0:00:03 > 0:00:05Are you going to be the best choir?
0:00:05 > 0:00:06THEY CHEER: Yeah!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Come on, then!
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Choirmaster Gareth Malone wants to help Britain's workers find their voice.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15This is Gareth Malone here...
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Are you interested in joining a choir?
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Maybe, yeah.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21In search of hidden talent,
0:00:21 > 0:00:25he's creating choirs in five of Britain's biggest workplaces.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28I would like you to be in the choir, please. Yeah!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Whoa!
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This proves that bankers can rock.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36If you were ever going to have a firefighting calendar,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38we've got them in the choir.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42As they compete to be this year's best workplace choir.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Gareth's demanding musical excellence.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48We're going to sing real music...crescendo, diminuendo...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52# Where you going to run to? #
0:00:52 > 0:00:54If they're going to do justice to music,
0:00:54 > 0:00:55it's got to just pour out of them.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57# Power to the Lord... #
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Singing brings people together spiritually, socially...
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's vital, it's vital!
0:01:03 > 0:01:08I have to tap into that part of my mind where all those horrible
0:01:08 > 0:01:10things that I see at work are kept.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13You've got to step it up one notch.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16The choirs will face huge public audiences.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18The appetite to win is now on.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Bricking it at the moment.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And be judged by three world class musicians.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25You're never together. Wonderful, wonderful tuning.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Judgment day's coming.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30This means that I will sing for the rest of my life.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Other than getting married, it is one of the best experiences of my life.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36The workplace choir of the year is...
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I've been asked to go to a lot of workplaces but this is probably the
0:01:49 > 0:01:54most exciting, going to firefighters in Cheshire, it's going to be great!
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Who doesn't want to be a firefighter when they're growing up?
0:01:57 > 0:02:03All that kit, all those fire engines,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06it's life and death stuff.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07It's really exciting.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09SIREN BLARES
0:02:09 > 0:02:14Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service employs 700 firefighters.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18They don't just deal with emergencies.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Fire prevention and community work is an important part of the modern fire service.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Now, who wants to have a go at putting this on?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31The one thing I'm worried about going to a fire service is that
0:02:31 > 0:02:34traditionally I think that's quite a male preserve
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and are there going to be any women there?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I'm not here to start a male voice choir.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Gareth is starting his recruitment drive in Chester,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47home of Cheshire's biggest fire station.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51That's my choir. Don't look like choristers, do they?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Hi!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57He has less than two months to create a choir
0:02:57 > 0:03:01capable of performing in front of the contest judges.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Hi there!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Hi, are any of you interested in joining a choir?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07No.
0:03:07 > 0:03:13Guys, hello, hello! Are you interested in joining a choir?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Maybe, yeah. Do you want to come down?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Hello, I'm Gareth. I'm John, pleased to meet you.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Hello, John, are you a singer?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Yeah, I sometimes get up and sing a bit of karaoke.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Could you give me a quick blast, so I can hear your voice?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I couldn't really, honestly. Who's your favourite singer?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Er, Frank Sinatra. Give me some Frank Sinatra.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Can't do it, seriously. No? No, honestly.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34You could run headlong into a burning building
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but you are too frightened to sing to me. I cannot do it, honestly. Really?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Too scared to sing... Who'd have thought it?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I don't know why but I'm really drawn to this, I really like it.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48More fire engines.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Serving a population of over a million,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54the firefighters are constantly preparing for the next call out.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Would you like to be in a choir? No?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Hello... Are you interested in being in a choir? No. Not at all?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Not at all. Are you going to come and audition? No.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Oh, dear, it's like pushing a rock uphill here.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Great. Well, this is going well.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15They seem to be really embarrassed about the idea of singing, just generally.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Literally all of them.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Hiya! Hi, hello...
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Luckily for Gareth, Ant McCarthy who lives in Wales is on shift.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Don't laugh, Matthew. There's a lot of sniggering. There is a lot, yeah.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Can I hear a bit of your voice?
0:04:26 > 0:04:32# Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi
0:04:32 > 0:04:38# Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri... #
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Good to meet you. Yes, and you. You're going to come and audition?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Yes, absolutely. Good stuff. See you later.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Next stop is 16 miles away, at the service headquarters in Winsford.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51This is the fire HQ, which is not the frontline staff,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54it's not the people that run into fires, it's office people.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56So I might actually find some women here
0:04:56 > 0:04:59because I haven't found very many in the fire stations.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Hello, Gareth Malone. I'm here to start a choir.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05HE WHISPERS: Is this where you do the 999 calls? Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12The control room is where the business of saving lives begins.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Are you a singer? No, I'm not. Not at all? No.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22Do you sing? Badly. Could you sing me a few notes? No. No? No.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24You coming to audition? Yes. Oh, great. You can wait.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26SHE LAUGHS
0:05:31 > 0:05:35The next day, Gareth's hoping his call for action brings a full
0:05:35 > 0:05:38turn out to the auditions.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40HE SINGS A SCALE
0:05:42 > 0:05:45SIREN BLARES
0:05:47 > 0:05:53What kept you? What kept you? Sorting out danger? Yeah. Welcome.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Hello. How are you? I'm all right. Here to audition? Certainly are.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Smoke signals have reached all the fire stations in Cheshire,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03and the service shows up in force.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I'm really pleased by the reaction.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Lots of women and actually lots of men as well, which is surprising.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I think there's quite a lot of singing going on here.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I don't think they're prepared to admit it
0:06:13 > 0:06:15but now they're coming out the woodwork.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21OK. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your audition.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24I'm looking for people whose voices are really going to make
0:06:24 > 0:06:26an impact in the choir.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28So, let the fun begin!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Matt, hello. Hello, Gareth. What do you do?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Firefighter at Macclesfield Fire Station.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Ride the trucks, drive the trucks... Put out the fires.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Put out the fires, that sort of thing, yeah. OK, Matt, let's hear...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Gareth's chosen a song every firefighter should know,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44and given it a local twist.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48# Cheshire's burning, Cheshire's burning
0:06:48 > 0:06:52# Fetch the engines, fetch the engines
0:06:52 > 0:06:55# Fire, fire! Fire, fire!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57# Pour on water
0:06:57 > 0:06:59# Pour on water... #
0:06:59 > 0:07:01What you can't see is the look of surprise.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02LAUGHTER
0:07:02 > 0:07:05It's fear!
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Hannah. Hello. You're a female firefighter? I hope so. You are.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13One of the few? Yeah, there's not a huge amount, but yeah, one of a few.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Would I be right in saying it makes absolutely no difference?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18No, not at all. One, two...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21# Lond... Cheshire's burning, Cheshire's burning
0:07:21 > 0:07:25# Send the engines, send the engines
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I forgot the words...
0:07:26 > 0:07:30# Fire, fire... # Fire, fire! Fire, fire!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32# Pour on water... #
0:07:32 > 0:07:35FIRE ALARM RINGS There's a fire!
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Good luck, boys!
0:07:43 > 0:07:46He was going to audition.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48SIREN BLARES
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Come on in. No-one's wearing a fire helmet.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Gareth moves to a less action-packed location.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58# Fire, fire... #
0:07:58 > 0:08:02The offices at HQ, where the support staff is based.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Erin, hello.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Oh, there's a face.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09LAUGHTER
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Let's have a listen, shall we?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14# Cheshire's burning, Cheshire's burning
0:08:14 > 0:08:16# Fetch the engine
0:08:16 > 0:08:18# Fire, fire!
0:08:18 > 0:08:21# Pour on wa... ..ter!
0:08:21 > 0:08:22LAUGHTER
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Ant, up we get. Hello.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Hello. What do you do? Crew manager. Crew manager. Yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33Ant McCarthy leads teams of up to ten firefighters during emergencies.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37People say, "Don't you just sit around drinking tea and rescue cats from trees?"
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Well, we do like a cup of tea, but at the drop of a hat everyone
0:08:41 > 0:08:45will just be focused on helping people who need us.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49They look at us and they think, ooh, fire service's here,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51we're in really good hands here.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56And they really are cos I know them, I've worked with them for 15 years.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58They are in good hands.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00OK, Ant, let's hear it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04# Cheshire's burning, Cheshire's burning
0:09:04 > 0:09:08SHOUTY: # Pour on water, pour on water
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Can we lighten off a bit... Yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12# Fire, fire! # LIGHTER: # Fire, fire! #
0:09:12 > 0:09:14LAUGHTER
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Is that your impression of me? Probably, yeah... Very dainty.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22All right, so, Helen, shall we have a listen?
0:09:22 > 0:09:26# Cheshire's burning, Cheshire's burning
0:09:26 > 0:09:29# Fetch the engine, fetch the engine
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Almost a tenor. And sometimes a lady tenor can just... A's the top.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It's possible. I'm now known as the tenor lady(?) Tenor lady.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:09:42 > 0:09:46The auditions are over. Thanks, Ant, well done.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And the fire service is ready for action.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Whoever the other companies are, be worried. Be very afraid.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56We're coming.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Strong, strong...
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Not sure about you...
0:10:06 > 0:10:10So the men are great here. Really, really good.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12There's a lot of firefighters in there.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16They're physically fit, these guys, and they've got good voices.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20The women are more timid and fewer in number.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Gareth wants his choir to represent the entire service.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25HE SIGHS
0:10:25 > 0:10:28This is a workplace choir contest.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32It can't be just all firefighters or all office staff.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35And I think this is a good... This is a good spread.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Two reserves, one, two, three, four, five, six. That's it.
0:10:40 > 0:10:4224.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Of all the bits of my job, this is the most fun.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53The next morning,
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Gareth's on a tour of Cheshire to round up his new choristers.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02The county's 24 stations are spread over 900 square miles.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04OK, perfect, thank you.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Gareth's back at HQ.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Is there news? There might be.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Ssshhhh...
0:11:11 > 0:11:12It's a secret.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Hello, sorry to disturb.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Could I grab somebody very quickly? Is that all right, do you mind?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Erin. I'd like you to be in the choir.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23CHEERING
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Congratulations.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Are you sure you're happy? I'm speechless. She's in, everyone.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32CHEERING
0:11:32 > 0:11:35The last time I sung in public was in a school choir
0:11:35 > 0:11:37and actually I didn't sing, they made me play the glockenspiel.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I didn't know you could sing. I can't.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Gareth's next two choristers work side by side.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Hi. Can I come and have a quick word with those two? You can, of course.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53The emergency control operators handle
0:11:53 > 0:11:55over 300 calls like this a week.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Put your duvet - take your duvet off your bed,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00put it up against the door. Just block your door.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04'The smoke's still coming under it, I need help.'
0:12:04 > 0:12:07'This is the nerve centre of the whole operation. It's very quiet and calm.'
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Listen to me... ALARM SOUNDS
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Is that another one?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13'Those women are very much in control.'
0:12:13 > 0:12:17So what can you see on fire? No, don't do that, close the door.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21We're telling the fire crews, all right? Bye.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24It's all going on today!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27You've got emergency calls, AND choirs. Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30How did you feel it went? I really enjoyed it. Did you?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Yeah, I loved it. I thought you did well. Thank you.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35And I thought YOU did well as well. Thank you very much.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37And I'd like you both to be in the choir.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Woo-hoo! Yes!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Congratulations.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Thank you very much. Well done.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46ALARM SOUNDS Is that a 999?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Fire and rescue control?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'm really glad they're in.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53And that's control well represented as well,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and that's a big part of this organisation.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Really, really big.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Can you smell any smoke, or can you see any signs of fire?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Helen Alton's worked here for the last eight years.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06There are definitely calls that stay with you.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Is there anybody else inside the property with you?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11'You get somebody who is that distressed,'
0:13:11 > 0:13:15they can't tell you where they live. They can't even give you their postcode.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17All right. Are you injured?
0:13:17 > 0:13:22'All they can do is shout and scream.'
0:13:22 > 0:13:26They're the hardest calls, because you want to get to them,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29you want to...save them.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Thanks, all right, we're on our way.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Roger Charlie zero two Papa one...
0:13:33 > 0:13:37There's that sense of achievement when you've turned out to somebody who's in distress.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41You can't get that in any other job, anywhere.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I love it.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54This is it, I'm bringing the choir together.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00The next day, the choir gathers for its first rehearsal.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Look at that.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04If you were ever going to have a firefighting calendar,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07we've got them all here in the choir.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09This lot could be quite hard to handle
0:14:09 > 0:14:11because there's a real energy and raucousness about them.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13They're firefighters, they're...
0:14:13 > 0:14:16LIVELY LAUGHTER They're full of personality.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Wish me luck!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Hi, everyone.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Come on in. First rehearsal.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Hello, welcome to the choir. Hi, Matt.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30They might have spark, but few read music,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32and almost none has any choral experience.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Welcome. You're now in a contest.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41This is a contest to find Britain's best workplace choir.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I can see that you're very excited about this
0:14:44 > 0:14:47and I really want to fan the flames of your enthusiasm.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I think it's time we chose your song.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54That is, after all, the burning issue of the day.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Erm... LAUGHTER
0:14:56 > 0:15:00I've got more! Does anyone have any ideas?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I was thinking Great Balls of Fire. Do you think that a lot(?) Yes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Hot Stuff. Hot Stuff. Shall we have a listen to it?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11# Hot stuff, baby, this evening... #
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Erin. You're not feeling hot stuff?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I'm not feeling it. We've all been looking for it for seven years.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21When you say you work with the fire service, basically, people say,
0:15:21 > 0:15:22"Ooh! Are they good looking?"
0:15:22 > 0:15:26And your response is...? No! No?
0:15:26 > 0:15:32I'm sorry. Just feast your eyes, ladies! OK, any other suggestions?
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Sex on Fire. Kings of Leon. Your sex, or my sex? Anybody's sex.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40I feel it's just incumbent upon me to read these lyrics to you.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42# Lay where you're laying, don't make a sound
0:15:42 > 0:15:46# The head while I'm driving... # This is very dirty.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51# I'm driving, soft lips are open... #
0:15:51 > 0:15:55This is appalling! I can't read this.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I'll just read one more line... Oh, no, I can't read that.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00My mum might be listening.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Any more songs? I'll Be There.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05The Four Tops you were thinking of. Yeah. How does that go?
0:16:05 > 0:16:10# I'll be there, with a love that's true... #
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I mean, it is what makes you you.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And the fact that you are dealing with the stuff of life and death.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Yesterday, for instance, we went to a house fire.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22A lady, she'd nipped out for half an hour, came back,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24and her house was on fire.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26It was a case of putting your arm round them
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and giving her a bit of care and love, saying to her,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32"Look, at least you and your child are safe.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36"Your house can be replaced, but you can't."
0:16:36 > 0:16:41All those in favour of doing Reach Out, I'll Be There by The Four Tops.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45It's a unanimous verdict. Well done.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47ALL: # Darling, reach out
0:16:47 > 0:16:50# Come on, girl - reach out for me
0:16:50 > 0:16:54# Reach out # Reach out for me!
0:16:54 > 0:16:57# I'll be there...
0:16:57 > 0:17:00# I'll be there
0:17:00 > 0:17:03# To love and comfort you... #
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Slightly softer, gentlemen.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08# I'll be there... #
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Ah, good. That's the first time I've heard the girls.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Good. So, first things first. Even when we're just singing through
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I'm already aware that we've got a really strong male section.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Are you getting that feeling? Yeah. It's a fantastic, solid, manly sound. Good.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25You may go. Thank you very much. Well done.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33We're all still very giggly and very nervous
0:17:33 > 0:17:37and very "What are we doing here and what have we done?"
0:17:39 > 0:17:41It could be us, couldn't it?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Those guys, that's a serious, serious weapon.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49It's not a sophisticated sound, but it's got depth.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53You know, I think this choir could go on the biggest journey in this whole contest.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I think they could really go from not being great to actually
0:17:56 > 0:17:58having something very special.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00One, two, three, four.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03# I'll be there... #
0:18:05 > 0:18:12Gareth's brought in a local choirmaster to help with group rehearsals in between his visits.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14That was better, wasn't it?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But he's also expecting the individual
0:18:16 > 0:18:20sections of his choir to become close-knit units.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23For the bass and tenor sections, bonding is easy.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27# When you feel lost and about to give up... #
0:18:27 > 0:18:31It is really like a family. It's difficult to describe it any other way.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34You rely so much on each other in emergency situations,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38it's like that family bond where your family won't let you down, and it's the same at work.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41# Darling, reach out
0:18:41 > 0:18:43# Reach out
0:18:43 > 0:18:45# Reach out... #
0:18:45 > 0:18:47That bit sounds horrible.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53But for staff in the altos and sopranos, becoming a team is harder.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56The firefighters really are a tight bunch.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58But when it comes to support staff,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01then you tend to work in your little silos.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04It's a completely different situation.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07# I'll always see you through... # No, I've got that wrong.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11# Through. Through. # I've got that bit wrong.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19A week later, Gareth's back in Cheshire.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I look forward to going back to the fire service
0:19:21 > 0:19:25because they are such fun. They're very outgoing. The ladies less so.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28And I think that's not just in their personalities, it's in their singing.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I hope the women are starting to hold their own because those men are dominant.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Morning! ALL: Morning. Hello, hello, hello.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37So, how is it sounding?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Excellent. Excellent. What do you need(?)
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Are you playing your cards close to your chest
0:19:42 > 0:19:44because you're concerned that I'll savage you?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Yes! Really?!
0:19:47 > 0:19:50OK, let's stand up. Let's get ready to sing.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52One, two, three, and...
0:19:52 > 0:19:55# Now if you feel that you can't go on
0:19:55 > 0:19:59# Because all of your hope is gone
0:19:59 > 0:20:03# And your life is filled with much confusion
0:20:03 > 0:20:05# Darling, reach out
0:20:05 > 0:20:10# Reach out # Reach out... #
0:20:10 > 0:20:12That's not bad, actually.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Matt, you're overpowering everyone there and I've got to hear...
0:20:16 > 0:20:19You've got to hear them and think, they're making a bigger noise.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20"I need to up my game."
0:20:20 > 0:20:26'I'm looking for a balance of voice parts, but this choir is challenged.'
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I'll tell you what I think I might do.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I'd like to focus on the gents for a little bit
0:20:31 > 0:20:34so why don't we let the ladies have a quick break here.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36'I want to spend a little bit of time with the men,'
0:20:36 > 0:20:39they're singing like it's a shopping list at the moment.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42'So I need to find a way to access that slightly more sensitive
0:20:42 > 0:20:45'way of singing. They're not all macho,'
0:20:45 > 0:20:49they're just strong. But it takes a particular kind of strength
0:20:49 > 0:20:51to show your vulnerability in singing.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55We discussed this when we chose this song, that it was about the reaching out,
0:20:55 > 0:20:59the caring side. This is the moment for that kind of singing.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Can you read the words - "When you feel lost..."
0:21:01 > 0:21:05ALL: When you feel lost and about to give up
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Cos your life just ain't good enough...
0:21:08 > 0:21:11It was a little bit like an assembly.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14ROBOTICALLY: "Good morning, everybody!"
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Now sing it. Stand up, please. Here we go.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19One, two...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22# When you feel lost and about to give up... #
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Why?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26# Cos your life just ain't good enough... #
0:21:26 > 0:21:28# ..Can't go on... #
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Softer. Ready, and...
0:21:29 > 0:21:32# ..Hope is gone... #
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Is that all right?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37It's not uncomfortable, is it? No.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Ladies! Hello, ladies.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43You won't actually recognise this soft-hearted bunch that you're about to hear singing.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Right, so I think that you aren't really a choir until you perform.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50You have to get in front of an audience before the sound really comes together
0:21:50 > 0:21:55so I think that we should go and do a performance.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Today? Today. Actually, now. Don't let that frighten you, Erin.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Do you want to go?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05It's going to be fine. OK, follow me.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Having tempered the male voices, Gareth's hoping this performance
0:22:08 > 0:22:11will give the women a chance to shine.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18He's decided to piggyback an event going on outside the fire station.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20The mayor has come to watch a training drill
0:22:20 > 0:22:22and present some student awards.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24So, um... Sh! Sh!
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Can we all squeeze in towards Erin?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31That's good. So show them that you're not afraid to sing
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and that it's OK to be sensitive and wear your heart on your sleeve. Just stand there and wait.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Hello! We've got a little surprise for you.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49The Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service choir are going to perform for you.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Would you like to come in? Come on in.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Hello, everyone. A little treat for you.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05A group of people behind me that you don't normally expect to sing,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service choir, are now going to perform
0:23:09 > 0:23:11a song that I think really typifies what they do.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Reach Out, I'll Be There.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21THEY SING OPENING MOTIF
0:23:22 > 0:23:26# Now if you feel that you can't go on
0:23:26 > 0:23:30# Because all of your hope is gone
0:23:30 > 0:23:34# And your life is filled with much confusion
0:23:34 > 0:23:39# Darling, reach out, reach out
0:23:39 > 0:23:42# Reach out
0:23:42 > 0:23:45# I'll be there
0:23:45 > 0:23:49# With a love that will shelter you
0:23:49 > 0:23:54# When you feel lost and about to give up... To give up
0:23:54 > 0:23:58# And your life just ain't good enough... Just ain't good enough
0:23:58 > 0:24:00# And you feel the world has grown cold
0:24:00 > 0:24:02# Darling, reach out... #
0:24:02 > 0:24:06'I think the men responded quite well to being told to soften up.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09'But, the women are a problem.'
0:24:09 > 0:24:13My heart was racing, I don't know how I got through it, to tell you the truth.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It was terrifying. Actually, I mimed a bit of it!
0:24:16 > 0:24:22# ..To always see you through. #
0:24:22 > 0:24:24I was surprised at some of the girls, perhaps
0:24:24 > 0:24:27they just got a bit of stage fright and they panicked and bottled it!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33They are...the Fire Service!
0:24:35 > 0:24:38'The altos are so vulnerable. It's really painful.'
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Confidence is such an issue. They are the weak link in this choir.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53After a less than perfect first performance,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Gareth heads to Knutsford Station to tackle the alto problem.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I'm going to go and see Hannah,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02who is my alto, who is also a firefighter.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06I'm going to discuss what to do about the women with her.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I'm not testing the whistle, you don't know where it's been!
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Hannah is one of 24 female firefighters
0:25:12 > 0:25:15out of nearly 700 in the Cheshire service. Yeah, that works.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And she's the only one in the choir.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I love my job, and I think it's brilliant and it's so different and I'm terrified of the choir.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I'd rather go into burning buildings any day of the week!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27We're trained to do what we do,
0:25:27 > 0:25:32but nothing in the world could train you for Gareth.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Hannah works where they do all the high ropes
0:25:35 > 0:25:37and the rescue at altitude.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40I've got a horrible feeling she's going to dangle me
0:25:40 > 0:25:43off the side of a building by my feet!
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Aah!
0:25:50 > 0:25:51This is safe, right?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I'm not good with heights, I don't like heights.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Right, can you lower me all the way down...
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Gareth's confronting his own fears,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03before asking Hannah to do the same in the choir.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Keep calm, and don't panic.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10There's a lot of choirs out there that will be very glad to see me suffer like this.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Gently, gently...
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Yup, off you go.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19It's quite an adrenaline rush.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Do you think performing is a similar adrenaline rush?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24That's fear! Really? This isn't fear, this is adrenaline.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29What I don't understand is, why are you frightened of singing? I just am.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Aah, terra firma.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:26:35 > 0:26:38He needs Hannah to draw on her frontline experience
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and bring out the same courage in the altos.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45I don't get nervous when I go out to perform, because I trust the team.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You're used to working in a team as a firefighter.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51You have to apply the same principles to being in the alto section.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54And I think the whole of the alto section has taken a sort of
0:26:54 > 0:26:56immediate nosedive. Mmm.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You've looked around and thought "No-one is confident."
0:26:58 > 0:27:01We're winding each other up. Yeah. So we've got to turn that round.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Get to know each other, get to trust each other. Good, right, those are your orders.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Thank you! Good, that's right.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Hannah gathers the most nervous altos to start the confidence-building.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19We put him up the tower, and he's terrified of heights!
0:27:19 > 0:27:20So bless him, he was shaking.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23The look on his face, he was proper scared, bless him.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27That's probably what we look like when we're singing. That terrified... Aaah!
0:27:27 > 0:27:30You're probably right. We've got to woman up and do it.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34# Darling, reach out...
0:27:34 > 0:27:37# Love that will shelter you...
0:27:37 > 0:27:39# I'll be there...
0:27:39 > 0:27:42# Just ain't good enough...
0:27:42 > 0:27:45# Reach out...
0:27:45 > 0:27:47# Has gone cold...
0:27:47 > 0:27:53# To always see you through. #
0:27:53 > 0:27:54See? We're doing it!
0:27:54 > 0:27:56THEY CHEER
0:28:05 > 0:28:07With one performance under its belt,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12Gareth must now focus the choir's attention on the contest.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Hello! ALL: Hello! How are we? OK. All right?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19I think we need to really realise your potential now.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22I think we've got a lot of hard work to do.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24First on the agenda,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27are the altos holding their own in the balance of the choir?
0:28:27 > 0:28:34THEY SING SCALES
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Right, good, there. Did you hear that?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43That's the closest you've been to balanced.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I think altos, you're winning on this occasion.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48THEY CHEER
0:28:48 > 0:28:53Erm, it is time for you to sing a new song.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56It's actually a rather beautiful song by Bruce Springsteen,
0:28:56 > 0:29:01called The Rising. And it was written about firefighters in 9/11.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05The choir has less than a month to perfect the song it will
0:29:05 > 0:29:08perform to an invited audience and the judges.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12"Can't see nothing in front of me,
0:29:12 > 0:29:14"Can't see nothing coming up behind,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16"Make my way through this darkness,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20"I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me."
0:29:20 > 0:29:24This is about going up those stairs into a very dangerous situation.
0:29:24 > 0:29:30I remember, so many people died that day. 300-odd firefighters? 343. 343.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I think it's going to be hard to sing,
0:29:33 > 0:29:37because it's so important we get it right, not just for the choir,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40but because of the story behind the song.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42We've got to absolutely nail it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44And, you know, if you consider it
0:29:44 > 0:29:47not to just be a tribute to the American firefighters,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50but to all firefighters, I think that's something to be...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53something to be immensely proud of, when you sing this song.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Off the back of that, shall we have a go at singing it?
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Two, three and one!
0:29:58 > 0:30:01# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:30:01 > 0:30:06# Can't see nothing coming up behind
0:30:06 > 0:30:10# Make my way through this darkness... #
0:30:10 > 0:30:12There couldn't be a better song for us,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15for us to be emotionally attached to.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19I feel really proud and privileged to do this job.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21It's the same, no matter who you talk to.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25# On my back's a 60-pound stone... #
0:30:25 > 0:30:27It's gone from representing your fire
0:30:27 > 0:30:31and rescue service to almost representing all firefighters,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34and almost paying tribute to those who have fallen.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37It's a nice sound, isn't it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41'If I can tap into that emotion and that pride that they have in
0:30:41 > 0:30:45'their service and what they do, they will be a force to be reckoned with.'
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Because which other choir is going to have this,
0:30:48 > 0:30:54this heart and this level of risk in the job? You know, none of them.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58I would like to put a solo at the beginning of this.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02And next time I come back, I'm going to do auditions for a solo.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06SIRENS BLARE
0:31:15 > 0:31:20The rehearsal is cut short, but Gareth is not finished for the day.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23The words of the Springsteen song
0:31:23 > 0:31:26have touched a nerve within the choir.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28The firefighters want to give Gareth
0:31:28 > 0:31:32a sense of the difficult conditions that make the lyrics so meaningful.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Gareth, this is where you go in. OK.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38OK? It's dark and smoky!
0:31:38 > 0:31:39How many fingers have I got up?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I can't see any hands, never mind fingers. That'll do for me, then.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45OK.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48The smoke house reduces visibility to practically nothing,
0:31:48 > 0:31:53and trains firefighters to depend on each other to get the job done.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Er, door handle!
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Hang on, hang on, have a look... I've got a door!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00'It is intensely claustrophobic.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04'You genuinely cannot see anything in front of you.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08'Going through the darkness, it's incredibly frightening
0:32:08 > 0:32:09'and intimidating.'
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I'm going through some kind of door.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16There's...something down here. What is that?
0:32:16 > 0:32:20It's a person, get her! I hope we can remember the way we came in!
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Aim for the door. Here we go.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Aah! A 60-pound stone. 60-pound stone. Now I feel it!
0:32:37 > 0:32:39That was so intense. Yeah, yeah.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41But Gareth is yet to take in
0:32:41 > 0:32:44the full gravity of the training exercise.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48This was the door that you initially identified.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Quite a bit smaller, isn't it? Yeah, this felt about 100m.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Then I came in here.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Oh, look.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00The adult casualty had got the child,
0:33:00 > 0:33:04and was affording it protection, yeah, because it was trapped,
0:33:04 > 0:33:08couldn't get out, and it was giving itself some sort of protection.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13It's chilling. Yeah, yeah. It really is.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17I know it's only a dummy, but it's actually genuinely upsetting.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20It's what you'll find, they're often in wardrobes,
0:33:20 > 0:33:22under beds, but you've got to be really methodical
0:33:22 > 0:33:27with your checks and just, you know, aware of everything. Hm.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30HE EXHALES God.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36'You know, these guys, their responsibility is just so huge.'
0:33:36 > 0:33:40It's amazing, what they do, it really is.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43SIREN WAILS
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Fire and rescue control. Bravo golf six two papa one.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Three weeks later,
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Gareth has come back to Chester to audition for his soloist.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Join the queue. It's like a doctor's waiting room in here!
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I've got 13 people auditioning for the solo,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14and three of them are girls, and the rest are guys.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Which is a bit disappointing, because this is...
0:34:17 > 0:34:21this is the chance for them to show their mettle, or develop some mettle.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26I'm petrified, thinking, "Why am I putting myself through this?"
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Lisa, hello. A lady!
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Lisa's a soprano.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32One of the three!
0:34:32 > 0:34:36How are you feeling, Lisa? Nervous. Are you? Yes. What is it you do?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I work in Control, I'm the Watch Manager,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42so I'm in charge of the control room. You're in charge. Yes.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Shall we have a listen? Let's go for it.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:34:50 > 0:34:54# Can't see nothing coming up behind... #
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Is there something you connect with?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59It's very about going into a fire and things, which is not,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01sort of, what we do.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Yeah, so what... Don't, cos you'll set me off. No, why...
0:35:04 > 0:35:07What makes you feel like that?
0:35:07 > 0:35:08Sorry.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Oh, I'm so sorry, Lisa. No, it's OK.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14What's emotional about it for you?
0:35:14 > 0:35:18It just reminds me of when I was working that day, that's all.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20No, it's all right. You OK? Yeah, yeah.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I promised myself I wouldn't cry. Did you?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Aw-w. Thank you. I'm sorry I made you cry! It's OK.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36It's a very emotional song,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39and it's a life and death business,
0:35:39 > 0:35:43so to sing about the emotions here is just much more powerful
0:35:43 > 0:35:45than in any of the other companies.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48It's just really difficult.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50I mean, that's...you know, that's reduced Lisa to tears.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I think that she won't be the last.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57# Make my way through this darkness
0:35:57 > 0:36:03# I can't feel nothing but the chain that binds me. #
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Being in a building that's on fire, it's a lonely place.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11You want your team-mates... Is that what the chain is? Yeah.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14We even put our hands on each other's backs
0:36:14 > 0:36:15if one's going in front of us.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17We'll even hold hands sometimes,
0:36:17 > 0:36:21just try and get through it together and get the job done.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:36:25 > 0:36:30# Can't see nothing coming up behind... #
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Sorry, can I put my glasses on please? You can.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Yeah, that's fine. Sorry.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38# Make my way through this darkness
0:36:38 > 0:36:43# I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me. #
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Hello, Matt. Hi, Gareth. Hi, how are you? I'm fine, thank you.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Come on in. Thank you.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52How are you feeling? I'm feeling fine.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Thank you, Gareth. Yeah... Good. Not too nervous? A little bit, yeah.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58A little bit edgy? A little bit edgy, that's a good word. Well, that's good.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Edgy is good. Yeah.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Can you tell me what you feel about this line,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04"Can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me"?
0:37:04 > 0:37:07I think that must be a feeling that Bruce has wrote,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10put into the song, it must be something to do with
0:37:10 > 0:37:13the realisation that something bad's going to happen.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Like there's a chain drawing you towards something terrible?
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Yeah. Do you have a sense with that that you have to go forward?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Yeah, absolutely. Especially when there's people involved.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25All you want to do is get in there as quickly as possible.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27You just want to help people, at the end of the day.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29It's got to make you scared, though, hasn't it?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32At times? Yeah, there are times when you do get slightly anxious.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36I remember before my daughter was born,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39I went to a particularly bad fire the night before.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40It was extremely hot -
0:37:40 > 0:37:43mine and my partner's helmet both melted.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45And I can remember thinking in the back of my head,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48"Oh, my goodness, my daughter's getting born tomorrow."
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Cos she was booked in for a Caesarean. Right.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51And I can remember thinking,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53"I hope I'm going to get home tonight!" Oh, gosh!
0:37:53 > 0:37:56You know what I mean? What pressure! I remember feeling like that.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00You want to be able to go home at the end of the day and... Yeah. ..give your family a hug.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01That's what it's all about.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04See you later. I'll pick you up from school, tomorrow. All right?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07See you later, Dad. I'll see you after school, all right? Have a quiet night!
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Matt's daughter Poppy is now eight.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12The family lives near the Macclesfield fire station.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14See you later. See you tomorrow. Bye! Bye!
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Most house fires break out in the early hours,
0:38:17 > 0:38:20and Matt does two night shifts a week.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23I trust in Matt.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I know he's really good and professional at what he does,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29but the problem is, you don't know what you're going in to,
0:38:29 > 0:38:32and I know he would give everything...
0:38:32 > 0:38:35..probably give more than what he should do.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:38:41 > 0:38:46# Can't see nothing coming up behind
0:38:46 > 0:38:50# Make my way through this darkness
0:38:50 > 0:38:55# I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me. #
0:38:58 > 0:39:00MATT LAUGHS
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Well done. Goose bumps. Thanks very much.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Thank you, I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Yeah, I feel really quite choked up!
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Erm...
0:39:23 > 0:39:26I don't know, I just... There's something so...
0:39:26 > 0:39:30so admirable about what they do.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33You know, you look at each one of these jackets and each pair of boots
0:39:33 > 0:39:37and that represents a life and a family and a person
0:39:37 > 0:39:41that could potentially be lost in the next incident.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Anyone else? Helen!
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Hello.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52You came! I did. I had an attack of the nerves.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I thought I only had three ladies, and now I have four. Good.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58OK, ready? I'm so nervous!
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Are you? Yeah.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04All right. And...
0:40:04 > 0:40:07# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:40:08 > 0:40:13# Can't see nothing coming up behind
0:40:13 > 0:40:16# Make my way through this darkness
0:40:16 > 0:40:18# I... #
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Sorry. It's all right.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Keep going, keep going. It's the last bit.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26# Can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me. #
0:40:26 > 0:40:27I think it's good, actually, Helen.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30I like it. I'm too nervous!
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Well, there is that. I wonder if we could get beyond the nerves.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36You know, you're a tough person, aren't you?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Sometimes. You can... Yeah.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41There's a seriousness required of this song
0:40:41 > 0:40:42that I know you have.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Such an important song. Yeah.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47You don't feel important enough in the fire service...?
0:40:47 > 0:40:50No. Not right now, no. Really?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53I'm going to let you go, Helen. Cos I can't stand still!
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Bye.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58For a minute there I thought, "She's going to get it.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59"She's going to get it."
0:40:59 > 0:41:00But she was holding back,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02and I think it's really interesting
0:41:02 > 0:41:05that she didn't feel like her version of this song
0:41:05 > 0:41:06was worth anything.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09I've done it. Good lass.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11It was awful. I feel so sorry for him!
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And I was that nervous, I couldn't stop moving.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15'Everything is about the firefighters.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19'The support staff see themselves as playing second fiddle.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21'There is just a big split.'
0:41:21 > 0:41:22It's not male-female,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25it's between firefighter and support staff.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I need a cuddle.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29You can come and have a cuddle!
0:41:29 > 0:41:32You did absolutely fine, I'm sure. That poor fellow!
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Later that day, Gareth's made a decision about the solo.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43But first, he wants to give the choir a shake-up.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47So I just wanted to spend a little bit of time
0:41:47 > 0:41:50thinking about the altos and the sopranos.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Generally, I feel there's an imbalance in this choir
0:41:53 > 0:41:55between the sound of the women and the sound of the men.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58And it's something the judges will pick up on.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I think it comes down to confidence.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01I feel like it would work
0:42:01 > 0:42:04to have the altos and sopranos in the middle
0:42:04 > 0:42:06and to surround you with the guys.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Let's try that.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:42:11 > 0:42:13One, two, three...
0:42:13 > 0:42:17# La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:42:17 > 0:42:19# La-la-la... #
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Gareth's new formation puts the sopranos and altos
0:42:22 > 0:42:23at the heart of the choir
0:42:23 > 0:42:28so they're supported by the big-voiced firefighters on either side.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32# Come on out for the rising
0:42:32 > 0:42:37# Ah-ah-ah
0:42:37 > 0:42:39# Ah. #
0:42:39 > 0:42:44I'm feeling a sense...more of a sense of oomph about you ladies. Erin, yes?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Definitely. A bit more in it. We've got the oomph.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48It's like a big hug, isn't it?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Like a big hug! Have a seat. Well done.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54So, do you want to know who the soloist is?
0:42:54 > 0:42:55ALL: Yes!
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Good. Well, the soloist is...
0:43:00 > 0:43:02No, no, no, it's all right. We don't need a drum roll!
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Erm, I think there's enough tension already, isn't there?!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08So, the soloist that I've chosen
0:43:08 > 0:43:12I think is going to really represent what you do very well
0:43:12 > 0:43:15because this person understands, I think,
0:43:15 > 0:43:17both the song but also the whole service.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20So the person I've chosen to do the solo is...
0:43:21 > 0:43:23..Helen. No!
0:43:23 > 0:43:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Oh, my god!
0:43:31 > 0:43:33You lot must have been awful!
0:43:33 > 0:43:36LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:43:38 > 0:43:41I'd actually like to give you a couple of backing singers
0:43:41 > 0:43:43to support you.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45You're going to sing the first two lines on your own
0:43:45 > 0:43:48and then you're going to be joined by two other singers.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50And those singers are...
0:43:52 > 0:43:53..Ant...
0:43:53 > 0:43:55CHEERING
0:43:57 > 0:43:59..and Matt.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02CHEERING
0:44:02 > 0:44:04For me, what this is about
0:44:04 > 0:44:07is putting the whole fire service on display -
0:44:07 > 0:44:10you guys representing the front line
0:44:10 > 0:44:14and you representing control and everyone in the support staff.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Yeah? Our trio, come and stand here, please.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Let's have Helen in the middle, flanked... Just where she wants to be!
0:44:21 > 0:44:23LAUGHTER There we go.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:44:30 > 0:44:34# Can't see nothing coming up behind
0:44:35 > 0:44:39# Make my way through this darkness
0:44:39 > 0:44:44# I can't feel nothing but these chains that bind me
0:44:44 > 0:44:46# Oo-ooh... #
0:44:46 > 0:44:49'Well, I knew how nervous she was.'
0:44:49 > 0:44:52I think it was touch and go whether she was even going to audition.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54It's a... She'll do a great job.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56And the boy band behind her will do a good job as well!
0:44:56 > 0:44:58# La-la-la-la... #
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Just need them now in either gold lame togas
0:45:02 > 0:45:05or just their wet legs covered in baby oil. Funnily...
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Funnily enough, I have one. Have you?
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Well, that doesn't surprise me, Ant.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10So, to finish,
0:45:10 > 0:45:14you are going to be doing a performance in two weeks' time
0:45:14 > 0:45:18to your friends, your families and your colleagues
0:45:18 > 0:45:21and it will be in front of the judges.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24This will be your first competitive performance.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26I reckon you can do it. Don't you?
0:45:26 > 0:45:30HESITANT AGREEMENT It's going to be good, it's going to be good!
0:45:30 > 0:45:34# Come on up for the rising... #
0:45:35 > 0:45:38As the countdown to the big day begins,
0:45:38 > 0:45:40the choir is growing in confidence
0:45:40 > 0:45:43and singing out loud at every opportunity.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47# Come on up, lay your hands in mine... #
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Everyone, that is,
0:45:49 > 0:45:50bar one.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53Why don't you sing me the lines on the phone, now?
0:45:53 > 0:45:54No. Go on!
0:45:54 > 0:45:56I'll disconnect you, Ant.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59# Can't see nothing in front of me ALARM BEEPS
0:45:59 > 0:46:02# Can't see nothing coming... # Got to go.
0:46:02 > 0:46:03Helen?
0:46:04 > 0:46:06She cut me off!
0:46:12 > 0:46:15With just over a week to go until the final performance,
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Gareth's come back to HQ
0:46:17 > 0:46:19for one last rehearsal with his soloist.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25'I want to get Helen's confidence up.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28'I feel like there's something at the centre with her.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30'She does a really difficult job.'
0:46:30 > 0:46:33She has to have some personal confidence.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36At the moment, she's just, sort of, all giggles.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Come closer. Don't be afraid.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42I'm very afraid. Come a bit closer.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45How are you doing? I'm all right. Bit nervous!
0:46:46 > 0:46:49One, two, three, and...
0:46:49 > 0:46:53STRAINED: # Can't see nothing in front of me... #
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Good. Now, I'm hearing a little bit of tension there.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58You jokingly said you were very shy. I mean, I actually wonder...
0:46:58 > 0:47:01I'm not the most confident of people.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03You've got some real spine, cos of what you do.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05I love my job.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09And I would hazard a guess as I'm good at my job.
0:47:09 > 0:47:10I'd call that confidence.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12I mean, you're not confident about this...
0:47:12 > 0:47:14They can't see me, though, can they?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17And do you feel that by not being seen...
0:47:17 > 0:47:20It's easier. Is it? It's much easier.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21What is it that you think people see?
0:47:21 > 0:47:23I think they just assume
0:47:23 > 0:47:25I'm just going to be boisterous or big and...
0:47:25 > 0:47:27And so you've sort of... I just go with it.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29You just go with it?! It's easier. Really?
0:47:29 > 0:47:32I bet you when that call comes in to 999
0:47:32 > 0:47:34and it's your voice that they hear,
0:47:34 > 0:47:37there's nothing tense in your sound. No.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40No fear. No fear.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Cos I need to take their fear.
0:47:42 > 0:47:43I think it's the same in the choir.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Yours is the first voice that they're going to hear,
0:47:46 > 0:47:48and it has to be that same voice.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50OK, it's singing. But singing is just an extension...
0:47:50 > 0:47:52It's the same voice.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56MORE RELAXED: # Can't see nothing in front of me... #
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Good.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02# Can't see nothing coming up behind
0:48:04 > 0:48:08# Made my way through this darkness
0:48:08 > 0:48:14# I can't feel nothing but these chains that bind me. #
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Better? Much better.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17Really good!
0:48:17 > 0:48:19So that's the key, isn't it? Yeah.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22It's just to think yourself into it like it's a 999 call. Yeah.
0:48:22 > 0:48:23Serious.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26'Picking Helen for the solo was a leap of faith'
0:48:26 > 0:48:28and I think, if she manages to do it,
0:48:28 > 0:48:29which I believe she can,
0:48:29 > 0:48:32it will be a huge personal achievement for her.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Hello!
0:48:42 > 0:48:45It's the day of the final performance.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Everyone is saying, "I'm not nervous."
0:48:47 > 0:48:49But they're saying it too many times. Yeah!
0:48:49 > 0:48:53"I'm not nervous, I'm not nervous." No. "I'm not nervous, I'm fine!"
0:48:53 > 0:48:55'I don't know how they're going to respond to this.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58'They are cool in the face of'
0:48:58 > 0:49:00the most incredible danger you can imagine.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02I don't know how they're going to react
0:49:02 > 0:49:05to standing on stage in front of a large audience.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07CHEERING Hey! Are we excited?
0:49:07 > 0:49:10ALL: Yes! Yeah? Good, have I got my soloist, Helen?
0:49:10 > 0:49:12How are you doing? I'm all right, actually.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14All right. A little bit. And your support team?
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Right there. I've got one of them. Never far away.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Where's the other one? There he is. Don't leave me!
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Are you going to catch her if she falls? Oh, we'll try. Yeah.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23And everyone else OK? Yeah?
0:49:28 > 0:49:32The choir's families, colleagues and the fire service top brass
0:49:32 > 0:49:34are gathering in the main engine workshop.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Looks like we're all waiting to go into a court
0:49:39 > 0:49:41and a public execution.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43'We've started seeing people arrive
0:49:43 > 0:49:46'so the nerves are starting to kick in now with everybody.'
0:49:46 > 0:49:48It'd be all right if they hadn't put my dad on the front row
0:49:48 > 0:49:49where I can see him!
0:49:51 > 0:49:55It's a one-off thing, isn't it? And it's...
0:49:55 > 0:49:57..something that she'll remember for ever.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00My dad, this morning, he said, "It doesn't matter."
0:50:00 > 0:50:03He said, "If you fluff it up, I'm still proud of you."
0:50:03 > 0:50:05So a little bit of a weep when he said that.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Seeing all the families turning up and,
0:50:08 > 0:50:10"Hi, Dad." "Hi, Dad!"
0:50:10 > 0:50:12That's my, "Oh, God! This is for real now."
0:50:12 > 0:50:15We're all really excited to hear it
0:50:15 > 0:50:18cos we've been listening to it now for weeks and weeks so...
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Really, really excited.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22I think this is going to be...
0:50:22 > 0:50:25The judges have arrived for the performance.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Composer Paul Mealor will be listening to their technical ability.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32I'm concerned because it's a commemorative song, isn't it... Yes.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34..for 9/11. So what you don't want
0:50:34 > 0:50:37is someone to stand there and shout it at you. No!
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Conductor Ken Burton's here to judge the blend and tone of the choir.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42It'll be really interesting to see
0:50:42 > 0:50:44how much emotion they can actually bring.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47We need to feel some passion, as well. Some gentle passion. Maybe...
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Soprano Sarah Fox will be assessing the performance
0:50:49 > 0:50:51and connection with the audience.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53It'll be interesting to see how the women are in it.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56They could get drowned by it. It's blend, isn't it?
0:50:56 > 0:50:59And balance. Yes, yeah. I mean, they are the big issues for this.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02Hi, everyone. Right, gather round! Gather around.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Good. Everyone OK? THEY MURMUR AGREEMENTS
0:51:05 > 0:51:06You've got to go for it.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Show your pride in your service
0:51:09 > 0:51:11on your faces, in your body language.
0:51:11 > 0:51:15You cannot stand there and look like you're terrified of it.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18You understand these words better than anyone, I think.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20I will be there right in front of you going,
0:51:20 > 0:51:22"Knock it out of the park! Go for it."
0:51:22 > 0:51:24I want you to be brilliant, I really do.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Shall we go and do this? CHEERING
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Come on! Let's go.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33APPLAUSE
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42It gives me great pleasure and great pride to introduce you to
0:51:42 > 0:51:45the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Choir!
0:51:45 > 0:51:47APPLAUSE
0:51:51 > 0:51:52A hell of an entrance.
0:52:11 > 0:52:16The choir are about to perform for the first time competitively.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19This will be graded and will be taken forward to the next round,
0:52:19 > 0:52:20which is the knockout stage.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Please welcome our three judges - Ken Burton, conductor,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Paul Mealor, the nation's favourite living composer,
0:52:27 > 0:52:29and Sarah Fox, world class soprano.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34We're going to sing a song for you, today,
0:52:34 > 0:52:36that is perfect for your organisation.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40It's about, really, the sharp end of your business.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43So here they are, singing Bruce Springsteen's The Rising.
0:52:48 > 0:52:49OK, focus.
0:52:49 > 0:52:50HE MOUTHS
0:52:53 > 0:52:56# Can't see nothing in front of me
0:52:58 > 0:53:02# Can't see nothing coming up behind
0:53:03 > 0:53:06# Make my way through this darkness
0:53:06 > 0:53:12# I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
0:53:13 > 0:53:16# Lost track of how far I've gone
0:53:17 > 0:53:22# How far I've gone How high I've climbed
0:53:23 > 0:53:27# On my back's a 60 pound stone
0:53:28 > 0:53:32# On my shoulder a half mile line
0:53:33 > 0:53:37# Come on up for the rising
0:53:38 > 0:53:43# Come on up, lay your hands in mine
0:53:43 > 0:53:47# Come on up for the rising
0:53:48 > 0:53:52# Come on up for the rising, tonight
0:53:52 > 0:54:09# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:54:09 > 0:54:12# La-la-la
0:54:12 > 0:54:17# Come on up for the rising
0:54:17 > 0:54:22# Come on up, lay your hands in mine
0:54:22 > 0:54:25# Come on up for the rising
0:54:26 > 0:54:30# Ah-ah
0:54:30 > 0:54:35# Ah. #
0:54:35 > 0:54:39SILENCE
0:54:39 > 0:54:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Cheshire Fire Service,
0:55:24 > 0:55:26we want to thank you for and commend you on
0:55:26 > 0:55:27that performance.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31What we got today was a really well-blended,
0:55:31 > 0:55:33well-balanced sound. GARETH MOUTHS
0:55:33 > 0:55:35It was a joy to listen to.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37And I really want to commend you
0:55:37 > 0:55:39that this sound was actually quite natural.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Be aware that in the next round,
0:55:41 > 0:55:43when you have a different piece to sing,
0:55:43 > 0:55:46you may not relate to it as easily emotionally
0:55:46 > 0:55:48as you have done this time.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50You've shot yourselves in the foot, in a way,
0:55:50 > 0:55:52cos you've set yourselves such a high level,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55you've now got to maintain that.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57The solo was fantastic. Well done, Helen.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:01 > 0:56:03There was a real gentle quality to it.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06And then you were joined by these two monsters either side of you!
0:56:06 > 0:56:09But, they may look strong and strapping,
0:56:09 > 0:56:11but they did not overpower you.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15What comes through your singing is your belief in each other.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17And that's beautiful. Thank you.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20APPLAUSE
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Absolutely fantastic.
0:56:29 > 0:56:30Well done.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33Bruce Springsteen, eat your heart out.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35Oh! Fantastic!
0:56:36 > 0:56:39You could feel the emotion. It was amazing, really amazing.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42So are you proud of your dad? It sounds lovely. Yeah. Yeah?
0:56:42 > 0:56:45I don't think anybody wanted to applaud at the end
0:56:45 > 0:56:47cos they were so, you know, taken with it.
0:56:47 > 0:56:48So really, really good.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50I had goose bumps. Yeah.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53I'm thrilled to bits. I couldn't be happier with it. Yeah.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56It was magical. There was a magic about that performance.
0:56:56 > 0:57:01'When they finished, it was the most extraordinary pause I've ever heard.'
0:57:01 > 0:57:04I felt like I'd just conducted Bach's Matthew Passion.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07It was just this unbelievable silence
0:57:07 > 0:57:10'and then absolutely rapturous applause.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12'It was very moving.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16'The pride was so evident. It gives you goose bumps'
0:57:16 > 0:57:19just thinking about how much they believe in each other.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21This is my dad. Dad, this is Gareth. Hello.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25Pleased to meet you. I'm very pleased to meet you.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27That took a lot for me to do,
0:57:27 > 0:57:30but I'm really proud I did it. Really proud.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Hey, well done! CHEERING
0:57:33 > 0:57:36I think that the feedback was great, and it's great for you, I think,
0:57:36 > 0:57:38to have that solid start.
0:57:38 > 0:57:39It was a pleasure to conduct that today.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42So a great...real honour to be part of what you did today.
0:57:42 > 0:57:45Give yourselves a well-deserved round of applause.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52They really showed their mettle in there.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53They're made of strong stuff.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55I think they're ready for the contest now.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00Next time, Gareth enters the world of high finance
0:58:00 > 0:58:03and rock-bottom reputations...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05Very weird to be in here.
0:58:05 > 0:58:06It's like being in a siege.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08# If you wanna make the world... #
0:58:08 > 0:58:11..at one of the world's biggest trading banks.
0:58:11 > 0:58:12Are we talking lots of money?
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Sometimes it can be up into the billions.
0:58:14 > 0:58:18You know, we're asking the world, "Are you still blaming us?"
0:58:18 > 0:58:19Let me out!
0:58:19 > 0:58:23But will Gareth's mission to get to the heart of the bankers
0:58:23 > 0:58:25pay dividends?
0:58:25 > 0:58:26Your choir, everyone!
0:58:26 > 0:58:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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