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Hello there. I'm Matthew Wright. You're watching Inside Out London. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Here's what's coming up on tonight's show. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
With HS2 about to get the green light from Parliament, | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
we find out what impact the rail link could have | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
I'm worried what they're doing to it. | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
I'm so scared at the destruction of this perfect habitat. | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
Some are calling it a scandalous waste of public money. | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
Tonight we ask why the cost of West Ham's new stadium | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
As far as I can see, there is no end to taxpayers' money | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
being used to prop up this white elephant. | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
And we go behind the scenes of a London icon. | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
You think of the thousands of people that travel over | :00:42. | :00:43. | |
the bridge every day, and through the bridge, | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
and none of them are aware of this massive space that exists here. | :00:47. | :00:59. | |
Plans for HS2, the high-speed railway between Euston | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
and Birmingham, are due to get the green light | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
If things go to plan and then work on the ?56 billion project is due | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
The trouble is, High Speed Rail may have an environmental cost and, | :01:12. | :01:21. | |
the construction work could prove very damaging indeed. | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Naturalist and broadcaster Mike Dilger | :01:25. | :01:25. | |
has been to Ruislip to find out more. | :01:26. | :01:42. | |
I am at Broadwater Lake and I am in wildfowl heaven. | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
Just looking out there I can see tufted duck, | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
pochard, shoveller, mallard, in addition to cormorant, | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
This is an SSSI - a Site of Special Scientific Interest. | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
It s a haven for thousands of birds that breed here, | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
feed here and spend the winter in quiet solitude. | :02:08. | :02:15. | |
This site is managed by the local wildlife trust. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
Tim Hill is the conservation manager. | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
Tim, on a day like today we re seeing Broadwater Lake at its best. | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
It s one of the most important places in the Colne Valley | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
because a lot of birds come to this undisturbed refuge from | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
way beyond this site from up in Rickmansworth down | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
towards the Thames because it is so quiet and undisturbed. | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
Undeniably important for birds. What about other wildlife? | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
The River Colne just behind us here and the lake itself | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
are important feeding grounds for Daubenton bats - the water bats. | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
They come here because of the insect life. | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
But this tranquil spot will soon be home to a construction site. | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
HS2 plan to build a 3km serpentine bridge through the Colne Valley. | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
The cutting edge 250mph trains will link the route | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
reducing journey times by half an hour. | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
We certainly don't feel it's progress when there s | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
going to be such devastation to the local environment. | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
As we sit, where will it go through Broadwater Lake? | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
So the viaduct will start just beyond the site here and it | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
will come through in an arc just clipping the bottom corner of | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
Broadwater Lake and in the distance there across the River Colne | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
and then through the woodland at the back and into Buckinghamshire. | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
The wildlife trust believes the construction phase | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
of the viaduct alone will lead to the disappearance | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
There's a six-year construction period. Obviously during that time | :03:47. | :03:56. | |
there will be huge amounts of noise, dust, disturbance and | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
Potentially devastating to the birds that seek refuge on Broadwater Lake. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
MUSIC: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven | :04:04. | :04:12. | |
Visitors like Dougal and Toby, who come here every | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
How do you feel about the impending development? | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
Can t put it into words really. I can t imagine what this place | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
is going to be like with great big trains thundering through here. | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
I ve got a nice list of wildlife that I have | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
The other important species is the eels. | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
They are red list, critically endangered, and they manage to swim | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
all the way here from the Sargasso Sea. | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
They live up to 30 years in this habitat down this river. | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
To take this site away for so long is appalling. | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
I'm so scared at the destruction of this perfect habitat. | :04:54. | :05:09. | |
This end of the lake is a really important refuge. | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
There is sailing at the top of the lake which means the ducks | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
are squeezed into the bottom end and with the noise of construction | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
for that length of time we are really concerned that | :05:20. | :05:22. | |
all those wildfowl will be squeezed from both sides | :05:23. | :05:24. | |
and they will have to find somewhere else to go. | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
HS2 believes the birds here will adapt to the changes | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
and says it's set to deliver the greenest railway in the UK. | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
Where we touch on the Site of Special Scientific Interest | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
we have a plan for four hectares of wetland re-creation | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
There won't be the effects that the Wildlife Trust | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
What are your thoughts about HS2 taking environmental | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
We don't really think that HS2 have recognised the true impact | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
of construction and the ongoing running of the railway. | :06:03. | :06:10. | |
Just a few yards from the lake is Battlesford Wood, | :06:11. | :06:12. | |
an ancient woodland, which is hundreds of years old. | :06:13. | :06:14. | |
I'd say it's 250 to 300 years old and it's bed and breakfast | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
for a whole host of woodland birds and home to probably hundreds | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
This is an island nature reserve in its own right. | :06:29. | :06:37. | |
So, Richard, what s so special about this block of wood? | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
It s got a wide variety of different species, of trees, | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
different ages of trees, fallen dead wood and fungi | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
But this area of ancient woodland will soon be lost to the HS2 route. | :06:49. | :07:00. | |
Although there is less than one hectare here in total | :07:01. | :07:02. | |
in the 34 woodlands affected there s going to be 30 hectares of ancient | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
woodland lost-the equivalent of 49 football pitches. | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
But HS2 believe this loss can be compensated for. | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
Along the line of the route, yes, we will have 30 hectares that | :07:15. | :07:24. | |
are affected. We will translocate or move the ancient woodlands soils | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
from the ancient Woodlands we effect and place that on new ground | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
perspective we will get to a bigger perspective we will get to a bigger | :07:31. | :07:40. | |
and better outcome. They are giving the impression that | :07:41. | :07:42. | |
by translocating soil that will be mimicking ancient woodland | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
but of course that s not. HS2's response to the loss | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
of ancient woodland is that they will plant five | :07:49. | :07:58. | |
hectares for every one lost ? how do We feel it should be at 30 to one | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
and that would give the appropriate This is setting a precedent | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
for development in the UK so we feel it should give the ancient woodland | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
the respect it deserves. As a naturalist, my greatest fear | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
is what projects like HS2 We already live in one of the most | :08:14. | :08:15. | |
nature-depleted countries in the world, particularly | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
in and around London. The State of the Nature report out | :08:20. | :08:22. | |
recently suggested one in every ten and one of those is | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
the much-loved hedgehog. Although it may look a bit unkempt, | :08:26. | :08:37. | |
overgrown, it really The Regent Park is the last park | :08:38. | :08:39. | |
in Central London to have hedgehogs. We ve probably got 30 | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
or so but 25% of them live I understand the scrubland but the | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
car park? It does seem slightly odd | :08:52. | :09:01. | |
but actually it provides a real connectivity between all | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
the scrublands and we've used GPS But HS2 plan to use this car | :09:08. | :09:09. | |
park to store lorries making it a danger | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
zone for hedgehogs. The reason we need to | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
have the lorries there is to service We will create an access tunnel | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
that will enable those hedgehogs to continue to thrive and still be | :09:27. | :09:36. | |
able to use the space. All we are asking them to do | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
is look for alternatives. If HS2 come here for 20 years | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
we are saying goodbye I'm back at Broadwater Lake | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
and dusk is steadily approaching and I'm watching little egrets | :09:47. | :10:01. | |
coming into roost in those Any day now HS2 will be given | :10:02. | :10:03. | |
the go-ahead to build what's clearly But along the way there | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
are definitely going to be some losers - and you know what? I m | :10:10. | :10:18. | |
looking right at them. We run the bridge as many things, as | :10:19. | :10:38. | |
a working bridge, tourist attraction, events location, but the | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
biggest responsibility we have is maintaining the reputation of the | :10:43. | :10:43. | |
nation's icon. More than four years | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
on from the 2012 Games, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
ordered an investigation for West Ham's new home | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
in the converted Olympic Stadium. The club itself ? which earns | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
?100 million a year has contributed less | :11:02. | :11:04. | |
than 1/20th of the refit costs. It was an investigation by BBC | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
London which first shed light on this situation ? and tonight | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
Mark Jordan has further revelations about what some are now calling | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
a scandalous misuse of public money. It's the stadium that made | :11:16. | :11:28. | |
London proud in 2012. But West Ham's Karren Brady was no | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
apprentice when she was called She nailed the deal to make it | :11:34. | :11:36. | |
home for the Hammers. There are skeletons in the closet | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
for both Labour and Conservative Just painting it Claret | :11:41. | :11:49. | |
and blue doesn? stop In 2015 we exposed the secrecy, | :11:50. | :11:53. | |
the stadium's soaring costs. And in this show, it | :11:54. | :12:01. | |
seems, no-one gets fired! So I'm back to investigate the | :12:02. | :12:09. | |
soaring price of our Olympic legacy. 17 months ago, campaigners asking | :12:10. | :12:11. | |
questions about A secret contract made | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
with taxpayers' money! I think it was collective | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
embarrassment over We fed off each other's | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
determination to get some answers. Since our last investigation, | :12:29. | :12:36. | |
a tribunal finally forced the full We now have those details | :12:37. | :12:38. | |
AND an even bigger taxpayers' bill. It's led London's mayor | :12:39. | :12:56. | |
to launch an inquiry. We need to find out how | :12:57. | :12:58. | |
we got to where we are. We too have questions | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
for both West Ham and The London Legacy Development Corporation | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
but both declined an interview. How much do YOU think it cost | :13:06. | :13:07. | |
to turn this perfect, "used once" Olympic grade stadium | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
into a football venue? But fans from rival teams have been | :13:14. | :13:15. | |
tracking the soaring refit bill. We started the campaign, | :13:16. | :13:30. | |
it was ?170 million. It stayed for a long time at ?272 | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
million as the alleged final bill. But the final bill turns | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
out to be ?321 million! West Ham paid just ? million | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
towards that conversion ? less This club earns around ?100 million | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
a year just in TV rights. Many critics say West Ham got | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
the deal of the century. Lots of people will be asking | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
questions about how it's possible for a stadium that cost ?320 million | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
to transfer from Olympic to football and has cost the football club just | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
?15 million and an amount of rent Two days after the mayor | :14:08. | :14:10. | |
announced his inquiry, the stadium's London Legacy | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
Development Corporation It's a long way from when Boris | :14:17. | :14:18. | |
Johnson promised taxpayers a profit as he signed off West Ham's 99-year | :14:19. | :14:27. | |
lease at ?5 million a year rent. This is something that | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
will now make money - I'm told in excess of ?10 | :14:32. | :14:33. | |
million a year. But those profits are | :14:34. | :14:35. | |
nowhere to be seen. Boris moved on to become our | :14:36. | :14:37. | |
Brexiteer Foreign Secretary. Leaked documents currently doing | :14:38. | :14:39. | |
the rounds at City Hall suggest taxpayers will be picking up | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
the bill for years to come. As far as I can see there is no end | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
to taxpayers' money being used They have effectively | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
been given this stadium The money is mounting | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
up, the losses. I wouldn't be surprised if we get | :14:56. | :15:06. | |
rid of a billion on this thing. Team Coe, Jowell and Livingstone | :15:07. | :15:09. | |
ordered an athletics-only stadium. With that being built, | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
Boris Johnson then changed the plan to a multi-use stadium, | :15:13. | :15:15. | |
to include football, You only have to watch a TV home | :15:16. | :15:17. | |
renovation show to know that the golden rule to staying | :15:18. | :15:26. | |
on budget is to make a plan, or changing midway that | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
cost the taxpayer dear? Politicians making | :15:30. | :15:41. | |
decisions about buildings is an interesting one, | :15:42. | :15:42. | |
shall we say? There was a clear vision | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
for what the stadium Once you start messing around | :15:47. | :15:51. | |
with stuff you may as well knock it It's a big, bold decision | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
but sometimes, take the pain up front. | :15:57. | :16:08. | |
Say you got it wrong. It's when you try to justify it | :16:09. | :16:10. | |
and justify it and the costs In Singapore they did | :16:11. | :16:13. | |
it oh-so-differently. Designed from day one | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
for seats to reconfigure London Stadium admits | :16:19. | :16:20. | |
such tech here is now Your builder will say | :16:21. | :16:28. | |
thank you very much, that will now cost you double | :16:29. | :16:37. | |
the whole project. For sports promoter | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
and former chairman of Leyton Orient Barry Hearn, | :16:41. | :16:42. | |
the die was cast. A white flag went up from LLDC under | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
instruction from Mayor Boris Johnson "I don? want this to | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
be MY white elephant. I've inherited a problem." | :16:52. | :17:00. | |
Which is true. So Boris got his | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
multi-purpose stadium. Taxpayers, NOT West Ham, | :17:05. | :17:05. | |
pay each year to manually install these scaffold-like seats over | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
the running track. This year's took ten days, | :17:09. | :17:09. | |
working round the clock. As Boris thought this stadium | :17:10. | :17:21. | |
will make a profit. Now we find the retractable seats that | :17:22. | :17:32. | |
were supposed to cost ?300,000 to move | :17:33. | :17:34. | |
are now going to cost At the London Assembly, | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
any regrets from those Surely you? look back on that | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
and think we could have Look, if we knew the seating issue | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
was going to happen, we would have announced | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
a bigger figure. But I can apologise | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
if you like but I don't think But it's an unfortunate | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
consequence of what's happened. Nor is anyone apologising | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
that the public are getting the bill for added security, | :18:00. | :18:01. | |
after clashes like this. This makes it harder to find a brand | :18:02. | :18:03. | |
willing to part with millions The fact that the stadium | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
operators pay for security, I think Boris saw light at the end | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
of the tunnel and unfortunately for him, that light is a train | :18:12. | :18:23. | |
coming towards him. Back at the London Assembly, | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
someone is in for a grilling. You don't have to pay | :18:29. | :18:37. | |
anything for policing? Well, I pay ?5 million a year that | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
covers all those costs. We got a glimpse of | :18:42. | :18:44. | |
Karren Brady defending her You can afford to pay ?20.5 million | :18:45. | :18:46. | |
in a transfer fee and I think police officers come | :18:47. | :18:55. | |
a bit cheaper than that. No, I have already covered it | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
in the ?2.5 million that I pay. That covers the cost of policing, | :19:02. | :19:04. | |
security, maintenance, electricity, I know, you have | :19:05. | :19:06. | |
asked me three times. I suspect most Londoners would feel | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
the same way about it. Dr Gillian Evans has tracked | :19:13. | :19:15. | |
London's Olympic legacy, All balls were in their court | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
and so they could dictate the terms of the deal because the alternative, | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
after all that drama and saga, would have been a white elephant - | :19:28. | :19:29. | |
and that was unthinkable. THE most successful legacy | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
programme in Olympic history. The stadium IS alive and helping | :19:34. | :19:41. | |
regenerate the whole area. Come summer, world athletics | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
and concerts take over. They remain confident the stadium | :19:46. | :19:47. | |
will one day pay its way. But so far, it's taken over | :19:48. | :19:57. | |
?300 million of public money. No-one is going to put | :19:58. | :20:00. | |
hand up in politics Tower Bridge has got to be one | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
of the most distinctive. Late last year, the Bridge closed | :20:07. | :20:20. | |
down for three months for essential maintenance | :20:21. | :20:23. | |
work ? But it did give Inside Out | :20:24. | :20:24. | |
the opportunity spend time behind the scenes | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
and find out what goes into running one of the world's most | :20:29. | :20:30. | |
famous river crossings. Well, from a personal point of view, | :20:31. | :20:44. | |
it's hard not to be head over heels It's a symbol of the nation, | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
it's a symbol of London, and it's something that a lot | :20:49. | :20:55. | |
of people hold very We run the bridge as many things - | :20:56. | :20:58. | |
as a filming location, as a tourist attraction, | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
as an events venue, as a working bridge, | :21:04. | :21:05. | |
but the biggest responsibility we have is maintaining | :21:06. | :21:07. | |
the reputation of the nation's icon. Over the years we have | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
been repairing little parts of the bridge, | :21:11. | :21:12. | |
as they become damaged, but the bridge was starting to look | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
like a patchwork quilt so it was time to undertake | :21:16. | :21:18. | |
a substantial project. We closed the bridge on 1st | :21:19. | :21:27. | |
of October this year at 1201. We shut off the access | :21:28. | :21:30. | |
North and South. We worked 24/7 at the start | :21:31. | :21:39. | |
of the project so we had to have We couldn t afford to have a slow | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
start just on a project like this. If you took this job and put | :21:44. | :21:47. | |
it in a quiet location in any other place in the UK, | :21:48. | :21:56. | |
it would be pretty straightforward, but you're very much in the public | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
eye and then the fact that it is a lifting bridge, | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
under an Act of Parliament, that makes what is coming | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
from a pretty straightforward process into quite a complicated, | :22:07. | :22:08. | |
challenging one, but it makes it a very interesting, unique | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
project for us to work on. by the work, because the works | :22:12. | :22:18. | |
was organised around bridge lifts. Even if it was just with 24 hours' | :22:19. | :22:35. | |
notice, we ve always been able Many years ago, back in 1894, | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
when the bridge was first opened, it was usually just the master | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
of the vessel, would just give the bridge driver a wave | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
and the bridge would be opened. Bridge lifts are completely | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
free of charge. It's through an Act of Parliament | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
that we have a legal obligation All vessels have to notify us | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
in writing, 24 hours in advance, and then half an hour before | :23:04. | :23:12. | |
the bridge lift we will contact the master of the vessel, | :23:13. | :23:15. | |
making sure everything is on schedule, and then, | :23:16. | :23:17. | |
once that has been established, we will do a safety check | :23:18. | :23:20. | |
on the bridge, with the safety crew. And then when the vessel comes | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
in sight, the bridge driver will commence with the bridge lift, | :23:27. | :23:28. | |
closing the road gates and pedestrian gates, | :23:29. | :23:31. | |
then he will unlock the bridge, Well, we are stood at the moment | :23:32. | :23:33. | |
on the Tower Bridge glass floor. This has been in place now | :23:34. | :24:06. | |
for around two years. It has been one of the big | :24:07. | :24:09. | |
success stories of the What we are seeing at the moment | :24:10. | :24:11. | |
is the work taking place directly beneath our feet | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
and the bascules being resurfaced. I've been privileged enough to take | :24:16. | :24:35. | |
some very interesting and exciting people around the bridge, | :24:36. | :24:37. | |
including Her Majesty the Queen, but one that will always stick | :24:38. | :24:40. | |
in my mind was taking David Bowie We went down to the bascule | :24:41. | :24:43. | |
chambers, and showed him the space down there, | :24:44. | :24:47. | |
and before he left he said to me, "Chris, this is a fantastic space, | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
it's been so interesting, and I'll be back. | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
I want to do something down there." And obviously very sadly we'll never | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
find out what that something was. But what we have been able to do, | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
last year, we started up bascule chambers concerts so we were able | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
to have publicly-ticketed concerts and, as you can imagine, | :25:09. | :25:10. | |
with the space being as atmospheric as it was that really | :25:11. | :25:12. | |
added to the performance MUSIC: Im Abendrot | :25:13. | :25:15. | |
by Richard Strauss The bascules are the two leaves | :25:16. | :25:27. | |
of Tower Bridge which you can lift up to let tall boats go past, | :25:28. | :25:30. | |
and the bascule chambers is where the massive 450-tonne | :25:31. | :25:32. | |
counterweights swing - So when the bridge is at ease, | :25:33. | :25:35. | |
you can fill the chamber You're still attached to London, | :25:36. | :25:43. | |
you're very much in London, you're in one of the most iconic | :25:44. | :25:55. | |
buildings of the world, but from And you think of the thousands | :25:56. | :25:58. | |
of people that travel over the bridge every day, | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
and through the bridge on the river, and none of them are aware of this | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
massive space that exists here. So all of the sounds that you hear, | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
be it passing traffic, passing river boats, | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
or the sounds of the bridge itself, you can't deny them so you have | :26:12. | :26:14. | |
to embrace them in your concert. And when you hear new music | :26:15. | :26:16. | |
performed in a space like this, which is so resonant, | :26:17. | :26:19. | |
and so special, and so Victorian, it really lifts you and the whole | :26:20. | :26:21. | |
experience is really magical. MUSIC: Sweet Child of | :26:22. | :26:36. | |
Mine. which is I am proud to say, | :26:37. | :26:38. | |
and we put that down to a lot Personally working on this project | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
is something that I believe will stay with me for life. | :26:44. | :26:58. | |
It's not often you work on a Grade I-listed | :26:59. | :27:00. | |
structure like this. Especially just the whereabouts, | :27:01. | :27:02. | |
the history behind it, MUSIC: Music For | :27:03. | :27:05. | |
The Royal Fireworks. I used to walk to work every day | :27:06. | :27:14. | |
and see cyclists, bobbing along through all the different potholes, | :27:15. | :27:23. | |
and uneven road surface that we had. Well, now, that has been completely | :27:24. | :27:26. | |
refreshed and hopefully that has made a big difference in terms | :27:27. | :27:28. | |
of people's day-to-day commute What an uplifting place | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
for a concert ? right in the dark | :27:32. | :27:42. | |
bowels of Tower Bridge! Well that's just about | :27:43. | :27:45. | |
all for tonight s show. let's have a quick look at what's | :27:46. | :27:48. | |
coming up on next week s programme. With 400 new tower blocks | :27:49. | :27:57. | |
in the pipeline, we ask ? is London | :27:58. | :28:00. | |
becoming the new Dubai on Thames? building skyscrapers does not | :28:01. | :28:08. | |
improve the lot of the average Londoner. The flats are much too | :28:09. | :28:10. | |
expensive. We reveal the dark secrets buried | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
on this deserted island And how London s newest museum | :28:15. | :28:16. | |
is wowing the crowds. It was a first for design. It has | :28:17. | :28:36. | |
been growing and moving into other areas. | :28:37. | :28:42. | |
And that s it for this week s Inside Out London. | :28:43. | :28:44. | |
Don t forget, if you missed any of tonight s programme | :28:45. | :28:46. | |
and want to catch up on iPlayer, then just head to our website. | :28:47. | :28:48. | |
Thanks very much for watching. I ll see you again next week. | :28:49. | :29:00. | |
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