31/10/2013 The One Show

Hello and welcome to a Halloween themed One Show with

Mwoo-ha-ha-ha-ha-att Baker. And Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!...lex Jones.

Joining us for our Halloween special is comedian and star of The Indian

Doctor and Meet The Kumars, it is Sanjeev Askar! -- Sanjeev Bhaskar!

Happy Halloween, and happy birthday! Ugh, yes! You are

obviously delighted about it. That is the applause that has well done

for walking over here and sitting down. Was it a good day? It has been

fine. My son, who is seven, got me up this morning and said, you are

not that old. I said, thank you . then he repeated it through the day,

and it got to the point where I started to doubt him. Is your Centre

Court treating tonight? He is, dressed as a zombie, with a severed

leg. Not a real one. Did you help him with a bottle of tomato ketchup?

We did not want to use him as bait. Well, we want to see your pictures

tonight if you are dressed up and going out to trick or treating or

having a fancy dress party. And if you are staying in and not answering

the door, we would like to see your pictures, too. Princess Michael of

Kent recently said that she and her husband felt fresher after sleeping

in separate bedrooms, all quarters, as she put it. Many of us may find

it hard to sleep with bonfire night and Halloween on the horizon, but

which do you prefer? So, does sleeping solo spell the end

of a relationship, or does it mean marital Bliss? We took to the

streets to find out. So, do you think sleeping in separate bedrooms

would spell the end of a relationship? It probably signifies

the end of romance. You get better sleep when you are alone? Yeah. It

is more the cuddling. I get very hot. All men do. We have been

married to seven years. The only time we stopped sleeping in the same

bed was if one of us had a really bad cough or cold, and it was

keeping the other awake. We sleep better together. Would you not like

to sleep on your own? It would not bother me. It is just about sleep,

isn't it? I would love some sleep, yes! We share a house with six or

seven people. When you go to bed, it is spending time together. Would you

find it difficult to sleep alone? Yes. She can't sleep if I am working

nights. She needs a couple to get off to sleep. So if your girlfriend

said, I am thinking about sleeping in the spare room, you would think,

what? Yeah. Doesn't spell the end of a relationship if you sleep

separately? I love you enough to sleep in another room so that you

get a good night's sleep! That looks comfy. There is

scientific research in this. Apparently, women put on weight if

they do not sleep enough, and men become more stupid. Does that

surprise you? Both of those things happened to me! I have got in touch

with my feminine side, obviously. The thing about men does not

surprise me, that lack of sleep, I thought it made everyone stupid. Do

you have a double bed or separate beds? When I am on a plane, I like

to sleep alone. And in hospital, I like a single bed. But at home, we

have double beds. On that theme of hospitals and doctors, the third

series of The Indian Doctor is back. This is you settling into the Welsh

valleys. The first series had a bad colliery miners, then smallpox in

the second series. The owners of a coal mine were being a right pain in

the first series. Then you had the smallpox epidemic. What happens in

the third? We have gone to a light at tone. With smallpox, there are

not many jokes you can do without looking really bad. So it is more

about the fear of progress. A lot of small towns in the 60s had not

caught up. They were still stuck at the end of the 50s. So a couple of

brothers come back with a promise of the excitement of the 60s and a new

town, with indoor toilets and washing machine is and central

heating. The series is about people being stuck in their ways and not

being able to move on. My character can't move on because he can't

discuss the future or his ambitions or particularly having a family.

Let's have a look at you meeting the two conniving brothers in Monday's

episode. Good morning. I was not sure I got the time right. You were

expecting me? Yes, to show me the house. Estate agents, no? IC. No, we

are the owners. I am Basil, and this is my brother. Doctor Prem Sharma.

What a coincidence. My brother is a doctor also. The local GP, I

presume? I am sure you will get along famously. It is beautifully

shot, box office daytime telly. Thank you. What is great is that the

crews in Wales are all confident of the back of the success of Doctor

Who and Sherlock, and they have all worked with each other for ages. So

there is a great, collegiate atmosphere onset. And now all warm

and friendly. You said lots of the actors you work with our fluent

Welsh speakers. You said they are more emotional than other actors you

have worked with? Are you going to hit me in a minute? Sounds like a

loaded question. It was a compliment! Absolutely. As opposed

to is Celtic blood. -- I suppose it is Celtic blood. It is about having

an opinion and being able to share it. In our land, it would be the

idea of getting together and talking. That still seems very

vibrant in Wales and less so in parts of England. The Indian Doctor

is on every day next week on BBC One at 2:15pm. Now, the story of a woman

who became headline news for her uncanny ability to photograph the

spirits of the dead. But it turned out to be a trick, so why worse

people so quick to fall for it? The early 1900s were a golden age of

spiritualism, the belief that the dead reside in a spirit world around

us. In 1924, there was one bizarre event that catapulted spiritualism

into the headlines. And it happened right here on Whitehall. It was the

11th of November, 1924, remembrance day. The First World War had ended

six years earlier and the newly built cenotaph had become a focus of

national mourning. Whilst the crowds gathered, a small, middle-aged woman

stood here and took some photos of the scene. At that time, the

cenotaph was not covered in scaffolding and plastic. Here are

the photos. There is the cenotaph and the crowds, but what is all

this? Would it be a host of spirits? The voters claimed to show the faces

of Britain's war dead. They became big news. Popular tabloid the daily

sketch paid money to publish the images, because by this point, the

mysterious lady photographer was making quite a name for herself. She

was one of Britain's leading spirit photographers. She had an unusual

talent for persuading spirits to reveal themselves on camera. To find

out how this most unlikely line of work developed, I have come to the

college of psychic studies. People in the 1920s would sit with a spirit

photographer, hoping for a photograph which had an image of

their loved ones, and then they would put them in the album. So this

is the lady herself? She was a cleaning lady in north London. Those

who knew her said she was a mild, inoffensive woman. How did she

become involved with spiritualism? She was told at a spiritualist

meeting that she had the capacity to be a spirit photography medium. You

would have paid her to do one of these sessions? That is right, and

it was probably quite a reasonable amount of money, especially compared

to the earnings of a cleaning lady. But not everyone was convinced. Ada

Dean was in fact humiliated by the newspaper which had made her a

star. The public had noticed that her cenotaph spirits bore an uncanny

resemblance to sports stars of the day, footballers, professional

boxers, all of whom were very much alive. The former cleaning lady had

been rumbled, but she maintained that the photos were genuine. Her

supporters rallied to her defence, unearthing many people who claimed

the spirits did resemble their lost loved ones. To put the matter to

bed, I have come to the camera club in London to attend my own spirit

photography. She used a camera that would take glass plates, which went

out of use 50 years ago, and we will try and reproduce it on film. This

1970s camera may be streets ahead of Ada Dean's, but film is perfect to

illustrate the trick coming now routine, but then the height of

sophisticated photographic fakery. I have never done this before. It

might be fun. I feel a little man-like. You don't look anything

like a nun! Let's get you suitably spirit looking. Now for the trick.

By removing the film canister while the film is being wound on, it is

possible to capture two images on the same piece of film. Here I am.

Let's see how that has turned out. We hope an image will appear. Oh,

yes. There is a ghostly image. So that's how she did it. You look very

good as a ghost. Not a bad first effort at spirit photography, but we

have conjured up just one spirit. You can only imagine the lengths Ada

Dean must have gone to to create her famous scene at the cenotaph.

Perhaps the truth is not the most important thing. The fascinating

thing is that masses of people believed in Ada Dean. Back in the

1920s, after the trauma of the great War, Britain was ready to believe. I

am still a believer. Even after all that. It would be nice to think she

did that. Do you believe? In? Anyway, as we mentioned, your other

award-winning series is back, The Kumars, but you have moved to number

42 and you have changed broadcaster. Yes, we have moved to Sky one. And

we have moved home. We were in a nice house in Wembley, and the

family have come upon hard times, hit by the recession. We are now in

a flat above a shop in Hounslow in west London. Is it your shop

downstairs? We lease it from a landlady who is now part of the show

as a new character. She has a fantastic past. She has over 4000

IMDB credits to her name. Over 2000 of them are a woman in a coma, but

nevertheless, she thinks she is a star. Speaking of the past, let's

see the last time you played Sanjeev, with your real wife playing

the grand. I am sitting next to my fantasy partner. Me, to! But you are

not, Natasha. Wait a minute! Natasha, is Sanjeev your ideal

partner? Um... On presentation of bank details, I might consider it if

I was desperate. Cutting! How is grand? She is very

good. She has not aged a bit. It is such a great series. Why did the BBC

let it go? You would have to ask whoever that person is. I did bring

it to the BBC as a new version, but nobody called me back. So it is

still the same setup, where you interview people? You don't know who

your guests are? Not at this stage. It would be great to get someone

like the Pope, or the Dalai Lama. If the Pope watches films, it would be

great to find out what he is into, what he thought of Monsters

University. Maybe he would be into zero fear and -- your new movie. I

am in it very briefly. I play a doctor. I'm getting typecast. I am

the Indian who plays them. It is Terry Gilliam, who I am a huge fan

of from Monty Python onwards. Fabulous caste. We flew into Romania

for two days with people like Matt Damon and Ben Whishaw. When can we

see this? You can come round later. But you did not mean it that way. On

the big screen. You are Welsh! You are passionate! Over the next week

we are introducing new to the members of Team Rickshaw. Each rider

has their own reason for putting themselves through this huge

challenge of riding 700 miles up all four Children in Need. Coming up is

Daniel's story. And if you would like to donate to the challenge, the

numbers coming up. I am Daniel Bailey. I'm a team. I am

training for a massive challenge for Children in Need. My uncle's farm is

a special place. I look after the animals. I fetch the cows in for the

milking. The animals have been a big help. In my recovery. I was a normal

teenager. I played Ascot all, for all. I was a happy kid. I was

confident. I would take on whatever it's me. Which I am glad about now.

Because it did take me out for quite a while. It was Christmas Eve and he

just did not feel very well. We went to see a doctor out of hours. He did

not improve so on New Year's Eve he began to hallucinate. We called

999. And the next thing he was on a trolley, they said he had

meningitis. I was 14 and I was taken into hospital. I was there for my

15th birthday. Daniel has had meningitis, which has left him with

balance -- balance problems and ADHD. He has had a lot of brain

damage. It is like having a toddler again. I had to learn everything

twice, eating and drinking, walking, running. Everything. I felt useless.

I did get quite bad emotionally at one stage. It was really hard

learning to walk again. It was painful. It has just had such a big

impact on us. Without the charity umbrella, I did not know what

services were available what help was out there for Daniel. It

benefits so many people. Because you do not have a clue where to turn.

The funding we receive from Children in Need has allowed us to make a

difference to young people like Daniel and his friends who come

along. Umbrella has meant that I can go out

and be like a normal teenager, with independence. I was quite scared at

the start. But they all seemed really quite nice. I have made loads

of new friends. It has changed my life for ever. Are you excited about

the challenge? I cannot wait. We are so proud of you. I just cannot wait

to get to the finish! Come on, everyone. Support this amazing event

for Children in Need. Help people like me. Thank you to Daniel. And of

course good luck. We will hear more about the other members of team

rickshaw next week. Here is a reminder of how you can support the

Rexall dashed the rickshaw challenge. Text messages will cost

?5 plus your standard network charge. ?5 will go to Children in

Need. For the full terms and conditions visit the website. While

your text in you can also let us know if you have any fund raising

events planned of your own. And if they are close to the root we might

pop by and say hello. Now here is Gloria with a Halloween nightmare

for two unhappy home owners. As any home owner knows, it is not easy or

cheap to maintain a property. There are always unexpected costs. And

eventually you are going to have to call in the experts. When you do

have every right to expect value for money and a job well done. Maurice

Short from Kent and Laurie Patel were impressed by the promises of a

product called Wallshield. It promised a revolutionary paint job

on the outside of their houses, guaranteed for 15 years. So you work

attract his wide and 15 year guarantee. None of us are getting

any younger and I cannot get up to paint walls now. It ended up costing

11,000 ?640. Despite the cost, initially Maurice Short was

delighted. But after a while the paint began to crack and bubble.

Look at this, for example. It just shows how soft it is. How did you

feel when you saw this happening? Horrified. I did not know what we

were going to do. Laurie paid ?13,000 for his work. That lasted

longer but less than halfway through the guarantee, it also started to

come off. This is one area where Reid peeled off. Sheets of it. The

problem was said to be with the rendering and not with the paint.

This is Sandy. I expect it contains sand but it should also have a

cement or resident in it to bind the sand together. It will not stick to

the wall or to the paint. So I suspect this will all come off. So

thumbs down from the surveyor. But what about that 15 year guarantee?

Within 18 months, it all started to bubble again after they did come

back. Since then his contacts with the company have had no response.

Eventually we had a letter from the company of liquidators. It said the

company had gone into liquidation and was no longer able to help. And

in your case? I've got a letter saying they had gone into

liquidation and that the guarantee was worthless. Worthless it was. The

company was no more so Morris was surprised to receive another flyer

from the company also advertising the same product and using the same

logo as before. But technically it was not the same company. The name

was slightly different. It turns out that Wallshield comes in many

shades. Wallshield Ltd. Wallshield company. The Wallshield group. It

turns out that over the years there have been numerous companies trading

on to the Wallshield name. And if you look at the official records for

these companies, there is one name that keeps cropping up. Direct your

Mike Eliasson. When one company has gone into liquidation, using the

name can be illegal. But in many cases it is not. And in the case of

Wallshield, we do not have enough evidence to say either way. It is

legally complicated. You need to look at whether the director has set

up a complete scam. You can investigate a company in

liquidation. We investigate the behaviour of the director and take

into account complaints made. If people have been behaving badly and

we get evidence as to that, we can take them to court and stop them

from acting as management of the company in the future. Unfortunately

reporting this is all that can be done. It might at least top

Wallshield from doing it again. I am extremely angry especially because

those directors of that company have just shut up shop and we are left

high and dry. An 11 thousand pounds down.

Well we have heard at length from Wallshield. They say their product

has been applied to thousands of companies for over 30 years and they

had numerous satisfied and repeat customers. The reason for creating a

number of companies was to stop others trading under their name.

They say they went into liquidation for genuine reasons because of the

economic downturn. Wallshield coating Ltd has given an undertaking

to repay its creditors in full. They say they are unaware of any

complaints put forward by Laurie. For Maurice Short, they blame his

problems on a leaking roof. But that is news to him, he says his roof

does not leak. Earlier we asked you to send us pictures if you are going

trick or treating or if you are pretending that you are not in. So

we have had a lot of trick and treating photographs. Just about to

go out there. Darcy and Shannon out trick and treating. This is Georgie

and Erika in Norfolk. This is Charlie and Sophie dressed up for

Halloween. And this is jaded and Sophie. Well we did ask for some

people pretending not to be in, but we had not had any photographs. And

a lot of people are wondering what my jumper says. It says Boo! I did

wonder! We did say you are celebrating a birthday tonight. So

we could not let you leave without a birthday cake. Have you seen this?

It is a marvellous creation. It is huge. It is quite remarkable. Igor,

where are you going? ! We cannot even get into it. Thanks ever so

much for your company this evening and on your birthday as well. We

hope you have a super night. The Indian Doctor is on every day next

week on BBC One at 2:15pm. Chris and I are back tomorrow, live at seven.

Goodbye! Happy Halloween!