I'm with the band

Were you watching the auditions for Big Bob's band and having a good old cringe like us? We asked Lizzie, one of the River City producers, to tell us about filming the audition scenes: 'Filming took on a rainy day in April and it was such fun - the auditions really lifted the crew's spirits!'

First up to sing for Bob was the goth girl - she had us reaching for the earplugs.

Lizzie explained: 'the actress had appeared previously in River City. She played an applicant for the hairdresser job at the salon which Robbie got'. In real life the actress is a burlesque performer called Lauren Lamarr.

Next up was Reynard, whose Girls Aloud interpretation was beyond the pale. As Lizzie told us: 'Reynard (whose name means fox) came straight out of the writer's head!'. Bob nearly lost his mind after this audition.

The one singer with talent was the Eurythmics-singing hippy chick. Her rendition of 'There must be an angel' was stunning. This talented lady is Sarah Beth Brown, whose band Born-by-Wires were recently featured in a Radio Scotland programme.

Hopefully Bob and Iona will make sweet music in future (at least that's what Bob has got planned, we reckon!).