Professional songwriter Guy Chambers - best known for hits like Angels, with Robbie Williams, collaborates with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright to write a new ballad. Rufus is famous for his critically acclaimed albums; Guy for his chart-topping commercial singles. Can the two worlds meet to create a pop ballad? With universal themes of love and loss, the ballad is one of the biggest and most successful genres in pop. These are the songs people listen to at weddings and funerals, the songs that tell us how we feel. What kind of ballad will Guy and Rufus write?
In the second programme, Guy Chambers joins forces with pop maestro Mark Ronson and up-and-coming young singer Tawiah and attempts to create that ever elusive breakthrough single.
Guy and the Noisettes attempt to write a modern day anthem.
