:00:20. > :00:30.APPLAUSE . A packed show tonight. It is a
:00:31. > :00:32.politician free zone. We've Andrew Smyth from
:00:33. > :00:34.The Great British Bake Off who will be creating one
:00:35. > :00:36.of his festive masterpieces, Bryan McFadden and Keith Duffy
:00:37. > :00:39.from Boyzlife will be dropping by. And there's music from Aled Jones,
:00:40. > :00:42.as well as a few surprises for one But to kick it all off and get
:00:43. > :00:48.the Christmas party started - it's the Belfast Community Gospel
:00:49. > :01:02.Choir! # Rocking around the Christmas tree
:01:03. > :01:09.and # Mistletoe up where you can see,
:01:10. > :01:15.every couple # Walking around the Christmas tree,
:01:16. > :01:24.let the Christmas spirit ring. # Who will get a sentimental feeling
:01:25. > :01:37.when # Voices singing let's be jolly,
:01:38. > :01:47.deck the halls with boughs of holly. # Everyone dancing merrily in the
:01:48. > :02:01.new old-fashioned way. # You will get a sentimental feeling
:02:02. > :02:06.when you hear voices singing let's be jolly, deck the bowls with --
:02:07. > :02:14.deck the holes with boughs of # Everyone dancing merrily in the
:02:15. > :02:26.new old-fashioned way. # The weather outside is frightful
:02:27. > :02:34.but the fire is still # Since we've no place to go, let it
:02:35. > :02:51.snow, let it snow, let it snow. # It doesn't show signs of stopping,
:02:52. > :02:54.so I've got some corner before popping.
:02:55. > :03:03.# The legs are away download, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
:03:04. > :03:19.# Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
:03:20. > :03:27.APPLAUSE Ladies and gentlemen the Belfast
:03:28. > :03:29.Community Gospel Choir! This feel-good TV is good.
:03:30. > :03:32.Now my first guest has been really difficult to tie down -
:03:33. > :03:35.he's been working around the clock and hasn't had a single day off
:03:36. > :03:39.But we've tracked him down and we hope that we've managed
:03:40. > :03:42.to get the satellite link up for this very special guest.
:03:43. > :03:57.There he his -- there he is, good evening! Hello, is that Stephen? I
:03:58. > :04:02.am a little bit deaf but hopefully you will be telling me I have been a
:04:03. > :04:08.good boy this Christmas. Yes, I'm glad you rang me because Santa's
:04:09. > :04:16.phone is a mobile phone and it is pay as you ho ho ho. I am very busy
:04:17. > :04:23.but I always have time to talk to you and the good people who are with
:04:24. > :04:31.you. I have been looking at my book, Stephen. It says Stephen Nolan, aged
:04:32. > :04:38.40 plus, 1982, the present you wanted, connect four. I loved
:04:39. > :04:45.connect four. And your railway set in train set. Did you ever ask for
:04:46. > :04:51.goalkeeping gloves? I loved Bruce Grobbelaar! This isn't clap but that
:04:52. > :05:03.isn't scripted. I used to fly through the air like a young Finn.
:05:04. > :05:09.My else tell me there is a very special boy called Nathan Scott. He
:05:10. > :05:17.has had nearly as many letters and cards sent to him this year as I
:05:18. > :05:24.have. I'm observant elf of mine spotted his mum's appeal and social
:05:25. > :05:28.media. He was just around the three age. He was a completely different
:05:29. > :05:35.child from what we have known. Autism wasn't even heard of. His
:05:36. > :05:42.daddy's birthday cards went up in September and they were viewed
:05:43. > :05:45.numerous times in the day. It was automatic in the morning for Nathan
:05:46. > :05:49.to comment and it was as if he was just making sure that the details
:05:50. > :05:53.that he had stored on here that everything was just perfect the way
:05:54. > :06:00.he had seen of the day before. My Facebook of the -- appeal, it went
:06:01. > :06:06.up on the Sunday morning and an average on 300 friends on my page,
:06:07. > :06:11.if one tenth of those people were to send Nathan a card it would make his
:06:12. > :06:18.weekday, it was unreal. There are over 2000 cards in this house with
:06:19. > :06:23.promises of more to come and they have come from all over the world.
:06:24. > :06:29.The laughter that comes behind that child when he opened those cards,
:06:30. > :06:33.especially when he opens and glitter or sequins for out but it is like,
:06:34. > :06:37.where did that come out of? His whole emotional well-being since the
:06:38. > :06:45.start of December has been nothing but happiness. This has been the
:06:46. > :06:53.best Christmas ever for us. APPLAUSE
:06:54. > :06:56.What a beautiful little boy, Nathan. I hope you have a really happy
:06:57. > :07:00.Christmas and everybody here is going to give you a huge round of
:07:01. > :07:03.applause, make them, happy Christmas!
:07:04. > :07:14.APPLAUSE -- Nathan. Is there an Ava
:07:15. > :07:18.McWilliams? With the be an Ava McWilliams in the studio tonight?
:07:19. > :07:24.Put your hand up if there is an Ava McWilliams in the studio. Hello. It
:07:25. > :07:32.says you have been a very good girl. Helping your mum Evelyn and your dad
:07:33. > :07:45.Nigel looking after your younger sister Grace, is that right? And
:07:46. > :07:53.what do you do to help mum and dad? I read to grace and do her homework.
:07:54. > :08:01.And do you help her at school? Yeah. And what would you like from Father
:08:02. > :08:10.Christmas this year? A playhouse. I think I might be able to manage
:08:11. > :08:22.that. Anything else? What about a yo-yo? Does Grace want a yo-yo?
:08:23. > :08:32.Grace is beautiful. What colour yo-yo, Grace? Blue. If your sister a
:08:33. > :08:52.good girl looking after you? APPLAUSE
:08:53. > :08:56.That is lovely. It is very good to love one another, especially at
:08:57. > :09:03.Christmas time. I have it all written down in mime big book and I
:09:04. > :09:06.will be bringing you presence. I've got to go. Everybody say goodbye to
:09:07. > :09:11.Santa. Merry Christmas everyone. Now Christmas wouldn't be complete
:09:12. > :09:13.without the mince pies, One man who knows all
:09:14. > :09:18.about cooking up a treat or two is runner-up in this year's
:09:19. > :09:37.Great British Bakeoff, Andrew Smyth. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:09:38. > :09:41.. Hello. Great to see you. You are going to make is something
:09:42. > :09:45.Christmassy tonight, are you? Yes, I will be making some snow globe
:09:46. > :09:53.cupcakes. I made these earlier. I will do some icing. The main thing
:09:54. > :09:58.will be these little gelatin bobbles. They are edible. They will
:09:59. > :10:08.sit on top. Your own personal snow globe. I was going to use that. So
:10:09. > :10:13.how does this work? I have got to melt down some gelatin. A couple
:10:14. > :10:16.more seconds in the microwave. You soften some gelatin with a bit of
:10:17. > :10:21.water and some bowling is here that I have lightly greased which I will
:10:22. > :10:25.dip in coming give them a little twirl and they take overnight to
:10:26. > :10:36.dry. You can cut and peeled them straight off again. Hopefully! Very
:10:37. > :10:40.posh, and you? I have got different accent. I am from the Hollywood.
:10:41. > :10:46.Hollywood... LAUGHTER
:10:47. > :10:51.I have lived in England for seven years so it takes the edges of the
:10:52. > :10:55.accent. You don't close like that. It has got a really thin layer of
:10:56. > :11:03.gelatin. Do you want to give it a go? Do a pick one of this? Not a
:11:04. > :11:18.whole block, just one! A little dog and a twirl. Little dog? -- little
:11:19. > :11:29.dog. Overnight? This is my blue Peter moment. Some I made earlier
:11:30. > :11:31.these have got the Delta and hardened. This is where it could all
:11:32. > :11:43.go you have got this totally edible
:11:44. > :11:52.that you can then put on top of your cupcake. Well done so far!
:11:53. > :12:00.APPLAUSE My mum and grandmother taught me the
:12:01. > :12:03.basics when I was younger. I was able to kind of practice myself a
:12:04. > :12:11.lot more later. I have always enjoyed my food. It was the next
:12:12. > :12:14.base thing. If you go to pity is a big reason you can get a nice stuff
:12:15. > :12:22.so I thought why not alone to make myself? Is it true you designed jet
:12:23. > :12:27.engines? Yes, four days a week and then one day a week for baking. I
:12:28. > :12:34.helped to design jet engines. I work in analysis. Don't want to bore
:12:35. > :12:38.people with the detail I can't but I take engine data. That is what I do
:12:39. > :12:44.four days a week. You're a smart guy and we are very proud you obviously
:12:45. > :12:50.in the Bake Off. The people back home really got behind me and I got
:12:51. > :12:53.so many messages and people behind me and people were proud to see
:12:54. > :12:57.people representing Northern Ireland. We like to see someone
:12:58. > :13:04.doing really well. What was your experience on at? The sick abating
:13:05. > :13:07.after it? I had to have a bit of a break from baking afterwards because
:13:08. > :13:13.it had been quite intense. How intense desert? I was juggling it
:13:14. > :13:18.with the day job -- day job. I was doing six hours of baking every
:13:19. > :13:24.night after two practice. It was quite intensive. What are you doing
:13:25. > :13:30.now? I am going to just another one of these. Then once you have got
:13:31. > :13:34.these, you trim off the bottom. I will make up some buttercream icing
:13:35. > :13:40.which will go on top. I have some ground down, little sugared pearls
:13:41. > :13:44.that you can get in the supermarket. Chocolate Orange. One of those ready
:13:45. > :13:50.to go for you later on. Don't do what you did to the gelatin to
:13:51. > :13:54.those. We will have some gingerbread men and it will be a nice snowy
:13:55. > :14:01.scene hopefully by the end of the show. Why is that utensil important?
:14:02. > :14:05.That is just a spring, Stephen. LAUGHTER
:14:06. > :14:19.-- spoon. And you have the knife there, don't you? We will come back
:14:20. > :14:22.to you later. I know I have been having a bit of banter but we are
:14:23. > :14:24.proud of you and thank you for representing us so well across the
:14:25. > :14:34.water. APPLAUSE
:14:35. > :14:36.As it's Christmas, and we thought you might like to hear
:14:37. > :14:40.Vinny went along to Millennium Integrated Primary School in
:14:41. > :14:43.Carryduff and Holy Trinity Primary in Enniskillen to see what they had
:14:44. > :14:55.to say about Christmas and a few other things.
:14:56. > :15:04.What are you? I'm a sheep in the play. I had to ask for a leg
:15:05. > :15:18.warmers. Sheep don't wear legwarmers. What do you think Brexit
:15:19. > :15:25.is? You eat it. Serial? May be some run some ice cream store. What do
:15:26. > :15:32.you think of the new 20 mph speed limit in Belfast? In Germany, you
:15:33. > :15:42.can go any speed. Not at eight miles per. I would go zooming, so I would.
:15:43. > :15:48.I would be a princess. Eat sweets all day. Who would run the country
:15:49. > :15:53.if you were doing that? My mum. I would go to the beach. They would
:15:54. > :16:01.run the country if he were at the beach? I would ask one of my
:16:02. > :16:08.friends. Like me! Yes. What do you think about the waiting lists at
:16:09. > :16:16.hospitals. How heavy UI. How would you make waiting lists shorter? If
:16:17. > :16:22.you are smaller. You get seen quicker. Yes. Is give them a round
:16:23. > :16:26.of applause. APPLAUSE.
:16:27. > :16:28.And there will be more from kids later.
:16:29. > :16:31.Christmas isn't always a happy time, people can feel lonely and be under
:16:32. > :16:37.We wanted to say thank you to a few people who this year are going that
:16:38. > :16:41.extra mile to ease the pain for those less fortunate.
:16:42. > :16:44.Kris Nixon - you're just about to launch this year's
:16:45. > :16:59.This is the second year we did it. It is a repository for people to
:17:00. > :17:03.drop things off if they think that people might need them and for
:17:04. > :17:07.people to get what they need. You don't have to ask for help. The idea
:17:08. > :17:12.is that members of the public would put things in the draw and someone
:17:13. > :17:19.who is in need, they can come up and take what they need from the
:17:20. > :17:22.kindness drawer. Clothes, toiletries, books, everything that
:17:23. > :17:28.someone might urgently need on the street. There are some novels in
:17:29. > :17:33.there. An added bonus. This is in some other countries as well. Yes.
:17:34. > :17:39.It is moving into other countries as well. People have really taken to
:17:40. > :17:42.it. It is superb. We had a lot of concern when we put it in Belfast,
:17:43. > :17:48.people saying they would get destroyed and wrecked, but people
:17:49. > :17:52.treated them well. It was handled perfectly, Belfast did us proud. Are
:17:53. > :17:56.they filled up much by members of the public? Yes. You will get highs
:17:57. > :18:01.and lows of what is in there and over the course, we had it for two
:18:02. > :18:09.months last year and it did not run dry. It ran itself. You were
:18:10. > :18:14.promised yourself? Yes, when I was a teenager. I was homeless at
:18:15. > :18:22.Christmas. It is not easy. What do you do on Christmas Day, I think
:18:23. > :18:27.about it, for me, my mum is in a little semidetached house, and I
:18:28. > :18:32.love going into her home and she has got the table all set out, she is
:18:33. > :18:36.usually burning the turkey and the peas are really hard, but I love her
:18:37. > :18:40.so much, I don't care and it tastes beautiful because she has made it.
:18:41. > :18:45.What is it like when you don't have that Christmas Day and there is no
:18:46. > :18:50.one around you? It's not as bad as you think, because as much as you
:18:51. > :18:53.are used to Christmas being a big thing, the previous days weeks and
:18:54. > :18:57.months have not been great so you are not building up to Christmas
:18:58. > :19:00.will be fantastic, because you know what your life is at that point and
:19:01. > :19:05.you're not looking forward to what you know you will not have. Can we
:19:06. > :19:10.doubt about the way can we expect to see these? I can say where yet. We
:19:11. > :19:13.like to pop them up in different places and see how Belfast takes to
:19:14. > :19:20.them but we will have them out this week and encourage people to put
:19:21. > :19:23.things in. Toiletries are always imported. Wet weather clothes.
:19:24. > :19:25.Anything you can spare. It is a lovely idea.
:19:26. > :19:28.Carol Doey - you're a community worker at The Hub in Cookstown.
:19:29. > :19:31.And for the last number of years you and a team of volunteers have
:19:32. > :19:34.been providing 100 or so Christmas dinners at the centre.
:19:35. > :19:42.We open up on Christmas Day and cook dinner for people, people feel
:19:43. > :19:45.lonely for different reasons and we felt it would break our hearts if we
:19:46. > :19:48.knew that there was one person sitting on their own on Christmas
:19:49. > :19:52.Day who did not have food or that someone was bringing them in food
:19:53. > :19:57.rather than joining us in a family atmosphere. We absolutely love it,
:19:58. > :20:01.it is a brilliant day, and we encourage anyone who is out there in
:20:02. > :20:08.our area are further afield, we picked them up, we send them home
:20:09. > :20:14.with tea, there is music all day, we give our time. That must mean the
:20:15. > :20:18.world to someone. Do you get all shapes and sizes, different ages?
:20:19. > :20:23.Absolutely. Some families who are not as financially well off, we
:20:24. > :20:29.might have a man who has lost his wife, maybe families who have not
:20:30. > :20:33.agreed over the years and they could be on their own, anyone, people feel
:20:34. > :20:38.lonely for different reasons, so we invite them to come and join us. If
:20:39. > :20:43.I was lonely, I would not ask you go to a place where it says, are you
:20:44. > :20:47.lonely, so we manipulate the situation is. We tell a few lies and
:20:48. > :20:53.get people to join us for Christmas Day. My year said am we had eight
:20:54. > :20:57.turkeys and we needed people to help them cook them and eat them. It is a
:20:58. > :20:58.lovely gesture. Alan McClure, you're
:20:59. > :20:59.the co-ordinator of Is there a big demand
:21:00. > :21:12.for food banks this year? This year, in the past six months,
:21:13. > :21:17.the food banks across Northern Ireland that up under the umbrella
:21:18. > :21:22.of the trial saw trust have fed 13,000 people. North Belfast has fed
:21:23. > :21:27.1000 of those, but what really compounds that for me is that half
:21:28. > :21:38.of the 1000 people that we have fed our children. Wow! I find that a
:21:39. > :21:41.sign of where we live and that is hard to take. You must see a lot of
:21:42. > :21:47.people under financial pressure at this time of year. There is a lot of
:21:48. > :21:53.people, recently, my phone has increased with people calling who
:21:54. > :21:57.are employed. Normally my clients are unemployed but we are getting
:21:58. > :22:00.more who are employed at and they are finding the next pay packet hard
:22:01. > :22:07.to reach. How would families manage if it were not for the food parcels?
:22:08. > :22:13.I have people who ring me quite regularly, different people who have
:22:14. > :22:20.not eaten for maybe for, five or six days. I have people who ring and
:22:21. > :22:25.they say, I can't take my medication, because I have no food,
:22:26. > :22:31.it says on my prescribed medication that I have to eat before taking
:22:32. > :22:36.this and I cannot take those prescribed medications because I
:22:37. > :22:41.have no food. Thank you for what you do. Ladies and gentlemen, give them
:22:42. > :22:48.a round of applause. APPLAUSE. Thank you, sir.
:22:49. > :22:51.If you're like me, you'll just love driving past the houses that
:22:52. > :22:55.are covered with twinkling fairy lights and inflatable snowmen!
:22:56. > :23:04.There's Lynn C Nelson's house in Belfast, shining bright.
:23:05. > :23:15.And Marie Fullerton's home in Four Winds is looking very festive.
:23:16. > :23:17.And it's not just houses, look at these, Randalstown Young Farmers
:23:18. > :23:22.have lit up their tractors for Christmas - brilliant!
:23:23. > :23:26.Well, one family in Tandragee have really gone all out to brighten up
:23:27. > :23:32.Tim Hancock and his dad Mark spend the entire year planning
:23:33. > :23:33.and designing their outdoor Christmas illuminations display.
:23:34. > :23:36.They were delighted when we asked could the BBC come and film
:23:37. > :23:41.So we decided to have a bit fun and send along Keith Law,
:23:42. > :23:43.our fake environmental official, who is concerned about excessive
:23:44. > :24:02.light levels affecting the nearby Armagh Observatory.
:24:03. > :24:10.We have everything from nativities, elves, Santos, snowmen, anything you
:24:11. > :24:16.can imagine really. Dad started, about 2000 and Bor at two figures,
:24:17. > :24:22.one for me and my brother, we kept visiting the sales and we got to
:24:23. > :24:27.where we are today. He is the Project manager and I am apparently
:24:28. > :24:31.be Assistant Project manager. Which generally means, gopher, I have to
:24:32. > :24:36.follow instructions and do what I am told. Tim and Mark think we are here
:24:37. > :24:42.to cover the switch on for a BBC News programme. Everything OK? Good.
:24:43. > :24:48.Little do they know that Patricia is not a reporter, but is in fact one
:24:49. > :24:56.of our researchers. Has anyone said that you're both crazy? Yes.
:24:57. > :25:01.Christmas is talked about all year. We have been doing this display in
:25:02. > :25:08.smaller amounts since the year 2000. We had just moved here in the last
:25:09. > :25:12.month, for us, if it makes one person smile as a result of what we
:25:13. > :25:17.has done, then it would make it worthwhile. Five - four, three, two,
:25:18. > :25:28.one... It is absolutely fantastic, we did
:25:29. > :25:35.not have any technical hitches. What about your nerves? Now that they are
:25:36. > :25:44.on and nothing has tripped, that is the good thing. Our prankster Keith
:25:45. > :25:48.says he has had a complaint about excessive light levels and is off to
:25:49. > :25:54.investigate. Tim is delighted it has all gone so well. It comes down to
:25:55. > :25:59.the plan, if you don't have an effective plan in place, that is
:26:00. > :26:03.when things start to go wrong. And things are about to go very, very
:26:04. > :26:13.wrong. Here comes an angry official with his clipboard! Excuse me. Are
:26:14. > :26:27.you the person behind the lights? Yes. Are you aware of your houses?
:26:28. > :26:34.Yes. Can we do this... They are in contravention... We are within a 12
:26:35. > :26:40.mile exclusion zone of the Armagh planetarium. As most people to see
:26:41. > :26:44.the star is. Do you have an exemption certificate? Exemption
:26:45. > :26:48.certificate? No. We have everything checked out... You have not checked
:26:49. > :26:54.out with the environmental unit. The display is emitting too much light
:26:55. > :27:02.and is breaking Keith's regulations. Get them turned off. Turn off. Time
:27:03. > :27:06.for our man on the in to pull the plug on the display. Everyone is
:27:07. > :27:07.plunged into darkness as the lights display is shut down.
:27:08. > :27:10.APPLAUSE. We'll go back to them a little bit
:27:11. > :27:14.later to see just how rattled Mark and Tim get when tempers start
:27:15. > :27:16.to flare up! Now, my next guests
:27:17. > :27:18.tonight are no strangers to playing in Belfast,
:27:19. > :27:19.but They've now got together to form
:27:20. > :27:25.their very own supergroup, Boyzlife. Let's have a look back
:27:26. > :27:40.to when Boyzone and Westlife # I hear myself say
:27:41. > :27:43.# Why can't this feeling displayed away
:27:44. > :27:51.# All dressed up and ready to rock 'n' roll...
:27:52. > :28:15.# Let the reason the love... Ladies and gentlemen, it is Keith
:28:16. > :28:24.Duffy and Bryan McFadden. Happy Christmas! It gets on my nerves when
:28:25. > :28:30.we have two good-looking men but at least they're not as good-looking as
:28:31. > :28:36.they were! When you look back on that, is it through rose tinted
:28:37. > :28:39.glasses? Even just talking to each other, we looked at the clips and we
:28:40. > :28:45.cannot remember when they were or where they work, it becomes a fuzzy
:28:46. > :28:51.haze. You have to remember, for me especially, you took a break, but
:28:52. > :28:56.for me, my time in Westlife was so quick. It all becomes one big mess
:28:57. > :29:10.in your head. I think the first few years we
:29:11. > :29:15.couldn't believe has accessible we work butted up to a stage is before
:29:16. > :29:22.a left where they stopped it. The Westlife boys carried on and game
:29:23. > :29:28.maybes started to enjoy it. For me it had become a little bit like
:29:29. > :29:31.that. You took a break, didn't you? We were together for six years and
:29:32. > :29:35.it was pretty crazy back when. I was quite content to keep going forward.
:29:36. > :29:39.We were at the top of our game. Like any business you build a duck to be
:29:40. > :29:44.the best band and why would you break it up? I wasn't for the break.
:29:45. > :29:49.It was suppose to be a year and it ended up being seven. The power must
:29:50. > :29:53.be quite seductive and the success. 20 number ones between you.
:29:54. > :30:02.APPLAUSE .
:30:03. > :30:16.I got most of them now. We have also got six lives between us! -- wives.
:30:17. > :30:21.Is it scary to let it go? It is at the time because Roman and Stephen
:30:22. > :30:27.did most of the lead vocals. I went on to do Coronation Street and then
:30:28. > :30:32.various theatre shows and other TV stuff and movies so I have been very
:30:33. > :30:40.lucky. You going back to Coronation Street next year? You never know. I
:30:41. > :30:47.like answers, big lad, are you going back to Coronation Street next year?
:30:48. > :30:52.Boyzlife, jumping back in, which in itself is interesting because it is
:30:53. > :30:58.sometimes back -- better to let it set, the past. We missing the music
:30:59. > :31:02.too much? It is a different idea. We have done the bands and I have done
:31:03. > :31:08.it and Keith has done the acting. The thing he loves about acting,
:31:09. > :31:16.getting the intimate audience and speaking instead of singing.
:31:17. > :31:20.Creating stories. What we are doing together is called Boyzlife but it
:31:21. > :31:26.is an autobiographical show where we have a look back over both Westlife
:31:27. > :31:30.and Boyzone and other places within those two bands and reminiscing. The
:31:31. > :31:36.show we did in Belfast was crazy. I think they thought it was goggle box
:31:37. > :31:43.live. They kept shouting at us, sing a song! We are telling a story, what
:31:44. > :31:48.part of that do not understand? Sing a Westlife song! It is quite funny
:31:49. > :31:52.because Belfast for both bands was massive and they were probably the
:31:53. > :31:57.most hard-core fans in the world. The first night of one of our gigs,
:31:58. > :32:03.there was a girl in the front row and we showed videos of the past of
:32:04. > :32:08.us growing up and career and then we tell stories and the very first
:32:09. > :32:18.story, I come on first as an 18-year-old and this boy said, it
:32:19. > :32:22.should be Boyzone first! I think Christmas, I turn into a little boy,
:32:23. > :32:28.I love the feeling of it. My house is covered in all these tacky
:32:29. > :32:33.decorations. Do you love Christmas's Christmas is all about family. It is
:32:34. > :32:37.great when you have a good family and people love you. But I am sure
:32:38. > :32:41.for some people it is not as lovely as we are fortunate enough to
:32:42. > :32:45.experience because you walk chemistry to Belfast and Dublin and
:32:46. > :32:49.you see homeless people and it is a time of reflection. You have to
:32:50. > :32:53.remember how lucky we are and it is a time of giving. You have to do
:32:54. > :32:58.your little bit for the people that are less fortunate. What will
:32:59. > :33:01.Christmas Day be like for you? Absolutely crazy. Sitting down with
:33:02. > :33:07.the family, plenty of mulled wine, plenty of old yarns, probably end up
:33:08. > :33:15.in a big fight. What will you be doing? I have the case. This is my
:33:16. > :33:20.year. Alternate years. 'S... Kids. It will be a big Christmas at home
:33:21. > :33:26.this year. I love this Christmas show. It is a politician free zone.
:33:27. > :33:31.All the people come down to back our studio out and it is up bit better
:33:32. > :33:32.because you two have come so happy Christmas!
:33:33. > :33:35.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE And you can catch Boyzlife in
:33:36. > :33:40.Belfast on the 4th and 5th of April. Now, time for a few
:33:41. > :33:52.Christmas messages from some I, dropping by to say a happy and
:33:53. > :33:55.eight useful business to everyone at the Nolan show and all over Northern
:33:56. > :34:00.Ireland. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I would like to wish
:34:01. > :34:05.everybody a very happy Christmas and prosperous 2017. Thank you your
:34:06. > :34:08.support especially at the Ryder Cup but going forward hopefully I can
:34:09. > :34:14.keep doing Northern Ireland proud. Cheers. Hi, I hope you have had an
:34:15. > :34:17.incredible 2016. I certainly have was winning the World Superbike
:34:18. > :34:20.Championship. They do so much for all your support and they wish you a
:34:21. > :34:21.very Merry Christmas and a happy and successful 2017.
:34:22. > :34:25.APPLAUSE Now I want you to meet
:34:26. > :34:28.a very talented young man. But he has quite literally
:34:29. > :34:49.found his voice and is the audience Good to see you. What is it you do?
:34:50. > :34:56.Beat boxing. From my mouth. And you are really good at this? Confident
:34:57. > :35:01.young man, that is what I like. When did you start doing this? Coming up
:35:02. > :35:07.two years now. He discovered that he could do this on a long journey in
:35:08. > :35:10.the car. Coming from Dublin and we were messing about and the next
:35:11. > :35:16.thing comes up with I don't know where it came from. Do you have to
:35:17. > :35:22.practice? Year. I tell you what we will do because it is often a young
:35:23. > :35:26.kid like you. How old are you? 14. Often a young kid like you that we
:35:27. > :35:31.can do think maybe a little bit shy and then when you perform you have
:35:32. > :35:36.got it, you have nailed it. This is really boosted confidence, hasn't
:35:37. > :35:46.it? Why is that? I have had a hard time at all the schools. Why? Racial
:35:47. > :35:51.comments. Really? Well, I am sorry. I am sorry that has happened to you,
:35:52. > :35:57.mate. I know you are a talented young guy and hopefully those
:35:58. > :36:00.comments. . We are all proud of you. APPLAUSE
:36:01. > :36:35.Take it away. Nolan show.
:36:36. > :36:45.LAUGHTER HE BEATBOXES. Stephen.
:36:46. > :36:49.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thanks a lot! Give him a round of
:36:50. > :36:52.applause! APPLAUSE
:36:53. > :36:57.Now, earlier on you saw what happened when we sent our angry
:36:58. > :36:59.official from the imaginary Environmental Unit along to Tim
:37:00. > :37:04.Let's catch up with them again to see if Keith's light level
:37:05. > :37:16.readings finally push Mark over the edge.
:37:17. > :37:26.This is for charity. Get them turned off. Mark and Tim's light
:37:27. > :37:32.extravaganza has been snuffed out by red tape. I need to know who you
:37:33. > :37:38.are. You show me something that says... You are Keith Law. I need to
:37:39. > :37:48.see it on that because they could show me that. Keith produces his
:37:49. > :37:55.light meter. It is dazzling. What are you talking about? 140 is all
:37:56. > :38:03.right but with the lights on I was getting a reading even when I went
:38:04. > :38:08.up the drive, a reading of 2000. You have come onto my property and you
:38:09. > :38:13.are throwing allegations at me. His wife is asking him to calm down.
:38:14. > :38:19.When did you come to hear about this, was it today? This is part of
:38:20. > :38:25.my roster. When did I come to do this? Listened to the question. When
:38:26. > :38:29.did you know about this? This display and what was happening
:38:30. > :38:34.tonight, that is two questions. I knew about this during the week and
:38:35. > :38:39.it is all over social media. White Junot, in advance? Is the argument
:38:40. > :38:45.heats up the guests are left in the dark. I don't know who you are.
:38:46. > :38:49.There is nothing on that pad. Please stop touching my pad. There is
:38:50. > :38:54.nothing that shows me that you or the person that is named there. Let
:38:55. > :38:59.me get my boss. Come on out! He is the one who... I wonder can be boss
:39:00. > :39:14.man shed a bit of light on this matter? Happy Christmas! I tried to
:39:15. > :39:19.get you to come down! I have to say your lights are lovely. I wondered
:39:20. > :39:28.why they kept on filming! Are you ever going to watch or problem
:39:29. > :39:29.again? -- watch our programme again? Can we get these beautiful lights
:39:30. > :39:49.back on again? APPLAUSE
:39:50. > :39:52.Good stuff. Mark is in the audience with Tim. Was there a point where it
:39:53. > :39:56.nearly tipped over the edge? Because we had gone through so much
:39:57. > :40:00.bureaucracy in the run-up to it, those lights were going on. It
:40:01. > :40:06.wasn't a case of they weren't going on, they were going on. He grabbed
:40:07. > :40:10.your pass at one stage and said where is the foot of? I found it
:40:11. > :40:17.fairly threatening. I am a bit scared being here right now. And
:40:18. > :40:24.still there is no photo. Tim, you collect this, for how many years
:40:25. > :40:27.now? We have had lights for about 16 years now. This is our fourth year
:40:28. > :40:32.for charity. It has went big in the last four years and it has turned
:40:33. > :40:36.into a charity thing but we had lights as early as 2000. You just
:40:37. > :40:39.keep on adding it to your collection? Every month of the year
:40:40. > :40:42.we have boxes arriving with Christmas lights at our house. It is
:40:43. > :40:48.always really funny asking the personal guide to ask what is in the
:40:49. > :40:52.parcel. And in July telling him it is Christmas decorations. They look
:40:53. > :40:58.at you and walk away. A difficult time for you recently, Mark? It has.
:40:59. > :41:03.I lost my mum six weeks ago and we weren't sure whether we would do the
:41:04. > :41:07.lights, but when I sat one night in the hospital with her I looked at
:41:08. > :41:10.her and thought she would have wanted us to keep doing this so we
:41:11. > :41:14.quickly got everything out of storage and pulled it together in
:41:15. > :41:20.four weeks. Thank you so much for letting us part of this. It made it
:41:21. > :41:23.a special night for us that you took the time to come for us because we
:41:24. > :41:26.think of what we do and we don't realise perhaps the full
:41:27. > :41:30.significance of it so you made our night special. You have a beautiful
:41:31. > :41:34.garden. Give them a round of applause. 's
:41:35. > :41:37.My next guest became a household name at just 11 years old.
:41:38. > :41:40.Since then he has sung for royalty, performed around the world
:41:41. > :41:44.to millions and his albums have gone gold and platinum.
:41:45. > :42:04.I have always wondered about you, if you are really as nice as you are on
:42:05. > :42:10.the telly. LAUGHTER
:42:11. > :42:17.I have been doing it since 11 and tonight I come out the real me. I a
:42:18. > :42:20.normal guy. When I was a little kid the fact that you dress up as a
:42:21. > :42:24.choirboy, everybody thinks you are whiter than white. By boys are
:42:25. > :42:30.pretty wicked as well. I am just a normal guy. It is different when
:42:31. > :42:34.some people get that level of attention when they are a child.
:42:35. > :42:40.Sometimes they can go off the rails. I don't understand that because I
:42:41. > :42:44.had four years doing what I did, 16 albums, spitting image, the only
:42:45. > :42:50.time I was ever trendy as school was a sketch on me and they had me in
:42:51. > :42:54.the studio singing Walking In The Air and the producers said that as
:42:55. > :42:59.ten minutes until his voice breaks at 17 albums. It was a bit like that
:43:00. > :43:03.but no one had done before me was no pressure. My mum and dad knew
:43:04. > :43:09.nothing about showbiz will stop my mum was a teacher, my dad and
:43:10. > :43:16.engineer. Why go off the rails? 31 years since you recorded Walking In
:43:17. > :43:20.The Air. It is scary but it seems like yesterday to be honest with
:43:21. > :43:26.you, the projects I have had this year, going back and duetting with
:43:27. > :43:29.my young voice for the first time in my life I have looked back at what I
:43:30. > :43:34.did as a boy and I feel proud about what I did. The recording that you
:43:35. > :43:40.originally did came by chance, didn't they? Completely. I was just
:43:41. > :43:43.a boy in a cathedral in North Wales and a local recording company asked
:43:44. > :43:48.me to do an album. That was on sale somewhere in Cardiff and then the
:43:49. > :43:50.next thing I know I am in the pop charts at number two with All
:43:51. > :43:59.Through The Night. # Bat bristling steam is number one
:44:00. > :44:05.with born in the USA. Isn't it amazing how things can catapult? I
:44:06. > :44:09.was in the right place at the right time. Monday to Friday I would be in
:44:10. > :44:13.normal school playing football and chasing girls and then on Friday
:44:14. > :44:18.night it would be Hollywood or Rome or London or wherever. It was
:44:19. > :44:23.amazing. We like cash in the Attic, do you like the presenting better
:44:24. > :44:27.than the singing? Singing is always the first love. Hard work these road
:44:28. > :44:31.shows recording day after day. Some of the things I found on the skip to
:44:32. > :44:37.the country and Cash in the Attic, let's not go there. I love the fact
:44:38. > :44:42.I have got my own show weekends on ITV. I still do a lot for the BBC as
:44:43. > :44:47.well and when I am not doing the radio or television I, it is great.
:44:48. > :44:51.Tell us about the new album. It is the follow-up to the first one this
:44:52. > :44:54.year. One voice was released in April and this is not a record
:44:55. > :44:59.company spin or newspaper rubbish but I was having dinner with my mum
:45:00. > :45:04.and dad and I said I had done 16 albums as a kid and my dad went you
:45:05. > :45:07.had done 17. He had quit a few glasses of wine so I didn't believe
:45:08. > :45:12.him but he said there is an album in the airing cupboard. That we never
:45:13. > :45:15.released because your voice broke so the record Company didn't want you
:45:16. > :45:20.to release it. I didn't even remember recording this album of
:45:21. > :45:25.folk songs. You did this 30 years ago? I was 15 and a half. I thought
:45:26. > :45:29.this was really lovely. I decided to do a duet with myself because no one
:45:30. > :45:32.has ever done this before. No guarantee it would work at all and
:45:33. > :45:36.within ten seconds of both voices saying together it was really
:45:37. > :45:41.emotional. There is in the back of the neck. We released it never
:45:42. > :45:45.knowing what it would be like and it was my best released album ever,
:45:46. > :45:49.three in the pop charts, 16 weeks at 11. On the back of that we have gone
:45:50. > :45:51.back and found some of the other tracks that I did right at the
:45:52. > :45:58.beginning of my life. Christmas carols. There is a duet with Terry
:45:59. > :46:03.Wogan? Yes, my radio dad. I knew Terry from when I was 12 going on
:46:04. > :46:08.this Job more than any other guest in the 80s and 90s and got to know
:46:09. > :46:13.him through Radio 2 and we had a single through children in need,
:46:14. > :46:18.Little Drummer boy. I put it on the record because Kerry is passing this
:46:19. > :46:22.year. And your daughter is following in your footsteps in showbiz? She
:46:23. > :46:27.acts a locked. She has been doing it since she was nine, she is 14 now.
:46:28. > :46:30.She has been in Canada for eight weeks doing a film but no one really
:46:31. > :46:35.knows she is my daughter because I wanted to do it on her own back. She
:46:36. > :46:40.goes from film to film. She has a much better light than me. What will
:46:41. > :46:47.Christmas be like for you? I make the kids watch the snowman all the
:46:48. > :46:50.time. With a stick. I have got a couple of concerts towards the end
:46:51. > :46:57.of the week and then I called the front door and just family time, eat
:46:58. > :47:00.too much, drink too much, watch load of rubbish on telly alloy should
:47:01. > :47:04.point out that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day I am on the television
:47:05. > :47:11.ten times so I am really sorry now. Ten times? Sweeping up, aren't you?
:47:12. > :47:16.Get off our screens, I want some airtime! You have to start singing
:47:17. > :47:20.yourself. You will be singing at the end of the you. A Northern Ireland
:47:21. > :47:24.welcome for for Aled Jones! Time for more wisdom from our school
:47:25. > :47:27.kids in Enniskillen and Carryduff. And Vinny has one or two
:47:28. > :47:54.not-so-pretty pictures to show them. # Bring out the bells... What do you
:47:55. > :48:06.like about Christmas? Riding my bike. You haven't got the bike get!
:48:07. > :48:11.I have a bike. It might be small. I have a tiny baby one. With
:48:12. > :48:18.stabilisers on it. You want a big bike. Who is that? He looks like
:48:19. > :48:28.you're grander. He is the President. That's right. Donald. Donald Duck.
:48:29. > :48:35.It's a bit scary, OK? Are you ready? Who do you think this is? Work
:48:36. > :48:41.person. He doesn't work a lot, to be fair. Is he the new second
:48:42. > :48:48.President? That's a scary thought for all of us. Our bus driver. Civil
:48:49. > :48:56.servant. You think he is a butler? Boss guy. He looks grumpy. He is a
:48:57. > :49:07.grumpy man! He is. He gets into fights. He does this a lot. Give me
:49:08. > :49:17.an answer. He's kind of fat. Do you think he could be Santa on his day
:49:18. > :49:22.off? What! Are you ready? I like being on TV. So does Stephen Nolan,
:49:23. > :49:29.he is on it a lot. Do you ever watch? Nope. Who do think you might
:49:30. > :49:30.be? Maybe someone very special in the world. He thinks so.
:49:31. > :49:35.APPLAUSE. Thank you. Now, Christmas is a time for giving
:49:36. > :49:38.and there's lots of people all around Northern Ireland who do
:49:39. > :49:41.some great work in the community. One person who is seated right up
:49:42. > :49:44.there in our studio audience and who deserves to be recognised
:49:45. > :49:49.is Moira Cullen. Moira, you weren't really
:49:50. > :50:02.expecting this, were you?! Tell us what you do and why you have
:50:03. > :50:08.been nominated to be recognised. I teach mathematics to young people,
:50:09. > :50:16.15 and 16-year-olds who are not in school, whether they are excluded or
:50:17. > :50:21.self excluded, but they are an alternative education. Did you leave
:50:22. > :50:31.on your phone? Who are you? Who are you? I'm Finola. We ask you to turn
:50:32. > :50:43.the phone off? Who is this. Hello? Rushing. I'm in the middle of a TV
:50:44. > :50:54.show and you are disturbing it. Roisin who? Roisin King? Do you know
:50:55. > :51:04.Roisin King. She's phoning us tonight. Shisha sister. She is in
:51:05. > :51:22.Boston. No, she's not. Yes years. Though she's not. Oh my God!
:51:23. > :51:51.You don't get to spend Christmas together. Not in about 40 years.
:51:52. > :51:58.What are you thinking? I cant believe it. Tell me about your
:51:59. > :52:06.family. That is my daughter. And beside her is my husband and my son,
:52:07. > :52:16.Declan and shameless. In the front here... And my two brothers. And
:52:17. > :52:43.that is all of us. Stand up until we see you!
:52:44. > :52:47.Well-dressed, ladies and gentlemen. I really hope that you have a lovely
:52:48. > :52:54.Christmas together. You have got some good news, Roisin, some good
:52:55. > :53:00.news to tell the family. I am going to bring my christening robes back
:53:01. > :53:05.home, I'm going to be a granny. For the first time. Don't be giving out
:53:06. > :53:08.names! Give them a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen.
:53:09. > :53:15.APPLAUSE. Now, I smell something
:53:16. > :53:16.good over here. Andrew, how have
:53:17. > :53:29.you been getting on? I have been slaving away. Look at
:53:30. > :53:36.that! There are lovely. These are our snow globes, a bit of sparkle.
:53:37. > :53:42.They are amazing. I didn't get it, I didn't understand it at the start.
:53:43. > :53:47.Now I do. You can do fondant figures, a little bit of rosemary to
:53:48. > :53:53.look like Christmas trees. You have cooked for royalty. I have the
:53:54. > :54:01.chance to cook for Prince William. I made a cake for him. Yet you! You
:54:02. > :54:12.promise me that I could eat one. Can I eat Santa? I would recommend
:54:13. > :54:23.lifting off the bobble. Lifted off. -- lift it off. It is lovely. It is
:54:24. > :54:29.quite solid. Santa is probably quite solid. Santa is as hard as a rock.
:54:30. > :54:35.Give Andrew a round of applause. Just before we go, time
:54:36. > :54:53.for some Christmas messages And very very happy Christmas to you
:54:54. > :55:01.and to all your viewers and especially the audience there, I'm
:55:02. > :55:04.sure they're all half full. Well, Stephen, you big howling, wishing
:55:05. > :55:08.you and everyone on the Nolan show were very happy Christmas and to all
:55:09. > :55:12.you folks back home, have a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New
:55:13. > :55:16.Year. We had a great year in 2016 and I hope you have had a lovely
:55:17. > :55:24.year and have a lovely Christmas and best wishes for 2017.
:55:25. > :55:28.APPLAUSE. Just for me to say, thank you for listening to the radio
:55:29. > :55:31.programmes and watching the television shows, I really do not
:55:32. > :55:35.take it for granted. From me to you, thank you, have a lovely Christmas.
:55:36. > :55:37.Thank you for coming tonight. Singing us out with the magical
:55:38. > :55:39.Christmas classic Walking In # The people far below
:55:40. > :56:22.are sleeping as we fly. # I'm finding I can fly
:56:23. > :57:00.so high above with you. # Nobody down below
:57:01. > :58:05.believes their eyes. # Everyone who sees us, greets us as
:58:06. > :58:09.we fly. # We are walking in the air...
:58:10. > :58:36.# Walking in the air... APPLAUSE. Hello there. Do you want
:58:37. > :58:46.to come and sit on the big seat? Do you want to sit here? So, tell me
:58:47. > :58:51.what happens on Christmas Eve, who comes down the chimney? Santer.
:58:52. > :58:57.Santa? Really? Have you ever heard Santa before? Where have you heard
:58:58. > :59:02.him? I have seen him in the steakhouse. Does he have a bigger
:59:03. > :59:09.belly than me? Not really sure. Do you think Santer...
:59:10. > :59:17.LAUGHTER. APPLAUSE.
:59:18. > :59:26.Santa Claus has left some presents for you early. There is a present
:59:27. > :59:30.for you from Santa Claus. And there is a present for you and all the
:59:31. > :59:35.bombs and dads will give you a round of applause.
:59:36. > :59:37.APPLAUSE. -- all the mothers and fathers.