0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains some strong language
0:00:06 > 0:00:08It's the UK's Best Part-Time Band! Hello!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I'm Rhod Gilbert, stand-up comedian, and I've had a radio show
0:00:11 > 0:00:15for ten years and people send me music all the time and some of it is absolutely fantastic.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20It's got me wondering just how much undiscovered talent there is out there.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25There are thousands of unsigned bands in the UK,
0:00:25 > 0:00:29from butchers and bakers to selfie-stick makers.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Men and women rocking, rolling, funking and folking in pubs
0:00:32 > 0:00:36and clubs up and down the country to escape the nine to five grind.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41What possesses somebody of my age to continue being in a band?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43It's definitely not for the money or the glory.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46MUSIC: You Really Got Me by The Kinks
0:00:46 > 0:00:50The BBC have put me up in this ropey old van and I'm off on tour.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I've hauled in three musical heavyweights to help.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Silky smooth Soul II Soul legend Jazzie B...
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- Buongiorno!- Jazzie! - How you doing, fella?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01..beardy Manchester music icon, Peter Hook...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- There was some real weirdos in that station.- Was there?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Yeah, I felt perfectly at home.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10..and "Grandmaster Tash" himself, Ultravox frontman, Midge Ure.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- Oh, dear! - THEY LAUGH
0:01:12 > 0:01:14But this is no run-of-the-mill talent show.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19There is no prize, no Christmas number ones, no recording contract.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20There is shit-all.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Like massive musical fishing nets, we'll be trawling the UK to find
0:01:26 > 0:01:31the working men and women who play music for the sheer bloody love of it.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I can channel any of my problems and release it through my music.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Each legend will pick their top two bands...
0:01:37 > 0:01:38I just felt like an idiot.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41A stupid, inane grin on my face.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44..who will battle it out in a grand final in Manchester...
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Unfortunately, you've got to decide which are your favourites now.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54..where one will be crowned the UK's best part-time band.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01This time, my dicky old tour bus is taking me on an epic
0:02:01 > 0:02:05600-mile road rave around the south of England.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Riding shotgun is a human trophy cabinet,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12triple-platinum, double-Grammy-award-winning titan of music, Jazzie B.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15# Back to life, back to reality. #
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Jazzie is the man behind R&B giants Soul II Soul.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And I remember dancing just as badly as him
0:02:23 > 0:02:27to this very track as a young hipster down at Moonraker's in Wales.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29# How ever do you want me... #
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Buongiorno! - Jazzie!- How're you doing, fella?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- I'm all right. How are you? - Scraping through, as you do.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Nice to meet you.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- CHUCKLING:- So you've got your GPS on?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Oh, hang on...- You can go up that way.- Can I go up that way?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- 1,200 bands, Jazzie, have applied for this.- Whoa.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51We're going to cram in as many as we can this week, and at the end of it,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53you, sir, have got to choose your five favourites.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55What are your thoughts?
0:02:55 > 0:03:00At the moment, a little bit apprehensive about what level they're at.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01What are you going to be looking for?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Music that sounds a little bit different, you know?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07What's their unique selling point? That'll be the turn-on for me.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I'm hoping we'll soon have Jazzie frothing with excitement
0:03:12 > 0:03:14as we hit the open road
0:03:14 > 0:03:19heading west out of London to see our first act in Redhill, Somerset.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22We are going to see a country band.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27I come from a reggae background, but I was brought up with,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31you know, listening to country and western that my parents enjoyed.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Were you?- Yeah. I also enjoy folk music.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- The thread throughout it all is the storytelling part of it.- OK.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44West Country country and western six-piece The Redhillbillies
0:03:44 > 0:03:47have been playing together for nearly ten years.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56They're fronted by husband-and-wife duo, Tom and Jo Vowells.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03By day, Jo saddles up her five-door hatchback and goes out district nursing.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It's all down to my parents.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10They have spoon-fed me country music since I was born.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I just fell in love with it. It gives you a real sense of being part of a community,
0:04:13 > 0:04:15being part of the countryside.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Jo and hedge-repairer Tom formed the band shortly
0:04:18 > 0:04:20after getting together.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Spoiler alert! Tom hacks his own leg off here.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Very interesting, being in a band with your wife.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's usually ended in disaster, hasn't it?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Well, it hasn't happened with me and Jo yet.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It's hard to play music with someone and not get on with them.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37So it diffuses situations a lot of the time.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41# So take me down that road. #
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The band rehearses every Thursday
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and with a ready-made audience of 42 children and grandchildren between them,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49it's really hard to watch TV in their lounge.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Trying to go to sleep,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54and my dad comes back from the pub playing the banjo, singing.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57"Dad! I got school in the morning!"
0:04:57 > 0:04:59"Listen to me though, listen to me!"
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I don't approve of the drugs.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Sleeping pills, pills for arthritis
0:05:04 > 0:05:06All sorts going on!
0:05:09 > 0:05:13These drugstore cowboys are made up of a lorry driver, two woodworkers
0:05:13 > 0:05:17and Ernie, who is so old his head has grown through the top of his hat.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Unusually, these countryfolk want to escape to the city.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23We've been offered gigs way up country in Liverpool,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25in Manchester... We've got to get up there,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and it's so far to go, it's a shame we can't, really, but...
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- We've got other commitments.- Yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35If they can get Jazzie's musical juices flowing,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39they'll have a chance to perform in London for the first time.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Good luck.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Good luck, mate! It sounds bonkers in there.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44We've taken our lives in our hands
0:05:44 > 0:05:47and come to watch them mainline scrumpy.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48I mean, play a gig at their local.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51This is different. This is different!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55BAND PLAYS EXUBERANT FAST COUNTRY MUSIC
0:05:56 > 0:05:59# I'm going to the road out back, don't you want to go?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04# I'm going to the road out back, don't you want to go?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09# Come with me, and hear me roar
0:06:15 > 0:06:17# Packing up the truck for the night and day
0:06:17 > 0:06:20# Where we're going to go, nobody can say
0:06:20 > 0:06:23# We might even leave the USA
0:06:23 > 0:06:26# Well, we might even leave the USA. #
0:06:35 > 0:06:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Welcome to Somerset!- Thank you very much.- Shall we take a pew, guys?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Grab a pew, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50When we walked in with the energy of the audience and everything
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and you guys were going at it hell for leather, there was a lot going on.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- And a lot of great traditional instruments there...- Yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03..having their moment. I think that's very important.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Two things really stood out, other than your voice.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11The harmonica and the squeeze-box as individual instruments, for me
0:07:11 > 0:07:13personally, they're quite special.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18And I thought that was really a nice edge to the band as well.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23But I also noticed on most of the stringed instruments you had
0:07:23 > 0:07:26this electronic tuning device.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The thing is with a banjo, you've got wood, metal,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31you've got temperature changes, you've a vellum skin on it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34When that place fills up, it gets warm and everything goes out of tune.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36So you have to stay on top of your game with it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40People were looking at you a bit, I noticed one or two of them were looking across at you.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- Well, they're amazed I'm still alive! - LAUGHTER
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Thanks so much for having us, we've had a great time.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It was awesome to come here. It felt like a real party.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Cheers! ALL: Cheers!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- You're very good, guys.- Good luck with it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56What do you make of that?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I thought the magic was in the instrumentation.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Each thing had its place.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05But for me, every time the harmonica man came in, he accented
0:08:05 > 0:08:11the music that they were playing in such a way that it just made you listen.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- You know?- Yeah.- And it was nice. It was a whole, complete sound.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17So I really enjoyed it.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Boom!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Ooh.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33What time did you go for breakfast then?
0:08:33 > 0:08:38I went at... Breakfast closed at 10:30, I went at 10:29 and 51 seconds.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Do you know what, it was 10:27 and I was coming down in the lift
0:08:42 > 0:08:45and the lift stopped twice on the way down and this woman got in
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and she had, like, a suit carrier thing with her dresses in or whatever,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52it was just sticking out into the door, so the door wouldn't close properly.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56So I was like, "Christ, it's 10:28!" And the door's going "Bing-bong!" She was laughing and I was thinking,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- "If I miss by breakfast..."- Time's slipping!- "..because of you."
0:08:59 > 0:09:03She said, "I hope you don't mind me saying so, but you look like that Welsh comedian."
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I went, "Oh, I am that Welsh comedian."
0:09:05 > 0:09:09And she goes, "Oh, I'm really sorry then." LAUGHTER
0:09:09 > 0:09:12A crack-of-dawn start was essential, as we're headed for the south coast.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16And to be honest, the next band in our adventure fills me with dread.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Pun totally intended.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Jazzymus B, we are off to Bournemouth to see...
0:09:24 > 0:09:27..a dub-reggae band called Dubheart.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29That's going to be interesting.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- This is your...bag, isn't it? - Good grief.- Your thing?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Oh. That's a difficult one. You're sending me to the dentist.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40What are you apprehensive about, if anything?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43It's going to be an insult to my intelligence, you know, if they
0:09:43 > 0:09:49are pretending, trying to copy Bob Marley and the Wailers or something.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It'll be a real breath of fresh air
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- if they really are deep into their reggae.- How will you know that?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Before the first eight bars you're going to hear a tightness
0:09:59 > 0:10:02with the rhythm section. You'll feel that immediately.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07They're either going to be really, really good, or really shit.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17For Dave, dub reggae is a way of life.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19This is Countryman Soundsystem,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21bringing reggae and dub to the people.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26When he's not bringing it to the people with his sound system,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29club promoter Dave is creating it with Dubheart.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33It's quite spontaneous, how we do it,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37it's not orchestrated, so the dubs will be different each time.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Bournemouth may be more trench coat than trench town,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43but Dave's convinced Dubheart can go far.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47This is quite a small scene in Bournemouth. It's kind of difficult.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Then there's this opportunity that came our way
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and we thought we'd try and take it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Hopefully people will get to know about us, more opportunities for shows.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Dubheart, it means so much to me.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02It's my reason to really live, you know? Other than my son.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I've got Dubheart and I love the music we make.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12And there's only one place better than Jamaica to experience
0:11:12 > 0:11:15a dub reggae band - and that's Dave's living room.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20BAND PLAYS HEAVY DUB REGGAE
0:11:20 > 0:11:24# No matter, they can't stop me
0:11:26 > 0:11:29# Too many friends, we've lost too many already... #
0:11:29 > 0:11:32The band is made up of painters and decorators, a full-time dad,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36an urban gardener, (yeah, right) and a cooperative co-owner.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37No, me neither.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49# You've got to be cool about it
0:11:50 > 0:11:53# You've got to be cool about it
0:11:54 > 0:11:57# Don't act like a fool
0:11:57 > 0:12:00# Because it'll only bring you down
0:12:02 > 0:12:05# Open your eyes
0:12:06 > 0:12:08# Can't you read the signs?
0:12:09 > 0:12:13# Stare into the light. #
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- It sounds really good, guys. Really, really good.- Thanks!
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I'm really glad that you enjoyed it, Jazzie,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Because I was loving it, absolutely loving it,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and I thought, "Oh, God! What if he thinks it's not very good?"
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- It's a bit of a worry, isn't it?- If anybody's coming with reggae,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34you've got to hit one out of the box. You feel me?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38And you did it, but you did it, you know, with quality.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It was definitely inherently inside of you, as it were,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- and that's really set me up nice. - Thanks, man. Nice of you to say so.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Where do you guys draw all your information from?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Roots dub reggae.- Roots rock reggae. - Gregory Isaacs, Mighty Diamonds,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Vultures, Burning Spear...
0:12:52 > 0:12:54We're showing our age now, aren't we, fellas?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Tradition there.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- Maturity!- After 18 years of doing it, what do you want from it now, then?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Be nice to make a living at it.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Any advice we could get off you as how we can move things forward...
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- We're a bit isolated in Bournemouth sometimes, like...- Move.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- LAUGHTER - ..and it's good to...
0:13:11 > 0:13:15We've all got family here! Can't do it. We've got kids.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- We're only seeing you down here, so it was definitely worth it. - Thank you.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Tell you what, man, I've never been more relieved in my life.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Really?- Because I knew you were apprehensive about going to see a reggae band,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32and I thought, "Oh, my God, we're going in here to see a reggae band - in their LOUNGE!"
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Imagine if they'd been shit or you didn't like them or something?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39I was thinking, "This could be so... This could be the most awkward moment of my life."
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Yeah, I was surprised.
0:13:41 > 0:13:48That was exceptional and I was just so happy it was what it was.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51This is one of the reasons to go and check part-time bands.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57If this is about love of music, both of the bands we saw yesterday and today,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- you know, they both qualify. - Yeah.
0:14:06 > 0:14:13- I spy with my little eye, something beginning with..."R".- "R"?- Mm-hm.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- Road.- There you go.- My go.- I was going to say "Rhod".
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- But I chose road.- Um, I'm stepping up with it, right? A bit harder.- OK.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I spy with my little eye, something beginning with "C".
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- What, the chevrons?- Yeah. RHOD TUTS
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I'm reading your mind, fella!
0:14:30 > 0:14:32LAUGHING: How can you get chevrons so quickly?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- Because I saw you look at it! - LAUGHTER
0:14:39 > 0:14:43With white-hot banter like this, the days are just flying by.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46# Boom-ba-doom ba-boom-ba-doom... #
0:14:46 > 0:14:48And they'll need to, as with over
0:14:48 > 0:14:51500 bands applying from the south...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54playing everything from Cajun...
0:14:54 > 0:14:57to thrash...
0:14:58 > 0:15:00..folk to rock and roll...
0:15:02 > 0:15:05..we're going to have to thrash the "folk" out of this tour bus.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06# ..I can't hear it
0:15:06 > 0:15:09# Turn it up... #
0:15:13 > 0:15:16That was pretty typical, sort of like in between Spinal Tap
0:15:16 > 0:15:17and rock and roll there.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26I think the standard has been amazing, Jazzie.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29I don't envy you the job of picking your favourites to go
0:15:29 > 0:15:31through to the live gig.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36How many bands have we got?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Bloody loads, Jazzie.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And this doddery old rattle van is seeing more action than
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Sting's Twister mat.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45So we're off to Stroud,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48to see a band called the Russian Flying Squirrels.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Nice name.- Lots of guitars, a bit prog.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Is that going to be harder for you to appreciate or engage with?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57It depends on how deep the music is.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00When I started off in the old rock and roll business,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I worked in professional recording studios
0:16:02 > 0:16:06and 90% of our clients were guitar-based bands,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09so it was something that I was brought up with.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11With a guitar band, they can be really boring
0:16:11 > 0:16:14because they're always copying one another.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16You're going to be looking for their unique
0:16:16 > 0:16:20style in terms of their sound.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23For 35 years, the lead singer of Russian Flying Squirrel,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25IT director Rudy Carroll,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28has thought about guitars just a bit too much.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Why not?
0:16:30 > 0:16:36If it can be done, put on your main instrument and then attach
0:16:36 > 0:16:39another little instrument to it, which can come in useful.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Because it's possible to do it, it's quite good fun to do it,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48people like it when I do it, and it makes different sounds.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54I learned to play guitar when I was 11.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56My big brother was on Top Of The Pops when I was 11.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58He was in a band called The Members.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03# That's right This is the sound of the suburbs. #
0:17:03 > 0:17:07That was it, that was kind of OK, guitars, music,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12travelling around in a van with your mates - that's what I want to do.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I conditioned myself into absolutely being obsessed by guitars.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19One, two, three, four.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Rudy is by far the oldest member of the band.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Nah! Silly! Those are his kids.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Seriously though, he formed Russian Flying Squirrel after meeting
0:17:30 > 0:17:32a fellow guitarist outside their school.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34All the guys in the band are very, very family-orientated.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39We care about our families much more than we care about anything else.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Balancing it is the hardest thing.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Personally, much as I need to do the music,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50it comes a distant third to family and work, unfortunately.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- Good to meet you.- Nice to meet you. - Come on in. Hi, Rhod.- Hiya.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Nice to meet you.- You too. Amanda. - Hi, Amanda.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Do you go to all the gigs, Amanda? Are you a groupie?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04I've never been to a gig. They've never played a gig.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- They've never played a gig?- Never. - Not one?- Not one.- Ever?- Ever.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Every week, they're next door playing, rehearsing
0:18:12 > 0:18:14and I hear them through the walls.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17They must be waiting for that perfect moment.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- They're working it out to perfection.- Hopefully it's now.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Right. OK.- How long have they been waiting for the perfect moment?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Erm...a couple of years?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Well, sometimes people can take almost a lifetime to make
0:18:31 > 0:18:33an album, so let's check them out.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43# Ah-ah-ah ah-ahhhh... #
0:18:49 > 0:18:53# When I'm without I'll be within... #
0:18:59 > 0:19:04- Sounds... Sounds...- Amazing. This is the bollocks.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- The bollocks?- Yeah, this is hot. - It's the bollocks.
0:19:09 > 0:19:16# When I'm alone I can go home to you...
0:19:19 > 0:19:22# Ah-ah-ah
0:19:29 > 0:19:34# Ohh-ooh-ohh. #
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Fuck. It's...
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Leave that on. That's all part of it. That is... I am...
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I have to be really frank with you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I'm not really a guitar man, but when I hear shit like that,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55that's just like... Whoa.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01What was going on even with the effects and your syncopation,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- everything was just fucking bang on. - We've all got our own space.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07We all play entirely in our own spaces, which is brilliant.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10We're not trying to make the sound, we're just doing what we do and it happens.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Organically happening.- It's kind of the beauty of us turning up
0:20:13 > 0:20:15every so often and going, "We're not at work, the kids are in bed,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17"let's have a beer and just play together."
0:20:17 > 0:20:21When Amanda said that you'd never done a gig, you're kind of like, "What, really?"
0:20:21 > 0:20:23And you've been together for a few years.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Are you kind of itching to do a gig or are you just not bothered?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Gigging is fun but it's not everything.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I really like the being creative in here
0:20:31 > 0:20:35and kind of writing and developing stuff. It's much nicer.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37We are at that point where we're saying, "Come on, we'd better go
0:20:37 > 0:20:40"and do a gig," which is partly why we've put in for this,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43because we needed something to focus a bit.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I think this is baked, fellas.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48And somebody needs to eat a piece of this pie.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Ooh!
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- Man.- Fella.- Fella, man. - Whoa.- Wowzer.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- I loved that.- I think I've...
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- You haven't got one as well, have you?- I think I have.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14We've both got boners.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17THEY LAUGH
0:21:17 > 0:21:22- You don't see Ant and Dec do that, do you?- Rhod, that was...
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Go on, you tell me. You tell me.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Just the little hint of kind of colour on the vocals,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31the harmonies done by the bass player -
0:21:31 > 0:21:37there's four people in that little room, so there's a lot going on.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Erm...very refreshing.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45With our equipment restored to factory settings, we're
0:21:45 > 0:21:48off again, heading for a veritable musical hotbed.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53James Blunt, Billie Piper, Dave from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57the list of Wiltshire's musical legends goes on and on.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02We are here to see Sinestar, a five-piece synth pop outfit.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07- We formed about three years ago. - Fronted by telecoms guru Iain.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Is this the band? Are you a family band? But you do the lyrics?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- You write the lyrics?- Yeah, so most of the time I do the lyrics.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- I've had some inspiration along the way.- OK. Have you?- Yeah.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22So I wrote a poem when I was in Year Six, I must have been about 11.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26And Dad came along one day and went, "Oh, that's all right, actually."
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- How cute is that?- And made that into the song, I Am The Rain.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34# ..The backwash
0:22:34 > 0:22:40# The colour I paint the sky a shade of grey
0:22:40 > 0:22:42# For the love lost... #
0:22:45 > 0:22:48# I, I am the rain
0:22:48 > 0:22:50# I dance with the light
0:22:50 > 0:22:54# Into a million colours of the day
0:22:54 > 0:22:55# Cos I am the rain
0:22:55 > 0:23:01# I dance with the light Into a million colours... #
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Are you telling us that that's the lyrics that your daughter wrote?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Yeah, I mean, she was 11, like she said,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13came up with a poem and I went,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15"Better words than I could ever dream up."
0:23:15 > 0:23:18So who's on the publishing on that?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20It's us, basically, with a credit to my daughter, of course.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Member of PRS?- No.- No.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I guess the thing is we've never really taken ourselves that
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- seriously, if I'm honest.- Shut up! With that lyric? Leave it out!
0:23:31 > 0:23:34A lot of people do take the Performing Rights Society for granted.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37You should have that locked down because somebody else could be
0:23:37 > 0:23:39coming along to the gig and snap that one straight up.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- Hey. Good tune.- Thank you. Means a lot that.- No probs. See you later.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48The song had a lot, a lot of potential.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54But it was a bit more sequenced than it was live, you know?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Mechanical.- Yeah.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Click-click. Boop-boop! Road trip.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Here we go.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07350 miles into our epic southern adventure and we're heading east
0:24:07 > 0:24:10for London, when normally super-cool Jazzie
0:24:10 > 0:24:11suddenly loses his shit.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Are we there yet?
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Life on the road is no picnic and it's clearly getting to him.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I ain't fucking feeding them to you, though.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26HORN HONKS
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- I'm big enough, I'm going.- Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Assert your authority there, Rhod.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Yeah. Do you know who's in this van?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Jazzie B and Rhoddy G, innit.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Gig-wise, do you find everywhere's pretty much the same or have
0:24:39 > 0:24:42you got favourite places, or worst places?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Usually, anywhere outside the M25 is good.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Can't tell you where I go better, because it'll be offensive.- Oh, OK.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I go better in the shitholes.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- What do you mean? - If somewhere's a bit of a dump,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I find it more up for my stuff.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56The bigger the shithole, the better I go.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Is it north or south?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00It's not Tunbridge Wells, I'll tell you that.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Finally, Jazzie B and Rhoddy G land in the big smoke
0:25:03 > 0:25:07and point the van in the direction of hip and happening east London,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10to see a band who offer something we haven't seen yet on this trip.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15We're going to see an East-West fusion band, six-piece.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Some of the music that I'm into
0:25:18 > 0:25:20has an Eastern flavour.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I think the biggest thing I'd be looking for
0:25:22 > 0:25:23is their instrumentation.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27How much they have taken from the East.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31SHE SINGS IN HINDI
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Fronted by vocalist and medical student Vidushi
0:25:46 > 0:25:49this seven-piece fusion band is made up of a delicious
0:25:49 > 0:25:52blend of students, with hints of ultrasound technician,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55traces of IT consultant and a bit of a banker.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07- All of the instrumentation is very Western, all right.- Yes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08S'up with that?
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Qawwali, traditionally, is played with the harmonium and a tabla,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14and we are playing exactly that.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18The same structure, the same scales as Qawwali and we play it using...
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Western instrumentation.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- I really liked it. It's kind of cool and it does work.- Thank you.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Vocally, as well, some of the acrobats and stuff like that
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- is kind of cool. - Cheers, means a lot.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- What language was used? - Hindi, both Hindi.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35But, we should point out that music has no language.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36No, but the vocals did.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41What did you make of them? Different.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Really different. I think what I found unique about them
0:26:45 > 0:26:48is the Eastern sound mixing with the Western thing...
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Western instrumentation. - Very interesting.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Could do with tightening up a little bit, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I thought, musically, they were different.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58MUSIC: Brimful Of Asha by Cornershop
0:26:58 > 0:26:59550 miles munched...
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Happy days.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05..and Jazzie's totally losing it again.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09On a scale of one to ten, I just really do, I enjoy music,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- but my roots are... - What do you mean, "On a scale of one to ten you enjoy music?"
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Well, because I... - Where was the scale of one to ten?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Yeah. Well, all right, one to 11,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- I really...- So, what number is it?
0:27:20 > 0:27:21# Scissor, paper, stone paper,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23# Scissor, paper, stone
0:27:23 > 0:27:24# Scissor, paper, stone paper,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26# Scissor, paper, stone...#
0:27:26 > 0:27:27With over 100 bands
0:27:27 > 0:27:29applying from London alone,
0:27:29 > 0:27:30on a scale of one to ten,
0:27:30 > 0:27:31we're really busy.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35At the end of our trip,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Jazzie will pick his favourite five to play at a gig in London,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42where they'll battle it out for a place in the grand final.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And on a scale of one to ten, I'm very excited.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48If you say on a scale of one to ten or 11, you've got to give a number.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50All right. 13,
0:27:50 > 0:27:51I enjoy music.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54This is going to be a long week.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56It's going to be a hell of a long week.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59We're clearly suffering a severe case of van fever,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01but stumble on to another east London studio
0:28:01 > 0:28:03to meet indie band, Tall Poppies.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06MUSIC: Cat Got Your Tongue by Tall Poppies
0:28:08 > 0:28:09A four-piece fronted by twin sisters,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12with three doctors and a fashion student.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13No, hang on, that's six pieces.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16# The face that you hide behind
0:28:17 > 0:28:19# Open mouth, no words coming out
0:28:19 > 0:28:20# Just take a breath
0:28:20 > 0:28:23# Spit it out
0:28:23 > 0:28:25# Has the cat got your tongue?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28# Oooh
0:28:28 > 0:28:29# Oooh
0:28:29 > 0:28:30# Oooh
0:28:30 > 0:28:32# Oooh. #
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- Thank you very much.- How long have you been together?
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It's coming up to two years, but we met in a psychiatric asylum.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45Oh, really.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47In an asylum, did you say?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50So, I'm a psychiatrist and we met when you were doing psych training.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I did some psychiatry. I'm a doctor, as well.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I met Diarmuid at a more conventional hospital.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- And were you already in bands then? - So, I've always played bands.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- Do you know the band Noah And The Whale?- Noah And The Whale? Yeah. - My brother's the lead singer so I...
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Were you the drummer for Noah And The Whale?
0:29:03 > 0:29:04That's right, a long time ago.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- It's a bit like...- You coy little bugger, sat at the back there.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12So, you sort of tasted success and didn't necessarily like it as much as you...?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I went to go and be a doctor instead.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17You're a great example for young people getting into the music business...
0:29:17 > 0:29:19That's very kind of you to say, Jazzie.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22..cos they always say you should have something to fall back on.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Onward and upwards.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25That's right.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Not too upwards, otherwise you'll lose your drummer.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30You know how fickle he is.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Jazzie's clearly loving being on the road with me
0:29:36 > 0:29:40and, off-camera, he cries real, hot, wet tears when he learns it's nearly over,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44as we're heading to north London to see our final act.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47King Salami And The Cumberland Three.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51That's a name and a half there, innit?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Drummer and graphic designer Eric literally couldn't live
0:29:54 > 0:29:56without his garage punk band.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58It's a bit like a drug.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I really need to play music, really.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03If I don't play music, I get a bit depressed.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05I think about the band most of the time.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Cheer up, Eric. You'll get to play once I've done this bit.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Eric's day-job comes in handy.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12He designs all the band's artwork.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16"Fourteen Blazin' Bangers."
0:30:16 > 0:30:21And you can see the doggy judge is in most of the records.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I think he was in like five different bands when I met him.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30So I knew what I was getting into, I think.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Eric hides his passion for music so well,
0:30:33 > 0:30:35his wife Maki has barely noticed he's in a band.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39He always practices regularly, so Thursday,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41we can never do anything on Thursdays.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43And if he's got a gig in the weekend,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46he prefers not to do anything on the Friday.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50And he's often away throughout the weekend if it's abroad,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53so I don't really see him that much.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01HIGH-OCTANE PUB ROCK
0:31:01 > 0:31:07INDISTINCT LYRICS
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Jazzie and I have come to an intimate venue in north London
0:31:15 > 0:31:17to grab a slice of King Salami.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
0:31:19 > 0:31:21# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... #
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Being part of the programme, it will give us exposure.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37We'd like our music to be heard by as many people as possible, really.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39To play in front of a good audience
0:31:39 > 0:31:42as opposed to in front of ten people.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I like them even more now. Cos that's their own...
0:31:49 > 0:31:50Thank you, everybody.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:31:53 > 0:31:55AUDIENCE: Whoo!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Well done, guys. That was great. I enjoyed that.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I thoroughly enjoyed that.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02What I enjoyed most about it, honestly,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05was the fact that it looked like fun,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08not being so serious and being really entertaining.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11There's too many bands who are too serious about it, you know,
0:32:11 > 0:32:16to focus on glory and fame and when they're on stage, they're paralysed.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19They're looking at their feet. And I'm like, "Come on, man!"
0:32:19 > 0:32:20You know, it's supposed to be fun.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Did you have the character before the hat and stuff,
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- or did you put the hat on and then it all changes? - He always had a bit of a character.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- He always had the character?- Yeah. - What's the day job, Seb?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31I coach tennis.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34OK, I can see that.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36LAUGHTER DROWNS SPEECH
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Hey! Can't you tell?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41THEY LAUGH
0:32:41 > 0:32:44What's nice is to see a band with a character front man,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46cos I think that's a little bit unusual.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Most of the guys try to play it down a little bit.- Great gig.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50- Thank you, man.- Great gig.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55I like the way he's so animated and it's great to watch.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Yeah.- Really good to watch. - You can imagine them working, like, put them in a...
0:32:58 > 0:33:00That was a really small pub gig.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- You can imagine that working on a... - On a larger scale.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05On a bigger scale, really working the audience.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08600 miles munched and our southern road trip is over
0:33:08 > 0:33:12and on a scale of one to ten, we've seen a lot of amazing bands.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17It's down to Jazzie which five will be invited to perform live in London.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Coming into this, I mean,
0:33:19 > 0:33:23the standard has been a lot higher than I thought. How has it been for you?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I've been pleasantly surprised with the whole thing.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30There's been variety, there's been depth.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33It's been real rock and roll. It really has, yeah.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35What's inspired you? I mean...
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I think what's inspired me is just...
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Just all these people at it and the WAY they're at it
0:33:41 > 0:33:46and the fact that music still exists out there, in any way,
0:33:46 > 0:33:50in any shape, in any form - it's all there
0:33:50 > 0:33:55and it makes me appreciate much more of what I'm involved with.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Happy days!
0:33:58 > 0:33:59We've had a ball.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- We've had a real good time. - We've had a REAL good time.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- And your driving's not that bad, fella!- My driving is all right.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I'm going to miss you. I'm really going to miss you.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- Ah!- I'm really going to miss you. - Yeah.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I'll see you again, fella.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17This is edited, so I only have to wait a few seconds to see Jazzie again.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Boom! The day of the live gig is upon us.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- Well up for this one!- So am I but who have you invited?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27So who have we got here? Tonight, we're going to have Dubheart.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29# A hard day's night... #
0:34:29 > 0:34:32The reason why I put Dubheart through -
0:34:32 > 0:34:33I think they're real,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36I love their vibe, but can Dubheart bring it to the stage?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38King Salami and the Cumberland Three.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41INDISTINCT LYRICS
0:34:41 > 0:34:43They had character, spirit, energy.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44They're a bit punky.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46They're great entertainers.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49I put Side Partition through
0:34:49 > 0:34:54because I like the idea of them fusing East and West.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59They need to up their game from what happened at rehearsals.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Then we've got the Redhillbillies.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Seeing them in their own environment,
0:35:03 > 0:35:07they had a huge following but I think giving them the opportunity
0:35:07 > 0:35:12to actually play a live show in London - can they blow us all away?
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Then we also have the Russian Flying Squirrels.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22They are quite epic and I feel that they had their own unique sound.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Maybe the idea of an audience could disrupt them a little bit,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30because they're very much used to playing in their own environment.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Never done a gig?- Never done a gig.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36I thought, where better to do their first gig?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39A first gig here is going to take some balls.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40Hello.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43So I hope the Russian Flying Squirrel remember where they hid their nuts.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47But for all the bands, this is a very big gig.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48Come on!
0:35:48 > 0:35:50At the end, Jazzie will pick two acts to go through
0:35:50 > 0:35:53to the grand final in Manchester.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55What are we doing with the vocals?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58You got no Avalons or anything, no?
0:35:58 > 0:35:59No!
0:35:59 > 0:36:02We are the only reggae band in Bournemouth,
0:36:02 > 0:36:06so there's no competition around and there's no yardstick
0:36:06 > 0:36:08to, like, measure yourself up against.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13The bands can finally check out the competition.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15APPLAUSE
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- I think they'll really work.- Yeah.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22We want to win the competition. That's why we're here.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Can I make a quick suggestion? We need to see the accordion player.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28You can't split the family up.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30It's really different playing in London, compared to down there,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- because...- We've never played in London.- We've never played in London before!
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Where are all the trees?
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- We're quietly excited and... - Quietly?
0:36:40 > 0:36:42..quietly confident as well.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Who's this venue going to suit tonight, do you think?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46I actually think it's a pretty even playing field.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48I'm just anxious just about one band
0:36:48 > 0:36:51but once we get through the rehearsal, or the sound check...
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Anxious about one band?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Yeah. Just the Squirrels.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Get yourself settled first. Say hello. Lovely.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Tonight is going to be difficult and we've only ever
0:37:04 > 0:37:08played in a room facing in and looking at each other,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11so this will be the first time we're all sort of spread out
0:37:11 > 0:37:12and the drums are behind.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16We were thinking of getting mirrors on our microphone stands
0:37:16 > 0:37:18so we could actually sort of see each other!
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Either that, or all performing in like a little hole,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- in the middle of the stage. - Recreate our room!
0:37:24 > 0:37:27What about even if you just had the velocity down -
0:37:27 > 0:37:28HUMMING
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Yeah, from the instrument itself?
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Yeah.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33You know, a few dBs.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35It's ruining his... It's ruining his home-made guitars.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Yeah, it is.- It's made them too loud.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39One is ten!
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Yeah, one is ten!
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Sound check was a bit shaky at first.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- A bit shaky at second and third as well, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I was uncomfortable on many levels.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53I was very, very uncomfortable on many levels.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55As Russian Flying Squirrel battle their nerves,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58the crowds gather outside.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Support for the bands has come from far and wide.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- We've been on the coach for about five...five, six hours.- Yeah.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- There was about 60, 70 of us.- Yeah.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11The annexe is small and
0:38:11 > 0:38:15in there is massive, so...
0:38:15 > 0:38:17The other difference - no audience in the annexe.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Here, hopefully, quite a few people.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Including us.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25It's all right, it's all right. Sh, sh.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Give him the paper bag to breathe into.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Go back to your happy place.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33CHEERING Hello, hello.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34Hello, London.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Hello!- Hello, Scala.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Here we are. It's the UK's Best Part-time Band.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40- Give us a U! AUDIENCE:- U!
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Give us a K! AUDIENCE:- K!
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Give us a...B! AUDIENCE:- B!
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Give us a... Fuck it! LAUGHTER
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Thanks, all of you, for coming, so much.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51It's rammed in here. That's fantastic.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54This is Jazzie B of Soul II Soul fame.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57CHEERING
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Jazzie chose all the bands here tonight.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02So, they were his particular favourites.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03It was incredible,
0:39:03 > 0:39:07some of these guys in their front rooms, in their sheds.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09It was so, so interesting.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14- So, for me, tonight is really, really, really, really a big deal. - The other thing to remember,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17at the end of tonight, Jazzie's going to pick his two favourites from this five,
0:39:17 > 0:39:22and half are you going to be going, "Oh, it was the wrong bloody choice. He didn't go for the band I like."
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Right, we couldn't give a fuck. Right? LAUGHTER
0:39:24 > 0:39:26There is no prize.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27It's just a bit of fun.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Try and remember that.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31But we want you to enjoy yourselves as much as you can.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- Our first band are all the way from Bournemouth.- Yeah.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36CHEERING
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Feeling good.- Er...yeah, good, yeah.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Yeah, happy, nervous.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Nobody ever wants to go first cos the crowd is cold.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Whack it up, give them all the love in the world, please, for Dubheart!
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- CHEERING - Dubheart, ladies and gents.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. How we doing?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57CHEERING
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Is everyone feeling happy?
0:40:01 > 0:40:02Hope you enjoy our vibes.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04We're called Dubheart.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Jah!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39# Whoa-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh
0:40:39 > 0:40:41# Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh
0:40:41 > 0:40:42# Oh-oh. #
0:40:44 > 0:40:47# Whoa-oh-oh-oh
0:40:47 > 0:40:49# Oh na-na here
0:40:49 > 0:40:51# I say
0:40:51 > 0:40:55# Cool Cool under pressure
0:40:55 > 0:40:57# The more you give The more you get
0:40:57 > 0:40:58# I tell you this now
0:40:58 > 0:41:01# Cool Cool, never surrender
0:41:01 > 0:41:05# Open your world Know you've got to stay
0:41:05 > 0:41:09# Cool Cool under pressure
0:41:09 > 0:41:11# The more you give The more you get
0:41:11 > 0:41:12# I tell you this now
0:41:12 > 0:41:16# Cool Cool, never surrender
0:41:16 > 0:41:19# Open your world Go!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22# Go
0:41:22 > 0:41:24# Go
0:41:26 > 0:41:31# Whoa! #
0:41:35 > 0:41:38CHEERING
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Thank you very much.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46They totally nailed that. They got into their zones and they totally... It sounded beautiful.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- I love his voice. - Sounded great, looked good.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- You could see at the end there they really enjoyed that.- Absolutely.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56APPLAUSE
0:42:00 > 0:42:03We've warmed them up for you, yeah? We've warmed them up for you, yeah?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Don't nick my jokes. - THEY LAUGH
0:42:06 > 0:42:07So, the next band...
0:42:07 > 0:42:11What am I going to tell you about the next band? They are from Redhill in Somerset.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13CHEERING
0:42:17 > 0:42:20There's a couple of fans there, isn't there?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Our family's out there, we're all good.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25The Redhillbillies, ladies and gentlemen, The Redhillbillies.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52# An old cowboy went ridin' out one dark and windy day #
0:42:54 > 0:43:00# Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
0:43:00 > 0:43:04# When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
0:43:04 > 0:43:09# A-ploughin through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw... #
0:43:09 > 0:43:11OK, all together!
0:43:11 > 0:43:15# Yippee ay-oh
0:43:15 > 0:43:19# Yippee ay-ey
0:43:19 > 0:43:27# The ghost riders in the sky
0:43:27 > 0:43:32# Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
0:43:32 > 0:43:34# Their horns were black and shiny
0:43:34 > 0:43:36# And their hot breath he could feel
0:43:36 > 0:43:38# Hoo! Ha!
0:43:38 > 0:43:42# A bolt of fear went through them as they thundered through the skies
0:43:42 > 0:43:44# For he saw the riders comin' hard
0:43:44 > 0:43:45# Whoo!
0:43:45 > 0:43:47# And he heard their mournful cries... #
0:43:47 > 0:43:49# Ya!
0:43:49 > 0:43:53# Yippee ay-oh
0:43:53 > 0:43:57# Yippee ay-ey
0:43:57 > 0:44:05# The ghost riders in the sky. #
0:44:05 > 0:44:08- Ya!- Moo! - CHEERING
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Moo!
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Look at them.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Whoo! Whoo, whoo, whoo! Yee-ha!
0:44:20 > 0:44:25- CROWD:- We want more! We want more! We want more!
0:44:25 > 0:44:28If we come last, I still enjoyed that.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31The next band, ladies and gentlemen, is from London.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34CHEERING
0:44:34 > 0:44:37They're ultrasound engineers, they're in finance, IT, doctors,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39all sorts. CHEERING
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Are you...? Which one? Which one are you?
0:44:41 > 0:44:42- Medics.- You're medics?
0:44:42 > 0:44:45Fucking look at you! Are you on strike right now?
0:44:45 > 0:44:48LAUGHTER
0:44:48 > 0:44:52Jazzie, what did you like about these guys when you saw them?
0:44:52 > 0:44:53I like the instrumentation,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56I like the whole crossover between East and West.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58They're pretty outstanding.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Bit nervous!
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Give them a huge, huge round of applause, a cheer
0:45:03 > 0:45:04for Side Partition.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07- CHEERING - Yeah.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Good luck, guys.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16HE SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:46:35 > 0:46:36Thank you.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40They're amazing. They're like a kind of Indian...subcontinental prog band.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41They're wicked.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46- OK, that was good.- That was amazing.- It was good.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48They smashed it. So, our next band,
0:46:48 > 0:46:50our next band... Where did we see them?
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Er...Stroud.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56CHEERING
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- Oh, there's a few locals, then. - HE LAUGHS
0:46:59 > 0:47:04Ah. The Stroud massive is in town. JAZZIE LAUGHS
0:47:04 > 0:47:07I'm up for it. We've just got to enjoy it, really.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09They've never done a gig.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12CHEERING
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Have they done three gigs?
0:47:14 > 0:47:15- AUDIENCE:- No!
0:47:15 > 0:47:16Have they done two gigs?
0:47:16 > 0:47:17- AUDIENCE:- No!
0:47:17 > 0:47:19- Have they done one gig? AUDIENCE:- No!
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- How many gigs have they done? AUDIENCE:- None!
0:47:21 > 0:47:24That's right. LAUGHTER
0:47:24 > 0:47:27We saw them in, like, a conservatory sort of annexe,
0:47:27 > 0:47:31I think, where they've been locked in for the last three years,
0:47:31 > 0:47:32honing their craft.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Jazzie and I came out and, er...
0:47:34 > 0:47:37we both had boners.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40- LAUGHTER - He had one.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42I was on a semi.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44LAUGHTER
0:47:45 > 0:47:47That was a semi?!
0:47:48 > 0:47:51I can hardly get my head round it. LAUGHTER
0:47:51 > 0:47:54That didn't happen. Erm...
0:47:54 > 0:47:58Ladies and gentlemen, give it up, the Russian Flying Squirrel.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01CHEERING
0:48:24 > 0:48:25# Fallen leaves
0:48:25 > 0:48:28# Fallen leaves
0:48:28 > 0:48:30# William likes these
0:48:32 > 0:48:37- # Holds them to his face - Holds them to his face
0:48:37 > 0:48:38# And releases
0:48:58 > 0:49:02# Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:49:02 > 0:49:06# Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:49:06 > 0:49:10# Ah
0:49:10 > 0:49:13# Ah. #
0:50:01 > 0:50:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:07 > 0:50:08- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12I think they done magnificently.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17I actually a feel a bit, like, a moment, like, you know...
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Something that we discovered like that,
0:50:20 > 0:50:23and their first gig, um...
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Yeah, I'm chuffed - sorry, I'm a little bit...
0:50:27 > 0:50:29- Are you going to cry?- No, I'm... - He's going to cry!
0:50:29 > 0:50:31I'm getting emotional, yes.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35MOCKINGLY: # Jazzie's going to cry Jazzie's going to cry. #
0:50:35 > 0:50:38And I know that they were fully out of their comfort zone,
0:50:38 > 0:50:41but watching them here tonight, it's a proud moment for me, yeah.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Wicked. Nice one.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46I'm very proud of Rudy,
0:50:46 > 0:50:50and I really hope the band got everything they wanted out of it.
0:50:50 > 0:50:55They finally got out the annexe - the Squirrels have been released!
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Brilliant. About bloody time!
0:50:58 > 0:51:01So our next band, ladies and gentlemen, is from north London.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05This is your massive, innit, Jazzie? Talk to them, this is your massive.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09Well, you know, this next band coming up absolutely blew me away.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13You know, it's not every day I get to listen to music like that,
0:51:13 > 0:51:16but it was a massive, massive turn-on,
0:51:16 > 0:51:18so I hope you're going to enjoy them as much as I did.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20- Nervous.- Yeah, very nervous.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23- Brrr! - MARACAS RATTLE
0:51:23 > 0:51:26- King Salami and the Cumberland Three!- Yes!
0:51:26 > 0:51:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51:29 > 0:51:33Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to hear some rock and roll?
0:51:33 > 0:51:35- AUDIENCE:- Yes!
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Mr Baconstrip...
0:51:39 > 0:51:44It wouldn't be King Salami without the appropriate hats.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54We're not funny. We're dangerous.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Do you want to hear some rock and roll?
0:51:58 > 0:52:00- AUDIENCE:- Yeah!
0:52:00 > 0:52:02I want to hear you say "Yeah!"
0:52:02 > 0:52:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:04 > 0:52:06# Yeah!
0:52:14 > 0:52:16# Down at the Corn Rocket I feel all right
0:52:16 > 0:52:18# So I took my baby dancin' on Saturday night
0:52:18 > 0:52:20# Gonna teach her a dance that's outta sight
0:52:20 > 0:52:22# It goes ha-ha!
0:52:23 > 0:52:25# Come on, pretty baby, do the wurst
0:52:25 > 0:52:28# If you don't know how to do it watch me first
0:52:28 > 0:52:30# You gotta take a chance You gotta do the dance
0:52:30 > 0:52:33# The wurst is bliss and it goes like this... #
0:52:35 > 0:52:37SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY MUSIC
0:52:46 > 0:52:53Ladies and gentlemen, it is the time now for you to repeat after me.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55# You gotta shake your bones and boogie down low
0:52:55 > 0:52:58- AUDIENCE:- # You've gotta shake your bones and boogie down low
0:52:58 > 0:53:00# Do a little jig and shimmy real slow
0:53:00 > 0:53:02- AUDIENCE:- # Do a little jig and shimmy real slow
0:53:02 > 0:53:05# Stomp your feet from side-to-side
0:53:05 > 0:53:07- AUDIENCE:- # Stomp your feet from side-to-side
0:53:07 > 0:53:10# Now you're doing the wurst, you're doing all right
0:53:10 > 0:53:11- AUDIENCE:- # You're doing the wurst...
0:53:11 > 0:53:12# You're doing all right!
0:53:12 > 0:53:15# Come on, pretty baby, do the wurst
0:53:15 > 0:53:17# If you don't know how to do it watch me first
0:53:17 > 0:53:19# You gotta take a chance You gotta do the dance
0:53:19 > 0:53:22# Mama-ma-ma-ma-ma Do the wurst. #
0:53:27 > 0:53:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:53:37 > 0:53:40- You're supposed to throw it to me and I smash it out the park.- OK.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44- Smash it out.- Too late, now, innit? - Brilliant.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46- We're not talking to you. - Shut up.- We're not.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48In fact, you should have shaved, you should have shaved.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52That was phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- You're lying.- I'm not lying. - You're a pleaser.- I'm not lying.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58Honestly, I'd have walked past if it had been embarrassing.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00People are friendlier - as I've been walking through the gig,
0:54:00 > 0:54:02people are actually in a better mood.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04- People are friendlier. - You make that happen.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07You've changed the mood. Don't wave your maracas at me.
0:54:09 > 0:54:10All five bands have played.
0:54:10 > 0:54:14Jazzie and I go upstairs to mull over his decision
0:54:14 > 0:54:16and, on a scale of one to ten... Sorry.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18Rhod, fella.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Oh... Time for a decision, now, isn't it?
0:54:24 > 0:54:25It's a really difficult one. I didn't...
0:54:25 > 0:54:28I've got to say, I didn't think it would be that hard,
0:54:28 > 0:54:31or as hard as this, but it's fucking hard.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33It's really, really hard.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35I'm going to be heartbroken for somebody.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37- Absolutely heartbroken. - I think...
0:54:37 > 0:54:42I am as well. I am already, cos I have to make this decision
0:54:42 > 0:54:46and I think I'm going to go with who I felt, on the night,
0:54:46 > 0:54:49they were on point,
0:54:49 > 0:54:51and...I've made my decision.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53- Let's go and tell them.- Let's do it. - Let's go and tell them.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55- Where's the exit? - YOU go and tell them.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57JAZZIE LAUGHS
0:54:58 > 0:55:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:01 > 0:55:05Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Thanks to all of you, so much, for staying around.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10I'm glad that you're as invested in this as we are.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- I've gone home! - You've gone home, have you? Good.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17You've seen such amazing talent for people who don't do this at all
0:55:17 > 0:55:19as their first job, it's just part-time,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21it's their passion, it's their love,
0:55:21 > 0:55:22so give them all a round of applause.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:27 > 0:55:31Having said that, Jazzie's going to invite two on into the final.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34I'm going to bring the bands on, just to make it more awkward.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Let's do it in front of them, why not?
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Tonight, you saw the Redhillbillies.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48You saw the Russian Flying Squirrel.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52You saw King Salami and the Cumberland Three.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00You saw Side Partition.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05And, at the top of the show, Dubheart.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Here we have it. Um...
0:56:14 > 0:56:18The two bands that are going to be invited back...
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Cos you're all great. Everybody here is great.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26King Salami and the Cumberland Three.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:38 > 0:56:42And I'm also going to invite back...
0:56:44 > 0:56:45..Dubheart.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:57 > 0:57:00Feeling a little bit disappointed, but it's been a great day
0:57:00 > 0:57:03and all credit to the bands that went through,
0:57:03 > 0:57:04cos they were fantastic.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08King Salami and the Cumberland Three totally blew me away
0:57:08 > 0:57:10and I just thought they had the energy,
0:57:10 > 0:57:13and I really feel that they had all the attributes.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18I've been invited by 52 people for a drink.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21It could be a long night.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23CHEERING
0:57:27 > 0:57:29For me, Dubheart were just...
0:57:29 > 0:57:30There was a purity about them
0:57:30 > 0:57:32and it didn't actually matter
0:57:32 > 0:57:36whether they went first, third or last -
0:57:36 > 0:57:40they've really left an impression on me.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43We're in Bournemouth, we don't get many opportunities.
0:57:43 > 0:57:47People having faith in us to move us forwards to the next step, it's amazing, so...
0:57:47 > 0:57:48- Thank you very much. - Blessings.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51There it is - the end of our final tour
0:57:51 > 0:57:54and we now know our grand finalists,
0:57:54 > 0:57:56who will battle it out next time
0:57:56 > 0:57:58in Manchester.
0:57:58 > 0:57:59- Hey!- You will see his bongos,
0:57:59 > 0:58:00ladies and gentlemen.
0:58:00 > 0:58:02Come on, let's do it.
0:58:02 > 0:58:03# Ah...!
0:58:03 > 0:58:05# Packed my things and back to work... #
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Hey, that's woken me up!
0:58:09 > 0:58:11- So good.- They are good.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15THEY LAUGH
0:58:15 > 0:58:18Forget the fun - we're going out there to win, fella!