The Choir

Choirmaster Gareth Malone tries to make a choir at a boys' school in Leicester to take to the Royal Albert Hall. There hasn't been any singing at the school since the 70s. Even some of the teachers think that singing is for girls. The single-sex education setting focuses the programme on issues of gender as Malone tackles the perception that "boys don’t sing". Gareth begins by putting singing back into assembly, despite opposition. Gareth finds talent in 14 year old Imran Seddiq, who has the voice of an angel but an attitude from hell. Will anyone sign up for his choir? Gareth Malone joins the teaching staff and has to work to gain the trust of fellow teachers. His ambition is to form a 100-strong, all-boys choir performing out on the stage alongside the best school choirs in the country as part of the Schools Prom concert at the Royal Albert Hall. As he tries to drive through his ambitious plans, he also has to spend time in classroom teaching, deal with the daily bureaucracy of being a teacher, and coping with staff politics.

Choirmaster Gareth Malone tries to create a choir at a boys' school in Leicester to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. Now that he has assembled a choir, he tries to get the boys ready for the school summer show. Gareth is delighted to find a cathedral chorister who has hitherto kept his hobby quiet. Gareth decides to bring music to the school sports day and assemble a teachers' choir.

Choirmaster Gareth Malone tries to create a choir at a boys' school in Leicester to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. After their first performance at the school summer show, Gareth is ready to take his choir to the Albert Hall. To get there, his boys must convince singing expert Leonara Davies that they're good enough. Gareth also decides its time his boys learnt to sing classical music - in ancient Italian. But when the new term begins, he finds over half of his choirboys have deserted him.

Choirmaster Gareth Malone tries to start a choir at a boys' school in Leicester to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. After two terms, Gareth has created a 100 part boys' choir and put singing back into school life. He has even ingratiated himself with the playground rap crew. But disaster strikes when the choir's new soloist gets a throat infection. Gareth takes everyone for some last-minute inspiration - a rehearsal with the Kings' College Choir in Cambridge.

In 2007, choirmaster Gareth Malone took a teaching position at one of the largest all-boys comprehensives in the country. He wanted to prove that singing could be a positive and enjoyable activity for boys. When Gareth arrived at the school, singing was a dirty word, but over two terms Gareth battled entrenched attitudes, building up a 100-strong choir from nothing, until they were good enough to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. Now, exactly one year after he left, Gareth is returning to the school to catch up with his former choir members and see if his time there had any permanent impact.