0:00:02 > 0:00:04I have never felt such responsibility in my life.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Jack Murphy is a choreographer to the stars.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Don't talk to me, I'm concentrating!
0:00:08 > 0:00:12He's in Bolton, to kick-start a dance hall revival...
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Come and sign up for the dance classes at the Palais.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19I want to get everybody dancing in a dance hall, dancing cheek to cheek.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23..and prove that partner dancing, once a national pastime,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25can still work its magic today.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Dancing with a boy is lovely and they're missing out on all that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33He's already got Bolton's original rock and rollers on board
0:00:33 > 0:00:35and dancing again.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37I'm excited!
0:00:37 > 0:00:41And the restoration of Bolton's Palais de Danse is well underway.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43- Oh!- Oh, yeah!
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Now, Jack has to recruit and teach total ballroom beginners.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- I can't do it.- Cha-cha, one, two...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51But you've stopped moving your feet.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53This is not good.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54He is relying on them
0:00:54 > 0:00:57to inspire a new generation to dance cheek to cheek.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- Jack hasn't started on you yet. - Oh, God, the tension is palpable.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05You're going to have to step up. You have no idea how upset it makes me.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09And to return social dancing to the heart of British life.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Dancing cheek to cheek, it's going to be out of this world. Live bands.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13You're coming, aren't you?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15But will Bolton catch the ballroom bug?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Do any of you know where these people might be?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Twerk, and a twerk, and twerk.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And can Jack make them feel like dancing?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24You stop it and you stop it now.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I am petrified, my stomach is actually churning.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Tonight is the night I find out if I fail or pass.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Jack Murphy wants to get Bolton ballrooming again.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44To show the town what it's been missing,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47he is throwing a dance hall night to remember.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I am going to reopen the Palais de Danse
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and have the most wonderful evening.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Of course, that's all just a fantasy,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57but what I have to really do is find the people to fill it.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01He would love to get hundreds dancing cheek to cheek
0:02:01 > 0:02:05and convince local venues to bring dance hall nights back for good.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09To draw people in, he has advertised a taster at the former dance hall.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15My fantasy is that they will respond really positively to my idea!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Do you remember when this used to be Ritzy and Ikon?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22The chance to meet a choreographer to the stars has pulled in a big
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Bolton crowd.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28But little do they know, Jack wants to take them back in time.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Hello, hello, hello.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- ALL:- Hello.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Do you know, years and years ago, we had over 10,000 social dance halls
0:02:35 > 0:02:40up and down this country and 10 million people a week used to dance.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44I want to teach people who have never had the opportunity to
0:02:44 > 0:02:46waltz, cha-cha or tango.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Experience what all that magic was about.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- You can't do it.- Can't do it?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54The dance hall golden age of the '50s is a world away for this
0:02:54 > 0:02:56nightclub generation.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I'm going to play some music. Lock the door!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01THEY LAUGH
0:03:01 > 0:03:05So before Jack shows the group his moves, he wants to see theirs.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I know this is going to be fantastically difficult.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10One, because you're sober.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11- ALL:- Yes!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14And two, because there is so much light.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Throw me some moves, freestyle.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Be my guest, be my... Yeah, good.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Jack's revival is open to everyone
0:03:26 > 0:03:29but he is keen to check out the group's dance ability.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32A dad at a wedding could do that.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38And he has got more than his fair share of bad dad dancing to
0:03:38 > 0:03:39contend with in this group.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49I did actually win the Best Dad Dancing competition on holiday.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Other than that, I've got no dancing experience whatsoever.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59But there is one chap in the crowd whose moves could rival Beyonce.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02MUSIC: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) by Beyonce
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I think he has danced on a floor a couple of times before.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I have never professionally done dance or anything like that.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17But I do like to dance when I go out and stuff.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- With good rhythm, I might add!- No, it's not a solo. Come on, everybody.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Very good.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Marvellous. Marvellous, marvellous. So, we have all warmed up, yes?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34With the ice broken, Jack wants to show the group the very
0:04:34 > 0:04:36different rituals of the '50s dance floor.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42So this is the Palais, 1950s.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48In its heyday, 60% of Brits could partner dance.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49It was a national pastime.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Does it look a million miles away from what you do
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- today in the nightclubs?- Yes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Good.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Now Jack wants them to give it a go themselves.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I would like all the boys to line up this side of the room
0:05:03 > 0:05:08and I would like all the ladies to line up on that side of the room.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13In the dance hall heyday, it took courage to hit the dance floor.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Gentlemen, I would like you to go and ask a lady to dance.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25I do not want you to ask a lady that you know.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I would like you to bring the lady onto the floor
0:05:30 > 0:05:37and come in to arm in arm, or cheek to cheek, and just stand still.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41You have just thrown me right out of my comfort zone!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46And that is actually, when you're sober,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49a fantastically difficult thing to do because, quite frankly,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53they don't know if they're going to be rejected or not. Very good.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- How did that make you feel? - Awkward.- Awkward?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Did you ask a lady to dance that you don't know?- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01We're going for a kebab!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04You're going for a kebab on the way home! Wonderful.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Next lesson, we're going to start to learn to cha-cha-cha.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15OK? Thank you very much coming. Cheers. Well done.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Jack hopes he's convinced the group to return
0:06:18 > 0:06:20and commit to four weeks of intense training.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24It is a nice gentlemanly thing to do, for a man to ask the woman
0:06:24 > 0:06:28if she would like to dance. Rather than just grind up against her.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32He needs a crowd to join his original rock and rollers on the big night,
0:06:32 > 0:06:37and prove that partner dancing has a place in 21st-century Britain.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39I have not done any dancing before,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41everything is sort of a confidence issue with me.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43But I just feel it is something that I really need to do.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- We are newlyweds.- Yes. - And we had our wedding dance.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50To be honest with you, I have got two left feet
0:06:50 > 0:06:51and it was absolutely terrible.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56I am a little bit kind of rabbit in the headlights
0:06:56 > 0:06:59because there is an extraordinary amount of work to be done.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02If I get 90% of people returning,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I will be absolutely delighted.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Absolutely delighted.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20In just four weeks' time, Jack opens the former dance hall as it
0:07:20 > 0:07:24was in its 1950s heyday, for one night only.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29The glamorous Art Deco building once attracted queues around the block.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Peeling back the years that the hall later
0:07:32 > 0:07:35ran as a nightclub is an ambitious task.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38We are a work in progress today.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Of course, the dance hall back in the day, the 1950s, would be
0:07:42 > 0:07:46a refuge for the people coming from the mills.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48They would come here to be transported.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Helping Jack turn back the Palais clock for the next
0:07:51 > 0:07:53generation is set designer David Weir.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56We're kind of trying to get a bit more of that
0:07:56 > 0:07:59romantic early dance hall feel going on.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00- A bit of Hollywood.- Yeah.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04It is going to be very exciting for both the older generation
0:08:04 > 0:08:08who were here back in the '50s and the new generation,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10seeing a dance hall for the very first time.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13To speed up the dance hall renovations,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Jack's called in expert help.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Oh, yes. I like that style.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21The original Palais regulars used to come here
0:08:21 > 0:08:23in the 1950s and early '60s.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26After an absence of half a century,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29they will be back on the dance floor on the big night.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- To paint, we have got to put these on.- Oh, Jesus!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Today, Judith, Fred, Flo
0:08:35 > 0:08:40and Margo are mucking in to give the restoration their seal of approval.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42THEY LAUGH
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Maybe if you fancied a young woman,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48you invited her in to the kissing arch.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Fred and Judith met at the Palais. They have been married for 58 years.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55You know, when Judith and I came here,
0:08:55 > 0:09:01- if there was any kissing done, it was done...- On the way to the bus.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06You used to nip round the side of the Queen's, Queen's Cinema,
0:09:06 > 0:09:11- didn't we? Do you remember? - We what?- Queen's Cinema.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13The Queen's Cinema? Do you mean the back row?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Actually, I think that was the boyfriend before you, I'm sorry!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19SHE LAUGHS
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I got mixed up!
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Shall we have a dance?!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Back replace, in we come. Back replace...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29On the big night, the gang will jive to live music.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31OK, even lift.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Just like the old days, there will be a local big band
0:09:34 > 0:09:37performing against a spectacular backdrop.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It's exactly like it was, isn't it?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- Looks like a headboard, to me, that. - It is fabulous, that.- Absolutely.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Looks like a great big bedstead!
0:09:49 > 0:09:50I said that!
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Flo came to the Palais with her co-workers from the mill
0:09:54 > 0:09:57every Saturday, for two shillings and sixpence.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02And Margo met her late husband on her way to the Palais one night in 1966.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Rationing had only just finished, hadn't it, in '54? And we had not
0:10:08 > 0:10:10been used to any wallpaper, even.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Coloured wallpaper was a novelty.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16In here, once you walked in here, it was like fairyland.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Fairyland, definitely.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Right, are you ready?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Come on!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25ALL: Oh!
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Oh, yes.- That's lovely.- Fantastic. - Talk about Blackpool!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Gorgeous.- Good, isn't it?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It just reminds me of when it was.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Just the same, it's fabulous. Fabulous.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38When people come in here and see what has been done in here,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40they will be utterly gobsmacked.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Yeah.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46JAZZ MUSIC
0:10:46 > 0:10:49In the 1930s up to the '60s, people learned the dance hall classics
0:10:49 > 0:10:52from their parents or their pals.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54To return to the glory days,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Jack will need to train his new recruits himself.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59With so many to teach,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03he's pulled in the help of Bolton's very own ballroom king.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Slow, quick, quick, forward...
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Once a pro himself,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Phil Hurst is one of the region's most experienced teachers.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Slow, then rock, one...two...
0:11:15 > 0:11:16He will train one group to tango
0:11:16 > 0:11:19whilst Jack teaches the others the cha-cha.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20When you're first starting off,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24it's very tricky to work on the finer points.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- It could have been better. It could have been better! - LAUGHTER
0:11:26 > 0:11:30But you really do start to see them develop, over the weeks.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34The first-timers have only four weeks to learn steps that can take
0:11:34 > 0:11:35a lifetime to master.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Slow, rock...two, three...
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Tonight is Jack's first class.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44So...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46There's no-one here!
0:11:46 > 0:11:49So, hopefully, hopefully, they're a little bit late.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51They'll be here shortly.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53And I will be teaching them a cha-cha-cha.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Hurray!
0:11:55 > 0:11:56- Hello.- Hello.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Most of the group have rushed from work to get here.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03That's what I'm talking about!
0:12:03 > 0:12:04LAUGHTER
0:12:04 > 0:12:08You've come! I am feeling a very good vibe from you. Yeah?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Let's run off, quick!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Jack starts his newbies off with the first rule of ballroom.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17This is called hold. So just watch.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21I high-five Heidi. Kind of.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Heidi's left arm then just becomes like a bird.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Isn't that beautiful, takes flight.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I then become Bruce Lee and...
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Ha-ee-ya! - LAUGHTER
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Yeah? And then the bird lands.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- PUPILS: Aw. - And I'm in hold.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42So... You need a partner to do it. Do you want to grab a partner?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Dancing in hold should be easy for married couple Scott and Helen.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50But the others have to get up close and personal with a stranger.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53That can go up there. That's amazing, Mister.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56And dance floor diva Drew does not get to sit this one out.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Drew.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Come and dance with me. Lead me.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03If you can lead me, you can lead anybody.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06One, two, three...
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Cha-cha-cha.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Two, three, and a cha-cha-cha.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Don't look at your feet.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I did feel nervous.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Possibly terrified because I was thinking, "God, don't stand
0:13:18 > 0:13:22"on his feet," you know, cos that would just be really embarrassing.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Now, what I really like about the way you just danced with me
0:13:25 > 0:13:29is I can see that it's all about how it makes you feel.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31These are tentative first steps.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33They have got to start connecting
0:13:33 > 0:13:39and feeling that they are dancing as one unit, not as two units.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Jack's determined to help them get it right.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Let me see your wings.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Bruce Lee, ha-ee-ya!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Good, let that bird land.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50And one, two, three, cha-cha-cha.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Basic, and a cha-cha-cha, basic...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57That is fantastic, lady. Is this your first dance lesson?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58SHE MUMBLES
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- Is that a yes? Have you got a tongue in there?- Yes! I'm concentrating.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06In just four weeks,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09the group have to inspire the crowd at Jack's revival night.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12We've got very little time. So we have to get moving very quickly.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16And...side, close, side, basic.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Ballroom beginner Dawn has survived the first class.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23I thought I would probably get to the end without being able to
0:14:23 > 0:14:27do it, so, yeah, it was good. But I had to concentrate a lot.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29But, yeah, yeah, I did fine, I think.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32The couple who messed up their wedding waltz are even
0:14:32 > 0:14:34top of the class.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Basic, and stop right there.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Could you become my new best friends?
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Us?- I just LOVE what you just did, it's fantastic.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I just watched you dance a cha-cha really beautifully.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50To be honest with you, I can't dance for peanuts, know what I mean?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52But Jack really put us at ease
0:14:52 > 0:14:54and we didn't fall over, which were a bonus.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58OK, so this is all a bit fun, but to learn that routine,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01you're going to have to step up. You've got four weeks.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Give yourselves a round of applause, well done. Good.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I am very positive at the moment.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I know I'm going to have to eat my words,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12because the honeymoon will probably be over soon
0:15:12 > 0:15:16as we start chucking in the dance steps of the routine.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Their brains are going to feel like spaghetti.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Jack needs to get his group ballroom-ready to show Bolton
0:15:28 > 0:15:30what it is missing out on.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32And to recreate a dance floor buzz,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36he must pack the Palais to the rafters.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37I must get hundreds of people to come along
0:15:37 > 0:15:39in order for this night to be a great success.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It is only going to work if I get people in that door.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- So he is hitting the streets... - That'll be a no!- ..airwaves...
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Very special guest in as well, today.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Flossie from Bolton, everyone!
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Yay!
0:15:50 > 0:15:56..and even the local Hindu temple to sell ballroom to Bolton.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- Don't talk to me, I'm concentrating! - THEY LAUGH
0:15:58 > 0:16:02And if you're not there, I tell you, you are not in the right place.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Go on, a twerk. And a twerk... And a twerk... - THEY GIGGLE
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Jack wants the whole town to give partner dancing a whirl.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10It is fantastically sexy.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And if they love it,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15he wants local nightspots to offer people a place to do it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17This venue, the heart of it could be a dance hall...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19It's something Bolton has not seen for a long time.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21THEY LAUGH
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Dancing cheek to cheek. It's going to be out of this world. Live band!
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- You're coming, aren't you? - Oh, yeah(!)- Closed question.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28I saw that!
0:16:30 > 0:16:35I would just be absolutely thrilled to see you there.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38A live band is so brilliant. Listening to a live band.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Oh, you are getting all teary eyed. - I know.- Bless.- I know.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Jack's spread the news far and wide.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51If Bolton follows Jack's call,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55it will be the first dance hall night in decades.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I feel like I've discovered Tutankhamen!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Jack wants to offer a genuine dance hall experience.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04So he is scouring Bolton's archives.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08It's my responsibility to recreate a dance hall
0:17:08 > 0:17:11with as much detail as possible.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Shops? They had shops in there!
0:17:13 > 0:17:16A ladies' hairdressers... There was a baker's in there!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18And a butcher's.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I'm just off the dance hall to buy me chipolatas and have a foxtrot!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24HE LAUGHS
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Back in the day, the Palais was the multiplex of its time,
0:17:28 > 0:17:29catering to the customer's every need.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Cafe and lounge.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34No alcohol, coffee.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Keeping with tradition, there will be no alcohol at Jack's night.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Looking at these plans,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42I have to think more about what they're going to eat.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44I would like to know what they had to eat then
0:17:44 > 0:17:45and what they would drink then.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49With the prospect of 500 people to cater for on the night,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Jack needs help.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54The very bakery that started life inside the Palais
0:17:54 > 0:17:56is still going strong today.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Hello, David. I'm Jack Murphy. - Pleased to meet you, Jack. - Very nice to meet you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Well, you have got a hair net and a beard snood.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Master baker David Smart inherited the business from his father.
0:18:07 > 0:18:14Now, family bakery, used to provide the food for the Palais?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It did, yeah. The Palais bought bakery
0:18:16 > 0:18:19because they wanted somebody to make all the pies,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23the hotpot suppers, the sandwiches, the buffets, all that sort of thing.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Because, obviously, they wanted a food manufacturing unit.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29So they bought the bakery.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Help. What am I going to feed them?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Potato and meat pie.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38This recipe is exactly what my dad used to make for the Palais de Danse
0:18:38 > 0:18:40nearly 60 years ago.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Nothing is different.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Oh, how fantastic.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- No need to go for a kebab afterwards.- No.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- I want to buy a lot of these. - Please do!
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Eyes up!
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Across Bolton, ballroom newcomers are being fast-tracked.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Attending classes night after night.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Quick, quick, slow...
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Phil's group in the tango...
0:19:09 > 0:19:13One, two, three, four, five...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15..Jack's in the cha-cha.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Basic, and around you go.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21We need to push it a little bit further.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25I need full-blooded passion, commitment...
0:19:25 > 0:19:26The pressure is mounting.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Right, we can have a rest now.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30- WHISPERS:- Have a rest, Alan.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35On the big night, the novices have to inspire locals to take to the floor
0:19:35 > 0:19:37and they have still got a lot to learn.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Here's the mistake you make.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42You nearly all do this...
0:19:45 > 0:19:49It's a bit Frankenstein. Don't take that line.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I close before I go forwards. Replace.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I close before I go to the side.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Think of the pelvis as head office.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Everything has to come out of, and through, head office.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Jack is used to teaching actors who are pros.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Two, three and a cha-cha-cha.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10His intensive training is taking its toll on the novices.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14The numbers in his group have started to dwindle.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17It's been a long day, I've come straight out of work... Very tired.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18We'll see how my feet go.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Today at work has been really busy.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24But we have flown here and we're ready for rehearsals.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26With his big night in sight,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Jack is not prepared to cut the group any slack.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I can see you have all practised, without a shadow of a doubt.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37But guess what, you have to practise a little bit more.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Struggling the most is 36-year-old Joe. He used to work at Butlins.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Now he emcees at hard-core music nights.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Three, and a cha-cha-cha.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Together: One, two, three, cha-cha.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53One, two, three, cha-cha...
0:20:53 > 0:20:54One, two...
0:20:54 > 0:20:57But you stopped moving your feet. Yeah?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01This kind of dancing is completely new to me. And so it's a challenge.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05The beat MC Joe is used to is poles apart from the cha-cha.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Jack needs to instil the rhythm by any means possible.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Heartbeat, and a one, two, three...
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Heartbeat, one, two, three...
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Heartbeat, one, two, three...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Jack is teaching me to have a rhythm which I have not learned before.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Because its '50s and '60s ballroom dancing and he is just trying
0:21:26 > 0:21:30to find a way for it to compute and for it to fall into place.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Determined to make a breakthrough with MC Joe,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Jack decides to step into his world.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45When I saw him dance for the first time,
0:21:45 > 0:21:51he didn't have any obvious rhythm in his body in relation to cha-cha-cha.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54And if he feels the rhythm, he will communicate that
0:21:54 > 0:21:58and he will get an amazing experience from doing so.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- HE RAPS:- I look round my neighbourhood
0:22:01 > 0:22:02And I see gangsters up to no good...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07RAPPING CONTINUES
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The pace of Joe's hard-core rapping is a long way off
0:22:15 > 0:22:17the tempo of the cha-cha.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Mister!- Was that OK?- Well done! It's exhausting to listen to.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Let's take a seat, OK? Because...
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You thought I wouldn't like it.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- I love it.- Really?- Yeah, I do. - I feel inspired.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Now put it on this pulse.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36HE PATS OUT A RHYTHM
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I look around my neighbourhood...
0:22:38 > 0:22:40And I see gangsters up to no good
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I see drug addicts rob for their habits
0:22:42 > 0:22:44They don't care, they've got to have it...
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Great. You are so on the beat.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50When you are used to going so quick with your emceeing
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and your rapping, you're bringing that to the cha-cha,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- because that's the way you tell a story.- Ah...
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Now, when I dance cha-cha-cha,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01I'm also telling my partner a story.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I would like you...
0:23:03 > 0:23:06to listen to my basic. Yeah?
0:23:06 > 0:23:10I would like you to listen to my check-replace. Yeah?
0:23:10 > 0:23:11You're telling a story
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and you have to be equally as clear through your body.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17One, two, three, cha-cha-cha.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Two, three and a cha-cha-cha.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Two, three and a cha-cha-cha.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Two, three and a cha-cha-cha.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Under she goes, and a cha-cha-cha.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Packing a year's training into a month is no mean feat.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Jack has also got to finish the Palais' '50s face-lift
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and the building is in disarray.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Dynamic duo Flo and Margo have come to the rescue.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52We're looking for glitter balls and things for the dance hall.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Back in the day, a glitter ball was a dance hall essential.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59But in this Aladdin's cave of vintage props...
0:23:59 > 0:24:02There's the palm tree, that's gorgeous, isn't it?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05..Flo and Margo are easily distracted.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- That's beautiful.- Oh, that's nice.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11That's definitely a must-have, isn't it? Yeah, that will fit on there.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Yeah, on that one, I bet.- Yeah. Ooh.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Nearly put your eyes out there, you're not careful.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- South Sea island effect! - Yeah. Yeah.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Exotica.- Yeah!
0:24:21 > 0:24:25With a tropical addition to Jack's dance hall found,
0:24:25 > 0:24:26it's on with the treasure hunt.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Phew. Oh, those are nice!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- Oh, look at those, Flo.- At the entrance, with having the palm trees
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- and these on the tables. - I know. Where's the glitter balls?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38I can't imagine where they are.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Some balls here, see. Glitter balls. Here.- Where?- Glitter balls? Here.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, they are lovely, aren't they? They turn round.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Do they...?- Oh, yeah.- Is it the...?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50And the lights, and you have different colours on them.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Do they actually turn around?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Yeah, yeah, they turn around under the lights.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Not just the lights flickering on them?- No, it turns.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Ooh, look at that. There's a great big one there, Flo.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- Oh, yeah, that's massive.- Massive. - Oh, yeah.- It's huge, that.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- How could we miss that? - That's nice, in't it?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07That size, you could have in your house,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09if you had a big modern house, you could...
0:25:09 > 0:25:10- If you wanted to.- Yeah.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15But that is definitely ballroom-sized, isn't it?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Definitely. I think it'll look... - I think so.- ..authentic.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21See what Jack thinks, cos if he approves, if he approves...
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Jack could come out of his own idea, couldn't he?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Yes, well, that's right. If he doesn't like it.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27If he don't like it, he can lump it!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Yeah, that's true!
0:25:37 > 0:25:40It's now two weeks in to Jack's rigorous training schedule.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Step, step and a step it out...
0:25:42 > 0:25:45And there is a problem with his cha-cha group.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Only four pupils have turned up.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Now, guys, of course, of course, you're in the room.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54But...
0:25:54 > 0:25:56this is not good.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00OK? Do any of you know where these people might be?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Unless they got a personal tragedy,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I really couldn't think so.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08So it leaves me - one, feeling very embarrassed, quite frankly,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and two, in a very difficult situation.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Because how am I going to fill a dance hall and how are people
0:26:13 > 0:26:16going to learn to dance if they just randomly turn up to the classes?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Absolutely extraordinary.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21And I can't but help tell you, I feel embarrassed.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I feel really embarrassed, because I take it personally, yeah? OK.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Let's do that again. Step, step and step it out.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Step, step and step it out. I'm on this foot.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- So you are only ever on one foot. - Instead of... Yeah.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Transferring that weight.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Despite trying to push forward with the class,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45such a low turnout has shaken Jack.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48You don't need to know this, but I'm sharing it with you.
0:26:48 > 0:26:54You have no idea how upset it makes me that there is only four. OK?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58So thank you for being here. I'm just sharing with you.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Yeah, I'm totally rattled at the moment because it is unbelievably
0:27:01 > 0:27:04difficult to keep going one step forwards and four steps back.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I'm not used to it. I'm used to...
0:27:06 > 0:27:08People are genuinely there or generally there
0:27:08 > 0:27:10because they are expected to be there.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11And I had the same expectations.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13If they are not in the room, I can't do anything.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15You know, I'm rendered impotent
0:27:15 > 0:27:18and it's not something I intend to be at 53 years of age.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Thank you very much. Going to carry on.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Jack heads across town to check on the beginners' tango group
0:27:27 > 0:27:29being trained by Phil.
0:27:29 > 0:27:36Slow, slow, rock, two, three and turn, side and close.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40So I'm just popping in to see Phil
0:27:40 > 0:27:43who has been helping me teach...
0:27:43 > 0:27:45the numbers that turned up.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I just want to see how he's getting on, basically.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54The rock is through your knees. OK? We're getting a few variations.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- We're getting the air guitar... - LAUGHTER
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Yeah? So we're getting a bit of Showaddywaddy going on
0:27:58 > 0:28:00and we're getting another one
0:28:00 > 0:28:03that I'm not sure where you got that from, yeah, but don't do that.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Are you ready?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Five, six, seven, eight!
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Quick, quick, slow. And slow...rock.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20There's about 20... 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Yeah, 20.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I'm loving it. Great.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27They are moving very well, very well indeed.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Five, six, seven, eight.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Step, side close.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39And one, two, rock, two, three...
0:28:39 > 0:28:41They are doing really, really well.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It's obvious to Jack the tango group feel the magic of dancing
0:28:44 > 0:28:49cheek to cheek and it's something his cha-cha group have lost.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Heads to the left, down into your knees.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Ladies, don't forget the karate chop in the side of your gent's arm.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57He can't resist joining in.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Is this why they call it ballroom?
0:28:59 > 0:29:00JACK LAUGHS
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Oh, pulling me in.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Oh, get you.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Watch me bloody glasses!
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Yes!
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Give yourselves a clap, well done. Not bad. Not bad.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Well done, well done, well done.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20That woke me up. Marvellous.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23So I always say to people when I'm teaching, tango is like,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26just pretend you've just had an argument.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27"No, you're wrong.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32"You were wrong - I'm sorry, you were wrong!" So it has a narrative.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35But you are doing brilliantly. So I'm going to hand you back.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40Spread out around the room. Arms up, heads left, bent knees.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42MUSIC STARTS
0:29:42 > 0:29:44See you later. Bye-bye, darling, thank you so much.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Bye-bye! Bye!
0:29:47 > 0:29:51Jack leaves fired up and determined to win his cha-cha dancers back.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Realising his tough teaching style may have scared off his group,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Jack's trying a change of tack.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07I will give them a little call to whip them up
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and get them along to rehearsals.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12This is not something I would ordinarily do, but when needs must,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Jack gets phoning.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17LINE RINGS
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- 'Welcome to the O2 messaging service.' - BEEP
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Sophie, hello. It's Jack Murphy here.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I hope you're well and I'm looking forward to seeing you this evening.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I missed you last week. I think I only saw you the once,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31so I hope you're going to be there this evening.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34LINE RINGS
0:30:34 > 0:30:36'The person you are calling is unable to take your call.'
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- BEEP - Hello, it's Jack Murphy here.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I'm hoping to see you this evening at rehearsals
0:30:41 > 0:30:44because I've got a couple of surprises in store.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46HE SIGHS
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Tonight, instead of rehearsing behind closed doors,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Jack's cha-cha group will be dancing in public...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Oh, this is marvellous.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58..in a chippy with a difference.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02This might be the only one in the country with a grand piano.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07I'm really excited about tonight.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Tonight is about getting them to dance to live music
0:31:10 > 0:31:13because on the night, they'll be dancing to a very, very large band
0:31:13 > 0:31:19so this is an introduction and a bit of bonding and rally the troops.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22The promise of a fish supper has worked.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- All right.- Nice to see you.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29I'm going to give you an introduction
0:31:29 > 0:31:33to the lovely Guy and his orchestra.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37The live music isn't the only trick up Jack's sleeve.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Now, as you know, we've been working really hard.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44I did tell you, there might be a little surprise.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48He's pulled in a favour from his ballroom champion pals from London.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04This is a world-class cha-cha.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Whoohoo! Fantastic!
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Ladies and gentlemen, the beautiful Chayanne and the very handsome Nick.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Is that sexy or is that sexy?
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Yeah?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Now, the group are going to dance for the first time
0:32:27 > 0:32:30to live music in front of the locals,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33just like they'll do it on the big night.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37We are not judging you, we are willing you.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39There's a big difference.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42MUSIC PLAYS
0:32:44 > 0:32:47One, two, three, cha-cha-cha.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Enjoy!
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Dance for your supper.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Good.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Yay!
0:33:09 > 0:33:11- APPLAUSE - Get in there, Bolton!
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Oh, yes!
0:33:13 > 0:33:18I'm honestly really, really proud of you. Really, really proud of you.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Wonderful!
0:33:20 > 0:33:23But we're not there yet. This way, ladies and gentlemen,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25for fish and chips.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29They've survived their first public outing...
0:33:29 > 0:33:31but now the big night looms large.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36You could feel the magic in the room and I'm so happy.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39You know, everybody's there, the group is improving.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41It was very sexy, though, the way they did it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- Oh, yeah.- What was it?- Sexy. - HE LAUGHS
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I don't feel anybody's laughing at anybody.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Everybody's been dead sweet and that's helped me as well.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53They thought I looked really good and...
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Well, obviously, I don't look really good,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00but I think for my size, erm...
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Dawn's nerves are shaken,
0:34:03 > 0:34:06but confidence within the rest of the team is growing.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08It's better when you've got a crowd
0:34:08 > 0:34:09because you just want to get on with it.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12You don't have time to feel nervous, so you just get on with it,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14you do it, and it's a good experience.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16They've bonded, which is very, very good.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19It just doesn't get any better as far as a stepping stone.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23I'm... Ooh, I'm thrilled!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Alongside Jack's ballroom beginners on the big night
0:34:34 > 0:34:36will be the original dance hall patrons.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Ladies and gentlemen, if you'd like to look to your right,
0:34:40 > 0:34:42raise your right hand and give thanks to the Tower.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46They're off on a coach trip to the spiritual home of ballroom.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- We're here!- Yeah!
0:34:48 > 0:34:51When you come to Blackpool, it's all about the sea, the sand,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53the rock, the donkey and the dancing.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55They'll be jiving on the night
0:34:55 > 0:34:57to show Bolton what they've been missing.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06They're doing a warm-up on Blackpool pier.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Flick for two...
0:35:08 > 0:35:15We're using muscles that we haven't used in that capacity,
0:35:15 > 0:35:17for 50-odd years.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20I'll be nervous. I think everybody is.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22But once the adrenaline gets going,
0:35:22 > 0:35:24you're just in your little world of your own.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26You don't think about the people around you.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27You just think about what you're doing.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31We're 70-odd years old and we can still do it, you know.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34It's a change more than anything.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38It brightens up a boring, lonely existence.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39Fabulous, here we go!
0:35:39 > 0:35:43You lot look good. Turn, back for three, flick...
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Two and two... Lovely!
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Yeah, nice.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Good stuff. You've just made me feel a very proud teacher.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Thank you so much.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Thank you, Jack.- Thank you.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00The veterans are ready to rock and roll
0:36:00 > 0:36:03and Flo's even got a thank you for Jack.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06THEY LAUGH
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- What am I supposed to do with that, Flo?- I don't know.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- I can show you.- A wobbly willy?
0:36:17 > 0:36:21With dancers old and young now firing on all cylinders,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Jack's showcase to promote partner dancing is on track.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Okey dokey...
0:36:27 > 0:36:33But he's not done yet. He wants to raise the stakes even higher.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Can we make a parish circle?
0:36:36 > 0:36:39I have been studying the history of that dance hall
0:36:39 > 0:36:42and the kind of things that used to go on.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45So I learned about a thing called the deep end where couples
0:36:45 > 0:36:48used to have a dance-off, particularly in the jive.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50They weren't competing, but it was just people really
0:36:50 > 0:36:54expressing their love for the music and their love for the dance.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58So, I thought, why not have a golden couple?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01A couple that might be able to, with the time given,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05take on a little bit more of a dance routine on their very own.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10That golden couple in the cha-cha-cha group is...
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- Scott and Helen. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:37:18 > 0:37:20The cha-cha. Good? Good.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Good, good, good, good.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26It's not a competition, it's just I want to step it up a little bit.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27It is now!
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I can't believe it!
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Can you?- I can, actually, yeah.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Oh, I don't know why I asked you that sort of question.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36I can't believe it. There'd be nothing better for me,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39to step out with Scott on the dance floor on our own.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43But the last time this pair danced in public, it was a disaster.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Our wedding dance was more of a
0:37:45 > 0:37:47drunken fumble along the dance floor.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51It was for you! I wasn't drunk at that time. You were, though.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56I just adore Scott and Helen.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Their story about their wedding dance...
0:37:59 > 0:38:02We have a duty to remedy that, so...
0:38:02 > 0:38:06And they're committing, they're encouraging the rest of the group.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07How could it not be them?
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Now when everybody's watching us, we'll just...
0:38:11 > 0:38:14HE HUMS
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Scott's on a high.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20And a-cha-cha-cha...
0:38:20 > 0:38:25But with the big night getting even closer, Dawn isn't so enthusiastic.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Take that frown upside down.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- And turn it into... - I'm just concentrating.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36I don't want concentration. Do you know what? Do you know why?
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- I want it to be fun.- It is!- Don't over-concentrate, my gorgeous woman.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43It's harder than what I thought, if I'm being quite honest.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Yeah, very much.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Dawn's been to almost every rehearsal,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49but her confidence is plummeting.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I was really struggling and the lady next to me said I look like
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I'm constipated, but that's just because I'm trying to concentrate.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I'm sort of making funny faces.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00You've got to be able to walk onto a dance floor,
0:39:00 > 0:39:05hopefully on a packed floor, and off you go, cha-cha-cha.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07I don't think there's any way I could just get up
0:39:07 > 0:39:10and strut my stuff in front of everybody, cos I can't do it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Maybe this is just that one step too far
0:39:13 > 0:39:14for me at the moment.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Jack's not letting Dawn off the hook.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30He's taken her to Manchester for a spot of vintage retail therapy.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Today is very much about giving Dawn some confidence,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37because she's the most beautiful woman,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40but she's very self-conscious about her body image.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43She has made a couple of comments about
0:39:43 > 0:39:45she hopes she's able to turn up,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47so that's slightly daunting.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Look at those eyes.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54You have no idea how beautiful you are.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57To get on the dance floor being the size I am is very hard.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00My confidence is obviously linked to my weight.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03I was a little podgy child and maybe that's where it all began.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06To get on the floor will take guts,
0:40:06 > 0:40:08and in Jack's world it helps to dress the part.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- Are you thinking dress?- No, no. - Or are you thinking two-piece?- No.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19Got to be two-piece, Jack. I'd love a dress, but, yeah, yeah, two-piece.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23I think just trousers and a top.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Because I tell you one thing, you dance beautifully.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Absolutely...
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I... You're never going to believe me, are you?
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- SHE LAUGHS - I don't know what I've got to do in order to...convince you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38She is just a beautiful dancer,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41but I'm not having that stand in her way from having a great time.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I'm overweight for somebody who's 53
0:40:44 > 0:40:48and supposed to be a movement person, you know. So what?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51And if we fear what other people think about our bodies,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54and we don't dance...
0:40:54 > 0:40:59A life lived in fear is a live half lived.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01You've got to get on that floor.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- I will.- Sorry?- I will.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- Look me in the eye and say that, then.- I will, Jack.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Are you a woman of your word? - Definitely.- Yeah.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- Don't talk to me about your bum. - But it's...
0:41:11 > 0:41:14It's not my bum, Jack, it's my belly. But you have done a good job.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Do you know why? Because my belly has been wobbling all over the place
0:41:18 > 0:41:20since day one and I've not really bothered.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Great!
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- That's genuine.- Great.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26It has wobbled and I see it wobble, but I don't really care
0:41:26 > 0:41:27cos I've enjoyed the dancing.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- No, seriously.- Good. And you're going to wobble
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- next Saturday? - Oh, I'm going to wobble
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- next Saturday.- Yeah?- And enjoy it. - Give us a hug. Mwah!
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Fabulous.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Bolton's first Palais dancehall night in 50 years is just days away.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01This is brill! This is very therapeutic, this.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Across town, Bolton is ballrooming.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05One, two, three.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Practising at home...
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Work it, girl.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Don't get it wrong!
0:42:11 > 0:42:12..dancing in the bakery...
0:42:12 > 0:42:14.six, seven, eight.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18..and sweating the steps in the studio.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20One, two, three...
0:42:20 > 0:42:23The first-timers are fired up.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- That's it - it's easy! - It isn't easy!
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- I wouldn't ask you to do it if it was easy!- Can YOU do that?
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Jack has managed to get 150 people ballroom-ready.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Give a growl - Grrrrrr! - ALL: Grrrrr!
0:42:35 > 0:42:37One, two, three.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40But there's still room for one more.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45- Have you ever danced arm in arm with a man?- Well, not in this way, but...
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Not in this way? Not in a cha-cha-cha.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Only in a club environment.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53A club environment. Freestyle.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54Yeah.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- How would you like to dance with a man?- Well...
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Yeah, that would be a thrill.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02So will you give me a chance to see if I can't bring
0:43:02 > 0:43:06somebody into our group who would be suitable for you to dance with?
0:43:06 > 0:43:08I think yes.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- No man would ever dance with a man in that dancehall.- True.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- Maybe there were some renegades. - Some rene...! Ha-ha!
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Yes, we'll be the Romeo and Romeo of the ball
0:43:17 > 0:43:19and I couldn't be more thrilled about it.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21I can't wait!
0:43:23 > 0:43:24On the big night,
0:43:24 > 0:43:28the perfect partnerships will create magic on the dance floor.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Which is why Jack's picked newlyweds Scott and Helen to do a solo spot.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- Can I see what you've done since last time I saw you?- Yes.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we'd do this one.- No, this is what we said.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Apologies, apologies.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46They've been given an advance cha-cha routine.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Jack wants to give it a final polish.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54Two, three and a...cha-cha-cha and a cha-cha-cha...
0:43:54 > 0:43:58- You're pushing me!- Cha-cha-cha... Hang on a second. Whoa, whoa.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Don't, while you're dancing, direct each other.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- I will do the directing. - Will you direct him, Jack,
0:44:05 > 0:44:08and tell him that he's pushing me when I'm going backwards?
0:44:08 > 0:44:11Well, actually, you went wrong when you were going forward,
0:44:11 > 0:44:15- so be very careful - pride before a fall.- There, see?- Ah-ah!
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- I'm doing the talking now. - He is still pushing me!
0:44:18 > 0:44:20What's going on here?! What is going on here?
0:44:20 > 0:44:23- So, you did one cha-cha too many. - Yeah, I did.
0:44:23 > 0:44:24He's not intentionally pulling you.
0:44:24 > 0:44:29- You're taking too big a back step. - Right.- That's why you pull.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33So it's no point you saying, "Stop pulling me, stop pushing me,"
0:44:33 > 0:44:36because, actually, he doesn't know why he's doing it.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- I've told him he's taking too big a step.- You told him?- Mm.- OK.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43- Getting a bit tense.- You wouldn't believe the tension this week.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47- Really?- Yeah. Plenty of arguments, plenty of shouting and screaming.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Focus. After "and". And...cha-cha-cha.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55Keep the hands low, keep the hands low. One, two, and stop right there.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57- Good.- I'm not saying that...
0:44:57 > 0:44:59I'm not saying that I'm perfect or anything,
0:44:59 > 0:45:02but you're pushing me and I kept saying, "you're pushing me."
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- He didn't that time, did he?- No, he didn't.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08But he isn't pushing you out of the wrong intention.
0:45:08 > 0:45:09Well, it feels like it sometimes.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12I'll be pushing you out of the door if you carry on like that.
0:45:12 > 0:45:17- Whose door?- That one there. Wait till YOU get on the other end.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Jack hasn't started on YOU yet.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Slightly... Oh, God, the tension is palpable!
0:45:25 > 0:45:28- If you are competing with each other...- We have been.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31- You have been.- Yeah. - You have to be really...
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- I think we have, to be honest. - I've not! You have from the start.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36You being competitive, pushing me, pulling me.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39"You don't do it like this." Telling me how to do my moves.
0:45:39 > 0:45:40That's what he's been doing.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43I think it's just frustration because you keep getting them wrong.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47- See what I mean? You can't deal with stupid, can you?- Oooh!
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- Let's not use that word. - Yeah, that's naughty.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52- Why?- That's below the belt.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Ooh...
0:45:54 > 0:45:57- He just won't listen!- I'm worried I'm charging the wrong rate.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01My rates for marriage guidance counselling are something different.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Yeah, I am worried.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Here is what I want you to do, OK,
0:46:05 > 0:46:08because otherwise I'm the one that's going to have the domestic.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11Don't compete. So he's trying to lead.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Now, you have to give of yourself to your husband,
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- otherwise it doesn't work. - Right. Can I say...
0:46:17 > 0:46:19You all have to get the steps right.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22You all have to get the rhythm right - that's absolutely fine.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24But stop it! And you stop it now.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26It's very simple -
0:46:26 > 0:46:30if they do not stop competing with each other,
0:46:30 > 0:46:33they will sabotage their dance for Saturday night
0:46:33 > 0:46:37and no-one will find it attractive, and in not finding it attractive,
0:46:37 > 0:46:40I'm not selling social dance, end of.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Cheers.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56Two months ago, Jack arrived in Bolton to kick-start his
0:46:56 > 0:47:00social dance revival to live up to the 1950s heyday.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04Now, after a race to get locals ballroom-ready
0:47:04 > 0:47:08and an ambitious restoration, the glitter balls are back.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12The dancehall night has finally arrived
0:47:12 > 0:47:15and Jack's about to find out if he can get Bolton dancing.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21People. Are they going to come?
0:47:21 > 0:47:26The ads are out, the posters are at the front of the building.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29I need a lot of people to fill this floor!
0:47:32 > 0:47:35I have never felt such responsibility in my life.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40And I'm nervous. I'm very, very nervous.
0:47:40 > 0:47:47So, tonight's the night I find out if I fail or pass.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56First to arrive are the original Palais patrons who have been
0:47:56 > 0:47:59with Jack every step of the way.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- Oh, it's lovely! - Oh, it looks fantastic!
0:48:02 > 0:48:06For these dancehall veterans, it's like stepping back in time.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- It looks fabulous, don't it?- It does look gorgeous.- It looks fabulous.
0:48:09 > 0:48:14The dancehall, restored with a quintessential stage backdrop,
0:48:14 > 0:48:18romantic velvet drapes, fairytale lighting
0:48:18 > 0:48:22and iconic glitter balls, was the setting to their teenage years
0:48:22 > 0:48:25when they came here to dance and fall in love.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28This is where it all happened for me and Jude, you know.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30- And for lots of other people. - This is why I keep getting upset.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35- Have I done you proud? - ALL: Yes!
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Because this is really important.
0:48:37 > 0:48:42You lived it. You were here in the '50s. I am really nervous.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45Will they have as magical a time
0:48:45 > 0:48:49that you have treasured in your hearts?
0:48:49 > 0:48:50- ALL: Yeah! - It's fantastic.
0:48:50 > 0:48:56It brings back memories, and my stomach... It's brilliant!
0:48:56 > 0:48:58I'm excited!
0:49:01 > 0:49:04The grand opening is minutes away.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Jack's cha-cha group has arrived
0:49:06 > 0:49:08dressed to the nines for their dance floor debut.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11I'm really nervous now. I'm petrified.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13My stomach is actually churning. Yeah.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Adding to the pressure is a late addition,
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Drew's new dance partner, Mikey.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20We've worked hard at learning this dance,
0:49:20 > 0:49:25- so I'm very excited.- I'm constantly going over it in my mind, the dance.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29BOTH: Three, two, three, four. Four, two, three, cha-cha-cha!
0:49:31 > 0:49:34I want people to dance arm in arm, cheek to cheek,
0:49:34 > 0:49:38for the very first time in the Palais de Dance, Bolton, tonight.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43Time to see if Jack's efforts to rally the town have paid off.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50CHEERING
0:49:52 > 0:49:53JACK LAUGHS
0:49:53 > 0:49:58Hundreds of them! In you come! Come on in. Lovely to meet you.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Word of Jack's partner dancing revival has spread.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06Hundreds of newcomers are here to see if ballroom is for them.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10- It's amazing! It's lovely, isn't it? - It's so glamorous!
0:50:10 > 0:50:13We went expecting anything like this.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Amongst them, Jack's invited two important guests,
0:50:15 > 0:50:18local nightspot owners who might give a home
0:50:18 > 0:50:20to social dancing beyond tonight.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25I'm here tonight to see if this kind of event
0:50:25 > 0:50:27is feasible for the bar that I own.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29I need to see the people dancing,
0:50:29 > 0:50:31I need to see them enjoying themselves.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34I need to see whether they've really got the feel that they'd
0:50:34 > 0:50:36want to come out on a cold Thursday night to dance.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39To host their own event, they need proof it works,
0:50:39 > 0:50:41so tonight they're sitting in judgment.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Every dance counts.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47Welcome to the Palais de Danse, Bolton.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48CHEERING
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Inspiring Bolton to carry on dancing falls to Jack's ballroom novices.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01It's time to cha-cha.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05I'm feeling really excited and a little bit scared.
0:51:08 > 0:51:14I'm petrified now. Yeah, I'm really nervous.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16And now, ladies and gentlemen,
0:51:16 > 0:51:19my wonderful group are going to dance for your pleasure...
0:51:20 > 0:51:22..a cha-cha-cha.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24BAND STRIKES UP
0:51:27 > 0:51:30The group has made a slick start.
0:51:31 > 0:51:37All eyes are on them and MC Joe has finally found his rhythm.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Yeah, they're tight, they are on it!
0:51:44 > 0:51:47But nerves have taken hold of Dawn's dance partner.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Oh...
0:51:52 > 0:51:53Alan is losing it.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Dawn quickly pulls it back.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05The group is doing Jack proud.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10And owning their place on the dance floor are Drew and Mikey.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15They must be very nervous - two lads dancing together in a hall
0:52:15 > 0:52:18that has never seen two lads dance together before.
0:52:22 > 0:52:23BOTH: Cha-cha-cha!
0:52:23 > 0:52:24CHEERING
0:52:24 > 0:52:25Wahey!
0:52:27 > 0:52:28Whoohoo!
0:52:28 > 0:52:32- JOE:- I've really enjoyed this. It's been fantastic. The buzz was there.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35- Teamwork, that's what it's all about.- Thanks, Joe! - Thank you very much!
0:52:35 > 0:52:39- MIKEY:- I loved it. The feelings inside me was happiness, joy.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41You know, I was ecstatic.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46It was like before you go on a rollercoaster and then some.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49BAND STRIKES UP
0:52:49 > 0:52:52One woman determined not to miss out tonight is Margot.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54I've no idea who I'm dancing with,
0:52:54 > 0:52:57but it would be nice to dance after all the practice I've done.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01So she decides to break with tradition and ask a man to dance.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04- Is it all right if I dance with your husband?- Course it is, yes!
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- I'm stuck for a partner. Will you be mine?- I'd be delighted.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- Thank you very much. - Are you all right?
0:53:09 > 0:53:12- Now I'm dancing with you I am, yeah! - Awww!
0:53:18 > 0:53:19After 50 years away,
0:53:19 > 0:53:24the original patrons are back to show the joy dancing arm in arm can give.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34- FLO:- It was fantastic! I felt like a young lady again.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Me body didn't, but in me mind it was.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41Who wouldn't want to go back in time to visit, you know...your youth?
0:53:42 > 0:53:43- MARGOT:- It was wonderful tonight.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46When you get to my time of life you don't expect to have
0:53:46 > 0:53:47experiences like that.
0:53:47 > 0:53:52- It seemed like we were 16. - Incredible.
0:53:52 > 0:53:58- You can't buy that feeling.- I never, ever dreamed that it would happen.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59And here we are!
0:53:59 > 0:54:01MUSIC FINISHES
0:54:01 > 0:54:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:06 > 0:54:10- They were just wonderful! - Brilliant, amazing.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13It's a bit like being in the movies here this evening,
0:54:13 > 0:54:14it really, really is.
0:54:14 > 0:54:19So it's to take people into another world, a fantasy world.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23The reality of the revival relies on newcomers taking part.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26But can a night where booze is swapped for a brew
0:54:26 > 0:54:28appeal to a young crowd?
0:54:28 > 0:54:32We felt like we were in the 1950s and in that era.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35It's a very traditional sort of dance,
0:54:35 > 0:54:37something that is in our history,
0:54:37 > 0:54:40rather than going out for a night out in sort of Bolton or Manchester.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43I don't think young people would just get up and have a dance.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47I think they need alcohol to give them that confidence.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51It's not over, that's part one.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54CHEERING
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Now Jack will play his trump card.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01After rocky rehearsals, husband and wife must put on a united front.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Here we go!
0:55:04 > 0:55:08They're about to find out what it's like to dance solo...
0:55:08 > 0:55:10in front of 400 people.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14And Jack is a little bit nervous.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16BAND STRIKES UP
0:55:30 > 0:55:34She always loses the rhythm. Cha-cha-cha, two three, cha-cha-cha.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36She's done it! Yeah!
0:55:36 > 0:55:37Cha-cha-cha!
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Bam, bam, cha-cha-cha. Good girl!
0:55:41 > 0:55:44Cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47- They're looking at each other nicely, aren't they?- Yeah!
0:55:47 > 0:55:51- Check YOU out!- Yeah, they're talking to each other.
0:55:51 > 0:55:52Ready?
0:55:52 > 0:55:56- Who do you think wears the trousers in that house, Phil?- Well...
0:55:58 > 0:56:00MUSIC FINISHES
0:56:00 > 0:56:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:08 > 0:56:13That were absolutely fantastic! I'm on such a high at t'moment! Oh!
0:56:13 > 0:56:16- I just...- Grrr!- Grrr! - HE LAUGHS
0:56:16 > 0:56:21Jack's newbies have all strutted their stuff. Now it's crunch time.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24The locals are tucking in to the Palais pies.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30But will the sober crowd get on their feet and hit the dance floor?
0:56:30 > 0:56:33And now, ladies and gentlemen, it is your turn.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36I'm going to teach you a very simple,
0:56:36 > 0:56:39very, very simple dance, called the Wild Wild West.
0:56:39 > 0:56:40It's a fun dance.
0:56:40 > 0:56:44Get on the floor. If you haven't danced, get down here now.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47Nightclub owners...
0:56:47 > 0:56:50And I'll teach you the steps first of all.
0:56:50 > 0:56:51We need an acid test.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54If we can get real newcomers on the floor, that will prove,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57categorically, that dancehalls are alive
0:56:57 > 0:57:01and well again in the 21st century.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Right, here we go! Let's take it away!
0:57:03 > 0:57:04Come and join us, everybody.
0:57:15 > 0:57:16You lot are coming down!
0:57:23 > 0:57:27Everyone shone this evening. But also the buzz, the electricity!
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33- It really is fantastic! - It's all very impressive.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Fantastic feel in the room, as well.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38They've done a tremendous job. It's a lovely atmosphere.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40It's ticked a lot of boxes.
0:57:40 > 0:57:45But the big box it hasn't ticked is what do we do next?
0:57:49 > 0:57:52I'm actually chuffed to bits with myself
0:57:52 > 0:57:55and I feel that I've come out of my big shell.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57I was nervous but not self-conscious.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59So for me it's been an amazing journey,
0:57:59 > 0:58:01just brought about by dance.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05I hope that it does continue for the younger generation.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09Dancing with a boy is lovely, and talk - it's lovely!
0:58:09 > 0:58:11And they're missing out on all that, you know.
0:58:11 > 0:58:15I would love nothing more than to come back here in a year's time
0:58:15 > 0:58:18and know that the majority of these people that we've taught
0:58:18 > 0:58:20are still dancing.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28MUSIC FINISHES, CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:58:37 > 0:58:39Don't start arguing and showing off.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41Are you ready? Cha-cha-cha...
0:58:41 > 0:58:43INDISTINCT RAP
0:58:49 > 0:58:51WHOOPING
0:58:53 > 0:58:58Ah, one, two, three, four, five...