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Ordinary people work with music producers to create tracks with a personal meaning. Charles sings for the first time in years following a double lung transplant.

The second episode features 23-year-old Charles who has cystic fibrosis and for three and a half years was too ill to sing while he waited for a life-saving double lung transplant. Now he wants to sing for the first time with his new lungs and make a recording to mark the occasion. Ella Henderson's Yours was a song he learnt to play on his guitar whilst recovering in hospital, and he wants to record his own version to celebrate the moment he was given a new lease of life. Only twelve weeks post-operation, Charles needs the support of expert vocal coach, CeCe Sammy, to prepare his voice for the recording. Meanwhile, music producer and artist Sister Bliss, from Faithless, creates an epic backing track that will do justice to this moment in his life. Backed by a gospel choir, Charles makes an emotional performance in front of his mum and girlfriend.

Twenty-five-year-old Bethany arrives at the studio with some cherished home recordings of her dad, who passed away three years earlier. Music was an important part of their relationship, and from an early age, he would play the guitar while she sang. Bethany wants to know if producer Andrew Hunt can create something new with the old recordings. Getting married in a few months, her dream is to be reunited with her dad on a special track she can play on her wedding day. Andrew manages to find Bethany's dad playing one of her favourite tracks amongst the recordings - Jason Mraz's I'm Yours. After adding in additional instruments to create a backing track, Andrew invites Bethany back to the studio with her mum and fiance to add her vocals. It's an emotional moment when Bethany gets to sing along with her dad once last time.

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Fri 4 Jan 2019 02:15

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Music Played

  • Birdy

    Keeping Your Head Up

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

  • Sam Smith

    Scars

  • Frances

    Sublime

  • Faithless

    Insomnia

  • Gemma Hayes

    Palomino

  • Jessie Ware

    Alone

  • Marshmello & Bastille

    Happier

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Read All About It Pt III

  • Katy Perry

    By The Grace of God

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Green Onions

  • Earl Preston & The T.T.鈥檚

    All Around The World

  • Earl Preston & The T.T.鈥檚

    Thumbin' A Ride

  • The Shirelles

    Will You Love Me Tomorrow

  • Naughty Boy

    Runnin' (Lose It All) (feat. 叠别测辞苍肠茅 & Arrow Benjamin)

  • Sigrid

    Dynamite

  • Jess Glynne

    Thursday

  • Bastille

    Fake It

  • Lily Allen

    Our Time

  • Amber Run

    Machine

  • Mabel

    One Shot

  • Anne-Marie

    Then

  • Ed Sheeran

    Afire Love

  • Sigrid

    Strangers

  • Rebecca Ferguson

    Glitter Gold

  • Ed Sheeran

    Perfect

Credits

Role Contributor
Sister Bliss Ayalah Bentovim
Naughty Boy Shahid Khan
Music Andrew Hunt
Series Producer Helen Crampton
Series Producer Emily Smith
Executive Producer Ben Mitchell
Executive Producer Kathryn Lennox
Production Manager Zoe Mello

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