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00:11Hello there and welcome to your Thursday One Show live on BBC One and I play with Roman
00:16Kent and Alex Jones. Now it might be February 12th but tonight is all about December 10.
00:21Yes, Simon Cowell's new boy band will be here plus Greg James brings us more on today's
00:26big comic relief news and we're joined by one of Britain's best character actors.
00:31Yes, he's played everyone from a former Prime Minister to a retired teacher accused of murder
00:35and now Jason Watkins is bringing another real-life story to our screens.
00:40Yeah, it's called Dirty Business and follows two amateur detectives in an Oxfordshire village
00:44who helped to uncover one of the UK's biggest water pollution scandals. More on that in just a moment.
00:50And joining Jason is Greg James who earlier this morning announced he'll be taking on his third
00:55epic challenge for comic relief. Cycling all the way from Weymouth to Edinburgh for Radio One's longest ride for Red
01:02Nose Day.
01:03Yeah, it's a long way. Yeah, lots of excitement in the studio as well tonight because we're joined by the
01:08boy band
01:09tipped to be the next One Direction. December 10, they formed on Simon Cowell's hit reality series The Next Act
01:15and have already sold out their debut tour. They're here for their first ever TV interview
01:20to tell us about their new music and whirlwind journey from school to superstardom.
01:25And we know you love a heartwarming surprise on a Thursday and we've got a brilliant one tonight
01:30because Rosie Ramsey has teamed up with Tim Healy and his son, the 1975's Matty Healy,
01:35to surprise one student in Newcastle with a life-changing opportunity.
01:40That's really wonderful, that one. And we would normally ask for you to get in touch, wouldn't we?
01:44But we've already been inundated with questions from December 10 fans, so we're going to just try and put
01:50as many of those questions to them a little later on.
01:53But first, as we just mentioned, we are starting tonight with that powerful story about two ordinary men
01:58who helped to shine a light on the actions of water companies in England and Wales.
02:02But before we hear how it inspired the drama Dirty Business, starring Jason Watkins,
02:07this is the real-life story of the neighbours who fought for justice.
02:13In 2017, in a village in Oxfordshire, neighbours Ash Smith, a retired police detective,
02:19and Peter Hammond, a former computer science professor,
02:22began noticing the river Windrush near their homes had become polluted
02:26and there was a decline in the number of fish.
02:29The water should be clear and look at it, it's murky.
02:32From what it was back in the day, it is a shadow.
02:35It's a grey river that is in real distress and we need to fix it.
02:40Taking matters into their own hands, they began investigating the root cause,
02:45with Peter meticulously analysing data released by the water company,
02:49who run two sewage networks on the river.
02:52They were shocked by what they discovered.
02:54Untreated sewage was being released into the river Windrush illegally.
02:59A water company is only able to dispose of sewage legally during heavy rainfall
03:04when networks are overwhelmed, but it must inform the regulators.
03:08In 2021, Peter and Ash's research showed that almost 1,000 instances in the previous 11 years had gone unreported.
03:17I have here 500 pages of evidence and we've basically found thousands of examples of illegal spilling.
03:24The duo expanded their investigation to other parts of England and Wales
03:29as they became convinced thousands of sewage treatment works were breaking the law.
03:34Ash and Peter's detective work has since contributed to Ofwa and the Environment Agency's investigation
03:40into English and Welsh water companies.
03:42It became the largest criminal investigation ever by the Environment Agency.
03:47And in the four years since it began, water companies have faced record fines.
03:53But Ash and Peter's fight for clean rivers and waterways continues.
03:58Well, what incredible men.
04:01And now Peter and Ash's story has been turned into a new drama called Dirty Business,
04:04starring Jason Watkins, who joins us now.
04:07Hello.
04:23Is that what drew you to it in the first place?
04:25I think it's a very, very human story.
04:27There's a sort of corporate side to it, which is explored as well.
04:30But essentially, there's a very human side to this, which grows throughout the series.
04:34And I think that's the thing that really attracted me to it.
04:37It's one of those, as you read the script, you go, no, really?
04:40And the outrage grows and grows.
04:43And I think lots of people are very familiar with what's happening with their rivers or their coastlines
04:47and are aware that things may be happening which aren't right.
04:52And there's a growing outrage, I think, at it.
04:55Yeah, absolutely.
04:56Alongside Pete and Ash's investigation, we also hear the real-life stories of whistleblowers and victims
05:02who say their lives have been destroyed after encountering sewage-polluted water.
05:07Let's take a look.
05:08Do you think that's poo?
05:09Of course, it's not poo.
05:12Wash it up, scrubby.
05:14In the year that I have data for, they've dumped sewage a thousand times.
05:20Get the doctor in.
05:22We can't treat sewage without any power.
05:24We're dumping it straight into the river.
05:25We've got to give this to the environment agents.
05:28We want to strip out as much unnecessary regulation as possible.
05:33You want water companies to monitor their own pollution.
05:36These aren't accidents.
05:38It's a policy.
05:39Close the beach.
05:40There is no evidence.
05:41All we ever do is give you the evidence nothing ever happens.
05:47Jason, it's astounding when you hear these stories for those people that know nothing about it, obviously.
05:55And your character, Peter, he used his background in maths and in science to analyse all this data,
06:02to put this story together and this fight together.
06:04How did you find that as an actor, getting into all of that?
06:07Obviously, you know, because you have to learn that, I guess, the science jargon, right?
06:10Yeah, there was a bit of improvising around the scenes towards the end.
06:13And so I suddenly realised, as soon as I started talking, I had to sound convincing as, you know, a
06:19machine engineer.
06:20Yeah.
06:21An interpreter of data.
06:23So, how do you improvise that?
06:26Do you know, I really went down a rabbit hole and I did this, I mean, Peter Hammond is the
06:30most extraordinary man.
06:32He used his skills and his intelligence.
06:34He created a programme where you could spot fetal alcohol syndrome in the womb, which meant that, across the world,
06:41which meant that doctors and clinicians could look after the babies, make sure that they're OK when they were born.
06:46So, he, and he used that technology to interpret the, the, the data that he got from, from water companies.
06:54So, yeah, but I know it's all reflected glory.
06:57I mean, I've got sort of, sort of, scientist glasses, but that's as far as it goes.
07:01But you, you made sure to, to meet Peter.
07:04Yeah, I did.
07:04Before you filmed this and that's important for you in a role like this.
07:07Yeah, it is, because I think we all have perceptions of what a scientist might be.
07:11And he's, he's from a very working class background in Liverpool.
07:15And that's the one thing I wanted to hang on to.
07:17We don't look like each other.
07:18We're, I'm slightly younger.
07:20Sorry, Peter.
07:21But, uh, but I wanted to hold onto that because I think it's quite remarkable somewhere from his background.
07:25Yeah.
07:26Uh, getting as far as he did.
07:27And, and I very much liked him and his wife and I spent an afternoon with them.
07:32But, but because I didn't look like him, I just wanted to get what made him tick.
07:36Yeah.
07:36The sense of him.
07:37The sense of him, yeah.
07:38You know, you've played lots of real life characters.
07:41I mean, you are an extraordinary actor.
07:44Why are you drawn to those roles then, do you think?
07:47Uh, real people?
07:48I don't know.
07:49They tend to come my way.
07:51Um, and I, I think, I think it employs all your skills.
07:56So, uh, in various degrees.
07:58So, it's not straightforward impersonation because you have to fill it up with a real sense of your own feelings
08:04as well.
08:04And yet it's not a straight drama.
08:06It's all about you.
08:06It's a hybrid between all those, all those things.
08:08So, as a challenge, it's, uh, it's something in itself.
08:12But also, I like mimicking and, and all that in the very straight, you know, sort of Steve Coogan way.
08:16You know, it's just, he's just a brilliant mimic and, and, and I think actors, like, they just like mimicking
08:22as well.
08:22There's one I'm really looking forward to and that's you playing former FA chairman Greg Dyke.
08:27Yeah.
08:27In, in the BBC's, uh, version of Dear England.
08:30Obviously, this was a, a huge, uh, play that, that people loved.
08:33It's all about Sir Gareth Southgate.
08:35Yeah.
08:35And that England side.
08:36What was that like to film?
08:37Well, that was great.
08:37I had a, a, a, a smallish part in it.
08:39It was a cameo in that.
08:40I really looked like him, don't I?
08:41I mean, it's rhyming.
08:42It's a no-brainer, isn't it?
08:44Uh, and, uh, that is a remarkable, uh, uh, piece.
08:49And I think you've seen it on stage, haven't you, Rowan?
08:51Yeah, I've seen it on stage, yeah.
08:52And I think a lot of people have been introduced to the theatre for the first time watching that play
08:56about football.
08:57And it was, it's absolutely brilliant.
08:58And Joe Fiennes, uh, people have seen him on stage.
09:02Well, he is him, isn't he?
09:03He's Gareth.
09:04He's magnificent in this, yeah.
09:05So it was a real joy to play, uh, Greg Dyke, yeah.
09:09Fantastic.
09:09Uh, well, you can see Jason in his new drama, Dirty Business, uh, from the 23rd of February, nine o
09:15'clock on Channel 4.
09:17Still to come tonight, we'll be joined by the boy band, tipped to be the next One Direction, as December
09:2110 tell us all about snooping around Simon Cowell's house as they get ready to take over the charts.
09:28There you go.
09:29And, uh, one man who knows all about good music is Radio 1's Greg James, who earlier today announced that
09:34he'd be taking on an epic cycle for Radio 1's longest bike ride for no...
09:38Red Nose Day ever.
09:40Ever.
09:40Yeah.
09:41Um, and it's not the first time he or his colleagues have gone that extra mile for comic relief, of
09:45course.
09:46Before we chat to him, let's have a look.
09:50You've got it, come on!
09:54Oh, this is grim.
09:56Please stop raving.
09:58My legs are burning.
10:03That's the worst weather we've ever had.
10:05Legs are just absolutely aching.
10:07Oh, my God!
10:09Really struggling.
10:10The beast from the East has delivered a present for us.
10:14These hills just keep coming round every corner.
10:24Oh, lots of incredible challenges there.
10:26And now preparing to take on another epic one himself is the brilliant Greg James.
10:33Oh, Greg.
10:34Hi.
10:35Well, I mean, you've told everybody on the radio this morning.
10:38But for those who weren't listening this morning, there'll only be a few.
10:42What are you doing and why are you doing another one, Greg?
10:45It's a great question.
10:46I am doing Radio 1's longest ride, as you said.
10:49So it's 1,000 kilometres from the south coast of England, Weymouth.
10:53Yeah.
10:54All the way through Wales, across the Midlands, Yorkshire, East Coast, Sunderland.
11:00And I get to Edinburgh by the following Friday.
11:03So eight days.
11:04Longest ever.
11:04Eight days.
11:051,000 kilometres.
11:06Is that possible?
11:07I don't know.
11:08Genuinely, I don't know.
11:09That's what makes this scary.
11:10And it's on a tandem bike.
11:12See, that's the mistake.
11:14Well, that could be the beauty.
11:15At least he's got company.
11:16Oh, that's true.
11:17And somebody has to pedal up the hills.
11:19A lot of it is going to be on...
11:20The majority of it is going to be on my own.
11:22So I wanted it to be a tough challenge.
11:26Yeah.
11:26Because the last one I did was eight years ago, and I said never again.
11:30But then I thought, I have got another one in me.
11:33But we needed the right idea.
11:35And it will raise a lot of money.
11:37That's the point, isn't it?
11:38Yeah.
11:38It really will.
11:39So these things...
11:40So my wife, Bella, is just...
11:42She's just like, why?
11:43Why?
11:44But she knows that I love doing stupid challenges.
11:48I love live radio and the stories you can tell on a live thing like this.
11:55A live adventure, essentially.
11:56Where you don't know what's going to happen.
11:58No.
11:58It really brings the listeners together.
12:00It shows everyone off in an amazing...
12:02It shows the best of the listeners, really, and the best of the country, really.
12:06Which is why I wanted to do as much of it as possible.
12:09Because they are sort of life-enhancing things.
12:12Because you're, for a whole week, or eight days in this case,
12:15you're taking yourself out of yourself and you're going,
12:18how can we look after some other people who might need it?
12:22And I think that's sort of the amazing thing that I've learnt from these,
12:25which is I've learnt so much about the listeners, so much about people,
12:27and so much about the sort of resolve of everybody.
12:30And when you're focused on a big thing like this,
12:33galvanising a community of listeners, it's a pretty magic thing.
12:36Yeah.
12:36Everybody behind you.
12:37Everybody will be supported.
12:39By the way, it's horrible.
12:40It's a horrible thing to do.
12:41Oh, it's horrific.
12:41And you're also doing the live radio show at the same time.
12:44Are you going to be out of breath?
12:44How can you speak at that point?
12:46Because he's a machine.
12:48Well, it was eight years ago, though, isn't it, with the last one?
12:50I know.
12:51I was just saying.
12:51Yeah.
12:52It was...
12:52It's going to be a challenge, isn't it?
12:53But that's the thing, I don't know if I can do it,
12:55and that's why it's a really scary thing for me to do,
12:57because I'm training hard,
12:59and I want to do the show as much as I can while on the bike,
13:01and it will be all filmed and live streamed and all that kind of stuff.
13:05So it's a proper challenge.
13:07It's a big thing.
13:08But, you know, they're amazing.
13:09And as you said, they've raised so much money.
13:11They do.
13:11And just the awareness of the charities that Conradleaf supports,
13:13it's worth doing it for that alone.
13:15And people can hop on.
13:17We know you like cycling.
13:18Yes.
13:18And like with Greg, you could do.
13:20Yeah, but at least it's a tandem, isn't it?
13:22So, you know, you can look, I can act like I'm really pruning in a lot.
13:25No, no, no, no, no, because you have to do the pedals,
13:27because they're going.
13:28Right.
13:29And you can't be wobbling, because I'll be wobbling.
13:32If you fall off, I fall off.
13:33And it's a fight as to who sits at the front.
13:35Exactly.
13:35No, no, I'm at the front.
13:36Well, we have got a message.
13:38It's not the two-man bob, isn't it?
13:39It is.
13:40Yeah.
13:40We've got a message of support to get you on your way.
13:43It's an old friend of yours.
13:44Here it is.
13:45Oh.
13:46Hello, Greg.
13:47It's your old pal, Michael.
13:48Now, I hear you're doing some epic travelling across Britain,
13:51hundreds of thousands of miles on a bicycle.
13:53All I can say to you, Greg, is don't do it.
13:55Please don't do it.
13:56You're not as young as you were.
13:58And people will be shocked if they see you going by.
14:01Please, please, Greg, now's your chance.
14:03Don't do it.
14:03I'll do it.
14:05There you go.
14:05Oh, my God.
14:06Michael, it's your last chance, isn't it?
14:08My hero.
14:09Well, look.
14:10But he's to blame.
14:12He's still doing stuff.
14:14He is.
14:14He's still running, isn't he?
14:15He's one of my greatest inspirations.
14:16He's still finding new things and finding the world curious.
14:19At the end there, I'll do it.
14:20I'll do it.
14:20He's trying to steal the thunder.
14:21Come on, then.
14:22Let's go.
14:23Look, you can find out how you can get involved in Comic Relief and support Greg.
14:28Visit bbc.co.uk slash rednoseday.
14:30And we will be catching up with Greg during his bike ride, which you can also follow, of
14:34course, on Radio 1 and Morning Live, which is where you'll find him tomorrow morning,
14:389.30 BBC Two.
14:39Off to Manchester now.
14:41Yes.
14:41Good luck.
14:42Good luck.
14:42Well, look, very shortly, we'll be joined by the band Tip to be Britain's next big thing,
14:47December 10, as they tell us how Simon Cowell gave them an opportunity of a lifetime after
14:52appearing in his new Netflix show.
14:53And the importance of giving life-changing opportunities to homegrown talent is something
14:58that will be celebrated this weekend in Newcastle at a special charity concert.
15:02Yeah, it's all to help young performers follow their dreams, something Rosie Ramsey knows
15:06all about, and now she's helping to give the next generation that same chance.
15:13I've always loved entertaining people.
15:15Just ask me mum and dad how many shows I used to put on in the living room.
15:19When I was about four, I wanted to be a singer.
15:21And then years later, I achieved that by being in a girl band called Scarlet Street.
15:25Four lasses from the North East wanting to make the big time.
15:31We needed a bit of help to get our foot on that ladder.
15:34And we got a grant to make a demo.
15:36A CD.
15:37That's how long ago it was.
15:38The charity that helped us was Sunday for Sammy.
15:41Every year, they put on a concert featuring famous faces from the North East to raise money
15:45to help young people in the region pursue a career in the performing arts.
15:49It was set up 25 years ago in memory of local actor and musician Sammy Johnson.
15:54Actor Tim Healy is one of its co-founders.
15:57Tim, tell us a little bit about Sammy and why you wanted to help young people in his name.
16:02Sammy was my best mate, you know, and we started work together at the live theatre company.
16:08We worked there for 30 years together.
16:09And when he died, suddenly, 49, I wanted to do something to remember his name.
16:15I thought, well, we're going to give the money too.
16:17You know, I thought we'll give it to young performers.
16:20We can just say, here's a little bit of money to help you with, you know, buying an instrument.
16:25Exactly.
16:25Or paying your fees to go to college.
16:27More than 500 people have received help from the Trust.
16:31Ray Laidlaw, drummer with the band Lindisfarne, has been involved since the start.
16:35There's never been any shortage of talent up here.
16:37We both know that.
16:38What there has been is a shortage of opportunities.
16:40We are the step to get people noticed a bit more and then be able to go on to the
16:45bigger stage.
16:46How do you know you're choosing the right people to help?
16:49Well, sometimes you can just tell.
16:52Other times, you take a gamble and you think, this person's got something about them.
16:57Performing arts student Emma Ditchburn from Durham recently applied to the Trust for Help.
17:02So, Emma, why did you apply for this grant?
17:04Two years ago, I was lucky enough to get a place at Arts Ed in London,
17:08which is an absolutely amazing school.
17:11Unfortunately, it's not covered by student finance, so it is expensive.
17:15I've always grown up with a working-class family.
17:18We've never had a lot.
17:20As a family, we went through a lot the past two, two and a half years.
17:24I mean, people lost jobs.
17:26We lost a nana who would literally give us her last.
17:30It was really important to just try everything I could
17:32because it's all I want to do.
17:34It's all I can do.
17:37Emma's been told that our application has been successful,
17:39but she doesn't know that the money she'll receive
17:41will be enough to cover her living expenses for the rest of our course.
17:45And there's one more thing she doesn't know.
17:47One of our favourite musicians this year, to surprise her with the news.
17:50Matty Healy, singer of the band The 1975, who's also Tim's son.
17:55And that was kind of one of the first times I'd ever played in front of an audience.
17:58A big audience that size, yeah.
18:01Yeah.
18:02Good night, Newcastle.
18:04Matty, how do you feel about surprising Emma
18:05with the full grant that she's going to get?
18:07Oh, I can't wait. It's what it's all about.
18:09I mean, that's one of the things that I look forward to the most.
18:13I think she's going to lose her mind.
18:15The plan is to surprise Emma
18:17while she's performing in front of her friends and family.
18:21Hello.
18:22Hiya.
18:23Hi.
18:23I'm so sorry to disturb you.
18:24You sound absolutely gorgeous.
18:26I've got someone special here to meet you.
18:28Is that all right with you?
18:29Yeah.
18:30OK, I'm going to bring him in.
18:31All right?
18:34Oh, hi.
18:36Hello, everybody.
18:37Hi.
18:38Hello.
18:39How are you?
18:40I'm really good.
18:41How are you?
18:42I've got £5,000 as a grant for you to help you with your singing.
18:48Oh, God.
18:49You're doing so well with your news.
18:53Oh, my God.
18:57It's my first year coming in as the main patron,
19:02so me and the band, we're going to match that as well,
19:04so it's going to be £10,000.
19:06Oh, my God.
19:08Oh, my God.
19:10Oh, my God.
19:13Oh, my God.
19:19You know, it's just brilliant seeing people chase their dreams.
19:22We're a region that looks after our own.
19:25And honestly, it makes you dead proud, doesn't it?
19:29Oh, how incredible is that?
19:31And it gets better for Emma because Matty has invited her to sing
19:34during his set at the Sunday for Sammy concert this weekend.
19:38That is so cool, isn't it?
19:39Well, Emma's not the only one preparing to take to the stage
19:42because boy band December 10 are about to set out on their debut tour,
19:46which sold out within a matter of minutes.
19:48They were hand-picked by Simon Cowell for his latest Netflix show,
19:52Simon Cowell, The Next Act,
19:53where over 1,000 singers were whittled down to just seven.
19:57Now, before we chat to the boys,
19:58here's the moment Simon told them that they'd all made the band.
20:16There was no way I'm going to lose any of you lot.
20:29Let's have some boys on the show.
20:34Oh, well, there we are.
20:35Let's have some men.
20:36Welcome.
20:36Lovely to have you here.
20:37I've just realised in years to come,
20:40they'll be playing this interview as your first interview.
20:42and we'll be in now 90s.
20:44Well, I'll be in the 90s.
20:47You can sit home and watch the one show then.
20:50It's like everyone else.
20:51So, now you thought, well, all of you thought originally
20:53it would be four or five members,
20:55but then there were seven of you.
20:57What was that moment like that we saw there
20:59where Simon said, you're all in?
21:02Oh, that was mad.
21:03It was like, I just remember, like,
21:05literally jumping up when he said it,
21:07like, because the whole day, well, for the whole process,
21:10we were like, it's going to be four or five people.
21:12And, like, in that car, in the documentary on the way up,
21:15me, Nick, Hendrick and John were like,
21:18one of us is going to go home.
21:19Like, sad.
21:21And luckily, that didn't happen.
21:23And it was just, I don't know, it was just so joyful.
21:25Like, it was such a good day, you know what I mean?
21:26Best outcome ever.
21:28Well, Cruz, your grandmother had a brilliant reaction, didn't she?
21:31She was excited.
21:33Yeah, she had, it was like a such beautiful moment.
21:35It was just, after I got off the phone with Simon
21:37and I called her and I was like, I'm in the band.
21:39And she was like, praise the Lord, love the Lord.
21:42I was going crazy, but, yeah,
21:44she's one of the people I do it for, really.
21:45Like, to make her proud is everything to me.
21:49Hendrick, I mean, look, you've been able to spend quite some time
21:52with Simon Cowell now.
21:53You've been to Miami, hanging out with his house.
21:55So strange.
21:56Well, yeah, what's it like hanging out with Simon?
21:58I mean, we've all watched him growing up, haven't we?
22:00So long.
22:01Working with him, being with him a lot more than you'd ever thought
22:05you would, first of all.
22:06But it's just, yeah, it's just mad.
22:07It's just, I don't think it's ever, like, hit us properly, but,
22:11nah.
22:12Yeah, it's crazy.
22:14And some more strange things are about to happen.
22:17I'm sure the bigger you get, Josh.
22:18You worked out, though, didn't you?
22:20Yeah.
22:20How you could tell whether Simon really enjoyed your singing or not?
22:25What was, how did you know?
22:27I think if you've watched BDT, you know that Simon,
22:29he's always wearing his glasses, he'll be lifting him up,
22:33he'll be lifting him up or down.
22:35He'll lift him up for me.
22:37I think that if he lifts him down, he's interested.
22:39If he lifts him up, he's amazed.
22:56So many fans will be very happy that Simon raised his glasses
22:59for these boys who have now released their debut single.
23:02It's called Run My Way.
23:03Let's go.
23:04Let's go.
23:12Let's go.
23:13And baby, you can run my way.
23:17Someone like you should be walking on air.
23:19They're just a dance and a flip in your head.
23:22And so let him go.
23:26And run my way.
23:29I love it.
23:30The girls are going through every routine that they have,
23:34with the down, with harmonies.
23:36The glasses went up again.
23:37Yeah, the glasses went up again.
23:39John, what's it like hearing that on the radio for the first time?
23:43You know, it's just like so surreal.
23:45It's insane because I actually first heard it on Radio 1
23:48and I was in the car on the way to school with my mum
23:51and she's like, I'm just dancing, I'm vibing to it
23:53and then my mum's like in tears because, you know, it's just crazy.
23:57But yeah, it's surreal.
23:58Did you film her in tears?
23:59Because that really helped get the views up there.
24:01No, I should have.
24:01I was vibing.
24:03I was vibing.
24:04Yeah.
24:05But look, we've had so many questions.
24:07Thank you so much.
24:08So let's start with Ellie and Trudy.
24:10Anyone in the news can say this as well.
24:11Maybe it'll come to you, Danny.
24:12Is there going to be an album, Danny?
24:15What can you tell us?
24:16I can definitely confirm there will be an album.
24:19100%.
24:20Of course.
24:21There has to be.
24:22Of course.
24:22It's literally mad.
24:24There's literally sparks going through my body
24:26that we're actually about to release our own.
24:30It's just mad.
24:31We've just obviously dropped the single
24:32and then to think that one day it'll be an album.
24:34It's just mad.
24:35And the brilliant thing, Nicholas, is, I mean,
24:39between you, you play something mad like 14 instruments.
24:43There's real talent there.
24:44And all your musical backgrounds are quite different,
24:46aren't they?
24:47Can you run us through just vaguely where you've all come from?
24:50So, me and Danny have something in similar, yeah, in similarity, yeah.
24:56Sorry.
24:56We both went to The Voice Kids, so we've got that in common.
25:00Sean and John both have sung in a choir for a long time,
25:04with Sean singing as a soprano on the Irish National Opera.
25:08Josh and Hendrik have been singing and playing for the longest time
25:11and just, like, singing around their local towns.
25:13And Cruz, of course, played mini Michael Jackson on Motel.
25:18So, yeah, we've got loads of different, like, musical backgrounds
25:20and at the end of the day, that just, like,
25:22brings different points of views and things
25:23into the whole band dynamic, really, yeah.
25:37Well, look, you've got your first live shows next week.
25:42So many people are so excited
25:44and we've got this wonderful, wonderful video I want to show you.
25:46Nine-year-old Hugo's mum sent us this.
25:48I've been opening his birthday present.
25:51No!
25:52To 7 and 10 contestants!
25:54No!
25:55Am I coming to it?
25:56Yeah.
25:57No!
25:58What?
25:58Oh!
26:02That's what it's called.
26:03That is so cute.
26:04I mean, Cruz, you must be so excited.
26:07Going on tour, this is the moment.
26:09This is what everyone wants.
26:10I mean, are there a little bit of nerves in there, though?
26:12I feel like there are a bit of nerves
26:14because it's our first live shows we're ever doing,
26:16but I feel like we just can't wait to just put positive energy
26:19to our fans and supporters
26:20because all the love we've got so far has been absolutely amazing.
26:23All over the moon.
26:24And we just can't wait to just show them our songs, really,
26:27and just have a great time.
26:28Yeah, lovely.
26:29And we have to say, Jason,
26:31these boys were very excited
26:33that you were on Mr Shakespeare.
26:37Oh, yes!
26:37Oh, yes!
26:38He was very excited.
26:39Yeah, he was nice to meet you.
26:40Sparkling, Mr Shakespeare.
26:41Yes, I mean, he's very famous, isn't he, Mr Shakespeare?
26:44Well, he is.
26:44He's very famous, of course.
26:46Let's go through some of these iPad questions
26:49because we've had so many.
26:50Very quickly, Cara has asked,
26:52who gets the most dramatic over the smallest things?
26:55Oh!
26:56Most dramatic.
26:57Danny, Danny, Josh.
26:59Josh!
27:00I'd say Josh!
27:01I don't know, yeah, maybe.
27:03Ruby and Hallie asks,
27:05what do you love the most about being in a band, John?
27:09You know, it's just six brothers.
27:11It's like, we're all sort of a family,
27:12so I feel like I can just go to talk to anyone
27:15about anything, really.
27:16That's the best thing.
27:17Yeah.
27:17Nice.
27:18Love it.
27:19Well, December 10's new single,
27:21Run My Way, is out now,
27:22and you can watch their journey in the series
27:24Simon Cowell, The Next Act,
27:26which is on Netflix right now.
27:27Yeah, that is all we have got time for tonight.
27:30A big thank you to all of our guests, so many.
27:32Big so many.
27:34Thank you for having us.
27:35Tomorrow, I will be back here with Lauren,
27:37and we'll be joined by Oscar-winning director Baz Luhrmann,
27:40ahead of his Elvis blockbuster,
27:41Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohamed,
27:44and we'll have a very special performance
27:45from J.P. Cooper and Gabrielle.
27:47Have a great evening, and Greg, good luck!
27:49Thank you!
27:51Good luck!
27:54Good luck!
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