The film also stars David Hayman, Noel Clarke, as well as I, Daniel Blake’s star, Dave Johns, as band members.
But a year to the day after the accident, Fisherman’s Friends reunited to sing again at the Royal Albert Hall, receiving a standing ovation.
“There was a distinct click and then a rush of air as four tons of metal hurtled to the ground.
The original a cappella band, comprising genuine fishermen, a shopkeeper, a potter, an engineer and two builders, started performing in pubs during the mid-1990s.