Episode 2: A Fire That Burns

Barely 12 months since they played their first show and Franz Ferdinand emerged from a record company scrum to work on what would become one of the all-time great debut albums.

But the making of Franz Ferdinand was not without its challenges. However, those sessions would produce music history – and the band released Take Me Out, a song that would come to define an entire era of British music.

Suddenly the four friends would be catapulted from DIY art-school band to global superstars – the beginning of what would become the wildest of rides.

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This is the story of a group of pals from Glasgow who formed a band and changed the face of British music forever.

Narrated by comedian and Franz Ferdinand mega-fan Rose Matafeo, Words So Leisured hears the band revisit their extraordinary journey along with contributions from their friends, collaborators and those they've inspired.

This four-part mini-series – formed of all new, exclusive interviews – charts their career from playing in friends' bedrooms to The Grammys: takes in the pinch-yourself highs and sometimes dramatic lows of being in a band.

The series goes behind the scenes of some of the biggest moments – meeting Bowie, winning BRITs, playing to millions – and candidly recalls the times it all almost fell apart. It also delves deeper than ever before into the stories behind the band's most iconic songs.

Words So Leisured is made by New Allotment productions for Domino Recordings. For more information visit Franzferdinand.com.