0:00:20 > 0:00:22One eventful night in 1996,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25comedy and rock & roll had an ill-advised fumble
0:00:25 > 0:00:28with devastating effects.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32The resulting offspring would soon become famed for its acerbic wit,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- musical know-how... - Yow!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- and celebrity...ish friends. - Woo!
0:00:36 > 0:00:39It soon became known as Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Calm down, God! It's only a pop quiz.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Always the first in line to offer words of wisdom and compassion...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Come on, bell-ends, do something.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51..this show became an oracle for the world of entertainment.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I'm Simon Amstell, and if you think I'm a poor booking,
0:00:53 > 0:00:54let's meet tonight's guests.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And when it comes to splits, spats...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- See you later.- Why? We're having fun(!)- I ain't.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04..and identifying somebody from a line-up, Buzzcocks has seen it all.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10So join us as we stumble down Memory Lane
0:01:10 > 0:01:14and see a little bit of this, that and them.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18You are watching What A Load of Buzzcocks, 1996.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20# Yo, I'll tell you what I want... #
0:01:20 > 0:01:231996 was like one enormous party,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and by that, I mean it got drunk, started a fight,
0:01:26 > 0:01:31wet itself and then threw up these five fresh-faced pop wannabes.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Yes, the Spice Girls,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35who kept us entertained not only with their catchy melodies
0:01:35 > 0:01:40but also their inspirational and empowering philosophical teachings.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- We got Girl Power in the house! - Spice Girls!- Woo-oo!
0:01:43 > 0:01:48Elsewhere, it was a busy year for the original Spice Girl, Madonna.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51After starring in Evita, she hit the headlines again
0:01:51 > 0:01:53by squeezing out her biggest release of the year.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56After one of showbusiness' most publicised pregnancies,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59the pop star Madonna finally became a mother today.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02She gave birth to a baby girl called Lourdes in hospital in Hollywood.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Please, please from the bottom of my heart,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09stop sending baby gifts to my home.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11# You are not alone... #
0:02:11 > 0:02:15But first, one man who couldn't keep his hands off the headlines in '96
0:02:15 > 0:02:18was the late, lamented King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22For starters, his utterly convincing relationship with Lisa Marie Presley
0:02:22 > 0:02:24came to a surprising end(!)
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Apparently Jacko's said to be cut up,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27but there again we knew that, didn't we?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Steady on, Nick!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31But just as it seemed like his love life was slipping away
0:02:31 > 0:02:35faster than his sunglasses, Michael miraculously found true love again,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39in the shape of an adult female nurse called Debbie Rowe.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40So, as Jacko was making the news,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Buzzcocks compassionately sought to shed light
0:02:43 > 0:02:45on this multi-faceted character.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49# Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! #
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Michael Jackson recently split from Lisa Marie Presley
0:02:51 > 0:02:53due to irreconcilable differences.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56He wanted to have children and she wanted to call the police.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Michael Jackson complained that his waxwork at Madame Tussauds
0:03:00 > 0:03:01looked nothing like him.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05They hit back saying it still looked more like him than he did.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Michael Jackson was a big fan of Boyzone,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10until he discovered it was a band and not a backstage area.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:03:17 > 0:03:20We've got some of Britain's premier Jacko impersonators,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24but which four earn a living dressing up as the little boys' best friend.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28You're looking for the one who isn't a real fake Michael Jackson.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32So...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34LAUGHTER
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Is it Number One, Jackson Five?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Is it Number Two, Jackson Under-Five?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Number Three, Latoya Jackson?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Is it Number Four,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Bloke Who's Apparently Never Even Seen A Picture of Michael Jackson?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Or is it Number Five, Glenda Jackson?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Number Four looks like a Jewish Michael Jackson.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01He does a little bit, doesn't he?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Michael Jackson, Schmichael Jackson!
0:04:03 > 0:04:08I heard recently that Michael Jackson is reforming, so...
0:04:08 > 0:04:10LAUGHTER
0:04:10 > 0:04:131996 really was a busy year for Jacko.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16If I say the words, "Michael Jackson," "children"
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and "misbehaving," I think you know what I'm talking about.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23The lead singer of the pop group Pulp, Jarvis Cocker,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27has strenuously denied allegations that he attacked three children
0:04:27 > 0:04:31performing with Michael Jackson at last night's BRIT Awards ceremony.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33A statement from Michael Jackson said he was...
0:04:41 > 0:04:45I found it very distasteful the way that he was putting himself across
0:04:45 > 0:04:49as some kind of, like, Jesus Christ figure, you know.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51And with Jarvis released with no charges,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54both he and Jacko's lives soon returned to normality.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Jarvis Cocker made headlines at the BRIT Awards
0:04:56 > 0:04:58with the famous arse on stage,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00or Michael Jackson as he's popularly known.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Jarvis may look like a wimp but he's no coward.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Anyone who drops his trousers
0:05:03 > 0:05:05and waves his skinny white arse at Michael Jackson
0:05:05 > 0:05:06is a braver man than I am.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:05:13 > 0:05:14You ever seen pictures of Michael Jackson
0:05:14 > 0:05:16with that little Indian kid who was his friend?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19This is absolutely true, this kid who he befriended on tour,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23and the kid is called Omar Bhatti, right?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- As in, "Oh, my...!"- Yeah, yeah.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31So with Michael a constant source of concern, a very worried
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Simon Amstell invited those closest to Jacko onto the show.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37This first image here, which is marvellous.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It's if Michael Jackson went to the plastic surgeon,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41this is kind of the chart they showed...
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Don't mention Michael Jackson! What are you doing, Phill?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- We don't mention Michael Jackson. - Do we not?- No, no, no.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49David Gest's best friend, Michael Jackson?!
0:05:49 > 0:05:51You've got to be nice to him.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Aww, be nice to the baby-dangling freak(!)
0:05:54 > 0:05:57LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Oops. Sorry, sorry, it just slipped out. Sorry.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- Friends since childhood, yes?- Yes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14And you never thought to say to him, "Mike, you look fine?"
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- I actually did.- You did?- I did.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Did you say, "Look, let's leave the face, I'll buy you a new hat?"
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- You did.- I did.- And what did he say?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27BILL MAKES RIDICULOUS HIGH-PITCHED NOISES
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- I'm a big fan of Michael Jackson. - Not any more.- Why not?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Cos you put him down.- No, I didn't. It was that big man.- Woo!
0:06:38 > 0:06:41That's right, you put him down. I got to remember who's on the list
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- and who's off.- Whoa!- That's right.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Ooh! You know...
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- How many children have you personally got, Jermaine Jackson?- Seven.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Now, I read a thing recently. Tell me if this is correct or incorrect.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Let's hear this, go ahead.- You had two children with your second wife.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06They are called Jaafar and Jermajesty.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11Your second wife had previously had two children with your brother Randy.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- That's true.- Was that a bit awkward?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16If you call it that, yes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19If I was one of your kids, let's say I was Jermajesty...
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Yes.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22And that would be fun for me,
0:07:22 > 0:07:27erm, my half-brothers are also my cousins.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Which is fine.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34What about Michael? Has he ever done anything weird?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Can I ask an important question, Jermaine?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47What's Michael's favourite panel show?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's not this one.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Back to 1996. And Mark Lamarr has the final word.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59In 1983, Michael Jackson invented moonwalking,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02where you clenched your buttocks and walked cautiously backwards.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05It was inspired by the way his male staff leave the room.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Buzzcocks is unique,
0:08:14 > 0:08:19in that it unites a selection of big names, stars of the past and plenty
0:08:19 > 0:08:23of emerging talent, some of whom are still yet to actually emerge.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26In fact, why don't we turn this into a bit of a quickfire quiz?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28See how many of the following
0:08:28 > 0:08:31panellists from 1996 you can identify.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33OK, let's set this to a random song from that era...
0:08:33 > 0:08:35MUSIC: "Charmless Man" by Blur
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Ooh, think I recognise this one. Off you go.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Ah, still friends with her.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Yeah. No, me neither.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Yeah.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44No.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Yeah.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Yeah. Yep. No.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55Yeah. Er, yes.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58And in a by-no-means cynical ploy to keep you watching,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I'll give you those answers later in the show.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05But for now sit back and enjoy some of the more well-known panellists
0:09:05 > 0:09:06from the class of '96.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Can I ask you to keep still a bit, cos the movement is scaring me?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14It's a kind of Mexican wobble I get going.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17# Tik-a-tik-a-tik-a-tik-a...
0:09:17 > 0:09:21BOTH: # Der-ner-ne-e-er...
0:09:21 > 0:09:26BOTH: # Der-ner-ne-e-er...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28# Bow-now-na-na
0:09:28 > 0:09:30# Bah-ba-ba-bah
0:09:30 > 0:09:31# Bow-now-na-na
0:09:31 > 0:09:34# Bah-ba-ba-bah
0:09:34 > 0:09:35# Bow-now-na-na
0:09:35 > 0:09:37# Bah-ba-ba-bah! #
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Yeah, I've got it now!
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Jonathan, d'you know what the answer is?
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Well, can I have a couple of minutes?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Because I tell you for one, I know the tune.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I'm working through the rest of it to hit the lyrical bit that gives me the words.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51That is sort of the point of this game.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I've never seen it done live before!
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Cos the live version is always slightly different
0:09:56 > 0:09:58from the album track! It's thrown me a bit.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:10:03 > 0:10:05All right, I'm going to hand that one over.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Er, is it Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls?- It is Pet Shop Boys.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I want to hear that again.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12MUSIC: "West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Oh, now...- BAH-BA-BA-BAH!
0:10:27 > 0:10:29In this round, we want one member of each side to describe
0:10:29 > 0:10:32three songs to their team-mates in just one sentence.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34They can't use any of the words in the title,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37or name or describe the artist.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Oh, right.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41The first song.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I require you to strike Bob...
0:10:45 > 0:10:48utilising a drummer's wand.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick?- Yeah.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Pink. Spotty. Rubber. Twat.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Mr Blobby.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15I don't know, I think this is difficult, but I think all...
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- I know it is.- You're the quizmaster, what do you care?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22You're the Richard Whiteley of this show, you can do as you please.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I'm not coming back till you take that back!
0:11:31 > 0:11:32I take it back!
0:11:32 > 0:11:35LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- I tell you what's even sadder is that I know Richard Whiteley.- Really?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Yeah.- I bet he's your dad.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Well, I can't carry on now, can I,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56with that thought running through my head?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Do a word and I'll do an end-of-round in Countdown.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01OK, breakfast.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Breakfast, right well, that's er, got me going for the day. So...
0:12:09 > 0:12:12# Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-a-a...
0:12:12 > 0:12:15# Da-da-da-da-da-a-a-a. #
0:12:19 > 0:12:23It's a '70s song, was it a theme tune to something?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It's like watching Columbo deduce, isn't it?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Can we get him a coat and a cigar?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31COLUMBO IMPRESSION: I think it's, er, '70s? Is it from the '70s?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- It's the theme tune to a detective series.- No!
0:12:35 > 0:12:39We could have had Po from the Teletubbies for another tenner!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- I'm going to pass it over.- Go on, you say it. You got it.- It was Fame.- By?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- By Irene Cara. - By Irene Cara, well done.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51APPLAUSE
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Can I just say, this is so scary,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I'm going to have my gay card taken away for not knowing that!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I mean that's so frightening!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I'm going to be disqualified! Gay bars will go,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04"No! You got that wrong on Never Mind The Buzzcocks!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- "Get out of town!"- What's the exam like when you get your card?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- It's very tough.- Is it an oral?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19The battle for Britpop supremacy was still raging in '96
0:13:19 > 0:13:22and, well, my memory's a little hazy.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I'm pretty sure these guys were involved in some ways.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28The rock band Oasis have cancelled the remainder of their American tour,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30blaming what they call "internal differences."
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The band's record company refused to deny rumours
0:13:33 > 0:13:36that it could mean Oasis is about to split up.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37- Is that Liam?- 'Yeah.'
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Hello, Liam. It's Jeremy Vine from Newsnight here. How are you doing?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- 'I'm- BLEEP- sound, how are you?' - Not bad. Are you coming out?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- 'Am I- BLEEP?- It's raining, mate.'
0:13:46 > 0:13:49The nation found itself gripped with Euro 96 fever,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52when football finally came home.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Should I presume we won?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Meanwhile, the country took another hit
0:13:57 > 0:13:59as Charles and Diana called it a day.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02The 15-year marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales
0:14:02 > 0:14:04came to a formal end this morning, with the granting
0:14:04 > 0:14:07of a decree absolute at Somerset House in London.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Elsewhere, the British movie scene received a shot in the arm
0:14:09 > 0:14:13with the release of Danny Boyle's seminal hit, Trainspotting.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16'Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career...'
0:14:16 > 0:14:19But whilst heroin was still destroying lives,
0:14:19 > 0:14:24it was fast being overtaken by an even more destructive force.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Motivating.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Here we go! Here we go!
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Turn around, turn around!
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Wonder what happened to those two pint-sized pop stars?
0:14:35 > 0:14:391996 was also an eventful time in the charts.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Here's one of the year's biggest hits
0:14:41 > 0:14:45via the medium of the ever-popular Intros round, as performed
0:14:45 > 0:14:49by Phill Jupitus and St Etienne lead singer, Sarah "The Crack" Cracknell.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51BOTH: BOOM! Jink-a-jink-a-jink-jink.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53BOTH: BOOM! Jink-a-jink-a-jink-jink.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- BOTH: BOOM! BOTH: BOOM!- Hey-hey-hey!
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- BOTH: BOOM! - Ah! Now we're on the right road.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Boom! Jink-a-jink-jink! Boom!- Hey-hey-hey!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05# I'm the trouble starter
0:15:05 > 0:15:06# Drunken instigator. #
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Here are some more 1996-based chart highlights.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11# Return of the mack... #
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Leicester's finest law-abiding citizen Mark Morrison
0:15:16 > 0:15:17brought us Return Of The Mack.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19# You know that I'm your man... #
0:15:19 > 0:15:23# It's like rain... #
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Globally recognised icon of angst Alanis Morissette
0:15:26 > 0:15:29explained irony to anyone that would listen.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32# Oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
0:15:32 > 0:15:34# Mysterious girl... #
0:15:34 > 0:15:37And people used to say, "Hey, who's this new guy?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39"I'd like to see more of him on my TV!"
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Now, THAT's ironic.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Peter Andre used to go out with Claire from Steps.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47They say he wooed her by miming songs under her balcony.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49At the height of his fame,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Peter Andre switched on the lights in Oxford Street,
0:15:51 > 0:15:56something he still does every morning, just before he starts pushing the Hoover around Sock Shop.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Since the show's conception in '96,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07hosts and captains have come and gone on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12But one brave, fearless man has remained a constant throughout.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Phill Jupitus, music aficionado, bon vivant and team captain,
0:16:17 > 0:16:18we salute you.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Our first team captain is a comedian
0:16:20 > 0:16:22who's done more stand-up gigs than he's had hot dinners.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Well, maybe not. He's Phill Jupitus.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Here are five facts about Phill.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32One, he's particularly good at singing intros to pop songs.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Don't jump on me! Don't jump on me!
0:16:34 > 0:16:36One, two, three, four!
0:16:36 > 0:16:40BOTH: # La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
0:16:40 > 0:16:43# La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la! #
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Two, he can be a silver-tongued Lothario.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Just stop thinking about me in that way and get on with the quiz.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- I can't help it. - He likes 'em funny, Dale.- I do.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I like the bigger fuller figure.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I always think there should be a veranda over the toy shop, and he fits the bill.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03What did you have for breakfast this morning, and use the voice.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05What voice?!
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Cottage cheese!
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Just a spoonful, mind!
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Ride me, ride me.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And if you thought that was flirty...
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Three, a delicate soul, Phill can be a little bit sensitive.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33While you're thinking, I should tell you
0:17:33 > 0:17:36that they were famed for their extremely energetic live shows.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38OK, so it can't be Number Four, then.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44I didn't mean to do that to you, yeah? Sorry.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Phill! No, Phill!
0:17:46 > 0:17:49APPLAUSE
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Phill!
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Four, Phill has cultivated a unique sartorial style.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04By the way, I haven't been in for a while
0:18:04 > 0:18:06but say hello to the Ugly Shirt Shop for me!
0:18:06 > 0:18:10We look like the worst circus in the world, don't we?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Five, he can be easily distracted, but then again,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16he does have a lot on his plate.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17I want to know what Number Two
0:18:17 > 0:18:20and Number Five are doing after the show.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Which one would you want a bite of? - Two is a big bun but Five's got egg.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Go, ladies! Go, ladies! Go, ladies!
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Don't let him wobble about on the end. We'll all tip up.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It should be a beautiful, gorgeous supermodel slapping him.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52It's just a ropey old fat bloke in a suit.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I'm so sorry!
0:19:02 > 0:19:03A gig's a gig.
0:19:05 > 0:19:13So there you have it - Phill Jupitus - team captain 1996-2013.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Hang on, he's not dead.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19- You're my big cuddly teddy bear.- OK.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Tricky, tricky. Tricky!
0:19:26 > 0:19:31On a very unlucky Friday the 13th of February 1996, the nation
0:19:31 > 0:19:34mourned as an earth-shattering announcement was made.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37One which would change the world irreversibly.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41The pop group Take That have confirmed they are to split up.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Well, not quite irreversibly. - Unfortunately, the rumours are true.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48How Deep Is Your Love is going to be our last single together.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50We've decided that the time is right.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52We've done all that we can do as Take That.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55From today, there's no more!
0:19:55 > 0:19:59For millions of fans, life as we knew it was over.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Some of us even needed grief counselling.- I was gutted.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Really upset and I think they should have done another tour.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Other fans have started fasting and said they won't eat anything
0:20:09 > 0:20:11until the group get back together.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I've been trying to keep the tears back
0:20:13 > 0:20:15but I just can't hold them back.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I've seemed to put them before everything else
0:20:18 > 0:20:21and I've realised, at my age, it's quite sad really.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I suppose now we can get on with things.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Buzzcocks was there like a sympathetic friend to provide
0:20:28 > 0:20:31a shoulder to cry on and nurse us all through these tough times.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Actress Paula Hamilton and the fulfilment of every
0:20:35 > 0:20:38red-blooded male's fantasy - pushing Take That into a reservoir.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Amazingly the video does have a happy ending because
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Take That split up immediately afterwards.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Take That once shocked their fans by dropping their trousers and mooning.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Already the cracks had started to appear.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- I know what happens after that bit. - What?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Satan's dressed as George Michael at the bottom and he catches Gary
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and Mark follows.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Mark and Gary say, "Help us with our solo careers."
0:20:59 > 0:21:04George gives Gary a song but doesn't tell him Andrew Ridgeley wrote it.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09The he farts and Mark Owen goes, "I'm sorted for a career as well!"
0:21:09 > 0:21:12That's what happened.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I'll have maximum points.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Always the talent spotter, Buzzcocks identified the band's
0:21:18 > 0:21:20breakout star and was quick to book him on the show.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22He's now a successful solo artist
0:21:22 > 0:21:25and we've been asked not to mention his boy-band past.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28He can take almost anything, but he can't take that!
0:21:30 > 0:21:33# Da da da, da-da da-da da-da da
0:21:33 > 0:21:38# Da da da, da-da da-da da-da da
0:21:38 > 0:21:39# Da da-da-da
0:21:39 > 0:21:43# Diddle-iddle iddle-iddle iddle-iddle la! #
0:21:45 > 0:21:47No! I'm not accepting it.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Barlow was never going to be THE solo star.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- It was always going to be this guy. - Sean's first guest is Mark Owen.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Ex of Take That and pop's cuddliest boy-next-door.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00# Clementine, yah, yah, yah... #
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Take That once agreed to do a national
0:22:02 > 0:22:04tour on behalf of the Family Planning Association to
0:22:04 > 0:22:06promote safe sex, but they pulled out at the last minute.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13# Do-do do do do do-do do-do do... #
0:22:16 > 0:22:17# Do-do do do do do-do... #
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Looks like Adolf Hitler's gone funky.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- GERMAN ACCENT:- Morning, people.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26# Another one bites the dust... #
0:22:28 > 0:22:30That was such a treat when you said, "Everybody!"
0:22:32 > 0:22:33This isn't Wembley, you know.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It's the biggest audience I've played in front of for two years.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43To be honest, I don't remember the Eagles but apparently,
0:22:43 > 0:22:49they were a massive five-piece band that all went solo and flopped.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- I have no idea what you're talking about.- Not like me, obviously.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59They couldn't dance! You're much better than them, Mark.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- I was.- Not "was", you still are. It's not over!
0:23:03 > 0:23:04It's not fair.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08He misses Howard.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15# Da-da da-da da da... #
0:23:15 > 0:23:18But despite his burgeoning solo career,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Mark Owen found time to make regular appearances on the show.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25By 2001, he was really letting his hair down.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29HE SHOUTS LYRICS INAUDIBLY
0:23:34 > 0:23:37There's highlights on the left side, more lights on the right side,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39in the middle, there's Westlife.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44CHEERING
0:23:44 > 0:23:46The British obsession with Take That was to
0:23:46 > 0:23:49extend beyond 1996 and as the years went by,
0:23:49 > 0:23:54one former band member got a lasting taste of solo success.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Buzzcocks was quick to recognise this feat.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Robbie Williams claims he had sex with Geri Halliwell
0:23:58 > 0:24:00and the neighbours still remember hearing the cries of
0:24:00 > 0:24:03"Oh, Robbie, you're the best lover in the world." Although they
0:24:03 > 0:24:04couldn't hear what Geri was saying.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10In 2001, Robbie released a tribute album of classic covers called
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Swing When You're Winning which I quite enjoyed.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I say "enjoyed". I tolerated it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15I say I "tolerated" it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18The only time I ever heard it, I ran face-first into a propeller.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Before showering under the outlet pipe of the dysentery clinic.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Then I superglued my tongue to a condemned meat lorry
0:24:28 > 0:24:31and I was dragged through the high street of Nettletown.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34This during the great dock leaf shortage...
0:24:36 > 0:24:40..to my bath where I sat tossing in various unearthed electrical appliances.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42And with my back to the taps.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Although, to be fair, having said that,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I thought Angels was shit as well.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Last week, I wanted to berate you, the Great British public,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58for voting Angels the best single for the last 25 years.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I've done a quick list of other songs that maybe should have
0:25:01 > 0:25:02been considered.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Number 1 - Ghost Town by The Specials. That's a better song
0:25:06 > 0:25:08than Angels.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Number 2 - every single other song recorded in the last 25 years.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Including karaoke versions of Angels.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Even in more recent years with new Buzzcocks personnel,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Take That continued to be a fascinating conversation topic.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Shall we have a look at the clip?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Look at Mark Owen. I love how forceful he's trying to be there.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35- When you hear him talk, it's that... - HIGH-PITCH BABBLING
0:25:37 > 0:25:41We think they got offered a gig at Glastonbury
0:25:41 > 0:25:44but it was two months after the festival.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47They're looking for the main stage.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- MANCHESTER ACCENT:- It's round here somewhere. We're headlining.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Can we have a look at Robbie?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59There's a bit where Robbie's standing on the wing of a plane.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I like to imagine the pilot went, Robbie,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I've left my wallet on the plane.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Pop out and get that. Yeah, just down the end. Rrrr!
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Back to the band's early days.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Over to Jupitus and Lamarr for the final word.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21This is an image that confuses me cos I don't know
0:26:21 > 0:26:22if I'm hungry or gay.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I wonder if that's the only time Gary Barlow's had a big
0:26:26 > 0:26:28number two on his chest.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Despite the demise of Take That,
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Gary Barlow still lives off his enormous royalties.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35While Jason Orange lives off the A423 in a hollowed-out tree.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Time now to take a look back at the first ever episode of Buzzcocks.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48And a game that would go on to define the show.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Our next round is the ID Parade in which
0:26:50 > 0:26:53we ask the teams to pick famous pop faces from the past out of a line-up.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56If you ever lay awake at night wondering whatever happened
0:26:56 > 0:26:59to mid-'80s keyboard wizard Paul Hardcastle of N-N-Nineteen
0:26:59 > 0:27:02fame, from now on, you can sleep easy cos he's here with us tonight.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07Here to remind the audience is Paul as he was in 1985.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12MUSIC: "Nineteen" by Paul Hardcastle
0:27:20 > 0:27:22That was then but what about now?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Five suspects but only one of them
0:27:24 > 0:27:26sold billions of Vietnam-based records.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30For two points, which one is the real Paul Hardcastle?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- I think it's Number Two.- Why's that?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Cos that's Paul Hardcastle.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40That's why.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Let's see. Would the real Paul Hardcastle step forward?
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Paul now lives in America
0:27:50 > 0:27:53where he recently sold over a million records
0:27:53 > 0:27:55and what a car boot sale that was!
0:27:59 > 0:28:03OK, back to our faces of '96 quiz. Let's see how you did.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06In order of appearance, you saw Alan Davies - easy one to start.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Cathy Dennis, Martin Chambers from the Pretenders,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Andy McCluskey from OMD.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15David McAlmont, Shovell, M-People. Nick Heyward, Haircut 100.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Martin Rossiter, lead singer of Gene.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Jo Whiley, hasn't really changed.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Marcella Detroit, Shakespeare's Sister. Richie from Let Loose.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Richard Fairbrass, Right Said Fred.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze and Neil Hannon, The Divine Comedy.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We can all sleep easy now.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32There it is.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37A roundup of 1996 through the prism that is Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'm Alex James and we're going to play you out with the Fugees
0:28:40 > 0:28:42and the biggest selling single of that year.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Thank you and good night.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49# Singing my life with his words
0:28:49 > 0:28:52# Killing me softly with his song
0:28:52 > 0:28:56# Killing me softly
0:28:56 > 0:28:58# With his song
0:28:58 > 0:29:01# Telling my whole life
0:29:01 > 0:29:03# With his words
0:29:03 > 0:29:09# Killing me softly
0:29:09 > 0:29:11# With his song... #