0:00:20 > 0:00:25One eventful night in 1996, comedy and rock'n'roll had an ill-advised fumble
0:00:25 > 0:00:28with devastating effects.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33The resulting offspring would soon become famed for its acerbic wit,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36musical 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 to offer words of wisdom and compassion...
0:00:46 > 0:00:51- Come on, bell-end, do something! - ..this show became an oracle for the world of entertainment.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54If you think I'm a poor booking, let's meet the guests.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- And when it comes to splits, spats...- See you later.- What?
0:00:58 > 0:01:03..and guessing which member of a line-up was the drummer in a band you barely remember,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Buzzcocks has seen it all.
0:01:08 > 0:01:15So join us as we pay tribute to some of the biggest names of the last millennium...and Dane Bowers.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19You're watching What A Load Of Buzzcocks 2000.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21BIG BEN CHIMES
0:01:21 > 0:01:25The dawning of a new millennium promised a bright future,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29a future in which the people of Britain would stand side by side,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32hand in hand, united in harmony.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Who's with me?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Bollocks! How about that?
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Nice idea, but 2000 saw Liam and Robbie fall out at the BRITs
0:01:40 > 0:01:46with the so-called "fat dancer from Take That" suggesting they put up £100,000 each for a televised fight.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51I'm not doing anything for a bit, I've not got an album out and I'm a bit bored,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55so it's nice just to stir people's tail feathers up.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- What if he rises to the challenge? - I'll fight him.
0:01:58 > 0:02:04If he slags my band off and he slags my wife or my girlfriend off, I'm going to knock him out. Anyone else?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09He goes on about fighting me for 200 grand. I'm not even in the country. It shows who's the soft lad.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12I'm sure it will resolve itself over time.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17The Gallaghers would go on to become one of Buzzcocks' favourite topics.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I'll have you!
0:02:19 > 0:02:22# Da-a-a-a-an, da-a-a-an... #
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Simon and Garfunkel(?)
0:02:24 > 0:02:27LAUGHTER Bridge Over Troubled Water?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30# Da-da-da-daa-da-da, da-da... #
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Roll With It and all that, Oasis? - Yeah, Roll With It by Oasis.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39The wisdom and teachings of Liam Gallagher continued to be a talking point for years to come.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45- On going out to gigs, Liam Gallagher says...- BLEEP- "What's the point? All the bands are shit."
0:02:46 > 0:02:52- On the Glastonbury spirit, "I- BLEEP- hate Glastonbury. I'm here for the money."
0:02:52 > 0:02:54LAUGHTER
0:02:54 > 0:03:00- On the Scissor Sisters, "Bright colours and- BLEEP- weirdos on stilts. No."
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Amazing.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05There must have been something in the booze at the BRITs in 2000
0:03:05 > 0:03:11as Ronnie Wood was rudely interrupted on stage by a random bloke. Sorry, I've misread that.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Brandon Block. Disgraceful behaviour!
0:03:14 > 0:03:19The Stones are a national institution and should be treated with respect.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22In 1975, a Florida preacher denounced the band
0:03:22 > 0:03:27after a survey of 1,000 unmarried mothers showed that 984 of them had conceived to the sound
0:03:27 > 0:03:29of The Rolling Stones shagging them.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33In May 1996, Keith became a grandfather for the first time.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36He was overjoyed when they told him, "Ten pounds, six ounces,"
0:03:36 > 0:03:39saying, "That's cheap, I'll have two grand's worth."
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Bill Wyman has now left The Stones, but he was with them for 31 years through thick and thin.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Or Mandy Smith as she was also known.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53If you've never seen The Stones live, why not enjoy Noel Fielding's impression
0:03:53 > 0:03:56and save yourself the time?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
0:04:00 > 0:04:02# Doo-doo, boo-boo...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06# Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo... #
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- I'm just enjoying it. It's good. - I can't keep doing it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Do you want to guess? - It's The Rolling Stones, but I can't think what the song's called.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21- - Miss You, Rolling Stones. - Oh, I'm so sorry.- Correct. This is how it should have sounded.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24INTRO PLAYS: "Miss You" - The Rolling Stones
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- You're really good. - That was good, Mick.- Very good.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35From The Stones to their age-old rivals The Beatles
0:04:35 > 0:04:39whose No.1s compilation became the biggest selling album of 2000.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42# She loves you and you know you should be glad... #
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Here's a Buzzcocks tribute to the Fab Four.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Paul McCartney recently donated £5,000 to help a child violinist realise his dream.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55It turns out the kid's dream was to have £5,000. Worked out great.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00Even worse for McCartney, the kid went out and blew it on an endangered snow leopard sandwich.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Paul McCartney's knighthood may have been delayed by the cannabis possession thing.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09After a spliff, the Queen can never remember which one he is.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13George Harrison was attacked at his home. When confronted by the maniac,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Harrison chanted a mantra to achieve inner transcendental calm.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21When that didn't work, his wife twatted the bloke with a lamp.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28John Lennon had an airport named after him and a lot of Blazin' Squad are named after stations.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31There's DJ Didcot Parkway.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33LAUGHTER
0:05:33 > 0:05:36There's the Notorious Chorleywood.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- And... - LAUGHTER
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And there's Snoop Doggy Rickmansworth.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49A few years down the line, we invited a bona-fide friend of The Beatles to guest-host the show.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I know this one. When can I say?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Any time you like.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- # Dum-dum, chickadow... # - The Beatles.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Oh!- It's The Beatles. Isn't that enough?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Who's in charge here? LAUGHTER
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Why don't you give him a clue?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Lots of people in the same area - how did they get there?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11The bus. LAUGHTER
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- When you're making love... - Yeah?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18LAUGHTER
0:06:19 > 0:06:22And there's a perfect union
0:06:22 > 0:06:24when you...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Come Together. - Yes!
0:06:27 > 0:06:29APPLAUSE
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Did anybody know that I was great mates with The Beatles?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Did you have a favourite Beatle? - I went through the lot of them.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40LAUGHTER
0:06:40 > 0:06:43No, I didn't mean... No.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Cilla Black!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- No, no... - APPLAUSE
0:06:47 > 0:06:49No! Let me clarify that.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Just for the audience and everybody watching at home,
0:06:53 > 0:06:59when you saw The Beatles as a kid, your first love was Paul
0:06:59 > 0:07:01because he had that lovely baby face,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04then you went on to John
0:07:04 > 0:07:07because he was rugged and very feisty,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12then you went on to George because he was just so lovely.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And the last resort was Ringo.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Mind you, have you seen him lately?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Who'd have thought that Ringo would turn out the cute one?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26He used to look like Yasser Arafat. He doesn't any more.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- LAUGHTER - No, he doesn't any more.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35# I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady... #
0:07:35 > 0:07:39The new millennium brought three major success stories.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41# Please stand up, please stand up... #
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Eminem became the first credible white man in rap since PJ and Duncan
0:07:46 > 0:07:52as 2000 saw The Real Slim Shady and Stan both hit the No.1 spots.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55# Why I got out of bed at all... #
0:07:55 > 0:08:01Coldplay parachuted into the charts and brought us Shiver, Yellow and Trouble.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Sounds like a liver infection!
0:08:03 > 0:08:07But one man stood a perfectly trim cut above the rest.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10# I-III...
0:08:10 > 0:08:14# Would like to rewind... #
0:08:14 > 0:08:19I went to the BRIT Awards and Ali G was there. The first thing he said was, "Bo' Selecta!"
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Out of the whole place, I felt that inside. It was something he was saying to me.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Yes, 2000 saw Craig David explode all over the charts with three of the year's biggest hits.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Here's Craig's revolutionary take on making music.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37That's the thing that I try to create with my album - songs.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40# Can you fill me in...? #
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Craig, get the beat and make it so hot that it's undeniable.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51Unsurprisingly, Craig David went on to become a firm favourite on Buzzcocks.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Craig says when girls go out with him, he worries, "Is this for Craig David the person or the artist?"
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Oh, God! - Not over the jokes, all right?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01LAUGHTER
0:09:01 > 0:09:06Number one rule. I don't talk over your songs. I don't even listen to 'em!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Not over the jokes! - LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Last Christmas, Craig just missed the top of the charts with Re-Rewind
0:09:14 > 0:09:17when Cliff Richard held him firmly in the number two slot.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Alesha, can you rap as fast as Craig David?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23SHE STARTS RAPPING
0:09:23 > 0:09:24No.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29What's it called, though? That quick rapping, is there a name for it?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Crapping?- Crapping?!- Crapping? - LAUGHTER
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Toasting, freestyling?
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- I think I prefer "crapping". - That's a good one.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Craig David's a good crapper.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Are you...? - No, I'm not a good crapper.- OK.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Not many can do it. You and him are almost the entire UK crap scene.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Things took a turn for the worse for Craig when a certain idea hopped into Simon Amstell's head.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We all know Craig David sleeps with rabbits. That's known?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- His girlfriend's stunning.- Oh, yeah.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Thumper?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Earth, Wind & Fire used to liven up performances with magic tricks.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17That's nothing. At the end of Craig David's shows, he pulls a rabbit...
0:10:17 > 0:10:20That's just the end of that one.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Pink recently became the face of an RSPCA campaign to encourage people to be kinder to animals.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31Craig David was disappointed not to be asked, especially after setting up his own charity,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35the International Federation for the Universal Care of Rabbits.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:10:40 > 0:10:46- I'll handicap you. We'll put some ear defenders on you, so you cannot hear what is going on.- OK.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51# Monday, took her for a drink on Tuesday... #
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Three.- # We were making love by Wednesday... #
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- Blow job?- # And Thursday, Friday, Saturday, we chilled on Sunday... #
0:11:00 > 0:11:02APPLAUSE
0:11:04 > 0:11:10- "Took her for a drink on..." - From that, it looked more like, "I sucked him off on Tuesday."
0:11:10 > 0:11:16- What do you think it was? - It's called 7 Days?- It is called 7 Days. Absolutely right. Awesome!
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Is you Madonna? Your babylons look less big than they do on the telly, but I still definitely would.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- You wish!- I do, actually.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36# Music... #
0:11:36 > 0:11:402000 saw Madonna team up with Ali G to make beautiful music.
0:11:40 > 0:11:47Clearly feeling inspired, Richard Madeley brought us his most unforgettable moment.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52In fact, it was a big year for the most overexposed pair in television.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- CHEERING - No, I'm not doing him.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- The real one's here. - The real one's here. He'll take care of me afterwards. Um...
0:12:08 > 0:12:11No, I'm not doing him. Can I...?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Ohh!- Oh!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18CHEERING
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Good old John Leslie.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28The new millennium witnessed a TV revolution as Big Brother hit our screens for the first time.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33At first, it seemed more people might have been talking about Big Brother than watching it
0:12:33 > 0:12:36on what's normally a minority channel. Not any more.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41The show became a massive hit and overnight, the reality TV star was born,
0:12:41 > 0:12:47but as well as creating heroes, 2000's Big Brother also brought us Nasty Nick.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53- We were totally all respecting you. - A lot of people in this house had a lot of respect for you, Nick.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56In retrospect, you know, it was an error.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00But like all things, if you live by the sword, you die by the sword.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07- # Cos tonight, baby... # - One man who couldn't stay out of the news in 2000 was Dane Bowers.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Following a devastating split from Another Level,
0:13:10 > 0:13:15he also split from modelling and future equestrian clothing star Jordan.
0:13:15 > 0:13:22But things started to look up in April 2000 as his debut solo effort Buggin' gate-crashed the top ten.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Buzzcocks was such a Bowers fan, we booked him on back-to-back series.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30# Buggin', buggin' you
0:13:30 > 0:13:32# Buggin'... #
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- LAUGHTER - You got the words wrong, Dane(!)
0:13:35 > 0:13:37LAUGHTER
0:13:37 > 0:13:40We were banned from singing Freak Me on Blue Peter.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46- We had to change the lyrics because we said, "Let me lick you up and down."- About stamps, wasn't it?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51I like the pride in the fact that you were banned from Blue Peter.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55I'm proud of having higher hair than you at the moment.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58AUDIENCE: Oooh!
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Oh, no, we're not... It's not Hair Wars now, is it?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Anyway, you haven't.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Is there a similarity between me and Dane there?
0:14:08 > 0:14:15- No.- Because I've been fast-forwarding - no offence - on television, but thought it was me.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And I went back, but then I realised my hair was higher.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21LAUGHTER
0:14:22 > 0:14:27Following his triumph on Buzzcocks, Bowers went from strength to strength,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31hooking up with Victoria Beckham for her first post-Spice foray.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Not once did you ever sort of... a bit drunk?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- We both snogged each other. - Oh, wicked!
0:14:39 > 0:14:44When you snogged Victoria, did you find her face a bit sharp?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45LAUGHTER
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Victoria Beckham, better known as Posh Spice, is making her first solo bid for the No.1 slot.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58Determined perhaps to silence those who criticise her for being the one Spice Girl that can't sing,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01she's touring the country to promote her new single.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07But Posh Spice's main rival Spiller says it's relying on its song and not hype to boost sales.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11But who would come out on top? Posh Spice or Ellis-Bextor and Spiller?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Tonight, Victoria Beckham must swallow the sad and bitter truth
0:15:15 > 0:15:21that she's lost out in her race for the No.1 spot to a band that sounds like a dog food.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Its lead singer says her only claim to fame is her mother worked on Blue Peter.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Sophie Ellis-Bextor was a successful artist in her own right.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Why did everyone keep banging on about the Blue Peter connection?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Let's just get Sophie in the mood with something she might know.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40THEME MUSIC: "Blue Peter"
0:15:45 > 0:15:47APPLAUSE
0:15:50 > 0:15:55By the way, I got these for your mum. This should help for the collection.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57LAUGHTER
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- I'm always thinking of you... - You can do that one.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- How much will you get for that? About 50 pence?- About that. - Great, anything to help.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Let's cheer her up. Here's a picture of my tortoise.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Oh, for God's sake!
0:16:11 > 0:16:17- Go on, you can have it. - How long are you going to make this joke go on?- An hour or so.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20You could go home now. You're loaded with stuff.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's like Christmas Day.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Sophie, see this? See this?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28LAUGHTER
0:16:29 > 0:16:3115 minutes, that took.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Several years later with a new host at the helm, we invited Sophie back
0:16:36 > 0:16:38to share her showbiz anecdotes.
0:16:38 > 0:16:44- Sophie, you just finished the Take That tour?- Yeah.- Was that fun?- Brilliant. I had a lovely time.
0:16:44 > 0:16:50- Any gossip? Anything? - No, they're just really nice guys. Kind of what you expect, isn't it?
0:16:50 > 0:16:56Imagine you were on a comedy show where we needed to fill some time, then what would you say?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59There was a funny night where Take That had a Christmas party
0:16:59 > 0:17:05and all the boys took the piss out of each other in a genuinely funny manner.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08That will have to do.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16# Nee-ow, nee-ow
0:17:16 > 0:17:18# Nee-ow, nee-ow... #
0:17:18 > 0:17:23More chart news now. Here is one of 2000's most memorable hits
0:17:23 > 0:17:26as performed by Phill Jupitus and an extremely young Jamelia.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28# Ohhh-oh
0:17:28 > 0:17:31# Ohhh-oh... #
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Mr Bean?- # Ohh-ah...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- # Ohh-ah!- Nee-ow
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- # Nee... #- Whoa!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Hold on, hold on, hold on.
0:17:40 > 0:17:46- Moby.- It is Moby. - But it's off the film The Beach and I don't know what it's called.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49It's Porcelain which should have sounded like this.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51MUSIC: "Porcelain" - Moby
0:17:51 > 0:17:57Yes, Porcelain was the sixth single to be released from Moby's mammoth selling No.1 album Play.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Moby's album Play is the record most frequently used in adverts,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05including my favourite... # Oh, lordy... # Toilet Duck!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07LAUGHTER
0:18:07 > 0:18:13The scores at the end of that round are five-all, so it's a draw, teams, OK?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15APPLAUSE
0:18:15 > 0:18:20It's a tie-break situation, so I'm going to show you a home-made clip.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Count how many Mobys there are in this clip. Go!
0:18:25 > 0:18:27# Moby, Moby, Moby
0:18:27 > 0:18:30# Moby, Michael Stipe, Moby, Moby
0:18:30 > 0:18:32# Moby, Moby, Michael Stipe
0:18:32 > 0:18:36# Michael Stipe, Michael Stipe Moby, Moby, Michael Stipe
0:18:36 > 0:18:39# Moby, Moby, Moby, Michael Chiklis
0:18:39 > 0:18:42# Bruce Willis, Bruce Willis, Bruce Willis
0:18:42 > 0:18:46# Michael Chiklis, Moby, Moby Michael Stipe, Michael Chiklis
0:18:46 > 0:18:48# Heston Blumenthal! #
0:18:48 > 0:18:51APPLAUSE
0:18:56 > 0:19:03Might have been thrown by Blumenthal at the end there, but how many Mobys did you count? Phill?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- 12.- You're going for 12.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Noel's team?- 14.- 14.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13The correct answer was 15, so, Noel, you were closest there with 14,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16which means you are tonight's winners!
0:19:16 > 0:19:23Elsewhere, Kylie dusted herself down, threw on an old pair of shorts and tried her luck with this.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26# I'm spinning around... #
0:19:26 > 0:19:34The hot pants in my video seem to have attracted more attention than I have.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36# I'm not the same... #
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Kylie's favourite bra fetched a staggering £6,000 on eBay. - Do you want to see it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43LAUGHTER
0:19:43 > 0:19:46APPLAUSE
0:19:49 > 0:19:562000 was a beautiful year for U2 as they launched themselves back into the charts.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58# It's a beautiful day... #
0:19:58 > 0:20:05I think Bono gets a raw deal. Just give me three good reasons why he comes in for so much stick.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I am overpaid, over-nourished
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and, um...over-dressed.
0:20:11 > 0:20:18All right, fair enough. Here's fellow Irishman Sean Hughes to shed some light on the band's origins.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Bono's name came from a shop on O'Connell Street.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26They were going down the road, but they were looking in the car mirror, so they read it backwards.
0:20:26 > 0:20:32He thought it said "Bono", but it was actually Ireland's first sex shop called "O'Nob".
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Is that your final answer?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- No, it's not! - Kelle, it's only a game.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44- I like to win. - You don't get a speedboat at the end. You just leave.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48It's a shop on O'Connell Street for hearing aids called Bonavox.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54Spot-on. As a teenager, Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson, was a member of a gang called The Village.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00They sound hard, don't they(?) And they used to meet opposite a hearing aid shop
0:21:00 > 0:21:05on Dublin's O'Connell Street called Bonavox. He liked the name and he adopted it.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09In 1989, The Edge celebrated the birth of his third child
0:21:09 > 0:21:11by water-skiing with Luke and Matt Goss.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15It worked out cheaper than hiring water-skis.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21That banner was put up by Bertie Ahern, just apologising for U2 and Boyzone.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- IRISH ACCENT: - "I'm very sorry about the whole business."
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- That's a good way to start the peace talks.- Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34And for some reason, Adam Clayton is dressed as a 1980s lesbian.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37LAUGHTER
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- He looks a bit like Pat from EastEnders.- He does.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46The Edge says that whilst recording U2 tracks, he sometimes peels off his clothes to relieve the boredom.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Good luck. I've tried peeling off my skin and they're still tedious!
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Old sex symbols don't fade away. They just go from strength to strength.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00# Sex bomb, sex bomb... #
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Yes, the new millennium wasn't just about new artists
0:22:03 > 0:22:07as three of music's old guard were still populating the charts.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13First up, Tom Jones, who in 2000 was reloaded and back to his best.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16He's got that weird thing now where he goes...
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Every now and again, he'll be singing... # Why, why, why... #
0:22:21 > 0:22:23# Sex bomb, sex bomb... #
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- WELSH ACCENT: - "Keep it together, Tom. Whoa!"
0:22:27 > 0:22:32According to rumour, Tom Jones immerses his manhood in Listerine after making love.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37It helps to retain his potency and make sure the lady has fresh breath in the morning.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- LAUGHTER - Now...
0:22:39 > 0:22:44That's how I'd like to do the joke. Our lawyers have asked me to use this wording.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50A long time ago, Tom Jones cleansed his member with a name brand mouthwash.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It may or may not have had a direct effect on his virility,
0:22:53 > 0:22:58but his lady friend had nice breath, possibly for unconnected reasons. Only joking!
0:22:58 > 0:23:00LAUGHTER
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Keeping Tom company, Elton John,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and as we entered the new millennium,
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Elton John was so famous, he couldn't even book himself for video shoots,
0:23:11 > 0:23:16instead calling on A-list chums Justin Timberlake and Robert Downey Junior.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22Elton may have been getting on a bit, but he could still be a little risque.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- That's back to basics, isn't it? - It is.- Piano, bass and drums? - Piano, bass, drums, guitar.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30A bit of organ. I like a nice organ.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32LAUGHTER
0:23:32 > 0:23:36In 1998, Elton John sued his manager over the loss of £20 million earrings.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Sorry, earnings. - LAUGHTER
0:23:39 > 0:23:41No, sorry, earrings.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Elton said, "I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You can't do that with a piano."
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Sit tight, sunbeam. I have some big mates. We'll have a go.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Elton refuses to set foot in France again after a fan shouted "yoo-hoo" at him.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59He was annoyed they'd found out what he used to stick his hair on with.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03# Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
0:24:03 > 0:24:06# You're a butterfly... #
0:24:06 > 0:24:09What do you think is the tale behind that story?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I didn't know Timmy Mallett did a single.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:24:15 > 0:24:21OK, I heard, right, that at this time, he wasn't... Nobody knew that he was gay, innit?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Well, people had an idea.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I heard he married someone?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30You are very, very close, although you're thinking of Freddie Mercury.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35I think that this was like a kind of secret kind of...
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- Lemonade drinker?- No, a kind of secret confession that he's gay.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44"You nearly had me roped and tied." He's talking about a woman.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46"You very nearly had me, but, oh, I'm gay!"
0:24:46 > 0:24:49LAUGHTER
0:24:49 > 0:24:50APPLAUSE
0:24:50 > 0:24:56I really do love the thought that gay men, that's the way they work it out.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58"Oh, I'm gay!"
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Our final oldie needs no introduction,
0:25:02 > 0:25:07so here's the world's most long-winded introduction ever, courtesy of Gail Porter.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12This next guy has sold more records in the UK than anybody else
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and his current single continues that trend.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Despite its lack of radio play, you bought it, we've put him on.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It is, of course, Sir Cliff Richard!
0:25:24 > 0:25:26CHEERING
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Cliff, what does it feel like to be back here on Top Of The Pops?
0:25:30 > 0:25:36- It's always great to be on The Pops because it means your record's in the charts!- Hooray!
0:25:36 > 0:25:38# Lead us not
0:25:38 > 0:25:41# To the time of trial... #
0:25:41 > 0:25:47Fresh off the back of his chart-topping Millennium Prayer and celebrating his 60th birthday,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Cliff Richard had become something of a hot Buzzcocks topic in 2000.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55# The power and the glory... #
0:25:55 > 0:26:00This, surely... That's the Quality Street team...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- That's bad. - That's the way we dance over here.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Usually when Peter sees it, there's a pair of fake breasts swinging...
0:26:07 > 0:26:14We're the same age. Same birthday, same age. Separated at birth. He could be my brother.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15LAUGHTER
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Your lives have led a very similar path(!)
0:26:18 > 0:26:22What a great contest that'd be, you and Cliff!
0:26:22 > 0:26:28"So, Cliff, let's count off the people we've slept with. One... All right, my turn."
0:26:29 > 0:26:31# Oh, oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa... #
0:26:31 > 0:26:37"Hey, Cliff, Cilla Black here. I'm going out with Dale Winton, Paul O'Grady and Christopher Biggins.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40"Do you want to come?" "Not with that bunch of gaylords.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45"What would the priest I've lived with platonically for seven years think?"
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Eugh!- Women queue for days for his concerts.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57They actually go to Wimbledon and hope that it starts raining,
0:26:57 > 0:27:03so Cliff can get up and do an impromptu performance of Living Doll or whatever.
0:27:03 > 0:27:09- How does he stay young?- I think there are many people in the world who would like to know his secret.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Well, I think most of us do, but, um...
0:27:12 > 0:27:15LAUGHTER
0:27:15 > 0:27:18APPLAUSE
0:27:18 > 0:27:20He pulled his 1975 record Honky Tonk Angel
0:27:20 > 0:27:26when he learned the title referred to a loose moral lady of the night and never performed the song again.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32If only somebody had told him that Mistletoe And Wine was street slang for amyl nitrate and tromboning.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:27:39 > 0:27:43So, there you go, the year 2000, according to Buzzcocks.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46We danced, had fun
0:27:46 > 0:27:49and got a bit carried away.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Time to get all nostalgic about some of the faces we've seen in the new millennium with.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59That's Daphne and Celeste, Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers, Joe Washbourn from Toploader,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03the late, great Kirsty MacColl, Coolio, Kelle Bryan from Eternal,
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Kenzie from Blazin' Squad, Kelly Jones, Nicky Shaw from the Thunderbugs, Bernard Cribbins,
0:28:08 > 0:28:13Andrea McLean, Simon Day, Su-Elise Nash from Mis-Teeq and Peter Stringfellow.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I've been Alex James and that was 2000, What A Load Of Buzzcocks!
0:28:19 > 0:28:23# Say it ain't so, I will not go
0:28:23 > 0:28:26# Turn the lights off, carry me home
0:28:26 > 0:28:29# Keep your head still, I'll be your thrill
0:28:29 > 0:28:32# The night will go on, my little windmill
0:28:32 > 0:28:36# Say it ain't so, I will not go
0:28:36 > 0:28:39# Turn the lights off, carry me home
0:28:39 > 0:28:43# Keep your head still, I'll be your thrill
0:28:43 > 0:28:45# The night will go on... #