4BR Editor Iwan Fox is joined by Sandy Smith, Simon Gresswell and Paul Fisher to discuss why they think contesting should be restructured in the UK based on quality and not quantity.

All three have plenty of experience as players, conductors and judges, as well as being able to look at the banding movement from the outside.

In this first part they look at why they think there is a problem with the current structure and in part 2 to follow they come up with some possible solutions...