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On Friday October 2nd BBC4 will be dedicating the whole night to those Nutty Boy’s of pop music, Madness.

BBC4 will become Madness TV with a set of films previously unseen on television that chart the rise and continued success of one of the UK’s most successful and best loved bands.

Take It Or Leave It charts the early years of Madness, from their emergence on the Camden pub scene as The Invaders through to the early chart successes of The Prince and One Step Beyond. With a wry take on the truth, ‘Take It Or Leave It’ is an early example of the wit and intelligence with which the band became synonymous throughout their chart conquering period in the 1980’s and sees the band play themselves in a rather loose take on the facts behind the formation of Madness.

Allied to ‘Take It Or Leave It’, Young Guns Go For It is a documentary looking at the band from their early years through to the turn of the century featuring interviews with all the members and key people in the Madness story.

The Julien Temple made film The Liberty Of Norton Folgate will receive its first showing UK tv. The rockumentary style film was made to accompany the album of the same name  and captures Madness performing tracks from the album ‘live’ at Hackney Empire Theatre. The set is  combined with a narrative that explains the stories behind the tracks that inspired the album.

Madness in concert has always been a special thing to behold and no more so than this year at Glastonbury. One of the highlights of this year’s festival, their Sunday sunset slot saw a procession of old favourites and choice moments from recent album, The Liberty Of Norton Folgate, wow a massive crowd. Relive the set on Friday October 2nd as part of the Madness Takeover.