The Choir: Sing While You Work
| The Choir: Sing While You Work |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | twentytwenty |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC2 |
| Original release | 20 September 2012 – present |
The Choir: Sing While You Work is a British television show broadcast on BBC2, a spinoff of the 2006 series The Choir. In Sing While You Work choirmaster Gareth Malone creates and trains amateur workplace-based choirs, ultimately to compete against one another. The series first aired in 2012 and began a second series in November 2013.
In Series 1 cameras followed Gareth Malone as he created four amateur choirs, formed from employees of four very different workplaces. Malone auditioned potential choir members at their workplace, assembled a choir of 30 using some of the better singers, then trained the singers to a semi-professional standard in only a few weeks. In contrast to previous The Choir formats, Sing While You Work introduces a competitive element. While the early programmes followed the early days of each choir, the final two programmes of Series 1 consisted of a semi-final and a final competitive event when an overall winner was eventually chosen.
In Series 2 the number of choirs was increased to five, while the size of each choir is reduced to 22. A quarter final stage is introduced.
The winners and losers are chosen by a panel of three musical experts.
In Series 1 each choir consisted of 30 singers. Manchester airport choir were eliminated at the semi final stage. The three remaining groups performed for the final at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Llangollen. Severn Trent Water choir won the final.
Ralph Allwood, Manvinder Rattan, Ruby Turner
P & O Ferries - the choir was drawn from P&O staff in Dover and Calais, with singing in both English and French.
Birmingham City Council - played against the background of major budget cuts in the council. The choir's first major performance is in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in front of colleagues, friends and the judges.
Sainsbury's - using staff from a store in Walthamstow, the Waltham Point distribution centre, and the Store Support Centre in London.
Cheshire Fire Service
Citi Bank, London
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