26/06/2017 The One Show

Hello and welcome to a new week on The One Show with Alex Jones...

Our guest tonight is a big star in her own right,

who's sold millions of records as part of the biggest

girl group in history - but she's not here to talk

At Christmas, her close friend George Michael passed away,

and she's put her feelings for him into a new record,

Welcome back. Good to be back. I have to say, congratulations.

Congratulations to you. We are both Mum now! You 20th of January? 22nd.

Welcome to The One Show, everyone! How was it going? Baby is beautiful,

but, I'm not going to lie, it is quite tiring, isn't it? There's a

lot of make-up going on. A lot of concealer here and there. Geri, you

are here tonight because you are going to be performing for us. It is

the first performance of this new record on television. It is. It's a

bit nerve-racking. I'm a little bit nervous, but it feels good with you

lot. You are amongst friends. Now, with banking interest

rates at an all time low, you might be tempted

to look at other ways to make your money grow -

if you're lucky enough And, that's exactly what one

pensioner did when she decided to place a small fortune in

a new online investment opportunity. It was labelled as "risk-free" but,

as Nick Wallis explains, Brexit and the recent snap election

may have sent shock waves across global markets, but there are always

investors who will make big money if they are prepared to gamble. Yet for

a growing number of people in the UK, it's not just the stock market

you are taking a risk on, it's the companies you are trusting your

money with. The fastest-growing investment fraud on the planet is in

something called binary options. The idea is that you hand over your cash

and then you guess where the financial -- whether financial

assets will rise or fall on the stock market. Guess right, and you

can win big. But getting your hands on the cash can be a lot more

difficult. Whilst there are legitimate binary options companies

out there, fraudulent firms took almost ?40 million from investors

last year alone. One such investor is a widow Elizabeth Ablett. She

moved to the UK from Russia 20 years ago. In December, she turned to this

company to fund her retirement. How did binary options catch your eye?

It was a short advert somewhere, a single mum can and this money, you

can do the same. Their broker sounded very honest and decent. The

company even sent Elizabeth a contract, promising that her money

would be in safe hands. This is one of these fully insured contracts? It

says, risk level, none. Every ordinary person seeing this from the

company would believe... I believed. How much of your money did you hand

over to these people? ?42,000. Elisabeth could see her online

account was going up, at one stage reaching ?120,000. But when she

tried to withdraw any of her money, the broker disappeared. A familiar

tale, according to this solicitor. It is a massive, worldwide problem.

Contracts like these are typical of what the fraudsters send out to

clients. They try to build trust with the client. They have no

intention of adhering to this. As soon as they have your money, they

will run away. So who are Binary Uno? The company claims to be based

in Glasgow, but that is nothing more than a virtual office. They are

addressed abroad, and there is an address here at the Seychelles, and

their website is registered in Panama. They are unregulated by UK

authorities, but they have a live chat function online. I'm going to

use it to get in touch, posing as an investor. If I invest any money in

your site, is it secure and can I withdraw it at any time? Binary Uno

are saying, of course, we use the same systems as the thanks for a

money transfer. It says here you can withdraw your funds at any time. So

where has Elizabeth's money gone? I arranged for Binary Uno to call me

back. This time, with Elizabeth listening in. How secure is my

money? It's clear they will say anything to

get my money. Time to come clean. I'm not going to give you any money,

and there is a reason for that. I'm a BBC reporter working for The One

Show, and I've got someone sitting here who's invested ?40,000 into

company-macro, and she hasn't seen a penny of it. Where has that gone?

She lost it in the market. I am looking at a contract now saying

there is a risk level of zero. Could you just reassure us that Elizabeth

Ablett will receive her money back? There you go, Elizabeth. Very

defensive and he couldn't explain where your money had gone. He

couldn't explain anything to do with a risk-free contracts, and he said

you lost it on trade. It's rubbish. I didn't lose anything. The money is

somewhere on their bank account. Binary Uno still haven't returned

any of Elizabeth's money and they are still trading. Elizabeth, what

would you say to anybody thinking of investing in binary trade options

through Binary Uno? I wouldn't advise anybody to go near them.

Please take the time to talk to someone you know and trust before

you invest in anything you see online.

Geri, you very quickly made a lot of money at a very young age -

Where did you go for financial advice? I had a great example from

my mother of work ethic. She comes from that work hard, and she was a

cleaner. I had six jobs a week. I worked in a bar, I was cleaning, I

was studying, so I always had that good work ethic. Sometimes when you

work hard, it made me really appreciate in value what I have. My

mother had a very seat on the ground approach to everything. But I think

it is brilliant that The One Show can stick up for people and just

expose it. It's a wonderful thing, because it can happen to anyone.

Absolutely. We are going to talk about George in detail in a moment.

Were you a fan of Wham! growing up? I was a massive fan. I went to their

concerts, I thought I was going to marry him when I grew up. Favourite

song? Freedom, from Wham!. We are going to talk about your tribute in

a moment. First, have a look at ours. Here we go. When I was born,

and they slapped me on the bottom, I didn't cry, I just sang.

It is a big laugh. We don't get up there and say, look at us, aren't we

sexy. We do, but it's a joke. We see the funny side of it. Why do you

think you get criticised? Because we are the only band at the moment who

are totally unashamed of being screamed at. Maybe it was

unfortunate that I became well-known so young, because I think had I gone

through it even four or five years later, I might have avoided some of

the problems of my career. Face, the way I looked in the videos and

stuff, was pretty much, sad as it is, how as I -- how I was walking

about day-to-day. I was so confused about my sexuality and other things.

I was prone to depression around loneliness, because it is very

lonely if you are surrounded by people, but you are not really

surrounded by anyone. # So much to lose

# And what we had to learn... What was he like? What was he like? Ugly,

spotty. It was trying to get this ugly duckling image across. When do

you turn into this one? This is what we are waiting to see.

That's quite sad. It must be hard for you to watch that, because you

were very close friends with George. How did you meet him originally?

First and foremost, I am a fan. When I became successful with the Spice

Girls, we were at this radio awards ceremony at lunchtime, and I

remember trying to shake off the other girls, wanting to go up to him

without them. I think I pretended I was going to the loo. I went up to

him and gave him big flirty eyes, and it didn't work. He gave a speech

about losing his mother, and I had lost my dad. When someone is that

honest, it gives a feeling of connection. I identified with that.

We became friends. I found out I wasn't his cup of tea in that way.

In life, I didn't see him all the time, but he is one of those people

who, you know where your friends are when the chips hit the fan. He stood

up for me. I lived with him when I had my first child, when I left the

Spice Girls. Moments when I felt vulnerable, he stepped up for me.

And with music, I would say, what do you think? It's definitely affected

me when somebody... He meant a lot to me, he really did. How honest was

he with you? Brutally honest. I really appreciate that, when

somebody says, that's not so good. What did he say around the Spice

Girls Time? He was always very feet on the ground. In that documentary,

it comes through. He wasn't into the same side of it, and I saw that with

him and appreciated it. We are discovering now what a generous

person he was. Incredibly generous. He was with me, and relationships he

had with people around him. He was a family man, but he treated everyone

with respect. And the terrible news of his death was a huge shock to

everybody. For you, it must have been absolutely awful. Where were

you when you heard the news? It was Christmas Day, and I had an wrapped

presents from him, and I thought, I would like to see him in the New

Year. It was night-time. But even when I see the footage of him, you

think, oh, my God. I can't believe he's gone. I've not quite digest did

it. It's weird. Recently, as far as this music and this record is

concerned, how has that helped you? How did the record come about? It

has been amazing. The whole thing is very bittersweet. I was pregnant,

like you, and all very hormonal and sensitive. When I got the news, I

was in the middle of writing music. So I put all my feelings down, wrote

the lyrics and a bit of melody, and then I created the song with some

co-writers. I played it to the record company with some other songs

and they said, we want to release that. I was like, really? Normally,

that is when I would ask George what he thought. He wasn't there, so I

asked with a producer called Chris Porter, who had worked with him for

30 years, on Wham! and Jesus for a child. He said, ring up Shirley

Lewis, his long-term backing singer. She is amazing, and I have a girl

crush on her. She has amazing energy. When you are in a band, it's

nice having that camaraderie. Having great backing singers who are really

talented, but also having their energy. She and some others wanted

to be part of it. These are people who have sung on all the songs you

would know, Father Figure, Cowboys and Angels. They are so talented. It

was an amazing gift. It is a seal of approval as well. You say you felt

unsure about releasing it. If they are on board... Yes, it gave me

courage. I went through a period of saying, what do you think? And he

goes, leave time. I wanted to jump from a hot pants girl... Which we

loved. To being a more mature artist. I was saying, how do you do

that? Because he made that John. He said, leave time. Because this song

is about him, and about us. If anybody who has lost anybody, there

is great healing when you all come together. I feel better and joyful

from working with these wonderful people. I feel like something has

lifted. You talk about those wonderful people, and they are with

us tonight. We can hear the secret to those wonderful tones right now.

# I don't want your freedom not # I don't want to play around

# I don't want nobody baby # Part-time love just brings me down

# I don't want your freedom # Girl all I want right now is you #

CHEERING APPLAUSE

Great to hear that life. Another thing which occurred to me, I went

on a pilgrimage and met up with Esther Rantzen and she told me...

About how generous he was to ChildLine? Yeah, he gave all the

royalties of from Jesus to a child to ChildLine and all the profits I

make from this record will go to ChildLine and Stephen Fry I met him

the other day and he said he was raising money for the Terrence

Higgins trust and he said George pulled him aside and said you can

have all the profits from Britain of ladies and gentlemen, the collection

album. He was so, I didn't know that. Wow.

Geri will be performing Angel In Chains in the studio later.

Michael Douglas has been to Eastleigh, meanwhile,

to find out why one woman's performance at a bus stop,

of all places, led to her 15 minutes of fame.

When it comes to stardom, to paraphrase Shakespeare, some are

born to it, some Seagate and others have it thrust upon them. And it

into that final category that a certain lady called LA from here in

Eastleigh in Hampshire can firmly be put. Don't remember her? Maybe this

footage will jog your memory. Whilst Ellison play waiting for the bus and

listening to some urban songs she got the urge to shake her thing. And

then she should get some more. Little did our bus stop booty shake

her know that her whole performance was being recorded on a mobile

phone. The footage taken by someone she had never even met was about to

break the Internet. We have tracked Ellie down and are meeting her where

the recording took place. Are you all right, nice to see you. So this

is the window? Taylor it is indeed. There is the bus stop. Why did you

start dancing that day? Taylor I had my headphones on and I blanked out

was this usual behaviour for you? Friends of the family and my

five-month-old daughter or look at me like I am a lunatic so yes. She

was unaware of her dance moves had been caught on camera and the clip

was on YouTube gaining millions of hits. She had gone viral. Only

discovering she was an Internet sensation when her best friend

called her at work. I went into the office and said have you seen this?

They said yes. I was like why did you not tell me? They said we

thought you knew. I said does this look like a face that would know

that? She was splashed across the press and even made it onto the day

programme in America. My mum always said I had more rhythm than sense.

How did that feel? Quite exciting. While her 15 minutes of fame was

nearing its end the star power of the local celebrity scene was far

from over. One theatre director caught her performance and thought

she really did have talent. How are you? After seeing this video of

Ellie dancing what went through your mind? It was after I was doing the

Ah Men sure I thought it would be nice to turn this situation around

and give her a chance to dance on stage so she could have something to

be proud of. I tracked her down and asked that she would like to come

along to rehearsal and see how we got along. She did and I had a

chance to give her her dream. And four Ellie, a former performing arts

student that is exactly what it was. It came out of the blue and I

thought it was brilliant. It was something I had always wanted to do

and it's a little thing ticked off the bucket list that I have managed

to do something like that. This is the story of how one bit of mobile

phone footage can catapult you from the bus stop to the big-time almost

overnight. And jet the whole thing happened so quickly Ellie never got

the chance to do the one thing that everyone who tread the boards longs

to do, and on court. But let's put that right! -- an encore. But first

I need to get her cameraready. Are you ready? Yes I am. One, two, one,

two, three, four. # You can dance

# You can jive # Having the time of your life

# See that girl # Watch that scene

# Digging the Dancing Queen! # And Ellie the Dancing Queen

is with us tonight, and she's still going,

throwing some shapes But, Geri - can you guess

which famous Spice Girls She is doing that, I think it is

Spice Up Your Life. Let's have a listen... Take your headphones

off... Yes! APPLAUSE Tell us you are a big Spice Girls

fan? A huge fan. I love you Geri. How many hits do you have globally?

About 100 million. APPLAUSE Incredible. But you are not at the

bus stop because you are a full-time mum. Five-month-old as well! Do not

worry we will get you a taxi home. Over the weekend, more than 100,000

people gathered in a field to enjoy one of

the biggest festivals in Europe. It has to be Glastonbury,

hasn't it? I have come to Birmingham for a

party. This is the night of the Moon and its preparation for Eid. It

marks the end of Ramadan. The night before it is tradition to gather in

the street and celebrate. That is traditional Eid food, rich tea

biscuits, thank you. It is community, everyone is out and

enjoying themselves and having a good time. This is the party before

the party. It's getting really loud note here. I am going to speak to

the family. After the recent terror attacks like many people out here

they believe this event is more important than ever. It is very

important that we should be more visible. I will say to my brothers

and sisters that they should come out, too sure their solidarity and

this is how we can defeat terrorism. Politics aside there are other

priorities. Are you going to finish that cake, it is huge? I want to

finish half of cake. I just feel like eating half of the cake. After

a month of fasting Eid is triggered by the sighting of a new moon but it

is cloudy so we cannot see it but thanks to the wonders of science and

social media I can announce that tomorrow.

It is Eid morning, just before nine and I want to find out why this is

Europe's biggest Eid festival. Around 100,000 people have descended

on Small Heath Park in Birmingham, beginning with a mass prayer

meeting. It's absolutely huge, this sermon is on screens and on this

massive PA system. It's like nothing I've ever seen before. I grew up

going to mosque in Huddersfield with my dad on Eid morning and everyone

was British and Pakistani, over here this morning I have seen men and

women, people of all ages and people from every single nation. It's kind

of amazing to see a community asserting itself in this way. It's

beautiful. After a whole month of fasting it's time to consume as much

sugar and fat as is humanly possible, it's time to have some

fun. People have crossed continents to be

here. These people come from Pennsylvania USA. It's amazing, I am

overwhelmed, the number of people here. It's heart-warming. The sun is

shining, everyone is having fun, eating and drinking cups of tea. It

feels like a village fete, it's the perfect quintessentially English end

the month of Ramadan. Thank you very much. Yes, thank you,

just doing a bit of sound checking, everyone is in position and Geri is

at the microphone and Ellie you will be able to do some dancing. Tomorrow

we are back and we will be joined by snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan who

will be making his One Show debut. You're excited. I am a big fan, he's

a nice guy, my mum and dad went to see him and he waved. Eugh I am

looking forward to him tomorrow then. Playing out tonight for the

first time on TV it is Geri Horner with her new single Angel In Chains,

all the proceeds go to ChildLine. Here she is. APPLAUSE

CHEERING # The brightest star

burns half as long CHEERING

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