First Love.

In the show First Love on Sky Arts 1, Sue Perkins learns how to play the piano all over again, after not playing it for about 25 years. She first learnt it when she was 8-14 years old. She got up to grade 8, but gave it up after a girl in her school assembly played the piano exceptionally well, and so Sue didn't feel she could play as well as her.

To get an idea of what exactly happened in the programme, I have taken a number of pics, and a few short videos, for you lot to see.

I too used to play the piano, and was fairly good at it, but I never did any of the grades. I didn't have lessons for long enough to get them. But I did perform though. I remember doing it one lunchtime. I was a bit nervous about it, but I got through it ok. And the other day I even got my old keyboard out and tried playing some of the old tunes I'd learned to play, all because this show inspired me to do it.

So anyway, here are the pics I took of the programme:

Sue at a recording of Just A Minute.

Sue outside the Royal College of Music, London.

Sue in a book shop holding a book of Beethoven's music.

Mel and Sue in the Light Lunch days.

Sue in South Croydon, where she grew up, and first learnt the piano.

Sue at her old school.

Sue playing on the very same piano that was there when she went to school years ago.

Sue and Paul. (Sue's practising her Beethoven piece.)

Here is the video I uploaded to YouTube, which shows Sue on the day of her performance at the Cheltenham Music Festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-sWLKi2KYU&feature=youtu.be I must warn you, the sound quality isn't the best. I'd say you should turn your volume up to about 40, because otherwise you won't hear what Sue is saying.

This show was very enjoyable to watch, and after her performance, she says that she was thinking of Mel, and her parents while she did it. I thought that was very sweet, and at one point in the show it made me think back to when I met her, and how she has a more serious side to her, because she wasn't all jokey with me.

You lucky lot are the first to see my YouTube video of the show. And as far as I know it's the first clip from that show to go onto YouTube.

Let me know what you think of my video and blog post. Thanks for reading.

Ss1. xxx