Gareth Malone Goes To Glyndebourne
It’s all about to go horribly wrong. But then, come on, you could have guessed that.
These fly-on-the-wall TV challenges always follow pretty much the same pattern: optimism followed by realism followed by panic followed by everything turning out OK in the end. This being the last episode of choirmaster Gareth’s latest musical adventure, training a bunch of inexperienced teenagers to sing at the world famous Glyndebourne opera house, we shouldn’t be too shocked that the project appears to be teetering on the brink of collapse – his young chorus seemingly not powerful enough, and a plan to involve their mums looking like a seriously bad move. But like I say, it’s guaranteed to end in tears of the joyful, triumphant variety…isn’t it..?