Fascinating Aida are three girls who sing witty, mordant and original songs, which have echoes of Noel Coward and Tom Lehrer.
After the nomadic years on the nightclub and festival fringe circuit, opportunity has knocked. The girls are contracted to make their first pop record. Will this be the breakthrough? Or is this funny and outrageous trio about to be homogenised?
[Photo caption] Poised on the cusp of success? Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Marilyn Cutts - Fascinating Aida - have their doubts... BBC2, 9.30pm Forty Minutes