Strange unwanted reflection in rendered animation

Hi all
I have searched the net and these forums for an aster and couldn't find it so have started a new thread, but apologies if the answer is out thee and I just didn't see it.
Every time I render this animation it outputs with the weird sheen/reflection bouncing off the clips as he camera pans around. I don't have any lights in the composition, just a camera tied to a null object. all layers are 3d with motion blur switched on.
The video is here:
Show Reel on Vimeo
Thanks for your help
Bill

As I say in the OP there are no lights - here is a screen shot of the layer properties
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