0:00:20 > 0:00:23One eventful night in 1996, comedy and rock 'n' roll
0:00:23 > 0:00:27had an ill-advised fumble with devastating effects.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31The resulting offspring would soon become famed for its acerbic wit,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34musical know-how and celebrity-ish friends.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40It soon became known as Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Calm down, God! It's only a pop quiz!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Always the first in line to offer words of wisdom and compassion...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Come on, bellends, 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 > 0:00:55let's meet tonight's guests.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- And when it comes to splits, spats...- See you later.- Why?
0:00:58 > 0:01:00..and guessing which member of a line-up used to be
0:01:00 > 0:01:04the drummer in some band you barely remember, Buzzcocks has seen it all.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10So, join us as we stumble down memory lane
0:01:10 > 0:01:13and see a little bit of this, that, and them.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18You're watching...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25A tumultuous year for some of the greatest bands of all time.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28The boy band 5ive have announced that they are splitting up after
0:01:28 > 0:01:32four years. The band, which notched up three number one hit singles, said
0:01:32 > 0:01:35the decision to break up the group was made after lengthy discussions.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39# Baby when the lights go out... #
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Today is the day that 5ive ended and... And that's all there is.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47The future, we're all going to have a future because we exist,
0:01:47 > 0:01:48if you know what I mean.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51You've got nothing to worry about, Ritchie.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Not with your vocal range.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55RITCHIE SINGS WILDLY OUT OF TUNE
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Get it, will you?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00LAUGHTER
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I've never seen someone's voice break in the middle of the show.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Another group lying capsized on the rocks was Atomic Kitten,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14as Kerry jumped ship.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Her departure really damaged the band,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19as Whole Again became their biggest-ever single,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22hitting the number one spot and going double platinum.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Here to explain more, Kerry's replacement,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27the ever-affable Jenny Frost.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30When Kerry decided she wanted to leave, I've been mates with
0:02:30 > 0:02:34the girls for a couple of years, and it just came about... Sorry, one sec.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Oi!- Shut up!- Shut it!
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Baby, you're the one, you still turn me on...
0:02:38 > 0:02:40You can make me whole again. It is. Atomic Kitten.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Did you write that one?- No.- Bonus point for not writing it. Well done.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47But arguably the biggest tragedy of them all
0:02:47 > 0:02:50was the break-up of this lot.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52# Tragedy # When the feeling's gone
0:02:52 > 0:02:55# And you can't go on # It's tragedy... #
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I think we'll be remembered with a big smile
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and I think people will think of Steps and just say, yeah!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Look at them...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Look at those idiots!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Of course, we all had our favourite member of Steps.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Mine was the shy and retiring Lisa,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15always desperate to keep out of the limelight.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- Come on.- I don't want to be in Steps.- I'll do it on my own, then.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- How does it go?- Yeah.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26LAUGHTER
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Imagine watching them live!
0:03:29 > 0:03:30APPLAUSE
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- When is the next tour? How's it go?- Right!
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Five, six, seven, eight... - And they say they're manufactured.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- By Findus.- I've started! - I don't care.- Shush!
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Do bands smash things up any more?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- Did Steps ever smash up a hotel room?- What do you think?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I did once, when they were on the radio.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55LAUGHTER
0:03:55 > 0:03:57No offence.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I've heard all the jokes about Steps.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I was in it for five years, so I've heard them all.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I wrote them all.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Yeah, you probably did!
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Phil was particularly made up
0:04:08 > 0:04:12when Claire Richards was made to go on his team.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18PHIL HUMS
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I love you.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22LAUGHTER
0:04:22 > 0:04:24You are my favourite.
0:04:24 > 0:04:32BOTH SING
0:04:32 > 0:04:39IMPROVISES FUNK
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I've got no idea.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45APPLAUSE
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Mark Lamarr also seemed to develop a soft spot for a certain
0:04:49 > 0:04:51member of the band.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Wish I was doing this with Faye.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Do you want to?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56LAUGHTER
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Do you want to do it?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Come on, then. Come on!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05LAUGHTER
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Don't start.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22SINGS WEDDING MARCH MELODY
0:05:27 > 0:05:30All good things come to those who wait, and it took a Steps
0:05:30 > 0:05:35reunion 10 years after the split to finally get H onto the show.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38We'd like to announce today that we're going back on tour.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Are you back on tour with Steps? - Yeah. Unbelievably, yeah.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Do you know what I like about that?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45That they've managed to get all your diaries together.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46I know that Lee was in a job
0:05:46 > 0:05:48where he was being used to prop open a door...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51LAUGHTER
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Which of the other members of Steps is the one who is doing it
0:05:54 > 0:05:55most for the money?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Who is the most desperate?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Nobody's desperate.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03What is brilliant about that is you could have gone,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06"Nobody's desperate," but you went, "Nobody's desperate!"
0:06:06 > 0:06:09"We're not desperate! Stop saying that!"
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's really nice that we're all friends again, because we weren't.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Did you fall out?- Yeah. - Really, big-time?- Yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Who did you fall out with the most?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Ha-ha! Well, you know, Claire and I went off and did our thing...
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- So, the other three?- Yeah.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23And who's the one you hate the most out of the other three?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24I don't hate any of them!
0:06:24 > 0:06:27It's Lee Latchford-Evans, ladies and gentlemen.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28LAUGHTER
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I don't think they're Steps fans, are they?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Raise your hand if you are a Steps fan.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35LAUGHTER
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Right across the board.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39And do you know, it's nobody in the audience, either, H.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41LAUGHTER
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- Tinchy, there you go.- No, he just wants to go to the bathroom.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:06:48 > 0:06:51And making it a full house, but not quite making it onto
0:06:51 > 0:06:54the show as a panellist, Lee Latchford-Evans.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Is it number one, Steps?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Number two, Steptoe and Son?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Number three, Stepford wife?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Number four, Stepticemia?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Or number five, stepfather used to touch him?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09LAUGHTER
0:07:14 > 0:07:17By the way, before we even start, I think it could be number one,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21because he's very disciplined, not even when I go all weird with him.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Like all like that.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28He has been trained not to laugh and to be highly professional,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31so I think it could be number one.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Number two... Ooh.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40No, I don't think it is number two because the feel when I touched you
0:07:40 > 0:07:45like that, it was more like the feel of a lonely businessman in Telford.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48LAUGHTER
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Number three looks happy, like he might be getting a few royalties...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Might just be sitting there,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00just waiting for the envelope to fall through the front door,
0:08:00 > 0:08:06while other people have to work night in, night out!
0:08:06 > 0:08:10LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I think it could be number three.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It's like watching a heron in a grey jacket. Paul!
0:08:16 > 0:08:19He knows who it is. You might have to come back to the chair.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24LAUGHTER
0:08:24 > 0:08:26CROWD CHEERS
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Would the real Lee Latchford-Evans please step forward?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Sean Hughes started on Buzzcocks as a young hopeful
0:08:43 > 0:08:46from the Emerald Isle, with a song in his heart,
0:08:46 > 0:08:47and a dream in his pocket.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Hughes possessed the wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde, the flair and sexual
0:08:56 > 0:09:00allure of Georgie Best, and the vocal range of Christine Bleakley.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Here are three of Sean Hughes's most memorable,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06and least musical, moments from the intros round.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11At three, Sean and Embraces' Danny McNamara put on a show for Vegas.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15SING NASAL, TUNELESS SONG
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Just think '80s overproduction. Whoo! Hoo-hoo. Cuckoo, cuckoo!
0:09:22 > 0:09:25MAKES MECHANICAL NOISES
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Haw-haw-haw!
0:09:27 > 0:09:29LAUGHTER
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I was a blank until the "Haw-haw-haw".
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Somehow, that's captured my imagination!
0:09:36 > 0:09:37- We Close Our Eyes!- Yes!
0:09:39 > 0:09:42APPLAUSE
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- He got it just could you went... Ah! That's it.- No, no!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Can you read, Johnny?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Barely. - Then I'll give you the point.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I know the buses to catch and day centres to visit.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56LAUGHTER
0:09:56 > 0:09:58For number two,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Sean and Vic Reeves show off their telepathic musical connection.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Boa...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Wuurrgh...
0:10:04 > 0:10:06BOTH: Dang, dang dang...
0:10:07 > 0:10:11LAUGHTER
0:10:14 > 0:10:19BOTH SING TUNE OF "THREE BLIND MICE"
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- No, hold on, hold on. It's not...- It is. Listen to the record.- All right.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34RESUME SINGING "THREE BLIND MICE"
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's for the kiddies!
0:10:41 > 0:10:45BOTH CHANGE TUNE ABRUPTLY
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- Is it... Blondie?- Correct!- What was the title of the song?- Atomic.- Yes.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It was Atomic by Blondie.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55APPLAUSE
0:10:55 > 0:11:00And at number one, Hughes and Burns, a match made in heaven.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02That was my bit, you bitch!
0:11:04 > 0:11:07It's like a date really gone badly wrong, isn't it?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08LAUGHTER
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Gone BADLY wrong?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I'm guessing it was a blind date, was it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15LAUGHTER
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Listen, mate, I'll do the camera for a bit, will you take over?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Just for a little bit. - Jolly good idea, Sean!
0:11:23 > 0:11:27LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:11:27 > 0:11:29CROWD CHEERS
0:11:33 > 0:11:37- Come on, hurry up!- He doesn't know the song. You might as well do it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- You do that bit, I'll...- OK.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42De-de-de-der de-le-le De-de-de-der de-le-le...
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Sean, it doesn't help...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Der. De-der. De-der.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47De-de-de-der de-le-le...
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I hated the frigging record anyway!
0:11:50 > 0:11:54It's throwing me that Sean looks like he's a folk singer.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Imagine if they turned up in your local pub.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- We're Peters and Lee!- We've changed a little bit over the years...
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- I think I've got it. - How?!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06That's... That is not possible!
0:12:06 > 0:12:08I can, actually. Is it Groovy Train, Farm?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10MARK: It is Groovy Train, by The Farm.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12APPLAUSE It should have sounded like this.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15# "Groovy Train" by The Farm
0:12:16 > 0:12:18LAUGHTER
0:12:22 > 0:12:26I think children all over the country will go to bed tonight with
0:12:26 > 0:12:28something that they've learned from us.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Not to watch Buzzcocks next week.
0:12:35 > 0:12:392001 also turned out to be a significant year in politics.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43George W Bush has been sworn in as the 43rd President of America.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Seems like a pretty smart guy.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48There is an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas,
0:12:48 > 0:12:53probably in Tennessee. It fooled me once... Shame on...
0:12:55 > 0:12:56..shame on you.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Fool me, you can't get fooled again.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Meanwhile, in the UK,
0:13:02 > 0:13:06this protester left John Prescott with egg on his face.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Celebrity egging. I think that could catch on.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12REPORTER: As Mr Prescott walks past, he throws an egg,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15which hits the Deputy Prime Minister on the side of the head.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Instantly, Mr Prescott turns, and throws a punch.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It was a first-class jab, said Lennox Lewis's manager today,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23going on to offer to train
0:13:23 > 0:13:24the Deputy Prime Minister.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27The chain of bookies are offering odds of 25 to 1 on him
0:13:27 > 0:13:30retiring to Japan to take up sumo wrestling.
0:13:30 > 0:13:332001 marked the debut of Celebrity Big Brother.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37A few days in, and cuddly TV presenter Vanessa Feltz
0:13:37 > 0:13:39managed to have a complete meltdown.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And so, naturally, the next time she came on Buzzcocks,
0:13:42 > 0:13:43she was handled delicately.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47SCRATCHY INTRO SINGING
0:13:47 > 0:13:50We're dancing together now, Vanessa, come on. Yeah.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52VANESSA SINGS TUNELESSLY
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- I just don't have any idea what it is at all.- But you've got rhythm!
0:13:56 > 0:13:58LAUGHTER
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I've got no rhythm, and I don't know what it is. No idea.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03APPLAUSE
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'm going to pass it over. But that's not anything against you.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07It's not a personal...
0:14:07 > 0:14:11..it's not, "Pass it over, because I hate Vanessa Feltz!" No.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Pass it over because they know, and otherwise they will be upset.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I'll live with it.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17After the show, we're going to make love.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20LAUGHTER
0:14:20 > 0:14:22How does he do that?
0:14:22 > 0:14:262001 saw Eamonn Holmes embark on one of the most painful endurance
0:14:26 > 0:14:28challenges of all time.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- A five-minute interview with David Blaine.- The eye in the hand.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35And what is that? What is the eye in the hand? Let's see that again.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- It's protection.- Protection?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40What does that mean?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Protection from death.- Oh. Mmm.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48And the year's most unlikely romance saw Billie Piper
0:14:48 > 0:14:50and Chris Evans tie the knot.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Bob The Builder has such a cult following that many
0:14:53 > 0:14:54celebrities have taken roles in the show.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Chris Evans had a small part in Bob The Builder,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59and an even smaller part in Billie The Piper.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Chart news now, and here's one of the year's most-loved hits,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09as performed by Sean Hughes and David Van Day.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10# La la la
0:15:10 > 0:15:13# La la la la-la
0:15:13 > 0:15:14# La la la... #
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I can't believe I'm the best at this for the first time ever!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20LAUGHTER
0:15:20 > 0:15:21That's a first.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24# I just can't get you out of my head... #
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Yes. 2001 saw Kylie hit the number one spot with this smash.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And here's a selection of other tunes
0:15:30 > 0:15:33we couldn't get out of our heads that year.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Shaggy's It Wasn't Me
0:15:36 > 0:15:39was the biggest-selling single of the year. Shaggy,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42is it true you went on to have a long and fruitful career in music?
0:15:42 > 0:15:43# Wasn't me... #
0:15:43 > 0:15:46My mistake.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48# One for the money and the free rides... #
0:15:48 > 0:15:552001 saw Blue burst onto the scene with their debut single, All Rise.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58They seemed to have everything, the good looks, the talent,
0:15:58 > 0:15:59the street cred...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02..and the other one.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07And So Solid Crew enjoyed their 21 seconds of chart success.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10# I've got 21 seconds to flow I've got 21 seconds to go... #
0:16:10 > 0:16:12We couldn't fit all 30 of the crew on the show,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15but we did manage to book three of our favourites.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Here is Mega Man.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20This was bound to happen, I suppose. I've got 21 seconds to flow...
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Ha-ha-ha!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23LAUGHTER
0:16:23 > 0:16:25# Cos if you like me let me know Let me in the studio
0:16:25 > 0:16:26# I got 21 seconds before
0:16:26 > 0:16:29# I got 21 seconds to flow, I got 21 seconds to go... #
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Couldn't it have all have been so simpler than that?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Next, MC Harvey.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35You're going to get drive by'd now, Paul.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37If any hip-hop lot wanted to click me,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39they'd just need an ice cream van.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41LAUGHTER
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I'd come running out, bam!
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And last, but by no means least, Lisa Mafia.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51# Da-nan da-nan... #
0:16:51 > 0:16:53# Where did you come from, where did you go,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56# Where did you come from, So Solid Crew.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59# Where did you come from... # I'm just, I am, free styling.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00LAUGHTER
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- I'm guessing it's something to do with So Solid.- No.- No, it's not.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05This was a big hit.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08LAUGHTER
0:17:08 > 0:17:10SHE STAMPS A RHYTHM Isn't she angry?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- # Isn't she angry?- #
0:17:12 > 0:17:13- Hey!- What?
0:17:14 > 0:17:19- Get off that cloud!- Keep out of this one.- I host the show!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- You spoil it, you do!- You don't scare me... Mafia?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25LAUGHTER
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Buzzcocks has always been a big fan of rock.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36MUSIC: "Back In Black" by AC/DC
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Over the years, we've been joined by some true legends.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41The voice of rock.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Here are three of the best, starting with axe-maestro
0:17:45 > 0:17:50and top hat merchant, Slash, whose dreams finally came true in 2001,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53when he got to play in this all-star line-up.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Blackburn and Slash, what a team!
0:17:55 > 0:17:57LAUGHTER
0:17:57 > 0:18:00That's a cop show I'd pay to see. Blackburn And Slash.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Book 'em, Blackburn!
0:18:03 > 0:18:05You two, in my office, now!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07LAUGHTER
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Buckle up, we're in for a bumpy ride.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14This might take a while. Each one is a 30 minute guitar solo.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Do-do de-de do-do de-de...
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- I forgot it... Wait. OK, OK.- Yeah, yeah. OK. You forgot? Surely not!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- My family is going to be watching this!- Really?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Your family is going to be watching -
0:18:27 > 0:18:29like they've never been more ashamed of you!
0:18:29 > 0:18:31LAUGHTER
0:18:31 > 0:18:32My cousin will probably be like,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35"What's he doing? He looks ridiculous."
0:18:35 > 0:18:37And he won't be alone.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40# Doh-doh-doh do-doh
0:18:40 > 0:18:42# Doh do-do do
0:18:42 > 0:18:43# Doh-doh-doh
0:18:43 > 0:18:45# Doh do-doont do do-do
0:18:45 > 0:18:46# Bo-bo bo bom
0:18:46 > 0:18:49# Do do-doont do do-do
0:18:49 > 0:18:50# Bo-bo bo bom
0:18:50 > 0:18:52# Do do-do
0:18:52 > 0:18:53# De-der de-der de-de
0:18:53 > 0:18:56BOTH KEEP SINGING
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Oh, yeah.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Look at him! It's there now. It's all there.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Look at him go!
0:19:07 > 0:19:08MARK: Tony!
0:19:08 > 0:19:10# Heaven...!
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- # ..must be missing an angel.- Yes!
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Look at it. Look at it happen. Look at the magic come through.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19APPLAUSE
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- We've got to do the three-handed rock thing.- Yeah! Yeah! Whoo!
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- Take me down to the Paradise City... - Where the girls got...
0:19:27 > 0:19:29LAUGHTER
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Hey, hey!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34There's an original version, there's an original version of that song.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37It's where the girls are fat and they got big titties,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40or, where the grass is green, and the girls are pretty.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Whatever you would have said, I would have accepted.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Can't make out any of it.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Next to grace the Buzzcocks studio with his presence,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50the meat in rock's sandwich.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53# Dow de-dowt dowt dowt
0:19:53 > 0:19:54# De dowt dowt dowt
0:19:54 > 0:19:56# De dowt dowt dowt
0:19:56 > 0:19:58# De dowt... #
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I've got it, I've got it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03MEATLOAF IMPERSONATES PERCUSSION
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Oh! Oh!- Boom! Boom!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11BOTH CONTINUE WITH INCREASING VOLUME
0:20:11 > 0:20:13# Dou-dou dou-dou Boh! #
0:20:13 > 0:20:15A siren! It's a siren!
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- # Boh!- #
0:20:17 > 0:20:19MARK: Mate, mate, mate, mate, mate...
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It does put you team under a disadvantage
0:20:21 > 0:20:22when you ad lib an intro.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23LAUGHTER
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It has to be the intro of the song.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- I know what it is.- You know what it is?- It's written right here.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29OK. What is it?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30LAUGHTER
0:20:30 > 0:20:32It's Connection by Elastica.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35But I'm assuming, you don't live here,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37you probably wouldn't have known that, you get a point.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Thank you very much.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42APPLAUSE
0:20:42 > 0:20:45You know, I'm beginning to think we can make a good team.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47# Do you love me? Do you love me for ever? #
0:20:47 > 0:20:48But not singing.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:20:54 > 0:20:57And finally, stepping into the Buzzcocks hot-seat in more
0:20:57 > 0:21:01recent years, Mr Alice Cooper with this, probably the most
0:21:01 > 0:21:04rock'n'roll tale ever told.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Now, I met Elvis in 1970.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I got a thing that says, "Elvis wants to meet you."
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I got to the Hilton Hotel, the elevator opened up,
0:21:11 > 0:21:17and it was me, Liza Minnelli, Chubby Checker, and Linda Lovelace.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Wow.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20What, you had come together,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22or you just sort of happened to be in that lift?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- No, he invited those four people. - Really?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26So, we went up and they searched us for guns,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29which was kind of silly because there were guns everywhere once you got in.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31When he came in the room, he was Elvis.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35He wasn't the fat Elvis, he was Elvis. He was the guy.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38He goes, "Hey man. You're the cat with the snake, ain't ya?"
0:21:38 > 0:21:40I said, "Yeah." And he goes, "That's cool, man.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42"I wish I would have thought of that.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45"That's cool." He said, "Hey, I want to show you something."
0:21:45 > 0:21:47We go in the kitchen, he opens a drawer,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51takes out a loaded snub-nosed .38, puts it in my hand, and he says,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55"I'm going to show you how to take this gun out of somebody's hand."
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The little devil here on my shoulder says, "Shoot him."
0:21:58 > 0:22:00LAUGHTER
0:22:03 > 0:22:07The little angel over here says, "Don't kill him, just wound him."
0:22:07 > 0:22:09LAUGHTER
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Before I could decide what to do, I was on the floor.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15And he's had his boot in my throat, I'm going, "Ah, that's good, Elvis.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17"That's great."
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I'm still reeling over the fact that you were there with Liza Minnelli.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Oh, yeah. - He must've thought you were sisters.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24LAUGHTER
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Of course, only three of us came down on the elevator that night.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Now, I don't know what he did with Chubby Checker all night...
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Tell you what, he was an amazing character, a very funny guy,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37but he was Elvis.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40From the sublime, to this.
0:22:41 > 0:22:452001 saw the launch of Popstars,
0:22:45 > 0:22:49and like any major natural disaster, the effects were seismic.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54One moment in particular sent shockwaves through the world of pop.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58# My loneliness is killing me
0:22:58 > 0:23:04# And I, I must confess I still believe
0:23:04 > 0:23:06# Still believe
0:23:06 > 0:23:11# When I'm not with you I lose my mind
0:23:13 > 0:23:16# Give me a sign
0:23:16 > 0:23:18# Hit me baby one more...
0:23:19 > 0:23:21HE SNAPS HIS FINGERS
0:23:22 > 0:23:28# T-i-me
0:23:28 > 0:23:32# Ba-by hit me
0:23:32 > 0:23:33# One more
0:23:35 > 0:23:36# Time. #
0:23:36 > 0:23:37MARK: And gave me a...
0:23:37 > 0:23:40# S-i-gn!
0:23:41 > 0:23:44# Give it to me one more...
0:23:44 > 0:23:46LAUGHTER
0:23:46 > 0:23:50# T-i-me. #
0:23:50 > 0:23:52APPLAUSE
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Hey, and none of your mucking about with the melody.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- He's got to find out what it is. - Would I?- I'll...
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- ..I'll be Darius in this one. - All right.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10SINGS SIMPLE MELODY
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Ha-ha-ha!- That's pretty much it.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21DARIUS KEEPS SINGING
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- That was a nice little... You're ad-libbing again.- No, I wasn't.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- That's in the song.- No, it isn't. - Play it. Play it.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Well, if we play it, it gives him too big a clue.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30LAUGHTER
0:24:34 > 0:24:37It's not fair. I'm singing on my own, and he's not doing anything.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I was being you!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- I could "doo-doo do-do-doo"... - I have no idea.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44So, I'm going to pass it over.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- I Love Your Smile.- It was! I Love Your Smile, by Shanice.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Sadly, Darius failed to gain a place in pop's newest supergroup.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57That honour went to Kim, Myleene, Suzanne, Danny, and Noel.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01They were brought together by nasty Nigel,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04a sensitive man with a diplomatic touch.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08You need to lose some weight. You are going on show in...
0:25:09 > 0:25:12..six weeks, from now. Six weeks.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15And I want you looking the best and feeling the best you can.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It's all right saying that Christmas was there,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19and, well, the goose has gotten fat.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Do you think I'm fat?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I think you put weight on over Christmas,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and I think you needed to lose weight before Christmas.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Do you?- Yeah.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Bit harsh.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Anyway, Pure And Simple became the UK's fastest-selling debut
0:25:31 > 0:25:33single of all time.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37And in April 2001, whilst perched at the peak of the charts,
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Buzzcocks scored a coup by booking Kim and Noel to appear on the show.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Five weeks ago you were sat there anyway.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45LAUGHTER
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- And after eight series, you're still sat there.- Hey!
0:25:53 > 0:25:54CROWD CHEERS
0:25:56 > 0:26:00I'm trying to work out how that was an insult, Miss One Single.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02CROWD JEERS
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Did you do anything in your videos like that, have a mixer,
0:26:05 > 0:26:06something stupid like that?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09We did get ideas and they were just politely taken onboard
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- and then never heard of again.- Yeah.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Like "We'll sing on this record..." - Totally.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- I don't mean you, I don't mean you, Myleene.- Have you got...
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- There's a tribute act, isn't there? - It was called Nearsay.- Ah!
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It's got Danny and Noel in it.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Over the years, Myleene carved out a hugely successful career,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35managing to juggle her music and her other stuff.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39What kind of person just hangs out in a bikini?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40LAUGHTER
0:26:44 > 0:26:46APPLAUSE
0:26:46 > 0:26:47I'll drink to that.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51You were, at one point, Britain's premier... Shower-er.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Are you still showering? - I am still showering.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Still keeping... You do it for fun now, though, rather than...?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00At the time, in fairness, I was doing it for cleanliness,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- but yeah, I do it...- You weren't doing it for cleanliness!
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Are you kidding? I really was. - Is there a waterfall near here?
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Make sure... Yeah, bring some, I think I need four cameras.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Can you bring more cameras?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Any plans for a Hearsay reunion?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Funnily enough, not that I know of.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- But I don't think we had enough songs.- You had a good... Three.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29# Pure and simple, every time... #
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Was that one?- What was it? Pure And Simple? What else?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The Way To Your Love.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Show me the way to your love... - # I'm tired and I want to go to bed!
0:27:40 > 0:27:44# I had a little drink about an hour ago, and it's gone right to my head! #
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Why do people care about Myleene Klass but not Danny Foster?
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Why is that?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51By the way, let me tell you,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53it took three researchers to find out his surname.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55LAUGHTER
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Time now to remind ourselves of some of the Bohemian hipsters that
0:28:05 > 0:28:08made up tonight's supporting cast,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10starting with funny man
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Julius Simpson, Ashley Taylor-Dawson,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Toyah Wilcox, Christian O'Connell,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Nemone, Mike Lewis from Lostprophets, and John Entwistle.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Lemmy, Paul Marazzi from A1, comedian Mark Steele,
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Roland Rivron, Tania Strecker, and that's Billie Piper.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32I've been Alex James, and that was 2001, What A Load Of Buzzcocks.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36# Cos I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
0:28:36 > 0:28:42# Yeah I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
0:28:42 > 0:28:48# Listen to Iron Maiden maybe with me
0:28:48 > 0:28:51# Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh... #
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd