0:00:03 > 0:00:05Years of armed conflicts have created
0:00:05 > 0:00:08a battalion of the battle-scarred.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11My right eye was down here somewhere and the left eye was damaged.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14I was found in a ditch with a radio antenna embedded in the back of my skull.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Let's get that right, come on!
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Choirmaster Gareth Malone is taking on his biggest battle yet.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23I want to give a voice to the people who have served our country
0:00:23 > 0:00:27and come back with shattered lives who deserve to be heard
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and who deserve to tell their stories.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31He's joining forces with Prince Harry...
0:00:31 > 0:00:32- Please, come in.- Thank you.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37..founder of the Invictus Games, a sporting competition for wounded veterans.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39It's about providing new opportunities,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43and a lot of these guys have never, ever stepped outside their house.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Together, they want to form an Invictus Choir.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Hello!
0:00:47 > 0:00:49The goal is to inspire the world.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51HE SINGS LOUDLY
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Whoa! Easy, tiger.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54# Life... #
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Now with a face that doesn't look like an axe murderer.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58HE LAUGHS
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I want it to be a choir of people with life-changing, extraordinary stories -
0:01:02 > 0:01:06even if they can't sing - because I want this to really pack a punch.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I want it to tell people what everyone's gone through.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11My best friend who died in my arms.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I was sleeping in disused stairwells by choice,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16whilst my youngest was learning to crawl.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Gareth has never had to work with problems as serious as these.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I'm not listening to what you're saying, it's painful in my head.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26There's another emotion for me and that actually is quite a lot of anger.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I just needed to get away, it was all a bit too much.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32I'm having a wobble.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34They're sounding awful.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36More energy! Let's get that right, come on.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38That section almost was good.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43They've got seven weeks until they perform for a global audience,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47opening the 2016 Invictus Games in America.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Welcome to Invictus.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I think this is what we are very good at as a nation,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13we're great at building beautiful memorials to those that have fallen
0:02:13 > 0:02:16in the various conflicts that we've been involved in.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20But we are less good at remembering those that come back
0:02:20 > 0:02:26with horrible life-changing injuries and mental trauma.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Prince Harry's trying to change that with the Invictus Games
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and he's invited me to go and put together a choir
0:02:32 > 0:02:34of wounded, injured and sick servicepeople
0:02:34 > 0:02:36to perform at the Invictus Games
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and I'm hugely honoured and incredibly excited
0:02:39 > 0:02:40because I think it's very important.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44We shouldn't forget those that still have something to give
0:02:44 > 0:02:45and still have lives to lead.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It's just two months until the Invictus Games.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Today, Gareth has a royal appointment with Prince Harry.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59What do you call Prince Harry and do I have to keep saying Prince all the time?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I'm going to find that very difficult.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I'd be fine if he wanted to call me Gareth.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07There's absolutely no problem with that. He doesn't need to use mister.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11# Gloria, gloria... #
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Kensington Palace.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I feel really nervous, actually.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16It's like going for a job interview.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Hello!
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Who let you in?! Hi, Gareth. How are you doing?- Hello.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Please, come in.- Thank you. It's a very intimidating place to come.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Hello.- Very nice to meet you. - Very nice to meet you, as well. - After all this time.- Yeah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Welcome.- Thank you.- Come in, please. - Thank you very much, Your Royal Highness. Is that...?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- No, no, no. Call me Harry, please. - Harry. Thank you very much. Nice place you have.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43After you.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Prince Harry's served in the Armed Forces for ten years,
0:03:46 > 0:03:51including two tours in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55You must feel very lucky to have got through those experiences unscathed?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58There was a few...a few close calls.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Being in a helicopter was probably a lot safer.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- It's not my idea of safe! - No, no, no.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07We always said to ourselves, you know, we weren't the guys having to
0:04:07 > 0:04:11kick people's doors down and be confronted with a guy with an AK-47.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Or, you know, a mine just outside, or an IED down an alleyway.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18That's a really hard thing, to have to wake up and know that
0:04:18 > 0:04:21every single day it could be your last day with two legs.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I mean, some of the guys were preparing themselves
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and actually putting tourniquets on their legs
0:04:26 > 0:04:28before they went on patrol, just so that if they lost a leg,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- they'd be ready to... - Strap it up.- Strap it up.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Those are horrific things to see.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Was it that that made you want to start the Invictus Games?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I think after spending ten years in the Army, you naturally end up
0:04:39 > 0:04:42sort of wanting to help - wanting to give back.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Dave Henson in that photo, for instance,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48double amputee from Afghanistan, and that's the cost.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50But then you look at the smile on his face
0:04:50 > 0:04:52and you realise that actually no matter how these people
0:04:52 > 0:04:56have basically had their lives cut in half - quite literally -
0:04:56 > 0:04:58they've managed to bring themselves back
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and, as they always say to me, there is life beyond injury.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Can we talk about where you see this performance sitting
0:05:03 > 0:05:05and what you want it to say?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I think it's about providing new opportunities in their lives
0:05:08 > 0:05:11and thinking - right, this is all about getting back on track.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Because a lot of these guys have never, ever stepped outside their house.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Major anxiety - and if music is that way of being able
0:05:18 > 0:05:21to give them that opportunity, then absolutely fantastic.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I'm just glad I'm not having to sing and it's them with you.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- I can see I'm not going to persuade you into this.- Er, no.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Are you musical? Do you sing? - I'm tone deaf.- Totally?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Yeah, totally tone deaf. Well, I like to think I can sing,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36but people who stand next to me normally say...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- You were never picked for choir? - I wasn't.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- I'm pretty good on the triangle! - Oh, great!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I take my hat off to you, it's going to be a challenge.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48If you can get a bunch of military people who don't normally sing to sing in tune...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- That will be inspiring in itself. Lovely to meet you.- Cheers, Gareth.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Thank you so much and I'll see you soon.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01He's so passionate in everything that he says
0:06:01 > 0:06:07about the Invictus Games and the inspiration that these guys offer to the world.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10These guys have been cruelly injured
0:06:10 > 0:06:14and their lives have been so...
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I was going to say ruined, but what Invictus brings is that they're not ruined -
0:06:19 > 0:06:23they can come back from the most extraordinary difficulty.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I'm excited. I've got fire in my belly for this now.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Gareth Malone - creating a choir of injured, wounded and sick service personnel.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I'm looking for a group of singers...
0:06:38 > 0:06:41First Gareth needs to recruit his choir.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43He's come to British Forces Broadcasting.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46He wants to get the word out to the military community.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Tell us about the Heroes Choir.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I've got a hunch that it could be really good for people,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54people that feel like this could be the challenge that gets them back on their feet.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56And what about the quality of their singing?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58This is not about a group of excellent singers.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I'm looking for people who have a voice,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04who've got something to say, to represent our nation through music.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Thank you very much. - Thank you so much, that was great.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Within a few days the first video applications are coming in.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18# There would be no reason why... #
0:07:20 > 0:07:24I'm looking for about 12 singers who can come with me to America.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26# We all need somebody... #
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Because I want to choose people who are going to benefit
0:07:28 > 0:07:34from the experience and people who represent this community of injured people.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40- WITH STRONG VOICE:- # Have I told you lately that I love you... #
0:07:40 > 0:07:42So, this guy - yeah, he can sing.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46# Sittin' on the dock of the bay
0:07:46 > 0:07:49# Watching the tide roll away... #
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Multitasking. Stayed pretty much in tune
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and also managed to cook a cheeseburger at the same time.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59# Chantilly lace had a pretty face... #
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Why is he wearing a tutu?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04# A wiggle in her walk A giggle in her talk
0:08:04 > 0:08:06# Makes the world go round... #
0:08:06 > 0:08:10He seems really fun. Great guy to have on the team.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13But he hasn't sung a note yet!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15# I sure do... #
0:08:15 > 0:08:22# Oh, liberation comes in whatever form to save me... #
0:08:22 > 0:08:24There's a really good voice in there.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29# Comes and whispers in the breeze... #
0:08:29 > 0:08:32You can sense the amount of emotion that are in the lyrics -
0:08:32 > 0:08:34obviously meant something to her.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37A degree of emotional vulnerability is needed in something like this.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40They've got to stand up and sing about themselves
0:08:40 > 0:08:44and bring some of that emotion to the performance.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Yes, she gets two ticks.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Before Gareth decides on his final line-up,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56he's meeting some of the applicants in person.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Former rifleman Paul lost his sight
0:09:02 > 0:09:05as a result of the conflict in Afghanistan.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Hello, good morning.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Paul received the George Medal for bravery in 2010.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13He's now working as a journalist
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and training to compete as a blind boxer.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Maybe it's my prejudice, but I hadn't expected to find a blind person boxing.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23No. I run, I climb, swim, cycle.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It's great. It's great to see and I didn't come here expecting to find
0:09:27 > 0:09:31somebody who was self-pitying, because of your tutu, frankly.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I just thought, you know, that looks like somebody who's up for a laugh.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Look, I want to be very honest... - OK.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40..that I didn't hear tremendous vocal potential.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Would it be OK just to sing something simple like a nursery rhyme?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46# Twinkle, twinkle, little star... #
0:09:46 > 0:09:50# Twinkle, twinkle, little star... #
0:09:50 > 0:09:53We're approaching the right zone.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55# How I wonder what you are... #
0:09:55 > 0:09:59# How I wonder what you are... #
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- I thought you was going to say something.- No. I was just... That was a smile you heard.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05HE LAUGHS
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Good ears. Do you mind telling me a bit about what happened to you?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- I was a rifleman.- Yeah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15I was out on a patrol. I realised once the dust had settled
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I was laying in an IED field. So, that means a daisy chain.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21So, all the IEDs are connected.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23A couple of IEDs were connected, so if one goes off... Boom, boom.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27So, yeah, somebody else come out to bolster up the team and then he...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- He set them all off.- He set it off and he got blown in half
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and I got blown up and, yeah, two men dead -
0:10:33 > 0:10:35and me - my right eye was down here somewhere
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- and the left eye was damaged and my face was all blown.- Wow.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42And they had to scoop me up in a JCB, erm...
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Oh, because of the risk of more IEDs.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Apparently, I would have died, do you know what I mean? But they obviously saved me, so...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53You've just got to keep going. We're human, we can overcome anything.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55You know, my attitude is that you don't need sight to have vision.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- You should have that tattooed. - I don't think I've got space!
0:10:58 > 0:10:59THEY LAUGH
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- Listen, it's really very inspiring to meet you.- Thank you very much.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05That is a challenge.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07That is a challenge.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Not the greatest singer.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Actually, one of the most off-the-note people I've met.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It's quite astonishing to hear what he's been through
0:11:17 > 0:11:21and see what incredible spirit he's got.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Paul is what this is all about.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Somebody like him is exactly what I'm looking for.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Headley Court in Surrey is one of the military's leading medical rehabilitation centres.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41In operation since the Second World War, it's treated 16,000
0:11:41 > 0:11:46service personnel coping with life-changing injuries and trauma.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Hello.- Hello.- Nice to meet you.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Gareth's meeting two retired officers and patients here
0:11:52 > 0:11:54who are hoping to be recruited into the choir.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- This is what you had. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Days and days and days sitting on these benches
0:11:58 > 0:12:01being fitted with legs.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Retired Captain Bernie is one of the many who have been injured
0:12:05 > 0:12:08away from the battlefield serving their country.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12He lost his lower right leg on a military fear training exercise
0:12:12 > 0:12:14eight years ago.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17It was a race - inter-regimental race -
0:12:17 > 0:12:19I was on the skeleton toboggan, I went round a right-hand corner
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and it hit that post and it took my foot clean off. So...
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- I was doing about 80 miles an hour, so...- Wow!- Yeah.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I got to the bottom and I won my race.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Oh, great.- Every cloud, you know.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Hello, how are you?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Stewart was a company commander leading 160 men in Afghanistan
0:12:36 > 0:12:39when an IED exploded.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- The shrapnel smashed through the back of my brain.- Ooph.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I was found in a ditch with a radio antenna embedded
0:12:45 > 0:12:47in the back of my skull.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50And so I've got difficulties and impairments
0:12:50 > 0:12:51in this part of the brain here.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53What does it affect, then? Exactly?
0:12:53 > 0:12:58It's just exhausting. So, my brain, it's as if it's running on just a tiny battery.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- We'd better get on with it before your batteries run down.- No, no.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I'm better than I was, yeah.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Would you mind singing me a song?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Erm... OK.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13# We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the...sea - trees
0:13:13 > 0:13:17# We got sunshine and bananas you can pick right off a tree
0:13:17 > 0:13:21# We got volleyball and Ping-Pong and a lot of dandy games
0:13:21 > 0:13:23# What ain't we got?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25# We ain't got dames. #
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- I don't know the rest of the chorus. - That's fine.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32That's good. That's good, there is a voice there.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Let's hear you now, sir.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37# O'er the hills and o'er the main
0:13:37 > 0:13:41# Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain
0:13:41 > 0:13:44# King George commands and we obey
0:13:44 > 0:13:47# Over the hills and far away. #
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Good.- All right?- Yeah, good. Very good. There's a nice tone there.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- There's a bit of rushed nervousness, as well!- Yeah, of course.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Well, you're very much a part of the team for me. So...
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Fantastic, brilliant. - Well done. Good.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- And you, sir.- Really? - Yeah, definitely.- Thank you.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09The explosion in Afghanistan brought Stewart's 18-year Army career to an end.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14I loved it, I just really did enjoy soldiering.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I'd just been selected for promotion to colonel,
0:14:17 > 0:14:22so on paper I was doing everything to have a very good career.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Everything that I loved about the military has been taken away
0:14:26 > 0:14:29because of my injury. I've lost my identity.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32The damage to certain functions in Stewart's brain
0:14:32 > 0:14:35makes simple, everyday tasks problematic.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39The first time I came home, I was put in the bath by my wife,
0:14:39 > 0:14:44she then heard me crying and so she came in and asked what was wrong
0:14:44 > 0:14:46and I did not know how to wash my hair.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52I couldn't work out shampoo, hair, water - what do I do?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55You should see me when I'm cooking lunch, Sunday roast -
0:14:55 > 0:14:57all gets very stressful.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00The problem that I've got with my brain injury
0:15:00 > 0:15:02is that I struggle with planning and organising,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04with problem-solving.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08I've tried to work and I can't hold down a job.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13This is one way of showing to people that it's not just the visible injury.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16I am an invisible injury
0:15:16 > 0:15:21and it is about having a voice, telling my story.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32One in five veterans suffer with mental-health problems
0:15:32 > 0:15:38and some in Gareth's choir have battle scars that are psychological as well as physical.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The thing that actually frightens me about the project is dealing
0:15:41 > 0:15:44with people with PTSD - post-traumatic stress disorder -
0:15:44 > 0:15:47because that's a mental-health issue
0:15:47 > 0:15:48and that's unpredictable
0:15:48 > 0:15:51and I don't know how those people are going to...
0:15:51 > 0:15:54You know, they might give every appearance of being completely fine
0:15:54 > 0:15:56and totally able to take part in the project,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59but are they actually going to be able to get all the way
0:15:59 > 0:16:01to stand on that stage?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I've got no idea.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Morning.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11He's come to mental-health charity Combat Stress to meet retired squadron leader Alison...
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Hello.- It's lovely to meet you. - Pleasure to meet you, too.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19..who's receiving treatment here for post-traumatic stress disorder.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24- Did you sing as a kid?- I've always enjoyed singing.- Did you stop, then?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Yeah, I kind of stopped everything. I lost...I lost everything
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and I lost any confidence I'd ever had in myself.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36So, this could be potentially something else that will help with that?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Absolutely.
0:16:37 > 0:16:4013 years in service and a tour of Kosovo
0:16:40 > 0:16:43left Alison severely traumatised.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47She suffered a breakdown and was discharged from service five years ago.
0:16:47 > 0:16:54The breakdown - it's quite a complex issue that triggered the PTSD.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Really, I'm not ready to talk about it yet.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Alison developed a fear of leaving the house alone
0:17:01 > 0:17:04and has become dependent on her family.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08About six years that I haven't been anywhere by myself.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I lean on Mum and Rhys quite a lot.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17Alison does suffer from anxiety and sometimes panic attacks
0:17:17 > 0:17:20and anything can be a trigger, and that's unbelievable.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22That's not my daughter.
0:17:22 > 0:17:28She can't do very much independently.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Lots of phone calls during the day.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34I'm glad she's on an unlimited limit on her mobile phone,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36because there's just so many.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40I don't like to classify myself as a carer, because it's my wife
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and it's something that I believe I should be doing.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Alison is hoping reconnecting with her love of singing
0:17:47 > 0:17:49will help with her recovery.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- I'd love to hear you sing. - OK, just here, now?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- No time like the present. - Whilst we're chilling.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58# The only one who could ever reach me
0:17:58 > 0:18:01# Was the son of a preacher man
0:18:01 > 0:18:04# The only boy who could ever teach me
0:18:04 > 0:18:05# Was the son of a preacher man
0:18:05 > 0:18:11# Yes, he was, he was Oooh. #
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Great. You've got a strong voice. I don't know if you can hear it,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- but you've made all the guitars vibrate.- Have I?- Yeah.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Good, that's great. You're in, congratulations.- Really? Thank you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- That is amazing.- Well, thank you so much. I think it's going to be great.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Honestly, I'm so excited.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Gareth now has a choir of ten
0:18:34 > 0:18:37and is starting with three days of intensive rehearsals
0:18:37 > 0:18:41at Tedworth House Recovery Centre for members of the Armed Forces.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I don't know how I'm going to deal with them.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47They're a very different group of people from any I've worked with before.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49He's got just seven weeks to get them ready to perform
0:18:49 > 0:18:52at the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56We're going to America to perform on an international stage.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It's a hugely, hugely pressured thing that they're going to do.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Before we get anywhere near that, I want to train them,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I want to find out what they're capable of.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07This is the Gareth Malone equivalent of boot camp.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Gareth's new recruits are drawn from the last 50 years of conflict.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Tedworth House is familiar to some of them,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20who've spent time here in treatment.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But today is the first time the choir are meeting each other.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25A bit anxious this morning.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29I haven't engaged, really, with military people for a long time.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Geoff.- Hi, David. I'm Gemma.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Andy, welcome.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39Exciting. There's a varied bunch of people and the common thing is,
0:19:39 > 0:19:43you know, we've lost bits and bobs, and we're still here, aren't we?
0:19:43 > 0:19:44It is emotional, really.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- This is Paul.- Hey, Paul.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Yeah, I'm feeling optimistic.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Something could come of this.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Just work hard and keep your head down.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I think we're waiting on one more.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Last to arrive is Alison.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58It's the first time in six years
0:19:58 > 0:20:01she's travelled anywhere without a member of her family.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Nice to see you. Welcome. - Thank you.- Are you all right?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- You're here!- Yeah. I know. - Are you OK?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Yeah, it's the first time I've done that on my own, so...- Well done.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- It's a good step already.- Brilliant. Right, first of many, I think.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Hopefully.- Come in, come and meet everyone. Don't be nervous, it's fine.- OK.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17This is Alison, everyone.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- So, welcome, everyone. - ALL:- Thank you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Welcome. You are now the Invictus Choir. Congratulations.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24THEY CHEER
0:20:24 > 0:20:27And the goal is to inspire the world...
0:20:29 > 0:20:34..with your voices and with what you've been through and what you are now doing.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I'd like for you to say why you're here.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42My service career was in the Royal Military Police.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I was blown up by the IRA in 1989.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I was going shopping on a Saturday morning,
0:20:48 > 0:20:53my wife and I jumped in the car and there was a bomb underneath the front.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It changed my life -
0:20:56 > 0:21:00but singing, I'm very keen on singing, but I'm rubbish!
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Alison. - Hi, I'm Alison. I...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- I don't think I can do this. - You're here. That's fine.- I can't.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14That's all right.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I'm just glad you're here and I'm glad that we're going to start singing,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20we're going to start making music and it's going to be good for you. Thank you.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24I was an aircraft engineer in the Royal Navy.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28I left in 2002 and I was never really able to settle.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Nightmares started coming back with PTSD
0:21:31 > 0:21:34and then house repossessed, homeless.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I have no history in music other than two tunes
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I learned on the harmonica and that's about it.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- We won't be needing that! - No. Thank God.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I need to sort you into a choir,
0:21:48 > 0:21:53and for that to happen I need to roughly establish
0:21:53 > 0:21:57what your natural range is. Shall we just go this way?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Would you like to stand up? Here we go!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01HE SINGS SCALES OPERATICALLY
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Hey, hey! Go on, again.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06HE REPEATS SCALES
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- OK, that's enough, Pavarotti. Thank you. - THEY LAUGH
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Very good. Paul. Ready, and...
0:22:11 > 0:22:15HE SINGS OUT OF TUNE
0:22:15 > 0:22:17You've inserted a new one in the middle that doesn't belong.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- It's good. He's creative, I'll give him that.- Thank you.- Good.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22OK, Stewart. Ready?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24HE SINGS FORCEFULLY
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Yeah, can you just do that one more time? Just more softly.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28HE SINGS OUT OF TUNE
0:22:28 > 0:22:32OK, we'll come back to that. Softly we'll do next week. Good.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Geoff, up you get.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35HE SINGS LOUDLY
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Whoa! Easy, tiger!
0:22:38 > 0:22:40THEY LAUGH
0:22:40 > 0:22:43So, I am sure that you are itching to find out
0:22:43 > 0:22:45what we're going to be singing.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I want to start with a song that I think is absolutely ideal for you.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51It's an absolute modern classic.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I'm sure that when I say the name of the band to you
0:22:54 > 0:22:56it's going to fill you with joy -
0:22:56 > 0:23:00because who here cannot claim to be a One Direction fan?!
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- I love One Direction! - You're not a One Direction fan?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- I'm not a fan, no.- No.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I actually didn't want to do anything too sappy
0:23:06 > 0:23:08and sentimental for you guys.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Right, here it is.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12# Nobody can drag me down
0:23:14 > 0:23:16# Nobody, nobody
0:23:16 > 0:23:20# Nobody can drag me down. #
0:23:20 > 0:23:21That's the song. So...
0:23:21 > 0:23:24# I've got a fire for a heart... #
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Ready, two, three, and...
0:23:26 > 0:23:28# I've got a fire for a heart... #
0:23:28 > 0:23:30You seem to like the word "fire" in here.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32It's a good lyric for you, I think.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36"I've got a fire for a heart," and, like, feisty. Why don't we stand up? Up we get.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42Paul, my purpose in life is to point at people to say come in.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45The best way for me to get you that cue -
0:23:45 > 0:23:50- if he just kind of gives you a nudge when it's about to be you.- Yeah.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52If we hold hands, I'll squeeze.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- HE CHUCKLES - Oh, Navy boy!
0:23:54 > 0:23:55And, go.
0:23:55 > 0:24:03# All my life you stood by me, when no-one else was ever behind me
0:24:03 > 0:24:07# All these lights They can't blind me
0:24:07 > 0:24:13# With your love, nobody can drag me down. #
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- Has it gone there? Bloody tune! - Almost! OK.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- That was all right, wasn't it? - It was going in a right direction.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25There's only ONE DIRECTION to go in! Hey, hey!
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I was surprised.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32One Direction - not an immediate go-to band for me.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35My daughter will be made up, she absolutely loves One Direction.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- And my daughter...- What will your daughter think?- She'll think it's hideous.- Will she?- Totally uncool.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42They are not awful.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46The biggest thing for me was that Paul sang a note in tune.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It was only one, or maybe two, but it was the right note
0:24:49 > 0:24:54and it just proves to me that he can do it.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56That's a bold claim.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57HE LAUGHS
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I think that most of the things that come out of my mouth,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04in terms of singing ability, doesn't sound quite right.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I don't want to make a fool of myself, basically.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11If I'm going to do it, I want to do it as well as I can.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15I really felt their lack of confidence and lack of security.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19It's definitely the most vulnerable group I've ever dealt with.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22One of the least confident is Alison, and Gareth
0:25:22 > 0:25:24wants to work with her one to one.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- You had a little wobble there earlier, didn't you?- I did, yeah.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- OK, but you're all right?- Yep, I'm good.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Let's put that one behind us. Can I hear you do the beginning?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Three and...
0:25:35 > 0:25:39SHE VOCALISES
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- Nope.- There is a sort of Zen-like place where you go...
0:25:48 > 0:25:52HE VOCALISES
0:25:54 > 0:25:58And you get that clean concentration just on the note and the vowel
0:25:58 > 0:26:00and it's magical.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Try it again. Three and...
0:26:04 > 0:26:05SHE VOCALISES
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Yeah, good. That's really nice. As soon as you relaxed it was much better.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- I do get the sense for you that this is in your comfort zone.- Singing?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Yeah. And that you're comfortable in here
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and it's the outside world that's more difficult for you.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Yeah, I just want to get over myself.- Good. All right.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38- ..With a bit of 1D.- Who better? Thanks, Alison. You may go.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Thank you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I think today's been really good.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46When I first met her she was so terrified and nervous
0:26:46 > 0:26:48and through the day I think she's calming down
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and is finding strength in the fact that she is good at singing.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54She's got a lovely voice, she's going to be really useful in this.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I think that will give her a massive boost.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59# Since my baby left me
0:26:59 > 0:27:02# I found a new place to dwell... #
0:27:02 > 0:27:05The first day of rehearsals is coming to an end.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08# I've been so lonely, baby
0:27:08 > 0:27:10# I've been so lonely
0:27:10 > 0:27:13# I've been so lonely I could die. #
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Singing in a choir,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19it's an opportunity to be involved in a team again.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22That's been missing from my life.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26The Army has been part of my family's history for six or
0:27:26 > 0:27:27seven generations.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Unfortunately, my career came to an end when I was injured
0:27:33 > 0:27:35and those are the cards that you're dealt.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38In many respects I'm a househusband.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42I'm a sourdough-baking, yoghurt-making ninja househusband.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Do you know this one?
0:27:43 > 0:27:47# No more do I see the starlight through. #
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- You're a proper crooner, aren't you? - It's been known.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54It's nice to meet up with them after so many years
0:27:54 > 0:27:57because it's 50-odd years since I served.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59There's a camaraderie there, that never, ever...
0:27:59 > 0:28:02You don't ever get that in civilian life.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05You're always a brother.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11# No more feel the tender kisses that we used to share
0:28:12 > 0:28:16# I close my eyes and clearly my heart... #
0:28:25 > 0:28:28It's the second day of rehearsals at the recovery centre.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I've tried to pick a song that has something that will mean
0:28:32 > 0:28:34something to them. I know it's a One Direction song
0:28:34 > 0:28:39but it actually has lyrics that are charged and are apt for them.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41I want them to engage with the music emotionally.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It is about celebrating everything they've done.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48- Come in, come in.- Morning. - You all right? Hello, how are you?
0:28:48 > 0:28:52OK, so we are now going to crack on with our song.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55And I think the first thing I would like to do is to
0:28:55 > 0:28:59think about what this song means for us.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02It's so easy to put that barrier up
0:29:02 > 0:29:05and not actually think about what the words mean to you.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08And I can sniff the difference between it meaning something
0:29:08 > 0:29:11to you and not meaning something to you and you doing it by rote.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14So who would like to volunteer to read them out?
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Yes, sir. Go on, then, Stewart. Do you want to stand?
0:29:18 > 0:29:22I've got fire for a heart I'm not scared of the dark
0:29:22 > 0:29:26You've never seen it look so easy You taught me how to be someone
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- Yeah... - LAUGHTER
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Let's have some other people read. Anyone else?
0:29:33 > 0:29:37When I first read this I was, like, relating it to my daughter.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39So when I read it I'm thinking of my daughter
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- and how she's been there for me. - Supportive.- Through the tough times.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- Could you read it now?- No.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Not now having just said that, I can't.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Give it a go, this is what this is about.- Oh, sh...
0:29:52 > 0:29:56All my life you stood by me When no-one else was ever behind me
0:29:56 > 0:29:58All these lights They can't blind me
0:29:58 > 0:30:01With your love, nobody can drag me down.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Good. That's really good. And that's what I'm looking for.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09You OK?
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Sorry.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16- It's all right. - There's another emotion for me
0:30:16 > 0:30:18and that actually is quite a lot of anger.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Um...
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Cos I think when you're doing well and you're wearing the beret
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- and you're wearing all the rest of it, everyone's around you.- Yeah.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31And then when the wheels fall off...
0:30:32 > 0:30:38- They're not.- Yeah, there is a sense of being on your own, actually.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Yeah, of course.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44But with that the gratefulness of the unconditional love of...
0:30:44 > 0:30:49for me, those closest to me whilst the phone kind of stopped ringing.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Yeah.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53This business of connecting to the lyrics
0:30:53 > 0:30:56and connecting to the song is so important.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59It just takes that little step into singing with heart.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01But I think we've taken an important one this morning.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Go and get a break. Off you go. Thank you. Very good.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10When I was dragged down to the lowest level my daughter was
0:31:10 > 0:31:14the purpose in my life. She was the reason to...
0:31:15 > 0:31:17..get better, to be better.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21And to make a life for myself.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Shit.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Um...
0:31:27 > 0:31:31My first taste of how difficult this is going to be for them.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36If this is to be an experience that does something for them and
0:31:36 > 0:31:38does something to the audience
0:31:38 > 0:31:40that's inspiring we've got to go there.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41How are you feeling?
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Quite surprised at the level of emotion that I'm feeling today.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46- Are you?- Which I hadn't quite...
0:31:47 > 0:31:50It's only day two, for God's sake.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53You see, I think that was me yesterday.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- So we're obviously just going to take it in turns.- Yeah.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57The two women in the corner.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Get your wellie boots on.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Gemma was the first woman to be awarded with
0:32:06 > 0:32:10the RLC Carmen Sword for outstanding young officer.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Aged 25 she served as a captain during the Kosovo war.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17We were going out daily...
0:32:18 > 0:32:23..observing the most horrendous ethnic cleansing you can imagine.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28These were kids and you'd arrive, they'd implore you because you
0:32:28 > 0:32:32were somehow this beacon of hope and they'd implore you to help them.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36And yet really you could do nothing.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43The toughest thing for me was when we evacuated people that had
0:32:43 > 0:32:46worked for us and local villagers were rounded up.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50And many of them had a bullet in the back of the head.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52I still struggle with that now, actually.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Certainly the guilt of it now.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03When Gemma returned home she struggled to cope.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07I was sleeping in disused stairwells by choice whilst my youngest
0:33:07 > 0:33:08was learning to crawl.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10And other people were looking after him
0:33:10 > 0:33:15and I'm swigging out of a bottle and choosing to sleep rough.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20I haven't forgotten the past but I have moved on from it.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Before Kosovo Gemma was an accomplished singer
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and pianist but hasn't played since.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Letting it go and really singing from the heart...
0:33:33 > 0:33:37The fear is I'll open some of those boxes that are firmly padlocked.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45I'm anxious but I feel ready to do... Yeah, to do it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Down - two, three and...
0:33:49 > 0:33:51# Down
0:33:51 > 0:33:53# Nobody, nobody... #
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Gareth's new recruits are due to perform
0:33:56 > 0:33:58at the Invictus Games in just
0:33:58 > 0:34:01six weeks and they're struggling.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Ah!
0:34:02 > 0:34:05It sounds like an accident at the moment.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07We are going to take a pause there.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11For the next few hours he's splitting up his troops.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It's time for your one on one.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- You make a great guide dog. - Excellent
0:34:15 > 0:34:17GARETH BARKS
0:34:17 > 0:34:19He wants to drill them individually.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24No, what I want you to do is copy just what I sing.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26# If I didn't have you there would be nothing left... #
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Nope.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- # If I didn't have you there would be nothing left... #- Nope.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35# Yeah, all my life... #
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- # My life... # - Yeah.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Now with a face that doesn't look like an axe murderer.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40HE LAUGHS
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Paul is still struggling with the basics.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47PAUL VOCALISES
0:34:47 > 0:34:49GARETH VOCALISES
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- That's what I'm doing. - No - that's RIGHT.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55If you think I ain't good enough then you just got to tell me.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I would. You're working hard. Rome wasn't built in a day.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Can you do the next bit?
0:34:59 > 0:35:03THEY VOCALISE
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Good.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Yeah!
0:35:13 > 0:35:15There's a nice voice in there.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Whereas when you're trying to make a massive, manly...
0:35:17 > 0:35:18GARETH YELLS
0:35:18 > 0:35:23..it's just not nice. You're not used to the more sensitive side...
0:35:23 > 0:35:25No, I've been roughed around and beaten up all me life.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I'm just used to being smacked around the head and get on with it.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- It's not really my approach. - No, I don't suppose it is.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33PAUL LAUGHS
0:35:33 > 0:35:34I've got fire for a heart
0:35:34 > 0:35:36I'm not scared of the dark.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Retired Lieutenant Colonel Stewart, who has severe traumatic brain
0:35:40 > 0:35:44injury, has spent the afternoon trying to memorise the lyrics.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Never seen it...look so easy.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Who would have thought that learning a song to words would be
0:35:54 > 0:35:55so hard for me?
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Just the practicality of it winds me up.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02'Cos it's words, plus music'
0:36:02 > 0:36:04plus being amongst other people
0:36:04 > 0:36:08and it's almost like...not an attack but it's a lot of pressure
0:36:08 > 0:36:11on all my senses and my brain is struggling to handle this.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13It can't multitask.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I've got fire for a heart
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I'm not scared of the dark.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- You wanted to see me.- Yes.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- I am at a complete blank with the words.- Yes.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I can only remember the first line.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- OK. You're a very diligent and focused and driven character.- Yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I think that's nothing to do with your brain injury,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- that's just you, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Clearly the rank you got to, it's the kind of person you are.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Which can lead to frustration
0:36:41 > 0:36:44because the brain can't keep up with that.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Then let's have the words.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49I would just take the pressure off, use the lyrics for today.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That's fine. No problem for me.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54Stewart, he's a high achiever.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57And I could see his sense of frustration in it not just
0:36:57 > 0:36:58happening for him.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03I think memory, remembering all the words quickly
0:37:03 > 0:37:06so that you can get them out in quick succession,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09that's a big problem for people with brain injuries and PTSD.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13It's a lot to contend with, but music, there is so much going on.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16They've got to think about the audience, got to think about me,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19got to think about everyone else, listen to the music.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21It's a lot to take on board.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24And I think there's problems in every single area.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32You should be so lucky, baby.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Come in, come and stand by the fire.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39After two tough days of rehearsals Gareth has arranged
0:37:39 > 0:37:41a surprise night out.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43# What I really, really want
0:37:43 > 0:37:46# So tell me what you want, what you really, really want. #
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I'm slightly mortified by karaoke.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51# I tell you what I want, what I really, really want. #
0:37:51 > 0:37:53But this is great. It's really good for them.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55# All you want to do is ride around... #
0:37:55 > 0:37:58It's been a really stressful few rehearsals.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01The things that they've dealt with in their lives are intense
0:38:01 > 0:38:03and we can't talk about it all the time,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06we can't think about it all the time, we need to have some fun.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07# Sweet Caroline
0:38:07 > 0:38:10THEY VOCALISE
0:38:10 > 0:38:12# Good times never seemed so good. #
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- I'll make a big pig's ear out of it. - Last to take to the stage is Alison.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- I can't do it.- Why don't we do it together? Let's do a duet.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Let's do Angels, right.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25# I sit and wait
0:38:27 > 0:38:29# Does an angel
0:38:30 > 0:38:34# Contemplate my fate?
0:38:36 > 0:38:40# I'm loving angels instead
0:38:40 > 0:38:43# And through it all
0:38:43 > 0:38:46# She offers me protection... #
0:38:46 > 0:38:52I am up on the stage singing. It's actually quite exhilarating.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I kind of almost hold some regret for the past seven years that I've
0:38:55 > 0:38:57kind of cocooned myself
0:38:57 > 0:39:02and shut down and stayed away from everything that I really loved,
0:39:02 > 0:39:06which is music. It's quite sad. This is awesome.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Well done, Alis.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Today Gareth has a surprise lined up for the choir.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23It's the last day at Tedworth House
0:39:23 > 0:39:25and I think it's right that they perform.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Just a small performance, something to ease them into it, but we need
0:39:29 > 0:39:33an audience, we need to stand up and see what these guys are made of.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Before they perform Gareth has an idea to improve the song's
0:39:36 > 0:39:38arrangement.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41I've been thinking about the song.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I think I'd like to hear a couple of people do some solos.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50I feel like that first line could benefit from having a solo voice.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54So, Alison, could I hear you do the first bit?
0:39:55 > 0:40:00And then, Bernie, would you mind doing the first two lines of,
0:40:00 > 0:40:02"If I didn't have you there would be nothing left"?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Are you OK with that?- Yeah.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08I know you are because you did that karaoke last night.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Two, three and...
0:40:10 > 0:40:12# I've got a fire for a heart
0:40:12 > 0:40:13# I'm not scared of the dark
0:40:13 > 0:40:17# You've never seen it look so easy
0:40:17 > 0:40:20# If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
0:40:20 > 0:40:24# You taught me how I could be someone, yeah
0:40:24 > 0:40:26# All my life
0:40:26 > 0:40:28# You stood by me
0:40:28 > 0:40:31# With your love nobody can drag me down. #
0:40:33 > 0:40:34You did it.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38I think what you really need now is an audience.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40PEOPLE GROAN
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Don't you agree?
0:40:42 > 0:40:47I think you're ready and I think we should go and perform this now.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51- You ready?- Absolutely sick.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- Come on, let's go.- Howay, the lads.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Gareth has invited all the Tedworth staff to the
0:40:58 > 0:41:00choir's first ever performance.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Really anxious. Got that real sinking in the pit of my stomach.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08I'm feeling the pressure, I have to say, with the whole solo thing.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Please welcome the Invictus Choir.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Thank you very much.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28We are going to sing One Direction's Drag Me Down.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36# I've got fire for a heart
0:41:36 > 0:41:38# I'm not scared of the dark
0:41:38 > 0:41:41# You've never seen it look so easy
0:41:41 > 0:41:44# I've got a river for a soul
0:41:44 > 0:41:46# And, baby, you're a boat
0:41:46 > 0:41:48# Baby, you're my only reason
0:41:48 > 0:41:52# If I didn't have you there would be nothing left
0:41:52 > 0:41:56# The shell of a man who could never be his best
0:41:56 > 0:41:59# If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
0:41:59 > 0:42:02# You taught me how to be someone
0:42:02 > 0:42:07# Yeah All my life you stood by me
0:42:07 > 0:42:11# When no-one else was ever behind me
0:42:11 > 0:42:13# All these lights
0:42:13 > 0:42:15# They can't blind me
0:42:15 > 0:42:19# With your love, nobody can drag me down
0:42:19 > 0:42:20# Yeah
0:42:20 > 0:42:24# All my life you stood by me
0:42:24 > 0:42:27# When no-one else was ever behind me
0:42:27 > 0:42:31# All these lights They cannot blind me
0:42:31 > 0:42:35# With your love, nobody can drag me down. #
0:42:37 > 0:42:41CHEERING
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Whoohoo!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH
0:42:47 > 0:42:50That was fantastic. Yeah.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53You sound terrific. Much better than One Direction.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54It was absolutely amazing
0:42:54 > 0:42:57to see how well they've done in such a short space of time,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01and I was crying on the front row.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- I was like proper... - HUMS TUNE
0:43:03 > 0:43:04I was loving it, I was.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- Can I have an autograph? - Yes.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11'It was brilliant. I actually can't wait to get home.'
0:43:11 > 0:43:15I think they'll be surprised and hopefully proud of what I've done.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19- Did you enjoy it? - ALL: Yes.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21It was really, really great.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24This is a slightly soft audience.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27And, you know, the next audience may not understand
0:43:27 > 0:43:29as much as this one did.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33We will have to notch it up. At ease!
0:43:33 > 0:43:34I think a lot of them were
0:43:34 > 0:43:36quite overwhelmed by how powerful that was.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37I mean, all we did was walk into a room.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40We'd been in there all week,
0:43:40 > 0:43:42and yet, having a group of people in front of you,
0:43:42 > 0:43:44it changes everything with performance
0:43:44 > 0:43:46and it meant something to everyone.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50And that's good. It's a good first step.
0:43:53 > 0:43:54# All these lights. #
0:43:54 > 0:43:57The choir now have a week back at home to practise...
0:43:57 > 0:43:59# Nobody can drag me... #
0:43:59 > 0:44:01SHE LAUGHS
0:44:01 > 0:44:03..and they are drafting in family help.
0:44:03 > 0:44:09- # With your love nobody can drag me...- Down.- Down. #
0:44:09 > 0:44:11# Nobody, nobody. #
0:44:11 > 0:44:13Lots. Come here!
0:44:13 > 0:44:15# I've got a fire for a heart. #
0:44:15 > 0:44:18I've been singing a lot more.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22We went climbing mountains, and I was just at the top
0:44:22 > 0:44:25and just singing, because no-one else was around. Singing, yeah.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28It was quite liberating.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30# It looks so easy
0:44:30 > 0:44:32# I got a river for a soul
0:44:32 > 0:44:34# Baby, you're a boat
0:44:34 > 0:44:37# Baby, you're my only reason. #
0:44:37 > 0:44:41Ray Charles has got nothing on me.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44The choir are singing at the Invictus Games in just four
0:44:44 > 0:44:47weeks' time.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49I don't think that they sound right yet.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50I think there's a long way to go.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53You know, they've just scratched the surface.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57But Gareth needs some more voices to bolster the choir.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01I want it to make an impact. At the moment, we're ten people.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03And two women.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06And the two women are massively outsung by everybody else.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08So, I'm looking for more.
0:45:08 > 0:45:15# Amazing grace. #
0:45:15 > 0:45:18SHE HOLDS A LONG NOTE
0:45:18 > 0:45:20I like her, because, you know, her face lights up
0:45:20 > 0:45:24and she sings with intensity.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Yeah. That's great.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Retired Lance Corporal Marillia was serving in Iraq
0:45:29 > 0:45:32when a missile attack left her buried alive.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35When I was covered by this rubble,
0:45:35 > 0:45:40what came to me, immediately, is a song that my mummy gave me
0:45:40 > 0:45:42that I just hummed as much as I can.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45I heard a guy saying, "Hang in.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49"We are going to get you out. We're not going to leave you."
0:45:49 > 0:45:50And they did.
0:45:50 > 0:45:55Singing is the only thing that kept me knowing that I was alive.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58HE SIGHS
0:45:58 > 0:46:02This is extraordinary, somebody who, in her darkest hour,
0:46:02 > 0:46:05when she thought she was going to die, sang a song.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08That's my kind of person.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10She's going to be great.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14LIVELY MAZURKA PLAYS
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Morning. It's Gareth Malone. I'm here with the Invictus Choir.
0:46:25 > 0:46:30Today, Gareth is at the Royal Marine barracks in London...
0:46:30 > 0:46:32It's not like my school gym.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35We didn't have rifle parts on the wall.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37..to give the choir their next challenge.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Tomorrow, they are going to be performing at an event
0:46:40 > 0:46:42which is launching the Invictus Games.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45All the athletes will be there. It's a big deal.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49I haven't told them about it yet. They are a vulnerable group.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52And I think if I give them too much notice of things,
0:46:52 > 0:46:55it can build up in their heads.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59Hello. Welcome back.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02Marillia, hello. It's very good to have you on board.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Have you all been memorising your lines? What about you, Paul?
0:47:05 > 0:47:09- Yeah.- How's singing going?- Yeah. I'm pretty squared away. I reckon so.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11We shall find out.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13The first thing I want to say is,
0:47:13 > 0:47:17we've been invited to perform at a very exciting event.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19The official launch of the Invictus Games.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21This will be in front of all of the athletes
0:47:21 > 0:47:23who are going to be taking part.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24OK?
0:47:24 > 0:47:28Can we go and see the location, please? Before we perform?
0:47:28 > 0:47:31- I don't see why not.- Just because I'll be anxious anyway.- Yeah.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33This is an important part of the preparation
0:47:33 > 0:47:36for going to Orlando. Let's go for it. Here we go.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39# Nobody, nobody
0:47:39 > 0:47:42# Nobody can drag me down. #
0:47:42 > 0:47:45..is how it should go. Building, building, building.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48# Nobody, nobody
0:47:48 > 0:47:49Smooth.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52# Nobody can drag me down. #
0:47:52 > 0:47:53Think about the words.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56- # Nobody, nobody... # - More energy.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58# Nobody can drag me down
0:47:58 > 0:48:00# Got a fire for a heart
0:48:00 > 0:48:02# I'm not scared of the dark
0:48:02 > 0:48:05# You've never seen it look so easy
0:48:05 > 0:48:07# If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun... #
0:48:07 > 0:48:09And...
0:48:09 > 0:48:11- # You taught me how to be someone. # - Yeah.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14That's 10% of the commitment that I'm actually talking about.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16# You taught me how to be someone. # Not
0:48:16 > 0:48:18- WEAKLY: - # You taught me how... #
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Two, three, and...
0:48:20 > 0:48:23# You taught me how to be someone. #
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Yes. Question?
0:48:25 > 0:48:27I'm really struggling with the noise and everything.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I'm finding I'm getting too much information coming
0:48:29 > 0:48:33through my senses at the moment, I'm not listening to what you're
0:48:33 > 0:48:36saying, because it's painful in my head.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- Yeah.- I could do with a break. - That's absolutely fine.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40OK.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43# Nobody can drag me down. #
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Can we try that? Two, three, and...
0:48:45 > 0:48:49# Nobody can drag me down. #
0:48:49 > 0:48:51- SINGS NOTE - No.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Paul, you're the least experienced singer,
0:48:54 > 0:48:56and yet, in this situation, you're the loudest, at the moment.
0:48:56 > 0:49:01You're singing very forcefully, and on that moment,
0:49:01 > 0:49:02it's not quite right.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Are you OK?
0:49:04 > 0:49:07Oh, you're stretching out. That's no problem. I'm hungry for energy.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09You can't give me too much.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11- Have a break. Thank you, all.- Thank you.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13PIANO CONCERTO PLAYS
0:49:15 > 0:49:18- I'm having a wobble. - There's got to be melody in there.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22They're sounding awful. They're shouting it.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24They're not making music. It doesn't sound good.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27I've got an extra woman, but she's like she doesn't know it at all.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29I've got people late. I've got people leaving.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33I've got people that are, like, on medication.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36There are so many things that are difficult about this.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40I mean, they need energy, but the more energy I give it,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42the more Stewart finds it confusing.
0:49:42 > 0:49:46I mean, honestly, and we're going to be performing tomorrow.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50So, I'm feeling the pressure.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Can you get louder through the phrase? Here we go.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54One, two, three, and...
0:49:54 > 0:49:58- # You taught me how to be someone. # - Ooh!
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Not sure we're ready, but hey. Just haven't got a lot of choice.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04I suppose it's better that we get 24 hours' notice,
0:50:04 > 0:50:05rather than 20 minutes.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08# Whatever... # Opera!
0:50:08 > 0:50:12- # All these lights. # - That section almost was good.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14Now, I think we're in that military mind-set, we are
0:50:14 > 0:50:16committed and we are going to finish it,
0:50:16 > 0:50:20irrespective of the pain and anguish perhaps it causes.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24# With your love, nobody can drag me down. #
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Hey! Good! Good!
0:50:28 > 0:50:29Better.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32VIOLIN CONCERTO PLAYS
0:50:32 > 0:50:35It's the morning of the official launch of the Invictus Games
0:50:35 > 0:50:37at Kensington Roof Gardens in London.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Right. It's in here.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44The choir will perform in three hours' time.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46- This will be full.- OK.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48There'll be about 200 people in here.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50I don't do very well with crowded places and lots of people,
0:50:50 > 0:50:51so if I can see it
0:50:51 > 0:50:53when it's empty and know the format,
0:50:53 > 0:50:57I'll know, you know, the lay of the land, basically,
0:50:57 > 0:51:00so that should reduce some of my anxiety.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02There's no-one behind you except the choir members.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04OK.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- OK.- It doesn't matter what happens,
0:51:07 > 0:51:10it's just got to be... What happens, happens.
0:51:10 > 0:51:14- Are you happy? Any more questions? - No. I'm OK.- Right. Let's go.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17- MUSIC: Nimrod by Edward Elgar - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:51:17 > 0:51:21For the rest of the choir, it's last-minute preparations.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Women tend to get a bit frisky when they see a man in a kilt.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29And for some, it's the first time they've worn their military
0:51:29 > 0:51:31medals since leaving the Forces.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34I was thinking this morning, as I got the medals out,
0:51:34 > 0:51:37actually, I do feel proud about what I gave and what I did.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39That's actually a good feeling. It's something that I haven't
0:51:39 > 0:51:41thought about since I left.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43I just felt angry and bitter
0:51:43 > 0:51:45and probably quite twisted.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47This is the Rifles' regimental blazer.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50When I put the blazer on, I represent not just myself
0:51:50 > 0:51:53and my family but I represent the regiment and the men that fell.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56My pals that never came back.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00This summarises my 18 years in the military.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04This is one of the only ways I can really, truly show what I went
0:52:04 > 0:52:09through in terms of my career, and the proudest days of my life.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15The Invictus Games for wounded members of the Armed Forces
0:52:15 > 0:52:19is now in its second year, with 15 countries taking part.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21It's just starting to dawn on me
0:52:21 > 0:52:25what an incredible privilege it is to be a part of this team.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29Team GB has over 100 athletes competing in Orlando,
0:52:29 > 0:52:31hoping to bring home the medals.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35Beyond the injury, we can still achieve the extraordinary.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39To bring a military flourish to the occasion, Gareth has arranged
0:52:39 > 0:52:41for the band of the Coldstream Guards
0:52:41 > 0:52:44to perform alongside the choir.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Musical support, it's a hug, it's a beautiful, warm sound
0:52:47 > 0:52:49that will help...make them feel less exposed.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52But also, it's a... I think it's a nice gesture from the military
0:52:52 > 0:52:56of their...of their faith in these guys.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00And he's also invited their families to give support.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03Before she does her first line, everything will be crossed.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Complete bag of nerves for her.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Yes.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11I'm sure she can do it, I keep on sending her little messages.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14I'll be deliberately trying not to scan the crowd to find my daughter,
0:53:14 > 0:53:17because I'll get really embarrassed and emotional when I see her.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Choir, choir, can I have your attention?
0:53:20 > 0:53:21- Quiet.- All right, listen in.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24We're very, very shortly going on stage. This is not a parade.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26It needs to be fun and it needs to be spirited
0:53:26 > 0:53:28and it needs to be from the heart. You deserve to be there,
0:53:28 > 0:53:30you're going to do a fantastic job.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Just please enjoy it and show that in your faces,
0:53:32 > 0:53:34because a couple of you are quite stern.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Best of luck. Best of British!
0:53:36 > 0:53:39APPLAUSE
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Hello. Hello, ladies and gentlemen, athletes.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43It's fantastic to be here.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45I can think of no choir in the world
0:53:45 > 0:53:48that deserves to stand on this stage today alongside you.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51We are going to perform a fantastic song by One Direction
0:53:51 > 0:53:55as you've not heard it before, because this will be performed
0:53:55 > 0:53:59not only by the newly formed Invictus Choir
0:53:59 > 0:54:01but also by the band of the Coldstream Guards.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04So please welcome to the stage the Invictus Choir!
0:54:04 > 0:54:07APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:54:29 > 0:54:31# I've got fire for a heart
0:54:31 > 0:54:33# I'm not scared of the dark
0:54:33 > 0:54:36# You've never seen it look so easy
0:54:36 > 0:54:38# I've got a river for a soul
0:54:38 > 0:54:40# And, baby, you're a boat
0:54:40 > 0:54:43# Baby, you're my only reason
0:54:43 > 0:54:47# If I didn't have you there would be nothing left
0:54:47 > 0:54:50# The shell of a man who could never be his best
0:54:50 > 0:54:54# If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
0:54:54 > 0:54:58# You taught me how to be someone, yeah
0:54:58 > 0:55:00# All my life
0:55:00 > 0:55:02# You stood by me
0:55:02 > 0:55:05# When no-one else was ever behind me
0:55:05 > 0:55:07# All these lights
0:55:07 > 0:55:09# They can't blind me
0:55:09 > 0:55:13# With your love, nobody can drag me down
0:55:13 > 0:55:15# All my life
0:55:15 > 0:55:17# You stood by me
0:55:17 > 0:55:20# When no-one else was ever behind me
0:55:20 > 0:55:22# All these lights
0:55:22 > 0:55:24# They can't blind me
0:55:24 > 0:55:28# With your love, nobody can drag me down
0:55:30 > 0:55:33# Nobody, nobody
0:55:33 > 0:55:35# Nobody can drag me
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- # Down - Down
0:55:38 > 0:55:40- # Nobody, nobody - Down
0:55:40 > 0:55:43# Nobody can drag me down
0:55:43 > 0:55:45# I've got fire for a heart
0:55:45 > 0:55:47# I'm not scared of the dark
0:55:47 > 0:55:49# You've never seen it look so easy
0:55:49 > 0:55:52# I've got a river for a soul
0:55:52 > 0:55:54# And, baby, you're a boat
0:55:54 > 0:55:57# Baby, you're my only reason
0:55:57 > 0:56:00# If I didn't have you, there would be nothing left
0:56:00 > 0:56:04# A shell of a man who could never be his best
0:56:04 > 0:56:07# If I didn't have you, I'd never see the sun
0:56:07 > 0:56:11# You taught me how to be someone, yeah
0:56:11 > 0:56:13- # All my life - Oh-oh
0:56:13 > 0:56:15- # You stood by me - Oh-oh
0:56:15 > 0:56:18# When no-one else was ever behind me
0:56:18 > 0:56:20- # All these lights - Oh-oh
0:56:20 > 0:56:22- # They can't blind me - Oh-oh
0:56:22 > 0:56:27# With your love, nobody can drag me down. #
0:56:27 > 0:56:30CHEERING
0:56:39 > 0:56:41They were amazing.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43A message that means quite a lot to all of us in some ways,
0:56:43 > 0:56:45we've had a lot of people around us,
0:56:45 > 0:56:47supporting us through various injuries.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50So, yeah, I think it's the perfect song that represents the team.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52The choir's performance was just mind-blowing,
0:56:52 > 0:56:54out of this world.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57It was actually... became quite emotional, actually.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00- Wahey!- Well done, everybody! Well done.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02Team hug?
0:57:02 > 0:57:05- You done brilliantly.- Thank you. - Hiya, baby.
0:57:05 > 0:57:06Hello.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- You were brilliant.- Yeah.- Was I?
0:57:09 > 0:57:12I totally loved it. I totally loved it.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14It was awesome.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18The lyrics in that song for me are about Dave standing by me.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20It's lovely to have him here.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Having a parent sing in public is probably one of the most
0:57:24 > 0:57:27embarrassing things a child could have
0:57:27 > 0:57:30but I was very surprised
0:57:30 > 0:57:33and very proud of him.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35I feel that we really smashed it.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37All these different voices, but when put together,
0:57:37 > 0:57:39it's creating this ultimate and... You know what?
0:57:39 > 0:57:42- We're going to be untouchable out there.- What he said.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44PAUL LAUGHS
0:57:44 > 0:57:46It's bang on, it's bang on.
0:57:46 > 0:57:47They've come on so much.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Four weeks ago, they'd never met and now we're here.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52It's great. I'm very proud.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56We are part of the Invictus mission and that's...that's wonderful.
0:57:56 > 0:57:57It's wonderful for them, you know,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00these guys who have been so isolated in their lives
0:58:00 > 0:58:01and had so many difficulties.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03The look in their eyes said, you know,
0:58:03 > 0:58:05we are now a team and it was great.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Next time...
0:58:09 > 0:58:10- LAUGHING:- Jesus Christ!
0:58:10 > 0:58:12..the wounded warriors dig deep...
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Did you always have hope?
0:58:14 > 0:58:15I didn't care what happened to me.
0:58:15 > 0:58:16Stick to your guns.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19The last time I stuck to a gun, I got blown up.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21..as they prepare for the performance of their lives...
0:58:21 > 0:58:23# We come together now... #
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Build.
0:58:25 > 0:58:26..at the Invictus Games.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28You've overcome worse.
0:58:28 > 0:58:29This is doable.