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00:00THE END
00:07One, take two.
00:12Have no fear, everybody, I'm here. Thank God.
00:16Don't worry, I'm here.
00:21I always feel slightly embarrassed
00:24that I missed the off-the-rail stuff starting.
00:28I want a hat. I want a hat.
00:31They are acting.
00:33You know, no-one was looking side to side
00:37to see how everyone was.
00:39We were just going forwards.
00:44You know, we were never a band
00:45that sat there in each other's rooms
00:48and talked about how we were feeling.
00:51There was never any of that talk.
00:54Within the band, we didn't really ask those questions.
01:00I don't think any of us were capable
01:03of those kind of conversations.
01:09Asim, here they are tonight.
01:11It's Gary followed by Robbie and his booze hell.
01:14Just ask me mum if she likes my T-shirt.
01:16Your mum won't talk to you anymore now.
01:18I sort of started seeing the change in Robbie.
01:22He was kind of like jumping up and down
01:25on the stage of his bulbous eye.
01:29With all this fucking energy.
01:35But he did look like he was on something.
01:39Where are you going, Rob?
01:40Matt going on, back to the gig.
01:42Matt going on a Suzuki 800.
01:45He just didn't seem to want to be part of Take That anymore.
01:48And he was being more rebellious and more belligerent.
01:52Turn that off.
01:54Just seem to lose complete interest.
01:57And it frustrated all of us lot.
01:59I just thought it was someone who didn't give a shit about us.
02:03You know, he just don't care.
02:05That's what, that's what I put it down to.
02:08I was so depressed.
02:10And I was going back to my hotel.
02:13Downing and a bottle of neat vodka.
02:16And I just drink myself into oblivion.
02:22I'd gone.
02:24I'd physically and mentally gone.
02:41Downing.
02:46We had to start rehearsing for the biggest tour we were gonna do.
02:53As the band had matured and gone on...
02:55We just started to pick up instruments.
02:59And it was really exciting, actually.
03:04I was on bass.
03:05I was on drums.
03:07Jay's on guitar.
03:08I got on keys.
03:09Rob doing vocals.
03:10We were trying to cross a bit more into the world that Rob wanted to enter.
03:16And then Rob went to Glastonbury.
03:32And then Rob came back and he was absolutely wasted.
03:38And he went upstairs and I had a bit of a kip.
03:46I think the lack of interest was obvious.
03:49And I think that Gaz and Jay got pretty pissed off about that.
03:58I was 19, 20.
04:01And I was, you know, I was in the middle of being a raging alcoholic.
04:04It was the worst for my alcoholism at that time.
04:08Because I'd wake up and I couldn't start the day or do the day without probably downing a bottle of
04:14vodka.
04:16And then I'd go into these rehearsals the next day that I wasn't fit to do.
04:21Because my body would be full of crap.
04:23And my head would hurt.
04:26And I couldn't take in information at the best of times.
04:32I think it had to come to a meeting.
04:35The guys that, you know, we're doing this big show.
04:37We're putting everything we've got into this.
04:39You need to pick it up.
04:43Something just snapped inside my head.
04:45You know, and I went, well, then I'll leave.
04:49Jason said, well, if you're going to go, just go now then.
04:53I remember just sitting there thinking, what's happening?
04:57I stood up.
04:58Walked across the room and I got to the door.
05:01And I looked back at them and I think, we're thinking, this is it.
05:05And they looked at me.
05:07And then I walked through the door.
05:12And I thought, it'll be back tomorrow.
05:15I've seen this sort of thing before, it'll be back tomorrow.
05:20I got in the car and asked you at the time, Paul said,
05:24OK, I'll be back on Thursday to come and pick you up.
05:25And Paul, I'm not coming back on Thursday.
05:28All right, Friday then, I'll be at your house at 9.30 in the morning to come pick you up.
05:32I said, Paul, I don't think you understand. I'm not coming back.
05:36And then I started to cry.
05:45We woke up the next morning and it was some newspaper thing of Robbie had split from the band.
05:55Kind of a little bit devastating.
05:57You know, you ask yourself a lot of questions, what's going to happen now?
06:01Taylor star Robbie Williams has announced he's quitting the band.
06:04Do you teeny band take that?
06:06Robbie Williams has quit, citing too much pressure.
06:09Can they carry on without him?
06:13The message from the fans is clear.
06:15They want Robbie back and them mystified by his departure.
06:19He's been in the band since he was 16. He hasn't had his childhood. He's not been allowed to grow
06:23up.
06:23Something's happened.
06:25But I don't think we'll find out for quite a while yet.
06:29Really odd couple of days.
06:32Really odd.
06:33And it sounds quite throwaway.
06:37For what happened to be one of the most important things that ever happened to our group?
06:41Him leaving.
06:47I think if we all knew it was going to be that moment, we'd have done it.
06:52We'd have all wanted it to be different after all that time together.
06:59It's just skinless.
07:01It was sort of off the cuff and casual and...
07:06These things are never...
07:07They never happen the way you read them.
07:11It's trickier. It's more complex.
07:19It's another TV heatwave on Steve Wright's People Show!
07:27And here they are. They're Britain's biggest band.
07:30We were, you know, all so young then.
07:33Clocking on television for the first time since the big story this week.
07:36I wasn't in a place where I'd sit down with Gaz and Howard and say,
07:41Oh, you know, what should we do about this?
07:44I think the first time we were asked about how do I feel was by somebody on a TV show.
07:50To Mark from Rachel Wilson of Selly Oak, Birmingham.
07:53Do you cry? And if so, when was the last time?
07:56Erm...
08:03Yeah, we're moving then.
08:05Aww!
08:07The mere hysterical fans were rewarded with an impromptu walkabout by the four remaining members of Take That, while police
08:14struggled to keep control.
08:15It was kind of strange, really.
08:18Oh, yes!
08:20It's a bit big, innit?
08:22Because, for me, Rob was like the brother.
08:25I couldn't have imagined the band experience without him.
08:32But, er, we knew we had three weeks to do a show.
08:36That would be the orchestra there, and then from the back would be thirty-piece choirs.
08:40And that was our way through.
08:42You know, we had to learn the show again.
08:44We had to learn it for four instead of for five.
08:48Fuck.
08:49Just gotta do it.
08:50Can't cancel the show.
08:51Hey! Hey! Hey!
08:54And so, we turned the attention to ours.
08:57To getting our show ready.
09:00Take That kicked off their tour in Manchester at the weekend without Robbie Williams.
09:08Do you know what?
09:09This is our fifth tour together as Take That.
09:12But on this tour, as you can probably see, there's someone a little bit different.
09:16There's only four of us.
09:21Obviously, in the back of my mind, it was like start a solo career, be big.
09:25You know, but there was no plan.
09:28The plan was just to numb everything out, because I was in so much pain.
09:33I mean, we get to hear a lot about Robbie's side of things.
09:37Yeah, we do, don't we?
09:40Nigel.
09:41As a manager, he never managed me.
09:44He managed Gary Barlow.
09:48I only wanted him to love me.
09:50And he never did.
09:53For me, it was a sense of relief, because if someone's unhappy in the work, they're best going to work
10:00somewhere else.
10:01Hi, I'm...
10:02Robbie Williams!
10:04And I'm on the...
10:05And when Robbie left the group, he wanted to undo everything Nigel had done.
10:11Let me ask you how you feel about Nigel Martin Smith.
10:16After all these years, she had enough of saying things in interviews that weren't true.
10:22So how did you meet? I mean, are you all friends from school?
10:23No, what it was, it was a combination of two bands.
10:26He was always told of Nigel, don't ever say, you know, you was put together.
10:31I was working with Gary.
10:32I was working with Alden Nicole, doing a bit of a dance, rap act kind of thing.
10:36The manager got the two bands together.
10:37And I think, you know, I don't ask that fucking question, because I don't want to trip up and I
10:41don't want to be in trouble with Nigel.
10:42We've always been friends.
10:44And now Robbie wanted to say whatever was on his mind.
10:48I'm doing my own thing. I'm writing my own stuff. Shagbirds.
10:54He's only a million, isn't he?
10:55And so, of course, what then happens is that we're sat in this place where, oh, hang on a minute.
11:02That looks quite refreshing, where Rob is.
11:05That looks quite interesting.
11:08We're still here doing this.
11:19So it was inevitable that we wanted to get out of that world too.
11:30Everyone was a bit lethargic, weary. Rob had gone, how long can this last for?
11:38There's a rumour going round that I'll take that, I've got to split it all up to this tour.
11:44That rumour is definitely not true.
11:48Just tell me this song and I'll sing it.
11:52You'll be right and I'll start.
11:54Never want you back.
11:56I want you back again.
12:06My man.
12:07Sorry, dude.
12:09I'm just getting this shit, come on.
12:10Sorry.
12:10The future of pop group Take That is unclear.
12:14There's been much speculation about the future of the band since Robbie Williams left last year.
12:18The record label have strenuously...
12:19After months of speculation, the news that every Take That fan had been dreading.
12:24Thanks for everybody's support in the last five years.
12:27You've been absolutely fantastic to us.
12:29But unfortunately, the rumours are true.
12:32How Deep Is Your Love is going to be our last single together.
12:35And the greatest hit is going to be our last album.
12:39And from today, there's no more.
12:45We'd all taken a holiday for a few weeks.
12:49And in that holiday, Gary and Nigel had spoken.
12:53Gary said, listen, now's the time.
12:55And he gave his reasons.
12:56I want to go solo.
12:57It was me that went into a room and said to everybody,
13:00this is what we should do.
13:02And everyone just went, yeah, great.
13:05I remember thinking, thank God.
13:08We just had a 14-year-old fan phone in, in tears.
13:12What's your message to her?
13:14We're sorry, I suppose.
13:16We always said we'd finish on top.
13:18And it is very good for our careers ahead of us.
13:21So I think we're making the right music.
13:24I was holding on so tight to this group.
13:28I felt a bit of anger.
13:32We were four-piece and we were still successful.
13:34We sold out a tour.
13:35We had number ones.
13:36It's like, well, why?
13:40On the last tour, Howard said,
13:42even though Rob is left,
13:43take that I'd be going to be around for a long time.
13:46You mean you think they'd betrayed you?
13:47Well, yeah.
13:48I feel as though they've lied to us all.
13:50I feel really hurt because it's just a big part of my life
13:53and now it's over.
13:54He said to be around for as long as the fans wanted him,
13:56but the fans still want him.
13:58Just quit.
14:00Take that hysteria reaches a new level
14:02as fans collapse in front of their hotel in Germany.
14:05The screaming which has accompanied the band throughout their career
14:09is increasing in pitch as take that, prepare to wind up for good.
14:13It wasn't the same.
14:15The sparkle had gone.
14:20It was just starting to turn
14:24and it felt like the exit was the best place to be.
14:27We split up because we needed to, we wanted to.
14:30We were really happy about the decision.
14:32Sad as well because we were going to miss each other and miss the vibe.
14:37That's all, Paul.
14:50For the last time in the world together, take that.
15:05It wasn't hitting me when I was in that last performance.
15:10It's not the last song we're ever going to sing.
15:13I wasn't thinking that way.
15:15I was just going through the motions, really, I guess.
15:19You're in control of your own life now, starting tomorrow morning.
15:22Isn't that a bit frightening?
15:24Tomorrow we all go our separate ways, in a way.
15:27I mean, we'll still see each other, but it is a very sad time
15:29and a little bit of a numb feeling.
15:31Has it been very difficult to grow up under these extreme conditions?
15:35Because it's an important period of your life, from, let's say, 18 to 27.
15:39I've not lost too much of what life's all about.
15:42Hopefully, anyway, I'll know tomorrow.
15:43I'll give you a bell and let you know if I'm struggling.
15:45We're living in a world of fools
15:48Still there, John.
15:49Breaking its down
15:51When they all should let us be
15:55We belong to you and me
16:03It's been a very emotional month for us, really.
16:07Yes.
16:07And today's the last day, the finale.
16:14There wasn't really time for us to sit down and work out, how do we do this?
16:23It was all happening in real time.
16:26Hysterical fans besieged Amsterdam's top hotel
16:29in a desperate bid to catch a final glimpse of their idols before they split up.
16:36There was something in the air on that last day.
16:44It felt real all of a sudden.
16:48Our world had come to a close.
16:51And I wasn't sure.
16:54It was something that wasn't right.
16:59It hit me the hardest.
17:00Simply because of the fact that I was thinking,
17:02well, what am I going to do now?
17:03I'm only trained at being a pop star.
17:06You know, a bit of paint spraying.
17:09So it hit me quite hard.
17:17I was ready.
17:19I can't wait to tell people that I'm coming home.
17:25The hardest bit was trying to find a way home.
17:36You go home and you're kind of in disbelief.
17:40I feel like I was the only one that didn't grow up.
17:44And everyone else did.
17:47Even though I was the oldest.
17:48What are you feeling?
17:51Everybody watched what was happening
17:53and prepared themselves for the end.
17:56Whereas I was in this dream.
17:58I was like, oh, it's going to keep going and going and going and going and going.
18:01We are number one!
18:03You know, because when I was in school,
18:05I was a nobody really.
18:07I wasn't very clever.
18:09I didn't go to university.
18:11I never ever dreamt of being successful.
18:17I never thought I would be anything.
18:21And I felt like a superhero.
18:24Being up on that stage.
18:34It was almost going towards a depressive state.
18:39And then I decided to go to the Thames.
18:43The state of my mind at that time,
18:45I was seriously thinking of jumping in the Thames.
18:50Thinking I wanted to kill myself.
18:53But I'm just too much of a shitbag to do it.
19:00My immediate plan after the band was to go off to the Lake District.
19:04I took my tent.
19:06I went camping for a couple of weeks.
19:08We were all knackered, exhausted.
19:11I just wanted to have a nice long rest and have a little think.
19:14And after that, I didn't have any plans.
19:18I think for myself, Howard and Mark,
19:21it was take that was just take that.
19:22It was where we were at now, you know.
19:25I think take that to Gary and Robbie was always a stepping stone
19:28to where they wanted to get to.
19:31I always felt like I spent most of the 90s worrying.
19:36I was a real worrier.
19:39Worried about the band.
19:43Worried about us.
19:44Hey boys, listen, let's do it for a real life.
19:47Worrying about the music.
19:50Worrying about the gig.
19:51Are you ready boys? We're going to do this interview.
19:53But by the time we decided we would finish in,
19:57I just felt like, oh, all I've got to do is worry about me now.
20:02Just felt like a real weight off my shoulders.
20:05I was keen for a new chapter to start.
20:10At that point, I was on a massive wave of confidence.
20:17So often I just drive out to somewhere like this to get a bit of a break from it all.
20:21And I'm never bored either, being on my own.
20:24I think only boring people get bored.
20:26And this was the biggest my ego's ever been.
20:29I love being sat at the piano.
20:31You know, another way to relax when I come home is to just sit and play.
20:35I mean, you just think the world owes you everything.
20:38When you've been at that height, you just think everything you touch,
20:42everything that moves, turns to triple platinum.
20:45Today sees the release of Gary's first solo single.
20:49Robbie's comes out at the end of the month.
20:51Fans are reserving copies of both singles.
20:53But Gary's in the lead and tipped to be number one.
20:57I would buy both, but I think Gary's better.
21:00This is where the Gary Robbie stuff started.
21:09This week, the World Media Circus was summoned to his press conference.
21:12Robbie could talk about what he's up to next.
21:16Robbie, why are we here?
21:17You're fantastic bastards.
21:20Robbie was feeding off the press a bit.
21:22He'd become friends with some of the press.
21:24What do you think of Gary's single?
21:26I'd love to say it's not my cup of tea, but it's all right.
21:31In fact, it's awful.
21:34That's when it got nasty, and it was just not needed.
21:40Would you piss on Gary if he was on fire?
21:44Oh, that'll be left between me and Gary.
21:47That's the first bit of negativity I felt.
21:50Like, serious negativity that went in the brain negativity.
21:55Robbie, which other X-Take That band members do you think will succeed?
21:58Jason's got a really good painter and decorator, I'm sure.
22:03I don't understand it at all.
22:05I don't understand how anybody can sit there after being so close to people for so long and to say
22:12the things he does.
22:13I think it's Rob's way of staying famous.
22:16It had all become talking to one another through the press.
22:19What do you think about Gary Barlow? Because he said something yesterday that wasn't very nice.
22:23He said, Robbie hurt us, and until now we were afraid to say, but, Robbie, you're a dickhead.
22:27Well, I am.
22:28You know, let's face it, Robbie is ten times more popular than me. He always will be on fuel.
22:34But let's hear these songs that are easy to write. I'm dying to hear them.
22:39Do you know I'm doing a cover version? Because I can.
22:42It's more of a statement than a single, to tell you the truth.
22:45The statement is, I'm free now. Just do whatever I want.
22:48It's very ironic, isn't it, that Gary says he, and has made no secret of the fact he wants to
22:52be the next George Michael,
22:53yet Robbie has chosen a George Michael cover.
22:56Everything that Robbie has been doing, really, has been sort of trying to railroad Gary and kind of shove him
23:02off the road.
23:02That's when it became really competitive.
23:08New solo number one, exclusive, the top of the promise, Mr. Gary Barlow.
23:13All my dreams are filled with times when we're together.
23:24That's what I need from her is forever love.
23:31We were both trying to do the same thing. And, you know, only one person can win.
23:38Gary went straight at number one, Robbie number two. Do you feel any pressure from that?
23:44I'm number three.
23:46As soon as we finished, we'd take that.
23:50Linda, will you ask me about my solo career?
23:54No, ask me. What? Ask me about my solo career.
23:57I just pretty much started writing straight away.
24:02And I'd written my songs on my piano at home, and I was writing for myself.
24:09Rob lived in St John's Wood, and I was recording at Abbey Road.
24:12So he came to visit a couple of times, which was lovely.
24:18And Howard came and sang on Clementine.
24:26And Jason came to the studio.
24:28And I remember I was so much wanting to impress Jay that I forgot to eat all day and then
24:35fainted.
24:39So, emotionally, we were probably all a little bit...
24:41We didn't have a plan.
24:44Ladies and gentlemen, the future's bright. The future's Jason Orange!
24:50From the day I left the band, I've been thinking, what shall I do next?
24:54What am I good at?
24:55You're acting now?
24:56I'm gonna play, Graham, and I want you to see it.
24:59I bought some flyers, everybody.
25:00Oh, that's lovely.
25:02I started having acting lessons, thinking I was gonna be an actor.
25:07You'll piss off right now, or I'll smash your fucking face through that wall.
25:12Goodnight.
25:13But I didn't like it, so I stopped.
25:18You just start to question life.
25:20When you've been an ex-pop star, when you've not got a job,
25:24there's a lot of time in the day to sit around and think about things.
25:31The truth of the matter was that my album wasn't hitting the numbers.
25:37You have no need to think...
25:40I mean, the album has done very well, I knew it.
25:42But the album didn't do so well in the charts over here, did it?
25:45We've taken that, everything went in at number one, number one, and number one,
25:47and that's what you got used to.
25:49And eventually, I got dropped.
25:51I feel the bone here, I said puns of me to cry.
25:57You start to feel very negative about yourself.
26:07Here we are in Cuba, this is the second day of the show.
26:15Nigel looked after me after the band.
26:17Said, right, you're contracted to do a solo career.
26:25And it invigorated me again and made me hungry.
26:32But when you're on your own, you're thinking,
26:35shit, I'm exposed here.
26:43To be honest with you, I didn't have any confidence in what I was doing.
26:49I knew, deep down, it wasn't for me.
26:54You have to believe in yourself 200%,
26:57and that you are the dog's bollocks.
26:59And I never did.
27:02The truth is, other than Gary,
27:04we were all struggling to do it on our own.
27:07Including Robbie.
27:11And, yes, welcome to Robbie Williams!
27:16Let's go straight to line four, I think.
27:18No, it's Nora Carr from Livington.
27:20Hello, Laura, you're through to Robbie.
27:21What's your question?
27:22Um, hi, Robbie.
27:23Hi.
27:23I was just wondering what your ideal Christmas present would be.
27:29Erm...
27:29Number one.
27:31That would be my ideal Christmas present.
27:33Number one?
27:33Yeah.
27:34What do you think the chances are in number one?
27:36Zilch.
27:37Really?
27:38Oh, no.
27:39I'd been in a band that had sold 20 million albums,
27:42and I had eight number ones,
27:43and my album was doing terribly.
27:47Angels was probably my last hope of...
27:51getting my foot holding on any sort of career.
27:53Go and prepare your voice and get ready with your lovely group.
27:56Your group over there.
27:56My group.
27:57Vagabond.
27:58Beautiful new single, beautiful new single,
28:00is what I was trying to say.
28:01It's called Angels.
28:01It's Robbie Williams.
28:17Angels.
28:18One of the songs that I think probably everybody's been singing in this country this year.
28:21So, please welcome Mr Robbie Williams.
28:26Angels.
28:28It's just everyone loves it.
28:30It's a lovely tune.
28:30It's a brilliant tune.
28:31Everyone loves it straight away.
28:33And there's a rather magnificent Robbie Williams.
28:36She greets trash to my bones.
28:39It's a great song.
28:41A great song.
28:43What are we doing?
28:44We're loving angels who spill.
28:48And through it all, she offers me protection.
28:55Once he had that song, that was it.
28:58Robbie Williams.
29:00It's been played at hatches, matches and dispatches.
29:04Births, weddings and funerals.
29:06And that's great.
29:07As if we just get a still.
29:09My records were sort of going in, yeah, at number one.
29:13But they weren't hanging around for months.
29:16Ticket sales and records have exploded, haven't they?
29:19Yeah.
29:22That must be really hard.
29:25He was just untouchable from that moment.
29:28I remember sat there thinking, well, that's it.
29:32I can't catch that.
29:34I mean, how am I going to do that?
29:36And the winner is...
29:38Robbie Williams.
29:40Robbie Williams!
29:41Robbie Williams!
29:41Robbie Williams!
29:42Robbie Williams!
29:43And the only way I could see was going to America.
29:47I've got to leave the country here.
29:49And so I did that.
29:50I did a nine-month radio tour.
29:54I don't know who Gary Barlow is.
29:56Ken Barlow?
29:57Who is he?
29:57Not Robbie, the other one.
29:59It started to dawn on me, nothing's happening here.
30:02And all this is happening at home,
30:04because the news comes across.
30:07And by this point, Robbie's now an albumin,
30:10multi-platinum, this, that and the other.
30:12I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams!
30:25I was incredibly competitive, so...
30:28Yeah, I think I was jealous, yeah.
30:33You know, where Rob's got to is just too big.
30:47And I specifically remember going back to the UK.
30:53And on my way to the station, I got a call from RCA,
30:58saying, you know, we've looked at your options
31:00and we're going to drop you as an artist.
31:05And I thought, I've now got no record deal.
31:07And so I got on the train, I went to Cheshire, and that was it.
31:12Gary Barlow, the man voted most likely to succeed post-take that,
31:16has been ditched by his record label.
31:20When we got to the 90s and the group started,
31:23all them, all those gigs, thousands of gigs,
31:27shitty clubs, people talking all the way through your set,
31:31slowly working out to win an audience over,
31:35learning how to write, writing songs,
31:37hundreds and hundreds of songs,
31:39the learning, the learning, the practising,
31:41the singing, the vocal lessons, the performing,
31:44that all these things led to us walking on
31:47to the stage at Wembley Arena.
31:50And I just thought, this makes sense, this does,
31:53I've done all this work, I feel great, I'm ready for this.
31:57And you carry on and you build up
31:59and you're going all over the world,
32:00and I felt prepared for everything.
32:04And that was the bit.
32:07I wasn't prepared for.
32:08It's like, oh, is that it?
32:12What am I going to do for the rest of my life?
32:15Because, because that's it with music now.
32:18I mean, I can't even walk down the street now
32:21without someone shouting something about Robbie to me,
32:24so I don't want to do that anymore.
32:26What's Robbie's story?
32:27I'm getting massive hits,
32:29and my old friends are jealous.
32:32How many companies exactly is your album sold now?
32:35Just a million.
32:36Yeah!
32:37Come on!
32:38I saw the shit that Gary went through.
32:41When you're solo singer,
32:42and then you stop selling,
32:44you're going to get pointed at
32:45and have the piss taken out of you.
32:48None of us can sing.
32:49Oh, don't you worry a pretty little head about that.
32:51Your job's to dance about
32:52and distract the audience from Gary's bear gut.
32:54Eh?
32:55I'm joking, of course.
32:56I'm not.
32:58Gary, probably best if you stand behind the keyboard.
33:01No.
33:02I saw it all and watched it all.
33:05Oi, Faye.
33:05Have some lunch.
33:08You just...
33:10Yeah, you were obsessed with it, the whole thing, you know.
33:13This is the Brit 25.
33:15When Rob went on the Brits.
33:17All those things.
33:18I watched them all.
33:19Back from Take That,
33:20please welcome
33:21Gary Barlow
33:22and Howard Donald.
33:32Here's Robbie!
33:36Sorry, Gary.
33:40But I was always the talented member of the band.
33:44My problem's always been with Gary.
33:48My problem always was with Gary.
33:51I wanted to crush him.
33:54I wanted to crush the memory of the band, you know.
34:00And I didn't let go.
34:02Even when he was down, I didn't let go.
34:06When Rob, you know, said I was the talent,
34:08it's just...
34:09That was the shame for me.
34:11You're just like the butt of a joke.
34:13Gary Barlow is nice.
34:15He's a nice guy,
34:15but he can't sing, he can't dance
34:18and he can't write songs.
34:20It was just so excruciating to...
34:23You just wanted to crawl into a hole.
34:26And there was a period of about 13 months
34:29where I didn't leave the house once.
34:33And I'd also started to put weight on.
34:35And the more weight I put on,
34:38the less people would recognise me.
34:41I thought, well, this is good.
34:43This is what I've been waiting for,
34:44living a normal life.
34:46And so I went on this mission then.
34:48If the food passed me, I'd just eat it.
34:51And I'd killed the pop star.
34:54I would have these nights
34:56where I'd eat and eat and eat.
34:58But however I felt about myself,
35:00I felt ten times worse the day after.
35:05And then one day I thought,
35:06do you know what?
35:07I've been out.
35:09It's ten o'clock.
35:10I've eaten too much.
35:12I need to get rid of this food.
35:17You just go off to a dark corner of the house
35:20and just throw up.
35:22Make yourself sick.
35:24And you just think it's only once.
35:26It's only once.
35:28And all of a sudden,
35:29you're walking down that corridor again and again.
35:33Is this it?
35:34Is this what I'm gonna be doing forever?
35:38He went through a really hard time.
35:42I think Gary was like a casualty of Robbie's success.
35:48Gary was gonna be the big star.
35:49He was gonna be the next George Michael.
35:52And it wasn't.
35:53It was Robbie.
35:55I just didn't like what Robbie had become.
35:59It was quite hurtful because Gary was my mate.
36:02And, you know,
36:03I was obviously gonna stick up for Gary.
36:06I just felt a lot of hatred towards Robbie.
36:10Maybe jealousy of his success.
36:13And the fact that he's taking the piss
36:16and getting more and more successful.
36:19It made it even worse.
36:21You wanna see him fall down.
36:23You wanna see him fall on their arse, you know.
36:28I went through a period where I didn't see Rob for a few years.
36:31I miss Rob not being in my life like he was then, you know.
36:35I missed him from when he left,
36:36and I miss him being a close friend.
36:38I'm so excited!
36:40Oh, calm down now, Marky.
36:45Still saw him.
36:46On occasion.
36:48We've got together now and again.
36:51In Ebbworth we got on stage together.
36:53I'm in the twist of separation
36:57You excel to be free
37:01Can't you find
37:02The little human side
37:04Mark always, ladies and gentlemen!
37:16In 99 I had my first child.
37:19Which was Grace.
37:20My little girl!
37:22Which is a real whack to the head.
37:24And a real wake up call.
37:28Automatically you start having money worries.
37:31All of a sudden my money's dwindling.
37:34I've got to look after it.
37:35I've got to go to a smaller house and...
37:37There he is.
37:38Reality again kicks you in the head.
37:40It's like, well...
37:42This is your life, son.
37:44You're not a pop star anymore.
37:46Hello, darling!
37:48Gary had Daniel in 2000.
37:53And that was the real great thing between us.
37:57I'd go to his house.
37:58I'd take Grace.
38:02It's the last time we ever fucking invite you, lad.
38:07Oh, you're so cruel.
38:09This is when he was going through his...
38:11...bad period of...
38:13...you know, putting on weight.
38:16What I had growing alongside me...
38:19...I got married.
38:20We were having kids.
38:22Thank God.
38:23There was something else to do.
38:26Half of my brain was like, Dad.
38:28Looking after the kids.
38:29Loving it.
38:32While the other half of your brain's thinking,
38:34Well, you know, who are you now?
38:38You're waking up every day with this massive shadow.
38:44This incredible guilt.
38:46I tried to hide it from everyone.
38:48I was so ashamed of it.
38:51Then you get out of bed.
38:54And you've got to go,
38:55Hey, everyone!
38:57I'm going into the studio now.
38:58And Dad would go off to do his day's work.
39:01And I'd literally sit in there, watching the piano.
39:04Thinking, I used to write big hits on that thing.
39:07Now the piano was the enemy.
39:09I'd sit in there and I'd look at the clock.
39:12And I'd come out at four and go,
39:13Anyway, that was a good day.
39:15And I'd act this day of being in the studio,
39:20Pretending I was doing something.
39:21I was doing nothing.
39:23I mean, it's awful.
39:25Awful.
39:26And it went on for years.
39:33And then, one day, I got a call off Nigel.
39:40And he was saying,
39:41We need a band meeting.
39:43I was like, a band? I'm not in a band.
39:46I haven't been in a band for years.
39:50Sony have come to him and said,
39:52They want to do like a documentary.
39:57It was the thought of seeing everybody again.
40:00I thought, I've got to do something.
40:02What can I do to break this?
40:05And I looked in this cupboard.
40:07And there was a pair of our old,
40:10like trainers we used to do our performances in.
40:14And I dusted them off and put them on.
40:16And I went for a run.
40:20I'd like you to look into the lens, please,
40:21and say,
40:21My name is Jason Orange.
40:23And this is Take That For The Record.
40:26That's the title.
40:28Are you having a laugh?
40:29No, seriously.
40:30Everyone else has done it.
40:35Do you know how difficult this is?
40:39You just think,
40:40I'm going to be a pop star for the weekend.
40:43You know,
40:44Put on the clothes.
40:45That looks as pop star as possible.
40:48The suit jacket with a T-shirt underneath
40:51with a big scarf and a beanie hat
40:53and looking like I'm still wealthy.
40:56It was all a bit false.
41:02I was so out of practice.
41:04Oh, God, sorry.
41:05Shit.
41:06It was an almost out of body experience
41:09sitting back in that chair
41:10and being lit
41:11and having a mic put on.
41:13It was so weird to do that.
41:17The kids just thought it was the best thing ever.
41:20Cameras all round the house
41:21and they kept disturbing us
41:23and interrupting us.
41:25It was chaos the whole day.
41:27Is that it?
41:28Dan, you're going to have to go out, son,
41:31if you keep trumping like that.
41:34Hi, my name's Gary Barlow.
41:38Any good?
41:40I got stoned
41:41before I went in there
41:43because I didn't know
41:44how I was going to deal with it.
41:47Mark had just done Big Brother
41:49and he was sort of getting back on the saddle a bit.
41:52Owen, you are the winner of Celebrity Big Brother.
41:58First off, why are you taking part in this film?
42:06Erm...
42:07You know, going back to that time,
42:09you know, there's a bit of uncertainty about the whole thing.
42:12How's it, Owen? Say hello.
42:14Take That was about five people
42:18and...
42:18How you doing?
42:19I never really got to know everybody individually
42:22and everybody's perspective.
42:24And I think that it will do everybody a lot of good.
42:27It's been quite, you know, up and down since the band.
42:32Everyone was kind of lost.
42:35The most lost was me.
42:37I had less answers than everyone else.
42:40I think that was a shock.
42:42Well, I bet it Howard,
42:43£100 that probably shows up.
42:46It's like this play.
42:47Anybody know anything?
42:50We know he's not going to turn up.
42:52Guys, we asked Robert to come tonight.
42:54They were just going on and keeping the suspense going
42:56all the way through this interview and...
42:59He's declined.
43:01It was just bullshit.
43:04I'd quite like to play the messages that he's recording for you.
43:08We definitely felt ambushed.
43:10Howard, I just sincerely apologise for any upset that I may have caused you.
43:17To Jay, I'm really sorry.
43:19We all had different feelings about Rob at that point.
43:22You know, Mark missed him.
43:24Jason missed him.
43:26I hated him.
43:29Gaz, you're an amazing songwriter.
43:31Erm, I apologise for saying that you weren't.
43:34You have an amazing voice.
43:45Done it, Owen.
43:47Oh.
43:49What would you want to say back?
43:53I think we've...
43:54Oh, I've definitely said it in my interviews.
43:56Yeah.
43:57I was carrying so, so much stuff at that point.
44:05I was, you know, really nervous initially about the whole thing.
44:09I think it was something that...
44:12Like I said, we've all worked through it and tried to put it to bed in our own way.
44:16But I don't think any of us really ever had.
44:19I mean, I don't ever see us getting back up on stage together again.
44:23We just felt, right, they're going to make this documentary
44:26and then we just move on with our own lives after that.
44:33They did the premiere in Notting Hill.
44:36They'd invited quite a lot of names.
44:39It was the first time, I think, as a band, we actually went out in public in ten years.
44:47We were all a little bit nervous.
44:49What's it going to be like?
44:50And, you know, we actually said, what we're doing, you know?
44:53What the hell are we doing?
44:55Big time nerd.
44:56It's crazy.
44:57It's quite scary.
44:59You look on the floor, there's a big puddle of wee.
45:04We knew the documentary was coming out the next day.
45:08But we didn't have a clue what it was going to be like.
45:13We didn't really know what reception it would have.
45:17Whether anybody even cared.
45:20I mean, it could have been a disaster.
45:25To bring all five together for the first time in ten years.
45:30This is Take That for the record.
45:38I used to get the train up and down to London all the time.
45:43And I had, like, an outfit I used to wear for the train.
45:47It was quite a big jacket that used to zip up quite high above my lip.
45:51And I used to have this one grey hat.
45:53Got this text as I was getting on the train.
45:56Saying, congratulations, everybody.
45:59We were the most watched of any channel last night.
46:04And I thought, oh, wow.
46:07That's the first, like, piece of career good news I've had in about six years.
46:16And I just sat there and I unzipped my coat.
46:23And I just thought, I'm all right being me today.
46:25This is all right. This is nice.
46:28And then a woman come up to me and she went, oh, my God.
46:32We saw the documentary last night and we were dancing and we were singing along.
46:39Just wanted to tell you, it was brilliant. Well done.
46:43And it was just lovely.
46:46Absolutely. It was like gold.
46:52We were in London together a few days later just to, you know, have a drink.
46:59And we all got pretty pissed.
47:01It was funny.
47:03It was just a funny situation, talking about stuff.
47:07And Mark had this folded over piece of paper.
47:13And it was from Simon Moran, concert promoter.
47:19You guys, as a four, could go and sell 30 arenas.
47:26What? No way.
47:27That's not gonna happen. We're not gonna fill that out.
47:30We sat there for a bit and we didn't really know what to say to one another.
47:34How the hell are we gonna do this, you know?
47:37And then we said, shall we ring Jay?
47:41Hey Jay, we're in this bar.
47:43We've got this crazy offer on the table here. We're all looking at it.
47:48Where are you?
47:49And he said, you're never gonna believe it. I'm 20 minutes away.
47:53Just stay there. I'm on my way.
47:56It just seemed obvious to me straight away that they were far too drunk to make sensible decisions.
48:03This conversation started of, like, doubts.
48:09A lot of lack of confidence.
48:13We said, could we really do this again?
48:17And we sang Pray.
48:18All I do is now is pray.
48:21And we did the arms.
48:24That movement, the hands out.
48:26I always think that that is opening your heart.
48:31I think we'd all closed up.
48:33For various reasons.
48:35And we all wanted to go...
48:37And open up again.
48:39And we all went...
48:41And we did the music at the bar table, you know.
48:45And we're like, shit, can you remember it?
48:48And we're like, I can't remember it.
48:49It was that up, down, up, down.
48:52For about two or three hours.
48:55And there was, like, massive excitement.
48:57And then it was like, right, everybody, last drinks.
49:00We're kicking you out.
49:02I said, lads, my flat's round the corner.
49:04Let's go round there.
49:05So we ended up going round my flat.
49:07More talking, more chatting.
49:10And we sat and chatted for about four hours.
49:14The sun was coming up.
49:15Everyone was like, well, we need to make a decision, don't we?
49:19And we all went, we've got to do it.
49:33So forgive me for the times I left you, baby.
49:39But you must understand there's a reason.
49:42And for all of those times you searched for my love.
49:48And I never gave you.
49:51But the nights were always warm with you.
49:56Holding you right by my side.
50:00And the morning always comes to your seat.
50:05Before I even close my eyes.
50:09John Spears.
50:28I thought, if it was me, I would like to try you today.
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