stop this is a dodgy one, "My

boyfriend Stuart hasn't taken me on

a date where he has paid. We have

been together for three months,

should I be worried? He has a good

job."

I think a woman doesn't have

do expect that a man pays over time.

We also love the romance of men

taking us out for dinner and buying

us the dinner.

us the dinner. Prepare a nice meal,

a dinner in a romantic dinner, but I

would expect some time that he pays.

There we are.

Sometimes he pays,

sometimes she pays. You know, when

we go for lunch, Matt Hayes. -- Matt

pays.

The Secret Helpers is on straight

after us tonight, 8pm on BBC Two.

Thank you for joining us!

Henry has behaved impeccably.

Matt Allwright's quest to celebrate

cities and villages in the A to Z

of Britain continues,

and tonight he's in Michael's

neck of the woods.

So aside from being the birth place

of the finest Welsh actor there is,

here's why we should

all visit Newport.

Clearly

I am on my way to the gateway of

South Wales, that hosted the last

Ryder Cup and the Nato summit.

Newport in Gwent is important. It is

a grisly wet day. I am heading to

Celtic Manor.

One of the things I

remember most was the arrival of

President Obama.

President Obama

stated?

This very large.

This is the

presidential bedroom.

Company. Get Angela Merkel on the

phone. Angela, we are having a

barbecue, come over. No, we've got

loads of frankfurters.

Sadly, this is out of my price rent,

so we go into town to see if the

locals can recommend anywhere to

stay and for some lunch.

Variety

wise.

There are not that many places

in Newport.

If you think of

something, pop back and see me.

Yes.

I might at that stage be in the chip

shop.

That is probably your best

bet.

The chippy it is.

Established in 1888. Nice to meet

you.

How have you managed to keep a

family business?

With great

difficulty.

Do you Doucoure soars?

We have three curry sauces.

That is the fruity curry sauce, the

Chinese curry sauce, that is clearly

mushy peas, not guacamole. This one

is?

Irish.

Irish curry. Thank you

very much.

I like that. Irish curry. I have

never been anywhere other than

Newport that has a chip shop with

three different types of curry

sauce. That is a win in Newport.

Alas, it's still raining. The local

record shop will keep me drive for

an hour or so. And I love vinyl.

It turns out that a Newport musical

legend hangs out here, too. Graham

the bear from Goldie Looking Chain

Centres Now.

I Have Dressed Down.

I Should Get You In A Tracksuit.

I am going to briefly be a member.

If you want a real man, you knows

it's me...

That was kind of awesome.

Now, I've got to find somewhere to

stay. The picture of this guesthouse

looks good, five stars on Trip

Advisor. And a Welsh breakfast

cooked to perfection.

Do you have any rooms for tonight?

First time lucky. How are you doing,

I'm Matt. Can I come in?

Come on in.

Fantastic, what time is breakfast?

Good morning, everyone. Breakfast is

in as requested, two

in as requested, two sausage, two X.

Three sources.

The weather is no better than

yesterday, but that will not stop me

as I conquer a small section of the

Wales coast path. It is pretty

deserted, though.

Snack... Shop...

I need coffee. Is this the right

place? It looks like someone's house

to me.

Look at your months. Nice to

meet you.

What is your name?

Wendy.

Can I get a cup of coffee, milk and

sugar. We have a tray of cakes. This

was my husband's garage.

You have converted it. Has he got

any garage left? Thank you for

having us.

You are welcome.

Newport, you have been wet but warm

and were proving once again that

what matters is not places but

faces. Lovely people.

Matt all right in a track he top

looking good. Thank you to Michael

and Nicola for joining us! CHEERING

AND APPLAUSE

Belleau

We'll be back tomorrow

with Tim Rice, but before then,

with Tim Rice, but before then,

from her debut album

'Speak Your Mind,' here's

Anne Marie singing 'Friends' -

her latest single with Marshmello.

have a lovely evening.

Goodbye.

# Ooooh-oh, ooooh-woh

# You say you love me,

I say you crazy

# We're nothing more than friends

# You're not my lover,

more like a brother

# I known you since

we were like ten, yeah

# Don't mess it up, talking that...

# Only gonna push me

away, that's it!

# When you say you love me,

that make me crazy

# Here we go again

# Don't go look at me

with that look in your eye

# You really ain't

going away without a fight

# You can't be reasoned with,

I'm done being polite

# I've told you one, two, three,

four, five, six thousand times

# Haven't I made it obvious?

# Haven't I made it clear?

# Want me to spell it out for you?

# F-R-I-E-N-D-S

# Haven't I made it obvious?

# Have you got no shame?

# You looking insane #

Turning up at my door

# It's two in the morning,

the rain is pouring

# Haven't we been here before?

# Don't mess it up, talking that...

# Only gonna push me away,

that's it!

# Have you got no shame?

# You looking insane

# Here we go again

# So don't go look at me

with that look in your eye

# You really ain't going

away without a fight

# You can't be reasoned with,

I'm done being polite

# I've told you one, two, three,

four, five, six thousand times

# Haven't I made it obvious?

Haven't I made it?

# Haven't I made it clear?

Haven't I made it clear?

# Want me to spell it out for you?

# F-R-I-E-N-D-S

# F-R-I-E-N-D-S

# That's how you spell "friends"

# F-R-I-E-N-D-S

# Get that inside your head

# No, no, yeah, uh, ahh

# F-R-I-E-N-D-S

# We're just friends

# So don't go look at me

with that look in your eye

# You really ain't going

nowhere without a fight

# You can't be reasoned with,

I'm done being polite

# I've told you one, two, three,

four, five, six thousand times

# Haven't I made it obvious?

Have I not made it obvious?

# Haven't I made it clear?

Yeah, I made it very clear

# Want me to spell it out for you?

Yo

# F-R-I-E-N-D-S

I said F-R-I-E-N-D-S