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Chart-toppers: Bros scored

global success in the 1980s

before splitting in 1992

NEW ENTERTAINMENT

A Night In with Bros

FRIDAY / BBC4 / FROM 10PM

Now we are

Matt and Luke Goss, AKA 1980s pop icons Bros, talk to TV Times

about their surprise hit documentary and taking over BBC4 for a night

A

narchic, honest

and exposing,

Bros: After the

Screaming Stops, a

BBC4 documentary

on the reunion of the pop band,

AKA twins Matt and Luke Goss,

was the surprise highlight of last

year’s Winter TV schedules.

So anything could happen

as Bros take over BBC4 for one

night only this week.

Just like Keith Richards and

Duran Duran before them, the

London-born stars – who topped

charts and stole hearts with hits I

Owe You Nothing, When Will I Be

Famous?, Drop the Boy and more

• will curate and host an evening
  of live music, interviews and their
  favourite TV and film.
  Let’s just hope they get to the end
  of the night without a blazing row!
  Here, Matt and Luke, both 50,
  call TV Times from LA to reveal
  what’s on the bill, their favourite TV
  shows, and how their reunion has
  tested their relationship...

We’re excited for a night in with

you two – what can we expec?

Luke:

celebrity guests, live music and

surprises, plus the broadcast

of TV shows and films that

had an impact on us growing

up. It’s a true honour to be

asked to do this and we want

it to be a real giggle. Matt and

I have both been compiling

our lists of world-class moments

• we will see what prevails!
  Matt: Growing up in the same
  house, obviously there’s a lot of
  nostalgia we share and some
  things we are 100 per cent in
  agreement on. It’s going to conjure
  up tons of memories – I can’t wait.
  Luke: Plus we will
  be performing.
  It would be crazy
  not to!

Did you watch TV

together as kids?

Luke: It was a part

of our life – as a

small working-class

family, we would sit

around watching

stuff together in the

evenings – if I wasn’t

out seeing one of

my girlfriends! My

stepfather used to watch Rising

Damp, which was really funny and

progressive for its time, and I loved

Only Fools and Horses – it cracked

me up. I remember movies like

Platoon too, which affected me

when I was a kid.

Matt: To this day, I still use TV and

film to switch my mind off and find

escapism. I like Designated

Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland and

liked Bodyguard. And on a nostalgic

level, there’s stuff I’ll put on once or

twice a year just to have that feeling

• shows that make you think of
  your grandad putting on the
  roast potatoes for Sunday lunch.

Bros: After the

Screaming Stops

was one of the

most talked-

about TV shows

in years. What

did you make of

the reaction?

Luke:I was utterly

blown away. I was

really intimidated,

because I’m very

private. I’m a bit of

a hippie; I usually

go off to the desert

and do my thing. I never thought I

would feel welcome here again, I felt

exiled, but now I’m utterly stunned

by how lovely everyone has been.

Matt: We hoped the reaction would

be good, but we couldn’t believe

how much it affected people. I’m

immensely proud; it was humbling.

Has it made you reassess your

relationship with each other?

Luke: It’s easy to look at the

documentary as just me and Matt

arguing, but the purpose of it

wasn’t just to allow people to

be voyeuristic. It ended up

being an amazing experience

that built so many

bridges between

me and my

brother. I had

no idea it would be like therapy,

but it was! It helped us

communicate again. It’s

very uncomfortable

seeing yourself argue

and it forces you

to address things.

Siblings fight, that’s

what happens, but

arguing with someone you

love is a dumb idea.

Matt: It was a draining and

exhausting time when we were

filming, but now me and my

brother have become very close.

Yes, we have our differences and

can argue like no other, but we have

learnt from the documentary that

there are massive consequences and

I don’t think there is a song in the

world worth losing our friendship

over. The documentary portrayed

that we were completely estranged,

but we weren’t – there was a three-

year period where we didn’t speak,

and that was one of the worst times

ever in my life. We’ve only had one

big argument preparing for this

show... that’s not too bad!

Emma BullimorE

A NIGHT IN

WITH BROS IS

PREVIEWED

ON PAGES

80-

famous

It ’s ver y

uncomfortable

seeing yourself

argue and it

forces you

to address

things

LUKE GOSS

again...

ENTERTAINMENT

Bros reunited:

Luke and Matt

teamed up

again in 2017