Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft, deciding whether to keep or ‘cob’ and comes across his early manifesto for Pulp which begins as a fashion guide. Show more

After a period of rehearsing in Jarvis’s grandparents' front room, Pulp play their first concert at school during lunchtime, wearing homemade costumes. Show more

A small plastic astronaut toy prompts Jarvis to recall that, at six years old, he had meningitis. Show more

Pulp get over the embarrassment of the disastrous school concert and record four tracks in an idiosyncratic suburban studio. John Peel comes to town. Show more

In 1985 , Jarvis is living in an empty factory building with no heating and struggling to make a success of the band when an ill-advised stunt goes wrong and everything changes. Show more