0:00:02 > 0:00:06Look at the helter-skelter. That is the first time in my teaching career I have ever said that.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Jack Murphy is choreographer to the stars.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Now he's swapping Hollywood for Bolton.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15I'm going to revive social partner dancing in Bolton.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- Are you?- I am.- Here?
0:00:18 > 0:00:21I want to get everybody dancing in a dance hall,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23dancing cheek to cheek.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25To bring back the partner dancing heyday,
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Jack's tracking down the original 1950s boppers.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Do you have any injuries? This could be interesting.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34How long you got?
0:00:34 > 0:00:38He needs to recruit hundreds of ballroom virgins...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I invite you to waltz, cha-cha or tango.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And a cha-cha-cha.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45This is not good.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47..and breathe life into a derelict dance hall.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Beauty...and the Beast.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Oh! Wow!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54But will the Bolton locals...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- Who's leaving?- Me!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58..swap a night in the pub...
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Why are you not on the dance floor?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02You're trying to change a culture where they...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04..for a night in a dance hall?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07What's so magical about dancing cheek to cheek is the connection.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- What about a nice slow foxtrot or a waltz?- Can't do it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Or with his reputation on the line...
0:01:13 > 0:01:15How am I going to fill a dance hall?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17..will Jack be running for the Hollywood Hills?
0:01:17 > 0:01:22If you don't want to let me down, then dance from your hearts.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24He's really bumptious, actually.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- The next time I see it, I can't have this...- You want it right.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- I do.- Right!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Bolton is home to one of the country's once-glorious dance halls.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Jack Murphy has just arrived to get the keys.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- It's been empty for three years, so...- Three years.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49..watch out for the rats.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Are you for real?- Yep!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00This is the first time Jack's stepped inside.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04A smell of cement.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The building has been mothballed.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Oh, my gosh.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Really not too bad at all!
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Despite its last incarnation as a nightclub...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19They didn't kill it. They haven't killed it.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22..some of the old charm has survived.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Wow.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I am...I'm loving it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Now Jack wants to use it to kick-start a partner dancing revival.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36People's perception of ballroom dancing
0:02:36 > 0:02:38is probably fake tan
0:02:38 > 0:02:40and sequins and fancy footwork,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42when, actually, when this place was
0:02:42 > 0:02:44kicking, 60 years ago, it was about sociability,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48about people meeting. They came here to meet.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Bolton's Palais De Danse opened its doors in 1928,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and was at the forefront of a ballroom revolution.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Once the reserve of aristocrats, working-class locals
0:03:01 > 0:03:04flocked from the industrial heartland and took to the floor
0:03:04 > 0:03:05to dance arm in arm.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10By the 1950s, 60% of Lancashire folk could ballroom.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15And Jack's hoping they will do again.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17This is gagging for a revival.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I'd say we'd need 200 people.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21At least.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24At least 200 people to fill that space.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Ballroom dancing might be out of fashion,
0:03:27 > 0:03:32but Jack believes it's the perfect antidote to 21st-century living.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Don't tolerate sitting on the sofa.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Get off the sofa, get in here and learn three steps
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and feel the buzz of the place and get this place kicking again.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44To start his revival,
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Jack is about to swap Hollywood movie stars for Bolton's oldest boppers.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54He's arranged a reunion of the original Palais patrons.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57What's frightening is, what if they don't walk through the door?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00You know, because the demographics of that age group,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02a lot of those will have gone to
0:04:02 > 0:04:04that great big dance hall in the sky.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08It's been over half a century
0:04:08 > 0:04:12since the partner dancing craze first swept the nation.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Do you know...
0:04:14 > 0:04:15if no-one turns up...
0:04:19 > 0:04:22..I'm, I'm in a bit of, you know...
0:04:22 > 0:04:25deep you-know-what. Proverbial.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I wouldn't know how to go forward without them.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36# Young at heart... #
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Just as in decades gone by...
0:04:38 > 0:04:40All right! Come on, then!
0:04:40 > 0:04:43..the former dance hall has drawn in the crowds.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Have you got the plastic surgeons inside?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50This is the first time in almost 50 years some of the regulars
0:04:50 > 0:04:52have set foot inside the building.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54HE LAUGHS
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Ah, it's great, isn't it? Good to be here.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Oh, God, how different it is.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04When are we getting music on, then? Come on, we want to get bopping.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Bop off!
0:05:06 > 0:05:11One of the youngest to make a comeback is 74-year-old widow Margot.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16They've altered it very much. It's not the same, I'm afraid.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18They've spoiled the floor.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21It's so completely different from what I remember.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Right now, I just want to get cracking.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I want to go and talk to those people.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I want to go and meet those people.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29When you come to a big place like this to dance,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32with hundreds of people, what do you think it's really about?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- It's about romance and sex. - Romance and sex, yeah.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- In men's mind. My husband used to say that.- Wonderful, wonderful.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Not in my mind, my husband's.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- How many nights a week were you here?- Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Saturdays.- So that was your wages.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- And where were you working at the time?- I was a sewer at Vantona.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- You were what, sorry?- A sewer at Vantona.- A sore-a van-tawn-a?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52That's very poetic.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Tell me what a sore-a is at van-tawn-a?- Ah, I used to sew.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- I used to make eiderdowns. - Oh, you made eiderdowns.- Yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- I've worked in shoe shops. - Oh, a sewer!- A sewer!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- What did you think I said?- I thought it meant, like, saw!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09After a lesson in the local lingo,
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Jack meets the dance hall's oldest regular, Alice.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15There were always dancing here Wednesday afternoon,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- and the GIs used to come....- Oh, the GI!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21The memories are flooding back,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25and dance hall veteran Flo reveals more than most.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Yes. Yes, I do understand you.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Oh, were they? Tell me, tell me.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Oh, please. I'll be your best friend.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39No...
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Oh, no, don't - tell me, I'm innocent.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Now Jack has a revelation of his own to make.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- Hello!- Hello!
0:06:48 > 0:06:52There's more to his plan than reuniting old friends.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I did bring you here for a reunion
0:06:54 > 0:06:56but I have another little thing up my sleeve.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Having seen this photo of the Palais De Danse,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I thought,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03"I want to reopen that dance hall."
0:07:03 > 0:07:05THEY LAUGH AND CHEER
0:07:05 > 0:07:07And this is how I think you could help me.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- You've had some great nights in here, yes?- Yes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And I think the younger generation need to see you dancing.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- But we need partners! We need men. - We need men!
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- They're all dead!- Can you put the word out?- Yes!- Yeah?
0:07:19 > 0:07:24So, we're going to revive social dance in Bolton.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Come on!- Yes? Are we up for it?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Yes!- Great stuff. Thank you very much for coming along today.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Let's have a cup of tea, let's have a sandwich and let's have a chat.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Well done.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- So, I'm going to see you, yes?- Yes, definitely.- Yes?- Hopefully.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- No, I'm going to see you.- We've nothing else - I've nothing else
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- better to do, I'm retired... - Wonderful.- ..so it doesn't matter.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Well, I'm glad I'm going to entertain you.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Jack wants to get both veterans and novices ballrooming.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53To do it, he's going to reopen the dance hall for one night only.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56But the Palais regulars aren't convinced.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59You're going to try and get the young people in here?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Or any generation that never danced here.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04If I said to my kids, they'd laugh at me, you know what I mean?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Would they? I'm going to teach them to jive,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- I'm going to teach them to waltz. - How do you think they've got,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13they've not time for pressing all bloomin' things they're pressing
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- and putting them all on. - They're never off their phones.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- I know, that's part of the reason. - No!- That's exactly it.- No, no.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I think that most of the men now are in t'graveyard.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24No, there is a few. No, we have got a few.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Thing is, I've got a gammy knee. - Oh, have you?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30And a gammy hip, at the moment.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You're trying to change a culture, where they...
0:08:33 > 0:08:36If I manage to do it, if I do manage to do it...
0:08:36 > 0:08:40And if I live long enough, I'll bloody apologise, love, yeah. Right.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43By the end of the reunion,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Jack has gathered a long list of interested dancers,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50and an even longer list of worries and woes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53The Bolton Palais means so much to its original patrons,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57and it is going to be a mammoth task to get them dancing once again.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00And they are not as young as they once were.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09In their heyday, the Palais patrons knew all the moves.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16We were doing foxtrot, quickstep, barn dance, polka, all the lot.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18From the 1930s to the '60s,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21dance halls were packed with working-class Brits.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25We used to be the first in the Palais, all dolled up
0:09:25 > 0:09:30and ready to go, and we were on that floor the minute the music started.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35The dance hall classics were relaxed versions of the ballroom standards.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36All you needed was a partner.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Someone would tap you on the shoulder and you'd look around
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and think, "oh!" It was, you know,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46your heart would leap a bit and, you know,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50you'd say "yes" and waltz, get hold of you and start to dance.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Now Jack wants to see if the originals can still take
0:09:55 > 0:09:58the dance floor by storm for his night at the Palais.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Today is a very important day
0:10:01 > 0:10:07because I get to see the wonderful patrons of the Palais dance.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I'm very excited to see what they have on offer.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12You're asking to do something we haven't done
0:10:12 > 0:10:13for quite a long time, aren't you?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17We're going back from 60 years now, what you're asking.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18I do feel a little bit,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20"Oh, my word, I'm taking coals to Newcastle,"
0:10:20 > 0:10:22because they were living it
0:10:22 > 0:10:25so I expect them to teach me, not me teach them.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Alice!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28You made it!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Jack expected a big turnout
0:10:30 > 0:10:34but only half of the original patrons have come back...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Do you have any injuries? This could be interesting.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Do you have any injuries that I need to know about before I teach you?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45How long have you got?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48..And the men are seriously outnumbered.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Right, so, we've got one, two, three, four gentlemen.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54So let me see who's going to dance...
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Well, I haven't got anybody.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I'm going to put a piece of waltz on and then we will rotate
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- so nobody's left out. Is that OK, my lovely?- Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I'm used to being left out, don't worry about that.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Don't say that, you'll break my heart.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09OK, here we go.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Jack's picked one of the earliest dancehall classics - the waltz.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19You go one, two. One, two.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- One, two, three, Sheila. - One, two, three, sorry.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26That's where I'm going wrong. It's me that's doing it wrong, not you.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Back in the day, it was an end-of-night smooch
0:11:28 > 0:11:31so everyone knew the moves.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32I'm a little bit surprised.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I thought they would waltz better than they did.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Waltz means "to turn".
0:11:35 > 0:11:39It was more, you know, shuffling round the floor.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- Try not to step on each other's feet.- Cheeky bugger.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48But it's been an age since many of them gave this one a go
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and it shows.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56You're doing very well considering you're a cripple.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Good. And we still alive? Yes?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Saying that in this room is pretty frightening.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03The old classic has failed to hit the spot...
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Have a break.- Get me to a chair.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11..so Jack, who is more used to teaching seasoned pros, changes tack.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Would you show me how you jive?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15We don't have to throw them over our shoulder, do we?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17No, don't throw them over the shoulder. Not yet.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Save that for tomorrow, Walter, yeah?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Lovely. Very nice.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- I used to love jiving. - Oh, jiving, yes!
0:12:29 > 0:12:32That's all I did. I could never quickstep or foxtrot.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Whoo!
0:12:36 > 0:12:39This is great. This is good.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42My cousin used to come to our house and she showed me a little bit.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46She used to get the door and she'd say, "Like that. Shut the door."
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- She used the door handle to jive. - To jive, do you know what I mean?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50That's how you learned.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Yeah!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Yay.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Are you all listening?
0:12:58 > 0:12:59We will not be waltzing.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01LAUGHTER
0:13:02 > 0:13:04We'll be jiving.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- This is fantastic. Really, really... - He's excited now.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09No, I'm not excited.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I'm less worried. Less worried.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Here we go. Carry on, guys.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18When they jived, I tell you, my heart skipped a beat.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23I was so relieved. The room just lit up and it was fantastic.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I mean, Walter and Sheila are just in their element.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29You know, you can see them as teenagers.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Margot, I'd say, is still trying to process the teenager.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35She's still entrenched in being the 70-year-old.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Tell me, tell me, tell me,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39when you dance that dance, how does it make you feel?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Knackered.- Knackered!
0:13:42 > 0:13:43It makes you feel young.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It makes she feel like a 25-year-old man, does it?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48No. No, I'll settle for 35.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50You'll settle for 45.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53It will be interesting to see if Jack can produce any males.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56He'll be miraculous if he can.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The point is - do they want to dance?
0:13:58 > 0:14:02But it's not really all that
0:14:02 > 0:14:04masculine, is it, to be honest?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06A lot of men don't like it.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10With just a handful of volunteers and most of them women over 70,
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Jack's way off the hundreds he needs to pack the Palais.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19And, as it stands, the exterior of the building
0:14:19 > 0:14:20isn't going to pull in the crowds.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28When it opened in 1928, the Palais was an art deco masterpiece
0:14:28 > 0:14:29and the sign over the door
0:14:29 > 0:14:32was a beacon for Bolton's ballroom devotees.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36But it's long since lost its kerb appeal.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Right.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Let's get upstairs.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I'd like to get out on to the front of the building
0:14:44 > 0:14:46because I'd like to see if, behind the Ikon sign,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49if there's anything that informs me
0:14:49 > 0:14:52of the original glory days of this fabulous building.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Do you know, if there was the Palais de Danse,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I would be ecstatic
0:14:57 > 0:15:00but I'm doubting that.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Here we go.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Oh, I can't tell you, the smell is just...
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Bleurgh!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12It's been almost 50 years since the Palais closed
0:15:12 > 0:15:15and a long line of nightclubs followed.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17OK, here's the accounts.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18Let's look at the accounts.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Yep. Went bust.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Take that. Sweeties.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30To find what Jack's looking for...
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Ah! Awning! I can see street.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36..he'll have to go out on a limb.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43There's the awning.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45So they've gone and
0:15:45 > 0:15:47attached these girders
0:15:47 > 0:15:51to the original face of the building
0:15:51 > 0:15:55and extended out the Ikon sign.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58God, it looks like the haunted rollercoaster.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Oh, original.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Oh!
0:16:03 > 0:16:07A-I... A-I-S!
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Yes!
0:16:10 > 0:16:13It's there! It's there! It's there! The original's there!
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Oh, please, get this horrible sign down!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Palais de Danse.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21We'll clean you up.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23We'll get you looking good again.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Just got to wash it down. It just needs a power shower.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Beauty
0:16:27 > 0:16:29and the beast.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The Palais de Danse is there.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37The sign's there.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39We're ready to rock and roll!
0:16:41 > 0:16:42That gives me hope
0:16:42 > 0:16:45that I can take this building back to its former glory,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48not just on the inside but also the out.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Jack struck gold at the dance hall.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59By his big night, he wants hundreds of people partner dancing.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01He's determined the original patrons
0:17:01 > 0:17:04will jive like they did in their teenage years.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I learned at school.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13We used to go behind the blackboard in the break times
0:17:13 > 0:17:16and learn all the other girls to jive.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18That was when we were about 13.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24The risque moves took the dance floor by storm during World War II
0:17:24 > 0:17:27when American GIs stationed at Cheshire's Burtonwood airbase
0:17:27 > 0:17:28came to town.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35They brought that kind of aggressive ballroom jive to the UK.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38We watched it and copied it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Breaking all the ballroom rules, it was the twerking of yesteryear.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47But, at the Bolton Palais, there were no jiving.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49You weren't allowed to have a jive.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I got pulled up for having a jive in the corner with one girl.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Now Jack wants the Palais regulars to bust those moves again.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Morning! Let's make our circle. I do like to start in a circle.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Have you got me a Fred Astaire yet? - A Fred Astaire?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Jack might not have found Flo a movie star
0:18:10 > 0:18:14but the pensioners are about to get the Hollywood treatment.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You all dance jive differently.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Do you accept that?- Yeah. - OK. Right.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Now, in order to get a wow factor of you all moving together,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29you all have to do the same style.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Jack's choreographed a tailor-made routine.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33So, with our partners...
0:18:33 > 0:18:35A-one and two.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39He's pulled in help from his long-time assistant Heidi.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Good. So the whole routine is going to be
0:18:43 > 0:18:44a basic...
0:18:46 > 0:18:47..a throw away...
0:18:47 > 0:18:50It might start with the basics...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52..round that back,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54underarm turn...
0:18:55 > 0:18:59..but this routine builds to a complicated sequence of steps.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03OK? Do you think you could get that?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05All of it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09They've got it but some don't like it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Left, right, left...
0:19:12 > 0:19:14We don't turn yet. Left...
0:19:14 > 0:19:18To be taught something at this stage in our life, that's...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20That's quite something different.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Two and two.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Three. Three and two. Three.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28We are not professionals, you know?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I can't do this.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I've not done the jive for a while.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I find jive absolutely brilliant.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39He took us step-by-step along the way which was very good.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47After a tough session, Jack gives his most enthusiastic dancer, Alice,
0:19:47 > 0:19:48a lift home.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- This is my house here. This one. - Can I park in there?- This one.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Yeah, can I park in there? - Yes. Yes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58In return, he's getting a spot of Northern hospitality.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I tell you, Alice, after today, I'm gasping.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- So, shall I play mother?- OK.- Yeah?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Now that's me husband Frank. - Frank, yeah.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Now, he died when he were 66.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- When he was 66?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- I'm sorry to hear that. - That's myself.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Look at you! Great figure.- Bit slimmer there, Jack!- Great figure.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20A bit slimmer!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22And that was taken on the balcony.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- That was taken on the balcony at the Palais?- At the Palais.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I had my first date with him there.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28And was he a good dancer?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Yes. He was.- What was your favourite dance with him, Alice?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Oh, the waltz.- The waltz.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Oh, so romantic.- Oh, was it?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Dancing cheek to cheek. - Dancing cheek to cheek.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- More or less. Oh, yes. - That's beautiful.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- So you've been dancing since you were 14?- 14.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45And here you are still dancing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Well, no, because you need a partner.- You do.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50So, if I could find you a dancing partner,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52you would carry on dancing?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Oh, I'd love to, yes. Yes.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57How does dancing make you feel at 87?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Actually, I think it makes you feel a bit younger.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Makes you feel younger.- Yeah!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04How long are you to carry on dancing for, Alice?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Well, it depends if I have a partner.- Mm-hm.- Yeah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11So leave that one with me, will you?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And what about yourself? Have you a nice partner?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Oh... No.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- No.- Oh, Jack!- Very unlucky in love. - No!
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- You're like me, then.- Hardly!
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- You're like me, no partner. - You put me to shame, woman!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Yeah, but no partner I'm talking about.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29No, no, no.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- But you're too far away, aren't you? - Too far away? For who?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- London.- Yeah.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- I'm in Lancashire!- Oh, OK!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40All right. Oh! OK! Fine!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'll just have a cup of tea.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Unless Jack fancies a permanent move to Bolton,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51he needs to find some alternatives
0:21:51 > 0:21:53fast.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Today is all about finding men for these wonderful ladies.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00With only four men recruited to his revival and hundreds needed,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Jack's plans are on the ropes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I'm trying to find men who would like to dance.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Would you mind if I was to chat to some of you patrons?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- No, I don't mind. - And put up a poster?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- There's a few good movers in the gym.- Are there?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17How are you doing, fella? I'm after men to dance with gorgeous women.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Single women?- Single women.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Lovely ladies in their 70s.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Is it break dance?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Fantastic. Hey-hey!
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Convincing burly boxers to ballroom is a tall order.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33How are you doing? I'm looking for men who are rhythmical.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Can I hold that bag for you? - You can if you want, yeah.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Shall I call it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Double right hook.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Good. Fantastic. Yeah. Marvellous.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Now, can I have a little chat with you?- Yep.- My name's Jack.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Nice to meet you, Jack. - What's your name, sir?- Ben.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Ben, I'm looking for gentleman to come and learn to dance
0:22:51 > 0:22:55with some very, very beautiful women and we're going to jive.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Is this something you would be interested in?
0:22:57 > 0:22:58- Possibly.- Possibly!
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Until you said jiving. - Until I said jiving.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- I can't see myself jiving. - Right, so what's your style?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Tell me, what moves do you cut? - I haven't got any.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07You haven't got any at all?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I think it could be something you would be interested in,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- he says, trying to persuade. - Possibly, yeah.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Possible, yeah? Good man. Good man. Fantastic. Good.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I'll let you carry on.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19With no definite takers,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Jack pushes on with his trawl of local gyms.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Hello, sir. I'm a man on a mission.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- I'm looking to find men to dance with gorgeous ladies.- Not for me.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Hello, how are you doing? Can I take a minute of your time?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Yeah, certainly.- My name's Jack.- I'm Terry.- Terry, very nice to meet you.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Terry, can you dance?- Er...
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- No.- You can't?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- Would you like to learn to dance? - I think I would, yeah.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- You would like to? You would like to?- Yeah.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Do you have availability during the week?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50I've just retired, actually, so I've got quite a lot of time off.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Oh, my God, Terry! Yes! Success on a plate, as they say.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I'll let you carry on because you need to work out.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57These women are strong
0:23:57 > 0:23:59and, before you know it, they'll be throwing you around the place.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- Can't wait.- Good man. Good man. Cheers, Terry. Thanks a lot.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Jack's not the only one on a manhunt.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Margot's taking matters into her own hands.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I don't ask men out normally.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Normally, I don't.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I feel a bit sick, actually. Not butterflies.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Margot has lived alone since her husband died six years ago.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I met my husband on the way to the Palais and we met and married
0:24:23 > 0:24:26within 12 months so, really, I stopped going, actually,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28to the Palais.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Unless we fell out for a bit, you know,
0:24:31 > 0:24:32and then I whipped back again.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35He was, you know, a marvellous companion.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38We were companions and, of course, I miss it terribly.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Hello, Joe? Are you having your tea?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Margot's called up an old family acquaintance.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Right. Well, prepare yourself for a shock.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I'm going to ask you something.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51It's about the dancing days of the Palais. Did you ever go?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Right, didn't we all?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57We've got a choreographer who's quite famous.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59You won't have heard of him but...
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I mean, who has, but...
0:25:01 > 0:25:02He's... You know...
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Would you be willing to appear?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Really? Right.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Well, that's great. That's wonderful.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12'The man that I'm looking for - describe him.'
0:25:12 > 0:25:14He's got to be amusing, cool.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I want somebody cool.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21'I don't want anybody childish or emotionally immature, which is'
0:25:21 > 0:25:24saying quite a lot for a man.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29Thank you very much. All right. Bye. See you, then. Bye.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Yeah.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Great! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40One needs courage in this life.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42You've got yourself a partner, Margot.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47It's not a date, is it? Not... Hold on, wait a minute! No.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51No, it didn't come over like that, did it? Hopefully not. No.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55There is a shortage of men, isn't there?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59This is the trouble, isn't it, because this dancing thing
0:25:59 > 0:26:02needs a partner. And I ain't got one.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Today, Jack's got a treat for his ladies.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05I've not seen him, have you?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07His trawl of Bolton has paid off.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15It's strange. I was working on weights yesterday and I'm...
0:26:16 > 0:26:18..dancing today.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I've only done crazy disco dancing
0:26:20 > 0:26:23until now, never any organised dancing.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I was at the boxing gym and he talked me into coming down.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I thought there might have been some, maybe a little bit
0:26:29 > 0:26:32more my age, middle-aged maybe but it doesn't really matter.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36All of Jack's new recruits have turned up
0:26:36 > 0:26:38but Margot's fella is yet to arrive.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I haven't got butterflies, no.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I'm too old for that but I'm apprehensive.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Hopefully, it will be good to dance with a real man!
0:26:49 > 0:26:52A proper man. That'll be a novelty.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Ladies and gents, if you'd like to come on to the floor
0:26:55 > 0:26:57and take a partner...
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Margot's bold move has paid off.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Margot, Joe is waiting, longing.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09No, don't start being suggestive, it doesn't suit us.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11We don't like it. We're glad you've made it
0:27:11 > 0:27:14because they've changed the venue, haven't they?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I've never danced with Margot at all.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I danced with my wife.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22She was my girlfriend at the time but since then she has died.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I'm looking for a new partner.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Ben, don't look so worried. I found you in a boxing gym, yeah? OK?
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Right, we are starting in hold. So, into hold.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Let's see if we can get this right.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38This is called hold or frame, yes?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Some of your frames need to be looked at, yeah?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44OK? Don't be frightened of her.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Bring your right hand on to her left shoulder blade. That's lovely, good.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52And breathe, Terry. Breathe.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54You just like his biceps.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I think this is the toughest part of our little dance routine.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04So we have a back replace, round the back.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06A back replace, round the back...
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Jack's strategy is to throw the new recruits in at the deep end.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Gentleman, place your right hand on top of your left hand and turn.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20He's got his work cut out with the ballroom virgins.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Off you go and turn.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26But Margot's man is showing promise.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32Now that is a leader. That's lovely. You took my lovely Margot there.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34He's only been here a morning as well.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Please stop, I'm embarrassed.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39You should never say that to me because I will just carry on.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- Are you OK, Ben?- Yes.- Are you loving it?- Yeah.- Don't believe you!
0:28:44 > 0:28:49Here we go. Round you go. Back, replace. One, two.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52You know when you drink a really good wine, yeah?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57You do it slowly, don't you? You don't knock it back.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Did you all hear that?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- Maybe you've never drunk a fine wine, I don't know.- Oh, God.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08That's patronising. I don't like being patronised. Sorry.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10If I can continue my story,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13not everyone is a wine drinker was my point.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I use a lot of metaphors and analogies to teach, OK?
0:29:17 > 0:29:22If any of you felt offended by what I just said, I truly apologise.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Here we go.- He's labouring that now, isn't he, somewhat?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Five, six, seven, eight and around you go.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35My overriding concern is definitely Margot because when I'm anxious,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I know how I behave.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39And I now have to check it
0:29:39 > 0:29:42and I desperately want to keep her on board.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Jack might have to adjust his movie-star teaching methods
0:29:45 > 0:29:49if he's to win over Bolton's leading lady.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53I think he's really bumptious actually and I know he's probably
0:29:53 > 0:29:56doing it for our benefit but I don't...
0:29:56 > 0:29:58I don't take kindly to...
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I can't believe his attitude, really.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Jack's grand designs to put the building back on the Bolton map
0:30:07 > 0:30:10could put him back in the good books.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12I'd like to rejuvenate it.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14He has the building for two months
0:30:14 > 0:30:17so any changes have to be agreed by the landlord.
0:30:18 > 0:30:24If I'm going to replicate 1950s dance floor, I need a dance floor.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- Yeah.- I can't dance on tiles.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31I will come back to later this week with a definitive answer.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34The floor is essential for the dance hall night.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Can we go outside? - Yeah, absolutely.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40But Jack's next request could be appreciated by the whole of Bolton.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- Do you think you can take that sign down?- I'm happy to put it forward.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46I'm personally happy to pull the sign down, quite frankly.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49For the people of Bolton, let alone the dance hall.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51I would need to get consent from my side.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54I just think it would be absolutely wonderful.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58I think it would be magical, really, really magical.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Jack's dream is to fill the building with hundreds of ballroom newcomers.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04All right, fellas? How are you doing?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08So tonight he's going to hit the town to find them.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11How are you doing, lads?
0:31:12 > 0:31:15I'm going to reopen the Palais de Danse
0:31:15 > 0:31:17as a night hall for a few nights.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20And I'm going to revive social partner dancing.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23What Bolton's become over the last three years or so
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I'd say is everywhere is becoming the same.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28In the last decade, half the nightclubs in this country have closed.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Why are you not on the dance floor?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Ladies, why are you not on the dance floor?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- But I'm asking you... - Why are you not on the dance floor?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39What is a great night out in Bolton?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Loads of drink and loads of girls.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45There's a dance floor and the dance floor is empty.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Come and dance with me.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Jack's determined to get the younger generation dancing.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- Who's leading?- Me!
0:31:56 > 0:31:58What do you think about salsa and Argentine tango?
0:31:58 > 0:32:02It would be nice to get involved with but it's not around any more really.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Why aren't you out dancing cha-cha on a Friday night? Tell me.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Because they've changed times.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- I'm reopening the Palais.- Are you? - I am.- Here?- As a dance hall.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14What's it going to take me, other than a bottle of vodka,
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- to entice you? - Two bottles of vodka.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Dancing cheek to cheek is a world away from a night on the tiles.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25It seems to me that the whole raison d'etre for going out
0:32:25 > 0:32:27is to have a drink.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Are you going to get drunk tonight, girls?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I've got a huge task here to try
0:32:32 > 0:32:37and pull the scales down from over their eyes, to say consider this.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42If Jack can't convince the young 'uns to get on the dance floor,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44his revival will fail.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56To persuade a new generation that partner dancing is for them,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Jack's come up with an audacious plan.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Right, where do you think we are going?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05It's a mystery to us, isn't it?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07It will take a captive audience of thousands.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- What's going on here?- We might be training with footballers.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Enough space for a major performance.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- Walter's a season ticket over there. - Same here.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- Are you a season-ticket holder? - Yes, I am.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- And the final ingredient.- Hello.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Jack's Bolton boppers.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28How are we?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31There's no point me choreographing this amazing group of people
0:33:31 > 0:33:33and presenting it to 20 people.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36I'm hardly going to start a revolution with 20 people.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40So, would you just stand on the little bit of grass here?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Feel that you are a team, yeah.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Time for Jack to drop his bombshell.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- On Tuesday week, you will be dancing there.- Here?
0:33:51 > 0:33:56- Right there, at the game in front of all the spectators.- No!
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- Oh, my goodness me.- I dream big.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03There's no point dreaming if you are not going to dream big.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- So, if you don't want to do it, step off the hallowed turf.- No way.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10I'll be sitting up there, watching them. I will.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13I'm not letting my people see me down here...
0:34:13 > 0:34:15What are you doing off the hallowed turf?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- What are you doing off the hallowed turf?- I'm sorry.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I can't come up here. Sit up there with all my mates watching me?
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Whoa, they'd be...
0:34:24 > 0:34:27If I had one person down for reacting that way,
0:34:27 > 0:34:31it wouldn't have been Walter. So, that was surprising.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Enough to give anybody a heart attack because I was shocked
0:34:34 > 0:34:38coming here, to a place I come every other week
0:34:38 > 0:34:41to the march and to do a performance in front of people...
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I don't know how I will do it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47His identity with this place is with the lads and of course
0:34:47 > 0:34:53dancing with Sheila elsewhere, so the two just don't meet.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54He obviously felt,
0:34:54 > 0:34:59"Oh, no, I'm going to make a right fool of myself."
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Got to do it for my partner's sake.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05I'll have to do it for her sake, you know what I mean. Keep her happy.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09MUSIC: "Machine Gun" by The Commodores
0:35:10 > 0:35:12We've got about three weeks.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15So we now have to turn up the heat and get burning.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Jack's dance hall revival now rests on the Palais patrons
0:35:19 > 0:35:23delivering a stellar performance that can keep 20,000 football fans
0:35:23 > 0:35:25glued to their seats.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28A-one and two...
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Oh God! Where's...
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Stop improvising!
0:35:31 > 0:35:35To deliver a wow factor, the group have to dance in unison.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39Two, three. A-one and two...
0:35:39 > 0:35:41But the Palais old-timers struggle with the new moves.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- A-one and two...- No.- Three.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- You've got you've got two-thirds of it.- Yeah, yeah.- Great.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50I'll leave you, but the next time I see it, I can't have this...
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- You want it right.- I do!- Right!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56And the novices are yet to crack the basics.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Think of it like you're boxing a partner.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00So, box me. A jab, jab, hook, hook.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03A jab, jab. Follow me. There.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06A jab, jab, follow me, there.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10You look like I need to spray a load of WD-40 over you.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13You look very stiff. OK.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17You, basically, need to find your knees.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Ta-tum. Ta-tum. Ta-tum.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Terry has not missed a single practice
0:36:22 > 0:36:24since Jack recruited him down the gym.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Everybody else seemed to do it a bit more naturally than I do,
0:36:27 > 0:36:28but I'm sure I'll get there.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30But, as rehearsals continue,...
0:36:30 > 0:36:32How's Terry doing, Alice?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34..things get trickier for Terry.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36He gets dumped.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- We can change partners along, can we? All along the way?- We will do.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42We'll change partners.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43SHE LAUGHS
0:36:43 > 0:36:46I don't know whether I were tense, or whether he were tense,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50but I feel more at ease not dancing with Terry.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Just seems to be me that's left on my own all the time.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58I'm trying my best to learn how to do it.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01You know, sort my faults out but I'm not really, probably,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04not the best dancer here but, you know, I'm willing to try.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Maybe they don't think I'm good enough to be doing it.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15The fact that he hasn't done a great deal of dancing
0:37:15 > 0:37:17is that women don't want to dance with him
0:37:17 > 0:37:19because he's not good enough.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Well, I'm not going to have that.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Jack needs a strong woman to take Terry in hand.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Come and have a little chat with me. - All right, darling.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28And 76-year-old Flo has got the job.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- Now, I'm working with Terry... - I know you are.- ..and he's only...
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- You've been dancing...- Yeah. - ..for a long time.- I know, darling.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- He's been dancing for two weeks. - I know. It's incredible.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- So, will you work with him? Yes?- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- You promise me, you will?- Yeah, I will.- Because you're able to teach.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Yeah? Is that a deal? - That's right. It's a deal.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Love you.- OK, darling. - Cheers, darling.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52If I have to do, I'll have to do but he'll have to get more practice.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Match made in heaven. Fantastic.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Good.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01It's been an age since Flo had a permanent dance partner.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03It used to be her husband Derek.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- 61 years we've known one another. - Is it?- Yeah.- Right.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09- 61 years.- Oh, right.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I'm getting rid of you next year.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15They were childhood sweethearts,
0:38:15 > 0:38:17but they didn't find love on the dance floor.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22I love dancing, but he just went in a circle. He couldn't dance.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25He just couldn't move his feet. He just went round and round and round.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28He said, "It's no good, this, Flossie," he said.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31He said, I think we'd better pack our relationship in.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32And I walked away
0:38:32 > 0:38:34and I thought, I can't.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38And I turned round and I said, "I'll give..." I'm nearly crying!
0:38:40 > 0:38:42I said I'd give dancing up.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47I... Ooh! I...
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I remember the day when he walked away.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Flo hung up her dance shoes,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00but now she and her fellow Palais patrons
0:39:00 > 0:39:03will get the chance to revisit their glory days.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08The art deco building attracted thousands of Lancashire locals.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12They came three nights a week to bop on a sprung maple dance floor
0:39:12 > 0:39:13to a live big band.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17The building is Jack's for two months.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20To make any changes, he needs the nod from the landlord.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24But there's bad news.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28"In short, we do not feel that the removal of the facade
0:39:28 > 0:39:31will be beneficial to the property
0:39:31 > 0:39:34and feel there will be further issues to the property,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37in terms of being wind and watertight if removed."
0:39:38 > 0:39:43"Therefore, we are not willing to allow this to be removed."
0:39:43 > 0:39:46On behalf of all the patrons who danced here,
0:39:46 > 0:39:50who really brought an amazing spirit to this building,
0:39:50 > 0:39:53I'm just really disappointed. I am really disappointed.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58I don't know. Maybe I'm just going to have to choose my battles.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02And Jack soon claims a victory.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I'm really glowing inside.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It's such a lovely feeling.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10In the 1970s, the dance hall became a nightclub
0:40:10 > 0:40:13and the sprung floor was ripped out.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15This is for people of Bolton
0:40:15 > 0:40:18and this is to revive the fantastic dance floor
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Don't open your eyes.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Keep coming. Keep coming.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Today, it's finally back.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Open your eyes.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- Ahh!- Oh! Wow!
0:40:31 > 0:40:34O-ho-ho! Look at that!
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Oh-ho!- That's astounding, that. - Is it bouncy?
0:40:37 > 0:40:38You tell me.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- Is it?- Woo-hoo! - God. It's wonderful.- O-ho!
0:40:42 > 0:40:43And it is sprung.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Thank you. - You've got all the spring you need.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47That's amazing.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- Soak it up.- It's astounding, this.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- Soak it up and... - It's wonderful.- It's amazing.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55And that isn't the only revelation.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Couldn't believe it when I saw the floor.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I was astounded and thrilled.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03I've got faith in him now. I think it's going to happen.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06With the most sceptical of the Palais patrons on side,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Jack's keen to get the rest of the makeover right.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Now, the bar. Was the bar over there?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- No.- No.- It was up the top.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- The bar was there. - No, the bar was here.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Tell me about the balcony. What was going on at the balconies?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- Well, there were tables on there. - Tables?- Tables.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Watching the dancers.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31People watching the dancers? Yeah?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34There is this thing of prejudice, that you see people
0:41:34 > 0:41:39of a certain age and you just think, they are not participating in life.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42And they are full of life. That's what's so exciting about this group.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45You can really feel that they are doing something
0:41:45 > 0:41:47that's incredibly important to them.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50And it is recognising them at their time of life.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Jack's pinned the success of his revival on his Bolton boppers.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Flick, kick, now back, stretch, kick!
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Kelly Way for quarter to, Jackie.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Their performance has to win over the football home crowd.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16And prove dancing cheek to cheek works, whatever your age.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24They've been practising around the clock.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Round the back, round the back.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Now, with just a week to go,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Jack gathers the group to make an announcement.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34I'd like to play a piece of music
0:42:34 > 0:42:36and I'd really like you to listen to it
0:42:36 > 0:42:39and then I'd really like you to tell me what do you think of it.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42A VERSION OF "Crazy In Love" PLAYS
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Until now, the Palais pensioners have been dancing to
0:42:45 > 0:42:47a traditional big-band track.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Jack is about to make a major change.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00That's the piece of music we're dancing to.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02MINOR UPROAR
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Now you tell us!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- It's a bit naughty, that.- It's not the sort of rhythm were used to.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Quite honestly. It's not our type of rhythm... Well, to me.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- It's not Glenn Miller. - That's what I mean.- No.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14You can't beat Glenn Miller's music, can you?
0:43:14 > 0:43:17As the right music for jiving to.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Jack's picked the Beyonce track
0:43:19 > 0:43:22to bring partner dancing bang up-to-date.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24I'm not doing a museum piece.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26We are bringing something back to life.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28And, therefore,
0:43:28 > 0:43:31the music of now has to inspire the people of now.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35But it's not won over the group.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38I don't like it. That's it. Period. It sounded dreadful to me.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40It sounded ghastly.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44I hope he doesn't want us dressed like Beyonce wi' t'costume on,
0:43:44 > 0:43:45banging our bum like that!
0:43:47 > 0:43:50That is a piece of music that's incredibly modern.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54You know immediately it's Beyonce. Well, it's a cover of a Beyonce.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56So the young people,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59they're going to have a connection with that piece of music.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03Then they're going to see you dancing and come to think, "What?"
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Do you see now, where I'm coming from?- Yes.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10So, I'm not saying, "Ah! Wasn't the '50s great?"
0:44:12 > 0:44:15"Ah!" No! It wasn't all great!
0:44:15 > 0:44:17You know, I'm gay. I wasn't even...
0:44:17 > 0:44:19I was a criminal in the '50s!
0:44:19 > 0:44:20LAUGHTER
0:44:20 > 0:44:21You know...
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Jack's convinced his team.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Come on, my Bolton boppers.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29But now they've got to dance to it.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Five, six, seven, eight!
0:44:34 > 0:44:38And with the big performance round the corner, nerves are running high.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44I'm doing everything you tell me. I don't know what else I can do.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47It's not long before Joe and Margot are lost.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50So, "one and two, three" becomes, from now on,
0:44:50 > 0:44:51Into...A.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Into...B
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Into...C
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Yeah?
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Five, six, seven, eight.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Into A.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Into B.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08Jack's tip to remember the sequence hasn't worked for Margot and Joe.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Ba-ba-ba. Ba. Ba-ba-ba. Ba.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15Ba-ba-ba-ba. Ba-ba-ba-ba.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18I haven't got a clue what you're doing, but very good.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19Neither have we.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20Join the club. Join the club.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Are you going?
0:45:22 > 0:45:25I'm trying to change it, so that you can all do it,
0:45:25 > 0:45:27whoever that was who walked out of the room.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- How many- BLEEP- meetings have we had now?
0:45:29 > 0:45:30And now we're on A, B, and C.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33When he says A, I don't know whether it's the original start-up,
0:45:33 > 0:45:36or the crossover. Because the crossover's A, B, and C.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40And the beginning is... Throw away's A, B, and C.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42I'm absolutely confused about it.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46It's not clear. This is it. I'm serious. You won't see me any more.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52Is he going? Is he angry? I've lost another man now.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54You what?
0:45:54 > 0:45:55Hey?
0:45:55 > 0:45:58All right. All right. He's had enough.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01He is upset because, you know, he feels he can't do it.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04He's a perfectionist. So that's the reason.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06So, he's having a wobbler.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10I'm good at this, though. I can get rid of men like that!
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Anyway.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12Two and two...
0:46:12 > 0:46:16With Joe's walkout to contend with and his reputation on the line,
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Jack's feeling the pressure.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23To be honest with you, I'm finding this unbelievably difficult.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25It's just frustrating the life out of me.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Because, actually, I feel that I keep going back to page one.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31It's one step forward and, no pun intended, four steps back.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43PHONE RINGS
0:46:43 > 0:46:46With one man down, Jack puts in a call to Joe.
0:46:46 > 0:46:47RINGTONE
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- Hello?- Joe! It's Jack Murphy, dance teacher. How are you doing?
0:46:52 > 0:46:54I'm all right, thank you.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57You don't want to participate any more? Is that true?
0:46:57 > 0:46:59That's true, yeah. It's taking over my life.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01All right, Joe. Lovely to talk to you.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02I wish you all the best.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05- Thank you, Jack.- Nice to meet you. Take care. Bye-bye.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09Jack's problems are about to get worse.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13I've come today and I've no dancing partner. He's gone on a cruise.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16So,... I don't know who I'm going to dance with.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18So, do you want to just get with your partners.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22With days to go, Jack is now two men down.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25Alice, I would like you to dance with Tony.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29To keep Alice calm, Jack decides to fix her up with another partner.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33- You're going to dance with Tony. - Oh, am I?- Why is that?
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Because I haven't got enough men at the moment.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40Alice has been dancing with Tony.
0:47:40 > 0:47:41And you have.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I've been dancing most with Ben, though.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46- Do you know what, I'm not doing this. I'm off.- What's matter?
0:47:46 > 0:47:50There is no simple solution and Jack's out of ideas.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53- We'll have to sort it out. - Alice, can you come with me?
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Ben, can you come with me?
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Edna, can you come with me? Eileen, can you come with me?
0:47:57 > 0:47:59And, Tony, can you come with me?
0:47:59 > 0:48:02Obviously, I clearly have a situation that I need to clarify.
0:48:02 > 0:48:03OK.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I'm feeling pretty dreadful because I feel I've put you
0:48:06 > 0:48:08in a situation that I would never wish to put you in.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10I wasn't going to leave you without a partner.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Not in a million years. I couldn't possibly do that,
0:48:13 > 0:48:17but Alice makes me feel comfortable when she dances with Tony. OK?
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Let me put my twopenn'orth in now.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22I've been a float here, there, everywhere.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24I went to Tony specially and I said,
0:48:24 > 0:48:27"Would you mind if I asked you to be my partner?"
0:48:27 > 0:48:28Oh!
0:48:28 > 0:48:31- Now, he's never let me down one day. - OK.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35That's made me enjoy what I'm doing because, prior to that,
0:48:37 > 0:48:39- I kept thinking, I'm not going to bother.- Yeah.
0:48:39 > 0:48:43Because it gives you that feeling of not wanting to bother.
0:48:43 > 0:48:44If you don't have a partner.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Edna said to me,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49"This is the first time in my life,
0:48:49 > 0:48:51"I've done something for me."
0:48:51 > 0:48:54"Normally, I've done something for my children, my grandchildren,
0:48:54 > 0:48:57"my husband - it's the first time I've done something for me."
0:48:57 > 0:49:01- Yeah.- And that's why I've come along to help Edna.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03- Do you understand me now? - Yeah. Yeah.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05- But I can't solve your problem. - No, no. You can't.
0:49:05 > 0:49:06And I do understand you.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11And I would just like to clarify that I was not aware of any of this.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Do you give them your blessing to dance together?
0:49:14 > 0:49:18So, rather than me get Edna a dance teacher to dance with,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21from Bolton, I get you a dance teacher to dance with from Bolton?
0:49:21 > 0:49:26- Well, as...as... You would feel better, won't you?- Well, I would.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Yeah, Alice. I would, if I was honest.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31All right. Good. So, I've got to make a phone call.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Let me go and make a phone call.
0:49:33 > 0:49:34Thank you.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36For being a fabulous woman.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Would you like to carry on next door?
0:49:38 > 0:49:40A-ha-ha-ha!
0:49:40 > 0:49:44Why should we be disturbed when we're so near to the end of all?
0:49:45 > 0:49:48I put my case forward and now I'm rested.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51PHONE RINGS
0:49:51 > 0:49:55Jack puts out an SOS to Bolton's ballroom community.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58- Phil, hello. Jack Murphy. How are you doing?- I'm good, mate.
0:49:58 > 0:50:03- How are you?- I'm great. Phil, I'm a man in need of a couple of men.- OK!
0:50:03 > 0:50:05What's happened is...
0:50:05 > 0:50:07I'm hoping he's going to get me a partner.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11If not, I have to have to pull Jack on the field with me.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Will Jack's cry for help come off?
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Or will Alice and Margot be without partners
0:50:19 > 0:50:21and out of the line-up on the night?
0:50:31 > 0:50:35After weeks of blood, sweat, and walkouts.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Jack's dance hall veterans are ready to rock and roll.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Tonight, we are going to perform...
0:50:43 > 0:50:45in front of 20,000 people.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47CROWD NOISE
0:50:47 > 0:50:52I have never, ever, done anything like this in my life.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54A bit butterfly, to be quite honest with you.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56A bit nervous but we'll have to get it right on the day
0:50:56 > 0:50:58and keep Jack happy.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02The stakes are high and, to add to the nerves,
0:51:02 > 0:51:04there are two new recruits joining the line-up
0:51:04 > 0:51:07to dance with Margot and Alice.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11All the others had been dancing for six week.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14And, there's me, you know, with a new partner.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19There's under an hour to go until half-time.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21It's packed, it's buzzing. This is it.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25I'm really going to find out what my group, what their mettle is.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28They'll have just two minutes to wow the home crowd
0:51:28 > 0:51:30and keep them in their seats.
0:51:30 > 0:51:34It's, er...scary, I suppose, is the word. Isn't it?
0:51:34 > 0:51:38The thought of the crowds, I think, and the size of the stadium.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39I'm not nervous at all, no.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42Looking forward to the whole thing.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43- Yeah? Are you?- Oh, yeah.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47The wife and my eldest daughter are going to be here,
0:51:47 > 0:51:49so just hope I put on a good performance on for them
0:51:49 > 0:51:50and make them proud.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53My granddaughter
0:51:53 > 0:51:56and my great-grandson is coming on the field to watch me.
0:51:56 > 0:51:57So...
0:51:57 > 0:52:02I'm hoping, you know, I can get with it. Yes!
0:52:02 > 0:52:05The family and friends are here for support
0:52:05 > 0:52:09but the aim of the game is to recruit new blood for Jack's revival.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Honestly, it is one of the most thrilling
0:52:11 > 0:52:14and also frightening things I've ever, ever done.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Like any good manager, Jack gives a pre-match pep talk.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22How many of you feel like the rabbit in the headlights, right now?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24- Yes.- Yeah! That's the fear, isn't it?
0:52:24 > 0:52:25LOUD CROWD REACTION
0:52:25 > 0:52:28We need to get these people on our side.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31And if you dance from your heart, you will enjoy it and, you know what?
0:52:31 > 0:52:32You will attract them.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35CROWD NOISE
0:52:35 > 0:52:40If you don't want to let me down, then dance from your hearts.
0:52:40 > 0:52:45You have given me, possibly, one of the greatest gifts of my life.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48This is my mum and dad
0:52:48 > 0:52:52and, in 1952, they danced at the Palais De Danse
0:52:52 > 0:52:55in Northern Ireland, Portstewart.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57My dad died 35 years ago,
0:52:57 > 0:53:01but when you dance, I see my mum and dad dancing.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05And I can only tell you that is the power and the magic of dance.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09So, when you ask me what you do for me, that's what you do.
0:53:09 > 0:53:15So, what I want you to do for yourselves is go out there,
0:53:15 > 0:53:17write a little bit of history.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19- CHEERING - Here we go!
0:53:30 > 0:53:33ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC WITH CROWD NOISE
0:53:36 > 0:53:40There does come a moment where you have to...
0:53:40 > 0:53:42I'm not a parent,
0:53:42 > 0:53:44but I guess it's just, like, cut the cord
0:53:44 > 0:53:48and so just feels like you've got to let it go
0:53:48 > 0:53:49and there's nothing I can do.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50TANNOY ANNOUNCEMENT
0:53:50 > 0:53:53It's the fabulous group that rocked the dance floor
0:53:53 > 0:53:57at the Bolton Palais, 60 years ago.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01And, today, they are back, so please welcome the Jack Palace Dancers.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:05 > 0:54:09- They're clapping us now. This is the real thing.- Yeah.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12They've no idea what it is but, still, never mind.
0:54:12 > 0:54:13DANCE ROUTINE MUSIC BEGINS
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Well, there's no going back now.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20MUSIC: Crazy In Love (Rock and Roll Version)
0:54:32 > 0:54:33We're into the B.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46I feel a lot younger in myself now.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48I do, yeah.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51My relationship to Jack's improved, I think. Over the time.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53I've definitely mellowed towards him.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55I see where he's coming from now.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59Doing something like this gets your energy up again.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03It's like a new lease of life, really. It lifts you.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06But, it has made me come alive again, actually.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08When I started on this journey, I was a little bit nervous.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Wasn't sure if I'd see it through.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Now, it's just taken over me life.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17I never thought I would be teaching a group of people in their eighties.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19I never thought they would be performing
0:55:19 > 0:55:21in front of 20,000 people.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26I think it's something that I've always wanted to do. Dance properly.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28It's always been in the back of my mind.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30It's been a wonderful experience.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Not many people have danced at the stadium.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35It'll be something I can tell my great-great-grandchildren.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38If I'd have thought this, about six month ago,
0:55:38 > 0:55:40I'd have thought I was dreaming,
0:55:40 > 0:55:42but it's wonderful.
0:55:47 > 0:55:48Yes!
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Ha!
0:55:53 > 0:55:56I'm enjoying every minute and, when it finishes,
0:55:56 > 0:55:59I'm hoping I can carry on dancing, too.
0:56:02 > 0:56:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:05 > 0:56:09We started waving. We're like film stars.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11I'm proud of you.
0:56:11 > 0:56:12Ah, thank you.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Oh!
0:56:17 > 0:56:20How was it? You were amazing.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23I enjoyed it in the end. I really did.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26Because, you know, I thought, here goes, and...
0:56:28 > 0:56:32Let's do it. You know. Why not? And it was great.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35- Did you like it?- Yeah. It was good. I thought she did really well.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38She did. She did really well. And she looks amazing
0:56:38 > 0:56:40and she looks so happy and so excited
0:56:40 > 0:56:43and it's just so nice to see her like that.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Jack's rock n' rollers have jived their socks off.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48I feel like I'm smiling like a Cheshire Cat.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50But was it enough to inspire the crowd
0:56:50 > 0:56:53to join his partner dancing revival?
0:56:53 > 0:56:59If they now manage to sign up a good number of people...
0:56:59 > 0:57:01I don't want to put a number on it.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04Of course, I know I should be thinking...
0:57:04 > 0:57:07But, if they manage to sign up new people and make that circle bigger,
0:57:08 > 0:57:09I'm just honoured.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Come and sign up for the dance classes at the Palais!
0:57:13 > 0:57:16Can we interest you in dance? No?
0:57:16 > 0:57:18- Do you want to learn?- No, I don't.
0:57:18 > 0:57:19This lady danced for you tonight,
0:57:19 > 0:57:22- do you want to come and learn to dance with her?- No, no.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24- Did you see the half-time show? - No, I was having a pint.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Does anybody want to dance? No? No? It's not easy.
0:57:27 > 0:57:31- I don't need classes. - While you're dancing, get signing.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34- Did you see them dance? Didn't they do great?- Yes, they was good. Yeah.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37- She was the best. - Hang on a sec, you've pulled, woman!
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Bolton's best dance hall.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41Right.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...
0:57:45 > 0:57:48- Um...- Well, it's eight more than we had before.- It's eight more.
0:57:48 > 0:57:53Do you know, I love your philosophy. The glass is half full.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56But Jack's dance hall will be half empty.
0:57:56 > 0:57:57Scores on the doors.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01Um, a healthy eight.
0:58:01 > 0:58:06I was expecting in the tens of, so I'm a little bit disappointed.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09It would have been healthy if it was 80.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12Despite his efforts, with so few new recruits,
0:58:12 > 0:58:16Jack's plans for a dance hall revolution hang in the balance.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22I have never felt such responsibility in my life.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25- Whoa!- Wow!- Yeah!
0:58:25 > 0:58:28You've stopped moving your feet. This is not good.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30I can't do it.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33You stop it. And you stop it now.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36You have no idea how upset it makes me.
0:58:37 > 0:58:41I'm petrified, my stomach's actually churning.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43I'm excited!
0:58:43 > 0:58:47Tonight's the night I find out if I fail or pass.
0:58:52 > 0:58:55MUSIC: Lust For Life by Iggy Pop