0:00:00 > 0:00:02Fiona Bruce will begin at ten o'clock with the news.
0:00:02 > 0:00:04First Anne Marie Tasker and Kofi Smiles look back
0:00:04 > 0:00:07at the highlights of Hull 2017 and find out what impact this year
0:00:07 > 0:00:17long festival of arts and culture has had on the city.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Hello and welcome to Hull, Britain's City Of Culture as we review 12
0:00:22 > 0:00:23months of cracking events.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24That's right, it's been an absolutely
0:00:24 > 0:00:25phenomenal year.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28We have so much to look back on.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Across four seasons, Hull took art out of galleries and
0:00:32 > 0:00:34theatres and into the streets.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36365 days of events changed the way the
0:00:36 > 0:00:46city has been seen by the rest of the world.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14The year has gone by been so quick, I cannot
0:01:14 > 0:01:16believe it's almost over, and
0:01:16 > 0:01:17I hope these guys get to stay.
0:01:17 > 0:01:23This is the latest installation for 2017
0:01:23 > 0:01:25called where do we go from here.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27These robot arms brought out of retirement
0:01:27 > 0:01:29to do some dancing here in the City Of Culture.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And it sort of mirrors the start of the back in January
0:01:32 > 0:01:37when the whole of the city centre was filled with lights and sounds.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40That was amazing that was how we started this evening, Made in
0:01:40 > 0:01:49Hull.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53CROWD:Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
0:01:53 > 0:01:552017 really did start with a bang.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58With three and a half tonnes of fireworks.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And Made in Hull, a spectacular light show
0:02:01 > 0:02:03telling the story of the city and its people.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05What do you think to this unbelievable display.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I thought it was amazing.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Absolutely fabulous.
0:02:09 > 0:02:17I've got family in Canada and they're watching it live now.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I'm from London and I think if this was
0:02:19 > 0:02:20in London...
0:02:20 > 0:02:21The reaction you get is absolutely fantastic.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23It's amazing.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Fantastic, I thought it was really very moving, very emotional.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I am from Brazil and I spent two new years
0:02:30 > 0:02:34in Copacabana and it's the
0:02:34 > 0:02:35same quality here.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40It's amazing.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I am so proud of Hull.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43It's absolutely amazing.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I think it will launch a really positive year.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47And the centrepiece of a season called
0:02:47 > 0:02:55Made in Hull, something that was.
0:02:55 > 0:03:03A huge wind turbine blade handmade and the city's Siemens factory.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05An incredible 75 metres long and to put that
0:03:05 > 0:03:15into some perspective
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I am about six foot so I would fit along this 41 times.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23That's a lot of Kofi.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Getting it in was a big job.
0:03:25 > 0:03:2750 lamp posts, traffic lights and barriers were
0:03:27 > 0:03:31taken down for its four hour journey from factory to city centre.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35And it drw in the crowds, one in five
0:03:35 > 0:03:38And it drew in the crowds, one in five
0:03:38 > 0:03:40people who came to see it were from outside
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Hull and East Yorkshire.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Caroline Quentin and Mark Addy starred
0:03:42 > 0:03:44in the world premiere of The
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Hypocrite.
0:03:45 > 0:03:54I've spent the last two days running round inside a
0:03:54 > 0:03:56cardboard box which represents a commode for reasons
0:03:56 > 0:03:57too complicated to go
0:03:57 > 0:03:58into.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01The play was by award winning Hull born writer Richard Bean and
0:04:01 > 0:04:04told the story of Hull's role in the start of the English Civil War.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Shutting the city's gate on the King.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Who will make the first advance?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I'm really looking forward to the people of Hull seeing this
0:04:10 > 0:04:11play.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13There's so much great stuff in it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Some of the jokes, they are so deeply entrenched in the culture
0:04:16 > 0:04:17here, they are going to love it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Upon your conscience!
0:04:21 > 0:04:31The show had the theatre's biggest cast, biggest
0:04:35 > 0:04:38set and spectacular special effects and it won a new audience, one third
0:04:38 > 0:04:40of them had never been to this theatre before.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42February brought another world premiere.
0:04:42 > 0:04:446000 Pipes, written by Britain's most popular
0:04:44 > 0:04:54living composer, Sir Karl Jenkins.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06MUSIC: Starman by David Bowie.
0:05:06 > 0:05:15Weeks later the orchestra made way for one of David Bowie's old
0:05:15 > 0:05:20bandmates, the spider from Mars Woody Woodmansey.
0:05:20 > 0:05:30The last surviving member of the band from Hull
0:05:32 > 0:05:35performed the Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust album live
0:05:35 > 0:05:41and in full for the first time ever.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43It is somewhere that Bowie wanted to play himself.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47So to come back now, to Hull the City Of Culture is amazing.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Made in Hull also celebrated pioneering
0:05:48 > 0:05:49women of the City Of Culture.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51From the world's first woman conductor to
0:05:51 > 0:05:53the first women's world boxing champion Barbara Buttrick.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I think all this talk about girls not boxing
0:05:55 > 0:05:56is old-fashioned.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Girls are not the delicate flowers they used to be and
0:05:59 > 0:06:00anyhow my boyfriend doesn't mind.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Art's original bad girl from her performance art collective
0:06:05 > 0:06:10and one of Hull's most famous daughters,
0:06:10 > 0:06:17Maureen Lipman, on inspiring the next generation.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19If there's one kid out there watching who thinks, if that
0:06:19 > 0:06:22white-haired woman with spectacles can be on telly, so can I.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25And even if you are not famous and from Hull
0:06:25 > 0:06:28you could pretend to be, as photography shows Hollywood icons
0:06:28 > 0:06:30letting people take on the favourite film roles.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And other ways to get involved, people choosing coloured
0:06:32 > 0:06:35filters for flats as part of this community project, called I wish to
0:06:35 > 0:06:36communicate with you.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I think is brilliant, it makes you feel good
0:06:38 > 0:06:48that you are part of the City Of Culture.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54By March nine out of ten people in Hull had been to
0:06:54 > 0:06:56a City Of Culture event and with 60 community
0:06:56 > 0:06:57projects in 2017 many were
0:06:57 > 0:06:58even taking part.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00That was one of the community projects put together
0:07:00 > 0:07:01by people from Hull.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02For people from Hull.
0:07:02 > 0:07:11Really a great way to get everyone involved.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13The woman who masterminded it is Sharon Darley.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Before 2017 some people might have thought art is not for me, is just
0:07:16 > 0:07:17for the cultural elite.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Has this project changed that.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Yes!
0:07:19 > 0:07:21In what ways, what have you seen.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23The whole year has changed that, the project
0:07:23 > 0:07:25we were involved with definitely helped oil the wheels.
0:07:25 > 0:07:35What changes have you seen, explain to people who
0:07:35 > 0:07:37don't know Hull, the problems in the estate where
0:07:38 > 0:07:39you started that work.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Lots of the usual inner-city challenges, lack of
0:07:40 > 0:07:41employment, lack of prospects.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Lack of aspiration.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Sometimes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Although I like to say that I work with a
0:07:46 > 0:07:47really creative, innovative, funny community.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Do you think 2017 has drawn that out.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I think so and it doesn't take a lot.
0:07:51 > 0:08:01How can you keep these things going for the people
0:08:06 > 0:08:09who might not have the time or the money to go to theatre
0:08:09 > 0:08:10or the art gallery.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I'm going to say the L Word, legacy.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14This year is a beautiful launch pad.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18It is now up to us to keep it going and going and make it, if it is
0:08:18 > 0:08:21around for a long time, the more chance you've
0:08:21 > 0:08:22got of seeing stuff.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Sharon, thank you so much.
0:08:24 > 0:08:34And so many more community events stretching into season two called
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Roots and Routes.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00My favourite was seeing Katy Perry at Big Weekend, she was
0:09:00 > 0:09:02for me one of the highlights of season two.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Season two looked to Hull's place in the world.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06And you don't get much more global than Katy
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Perry.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Dozens of stellar pop acts came to Burton Constable near Hull
0:09:15 > 0:09:17for Radio 1's Big Weekend.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18In a festival environment just outside of
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Hull is crazy.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25It is so cool.To have this on your doorstep. We keep running into
0:09:25 > 0:09:33people we know.It is like all the city in a big place. It's great.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Just from the crowd you can always tell what type of energy is out
0:09:37 > 0:09:41there and it sounds like people really appreciate the music, it
0:09:41 > 0:09:45seems like a real freedom here. Music should be somewhere where
0:09:45 > 0:09:48people can come together no matter what background you are from. We
0:09:48 > 0:09:52need music to connect and I don't think that should ever be something
0:09:52 > 0:10:04people are afraid to come together for.We saw Stormzy earlier.Are you
0:10:04 > 0:10:12a grime fan? Miz I'm interested in that scene and he's one of the best.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17I saw Little Nicks earlier, they are trained, they are in the dressing
0:10:17 > 0:10:21room next to mine and their vocal warm-ups were quite impressive. I'm
0:10:21 > 0:10:33going to stay at the French level, below that.
0:10:37 > 0:10:45But that was not the only festival in town. North Atlantic flags
0:10:45 > 0:10:52celebrated Hull's historic ties to Scandinavia and was created by the
0:10:52 > 0:10:56musician John Ground.Hull is a place that has been on my radar for
0:10:56 > 0:11:00some time, some of the artists I admire have connections of Hull. I
0:11:00 > 0:11:05think you will see what Hull has two off and also things from the North
0:11:05 > 0:11:12Atlantic, it is quite Scandinavian. Another event with sound at its
0:11:12 > 0:11:16heart, height of the reads as a sonic journey across the iconic
0:11:16 > 0:11:24Humber Bridge.The Swan spend their necks backwards to see God. Then the
0:11:24 > 0:11:28magnetism of the blue space. Listening through headphones they
0:11:28 > 0:11:33are hearing a piece of work which combines poetry with the sound of
0:11:33 > 0:11:38the bridges and sways in the wind. Opera North's chorus and orchestra
0:11:38 > 0:11:46married with sound recordings of the bridge itself.Look up.And a Hull
0:11:46 > 0:11:50schoolgirl who guided the audience. It will be weird hearing myself but
0:11:50 > 0:12:02it will be pretty cool.Australian company Circe brought circles, dance
0:12:02 > 0:12:09and sound to a Hull graveyard.A horse, horse, my kingdom for a
0:12:09 > 0:12:13horse!And more world-class theatre with Matt Fresia in Richard III by
0:12:13 > 0:12:20Shakespeare.Amity formed back to playing a deformed character for the
0:12:20 > 0:12:23first time in Britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the
0:12:23 > 0:12:35first but exciting that I get to do it.Thousands came to see the
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Weeping Window poppies from the Tower of London. And revealed in
0:12:39 > 0:12:42more ways than one more than 3000 people from around the world who
0:12:42 > 0:12:50took part in Sea of Hull. In April they saw the final artwork unveiled
0:12:50 > 0:12:56in the gallery.I'm about there. You have only one life, just livid. I
0:12:56 > 0:13:03don't care if anyone sees me or not. # I've got the eye of the Tiger
0:13:03 > 0:13:11# Dancing through the fire #. Is Big Weekend was a highlight of
0:13:11 > 0:13:16season two it was the perfect warm up for a season of festivals in the
0:13:16 > 0:13:22City Of Culture. We are now halfway through the year and it is clear
0:13:22 > 0:13:27that Hull is getting pretty good at putting an unexpected, innovative
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and exciting events like this installation and that that is
0:13:30 > 0:13:37changing perceptions of the city. It was not that long ago when Hull was
0:13:37 > 0:13:40voted Britain's most rubbish town but if you look in the papers today
0:13:40 > 0:13:43you will see that is no longer the case and whether some are packed
0:13:43 > 0:13:55full of events to come things got better and better.
0:13:56 > 0:14:06# What are you thinking? #. Summer was a season of festivals.
0:14:06 > 0:14:16More than 100 local bands at the Humber Street set. We are sitting on
0:14:16 > 0:14:19an amazing wealth of talent in this region and it is about time that the
0:14:19 > 0:14:25rest of the country was aware of that. The tenth annual Freedom
0:14:25 > 0:14:30festival with a lecture from former United Nations secretary-general
0:14:30 > 0:14:38Kofi Ayn Rand.Art and cultic is very much part of life. It brings
0:14:38 > 0:14:40people together, they may not understand what the artist is saying
0:14:40 > 0:14:45that they will stop and look at it and question something within
0:14:45 > 0:14:54themselves.The city's airfare children's literature festival, the
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Big Malarkey.They all live at number 41 Fairfield Rd and their
0:14:59 > 0:15:04next-door neighbour is Nigel McNulty, a grizzly bear.And Hull
0:15:04 > 0:15:09was even on show at the world's largest arts festival, the Edinburgh
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Fringe.We are representing Hull, the UK City Of Culture this year.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19The Proms came outside London for the first time in more than 80
0:15:19 > 0:15:24years. And Hull hosted the first ever UK pride parade marking 50
0:15:24 > 0:15:31years since the partial to criminalisation of former sexuality.
0:15:31 > 0:15:43After all these years. As part of LGBT 50 radioed to brought the I
0:15:43 > 0:15:49Feel Love to town.Of the reflective and I feel I stand on the shoulders
0:15:49 > 0:16:00of great people who have done, one artist is amazing, an amazing
0:16:00 > 0:16:05advocate for LGBT people. Why would I not say No to being in the company
0:16:05 > 0:16:12of these people.Hull took over the airwaves again in September with
0:16:12 > 0:16:16contained strong language, a festival celebrating poetry and
0:16:16 > 0:16:21spoken word.Is exciting to see the Hull axe and taking its place on
0:16:21 > 0:16:31this global stage.Here, domes and statues spire, cranes...You
0:16:31 > 0:16:34mentioned Philip Larkin and Andrew Marvell today, bidding them of
0:16:34 > 0:16:42today, who is Hull's best.I never compare, I never compare poets all
0:16:42 > 0:16:47others, I never compare music, it's just different. I'm glad we don't
0:16:47 > 0:16:52have Oscars for poets, it's ridiculous enough practice!Then the
0:16:52 > 0:16:57weird and wonderful, Bill Bailey invented tales about strange items
0:16:57 > 0:17:02in his cabinet of curiosities at the Maritime Museum.Are you the first
0:17:02 > 0:17:08museum to have curated a museum exhibition? I don't know, I'll see
0:17:08 > 0:17:15us.It certainly seems like new ground.In the spirit of this
0:17:15 > 0:17:19exhibition, I, Bill Bailey, Bill of Bailey, and the first comedian to
0:17:19 > 0:17:25cure an exhibition of this kind anywhere in the world!And an
0:17:25 > 0:17:30immersive experience like no other, from high-tech shopping and captured
0:17:30 > 0:17:34by the police of 1980, South Korea, in a performance called one day
0:17:34 > 0:17:41maybe.If I don't make it out to my mum, dad, and brothers that you
0:17:41 > 0:17:52can't touch my stuff.You see that, he doesn't want!One of the season,
0:17:52 > 0:17:59special gala performance by the world-famous Royal Ballet. Its
0:17:59 > 0:18:03principles joined a handful of top ballet dancers who had all taken
0:18:03 > 0:18:09their first lessons at Skelton Hooper School of dance in Hull. So
0:18:09 > 0:18:13many wanted tickets, 5000 people watched on screens in a nearby park.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17The gala showing of the great dancers who started their journey to
0:18:17 > 0:18:30the top in the City Of Culture. Well, you may have noticed in there
0:18:30 > 0:18:35somewhere, some of the Army of 2500 turquoise coated volunteers who are
0:18:35 > 0:18:41working for City Of Culture. And joining us, this is special, three
0:18:41 > 0:18:45generations of volunteers, the young, Sheila, and cabin. How many
0:18:45 > 0:18:51hours of volunteering have you done between you this year?1300 hrs of
0:18:51 > 0:18:55volunteering. Between the three of us.Incredible. What are the
0:18:55 > 0:19:03highlights. Mine was One Day Maybe. It was long shift but worth the
0:19:03 > 0:19:09effort.One of mine was the Gatorade, I really enjoyed that.I
0:19:09 > 0:19:16was lucky enough to be in Flood.We will be seeing some of that later in
0:19:16 > 0:19:23the programme. And you will stick at it next year as well?And longer to
0:19:23 > 0:19:28come. We have really enjoyed it, everybody. Just like one big family.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Thank you so much of a coming down. We are getting to the end of our
0:19:33 > 0:19:46review, season four is called Tell The World.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53The final season of 2017 and the world in me coming. Maxine Peake's
0:19:53 > 0:19:59play, the last Testament of Lillian, told the story of four Hull women
0:19:59 > 0:20:07who fought the government for better safety for fishermen and women.The
0:20:07 > 0:20:15winner of this year's Turner prize...This year 's Turner prize
0:20:15 > 0:20:21was awarded in Hull to the oldest winner in its history, and the first
0:20:21 > 0:20:28black woman to win the prize.Thank you, panel. First, to the people who
0:20:28 > 0:20:32stopped me in the streets of Preston and Hull to wish me luck, thank you,
0:20:32 > 0:20:41it worked.The show at the gallery featuring the short listed artists
0:20:41 > 0:20:45has drawn huge crowd more than doubled and usually gets in the most
0:20:45 > 0:20:50second visited Turner prize show ever. Another trade for lovers of
0:20:50 > 0:21:00visual art was Hull Portrait of a City. Every shot taken by world
0:21:00 > 0:21:04renowned photographers Martin Park and Bolivia after in the City Of
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Culture. But the contemporary art was not confined to galleries, it
0:21:07 > 0:21:14took over the streets of the city with huge installations like Flow
0:21:14 > 0:21:21and a Hall for Hull. And mythical mystical beast is roamed the streets
0:21:21 > 0:21:29for the Land Of Green Ginger And leashed parade. It took charge out
0:21:29 > 0:21:34to the communities of the city. Fantastic, well worth the wait, I
0:21:34 > 0:21:39want to see it again.I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know it
0:21:39 > 0:21:46would be like that.It just shows with the amount of people who are
0:21:46 > 0:21:52here that we all wanted it and long may it continue.Art even found its
0:21:52 > 0:21:59way into hospital. The footprint of every baby born in Hull has been
0:21:59 > 0:22:03taken in 2017 and along with the handprint of the midwife made a huge
0:22:03 > 0:22:07mural reflecting every new life in the City Of Culture.It's lovely
0:22:07 > 0:22:12that he was born in 2017 and the little footprints are a great idea,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16they will be a gorgeous little tribute to him and to all the staff
0:22:16 > 0:22:27as well.On October one, all of Hull's cream phone boxes rank and
0:22:27 > 0:22:33the public took calls from the future. The live experience was part
0:22:33 > 0:22:41of We Made Ourselves Over 2017. It rank alongside five short sci-fi
0:22:41 > 0:22:45films and an interactive ad. And on the victims of a possible future
0:22:45 > 0:22:49came from one theatre company with a year-long performance called Flood.
0:22:49 > 0:22:56Tell me how I can save them, save the world.The dystopic story
0:22:56 > 0:23:00emerging Europe flooded and its citizens as refugees. Told online,
0:23:00 > 0:23:05in a TV and a series of live performances in one of Hull's old
0:23:05 > 0:23:10docks, its ambition reflected that of Hull's entire year as City Of
0:23:10 > 0:23:16Culture. Those were some of the fantastic moments from season four's
0:23:16 > 0:23:22tell the world. The man who made 2017 happen as its director, Martin
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Green. When you moved to Hull three years ago, Martin, did you ever
0:23:26 > 0:23:31imagine that 2017 would be as successful as it has been?Never in
0:23:31 > 0:23:35a million years. I don't think anyone would have that ego. It has
0:23:35 > 0:23:39been the most extraordinary year in the life of this great city.How
0:23:39 > 0:23:44would you sum up the changes you've seen in that time.What we have seen
0:23:44 > 0:23:49is how art force of the city and apart from the many exhibitions and
0:23:49 > 0:23:52performances you have seen the re-finding of the voice of the city.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56A re-finding of its pride and the rediscovery of the city by many
0:23:56 > 0:24:01people not from this city.You will leave soon and hand over the reins
0:24:01 > 0:24:05to the management, what is the one thing you would like to see carried
0:24:05 > 0:24:12on.I think it's that ambition. We have done the unexpected, really
0:24:12 > 0:24:15interesting cultural experiences. I think this city has a great ambition
0:24:15 > 0:24:20to be different and if Hull can continue to be a city of the
0:24:20 > 0:24:24extraordinary that will be one of the many legacies from this year.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Thank you so much Martin, that is it false, reveal 2017. This year has
0:24:29 > 0:24:33been incredible, can you believe there has been at least one event
0:24:33 > 0:24:36every single day. And we have been to most of them. To take a look
0:24:36 > 0:24:45back, good our website. BBC .co .uk slash Hull 2017. There's been so
0:24:45 > 0:24:49much going on, here are some bits we haven't managed to squeeze in. Bye
0:24:49 > 0:24:58bye. See you.If you haven't heard of first feed whether hell have you
0:24:58 > 0:25:08been?Where have you been.
0:25:17 > 0:25:30If you like your coffee hot let me be your coffee pot!
0:25:35 > 0:25:46I am a loose cannon.