Script- Fridays at 7

30 second intro with sound effects and an intro into the show

Speaker in a deeper voice: it’s time for f f f fridayyy at 7.

Swirly noises and different sound effects

Cathleen Edwards: hello and welcome to BBC’s Friday at 7, where we, let you, listen to the hottest
upcoming singers, with me Cathleen Edwards...

Hugh Simmons: and me Hugh Simmons where we tell you the most intriguing stories from this week’s
news

Cath: Stay tuned to make the most of your Friday night!

Hugh: coming up tonight we’ll be hearing from new and upcoming artists who have recently broken
into the music the industry!

Cath: Also, we will be keeping you to date with the most recent news stories from around the world.

Kicking off this week we’re starting our countdown to Fridays at 7, Top 10 upcoming artists of the
week!

Hugh: throughout the show we’ll see who is the number one, voted upcoming artist of the week and
we also have an exclusive interview lined up with them, and of course we feature the live show
reviews done by our very own Peter Robin.

Cath: keep listening as later in the show we have an interview with lead vocalist for ‘Cold Play’ Chris
Martin talking about the best way to start out as an upcoming artist! They will share tips on how to
break the industry! Not to mention the new trivial music games we have lined up! And today you, the
public have the chance to win two tickets to Glastonbury Music Festival!

DO YOU WANT THE CHANCE TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST FESTIVALS IN THE UK?
LISTEN UP BECAUSE GLASTONBURY ISNT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO MISS. TO WIN, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS LISTEN IN TO OUR SHOW IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BECAUSE WE’LL BE PLAYING THE FIRST
HEADLINERS CURRENT NUMBER ONE SONG. SO FIND OUT AND LISTEN IN!! WE WILL BE
ANNOUNCING THE WINNER LIVE ON THE SHOW AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SO TUNE IN TO WIN!

Hugh Simmons: let’s start with number 10 on our up comers list….

NUMBER 10

Annnnnd it’s….. ‘Fur’!

Play ‘if you know that I’m lonely’

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Cathleen Edwards: well done to Fur for making it into our first top 10! Tune in next week if their spot
changes

Hugh: For our next segment we have Peter Robin with the weekly live show review, this week he
reviewed ‘The 1975’s’ latest London show at the O2. Make sure to check out the website at
www.bbc.co.uk/fridayat7 for the full review and exclusive photos from the gig!

Cath: Over to you Peter

Peter Robin: Tonight were talking everything ‘The 1975’, ahead of their sold out show the indie pop
band gave a brilliant performance with amazing vocals and great live music. We heard them play
their new album “A Brief enquiry into online relationships” and some of their top hits from it too such
as ‘TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME’ and ‘Sincerity is Scary’ and many others both from the older and
newer albums. For each song there were different visuals behind which typically matched the song
for example the song ‘Sincerity is Scary’ they show a visual that is used in the actual music video. Last
year at the concert we saw the lead singer make a real connection with the audience, he had them
buzzing and effectively between audience and musician they were bouncing off of each other.
However, this year we saw a lack of this as he hardly spoke to the audience and essentially just
played the music. Whether this was due to how big that band has got in the past year on maybe
wanting to have time for all of the music, it was just simply not as interactive.

Hugh: Thank you Peter, it’s always great to hear about upcoming artists gigs but don’t forget to
check out the rest of the review on the website. We also have other reviews from all over the country
which you should check out!

Cath: it’s now time to find out our number 9 spot for this week’s upcoming artist!

NUMBER 9

Annad it’s …’Bess Atwell’!

Play ‘Grace’

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