Spandau Ballet, Kajagoogoo, Ali ampbell (UB40) and others

A BURST OF 80s NOSTALGIA AT GRANADA STUDIOS - September 2008

An invitation to participate in the recording of a large-scale TV programme at Granada was one that the crew jumped at: particularly as it included contributions from Spandau Ballet, Kajagoogoo, Ali Campbell (UB40) and others and was hosted by Denise van Outen!

Louise writes: "Given the chance to be part of the tele-recording at Granada, I jumped at it. The experince of sitting watching how a programme in a huge studio is made, gave myself and the others the opportunity to see what our industry intails. We were tasked with 'audience encouragement' - crucial to an atmosphere of dancing and enjoyment - just as they will be seen on the TV! As the 80's is a favourite music era of mine, I loved every minute of it as did Mike and Jack - we could see across the studio that Joel and Eddy were also making the most of the experience. It still makes me chuckle thinking of how Hasan and Gavin (who were sat above us) coped with the campness of Kajagoogoo and Heaven 17. An amazing experiece, in which we were able to meet up with a past student Chris who works at Granada - something that is worth working towards."