New talent show offers a long career rather than five minutes of fame

Gary Barlow heads up BBC One’s new talent show which promises five young men a job rather than just five minutes of fame, writes Ella Walker

Fri, 06 Jan, 2017 - 00:00

LET It Shine opens with a bang.

A musical theatre bang, no less, a sequence that’s so glitzy, the choreography so dazzlingly precise, that even a naked Gary Barlow doesn’t distract from the pageantry of it all.

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Courts Arts Film & TV Place: UK Person: Gary Barlow Person: Ella Walker Person: Barlow Person: Dannii Minogue Person: Martin Kemp Person: Amber Riley Person: Cheshire Person: Graham Norton Person: Mel Giedroyc Person: Giedroyc Person: Norton Person: Mark Owen Person: Howard Donald Organisation: BBC One Organisation: ITV

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