Madness at the BBC

'Hey you! Don’t watch that. Watch this…'

That’s the message from Madness frontman Suggs and keyboardist Mike Barson as they take a trip down memory lane and explore some of the nutty boys’ finest moments from the BBC’s archives. Sharing the stories behind hits like Baggy Trousers, House of Fun and It Must Be Love, the friends chart Madness’s beginnings as a promising seven-strong ska band, their rise to chart dominance in the 1980s, the tensions behind the break that followed and their glorious return, which saw them confirm their status as one of Britain’s best-loved and most enduring bands.