{"id":28393,"date":"2023-01-10T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T10:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1766223"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:09:17","slug":"bbc-cancels-talent-show-after-just-one-season","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bbc-cancels-talent-show-after-just-one-season\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC cancels talent show after just one season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The BBC has reportedly cancelled the talent show <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/rock-till-we-drop-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Rock Till We Drop<\/a> just one season after it launched.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/20989997\/bbc-axe-talent-show\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>, the series \u2013 which aired for four episodes on BBC Two last year \u2013 will not return for a further run this year after the broadcaster decided not to bring it back.<\/p> <p>The show was fronted by Martin Kemp and Lady Leshurr and saw them attempt to unearth a group of musicians over the age of 64, with the aim of putting together a band that would perform at the Isle of Wight Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp and Leshurr each spent two months putting together their own groups, with the former\u2019s seven-piece band \u2013 which included a 72-year-old lead singer \u2013 winning the competition. The eldest musician on the series was a drummer aged 95.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6318177191112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>At the time, Kemp commented: \u201cThe main challenge getting the bands ready to play the IOW was turning them from solo musicians that mostly played in their living rooms to a band and getting them to understand that being in a band wasn\u2019t just about playing music together, but living and working together and how give and take plays a big part of making a band work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned report in The Sun quotes the BBC as confirming that \u201cthere are no current plans for Rock Till We Drop to return\u201d, and it\u2019s worth noting that it also mentions the broadcaster claims the series was only ever envisioned as a one-off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has reached out to the BBC for comment on the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Till We Drop is currently available on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/m001516f\/rock-till-we-drop&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 at 12:00 am The BBC has reportedly cancelled the talent show Rock Till We Drop just one season after it launched. 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