Tuesday 10 April 2007

Legendary Live Aid and Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith is on a mission: to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment businesses in desperate need of a boost, and set them back on the path to the big time. How do the acts react to Harvey’s unique approach to management? And in a world renowned for overblown egos, who will win the battle of the wills? The subject of tonight’s third programme is Saxon, once one of the country’s all-conquering heavy metal bands, but now a middle-aged time-warp of a group, still in their leathers and long hair but struggling to sustain a stadium audience in the UK.

They’ve had success in Europe and South America but they’re coasting on an ancient reputation and determined not to change a thing. Enter Harvey, who’s got his work cut out to persuade them that with the right overhaul they could recapture their glory days and win a new audience in their home country. But first he’s got to get past Biff Byford, the band’s boss and lead singer. Cue a monumental battle of wills as they lock horns over the band’s future.