Listen to the Band:
27th June:
Frank Renton meets writer & director Mark Herman as Grimethorpe Colliery Band perform on the 15th anniversary ‘Brassed Off!’ tour.
Recorded in Birmingham Town Hall (which doubled as the Royal Albert Hall in the film) the programme relives some classic moments as the band play the march ‘Death or Glory’, ‘Danny Boy’, the Adagio from ‘Concerto de and the finale to the ‘William Tell’ Overture.
Mark Herman recalls how using a brass band in the film was something of an afterthought and talks about how he went about casting from conductor to soloists to the band itself.
