Presented by choirmaster Gareth Malone, the show featured eight a cappella groups competing to be chosen as the UK's best.
[2] Four hundred choirs auditioned to take part and eight were chosen for the televised programmes, which began their broadcast on 22 September 2015.
[3] On 22 September four choirs from the south of the UK competed against one another in front of a live audience in Greenwich, London.
At the semi-final stage, the four remaining choirs – Choral Stimulation, Restless Symphony, The Sons of Pitches and The Stratford East Singers – were challenged to film their performance to make a viral internet hit.
[6] The Gareth Malone series Best in Britain broadcast the following year, in October 2016, featured groups from all disciplines as opposed to just a cappella.
Yesteryear – a group of fourteen men from Derby and Nottingham aged from 49 to 83 who had been performing together for 10 years at the time of the show.