Matt Berry,: Jesus Christ Superstar fan

For those fans of Toast of London that Matt Berry both starred and co-wrote (with Arthur Matthews) will remember the episode Bonus Ball in which Berry's Steven Toast loses the hefty sum of twenty thousand pounds to none other than Andrew Lloyd-Webber, after being told by Elaine Paige that he stills owe Lloyd-Webber the sum of money prompting Toast to flip the finger and telling Lloyd-Webber to stick up it his Starlight Express. Toast then finds that none other than Michael (played by himself) Ball is out to collect Lloyd-Webber's money.  Now the impression you may be left with is that Berry is not a fan of Lloyd-Webber's work, however in a film for the BBC's Culture Show he sings his praises for the work that would give Lloyd-Webber and his collaborator Tim Rice their big break the album of Jesus Christ Superstar. Berry in the film notes that the presence of such talents as Deep Purple legend Ian Gillan and members of Joe Cocker's backing band gives the album a cutting edge that you would not expect. Berry interviews the 2 musical knights and Murray Head (who in the 1980's had a hit with One Night in Bangkok form an another Tim Rice hit Chess co-written with ABBA's Benny and Bjorn) who performed the role of Judas, they all testify that the album was approached with all seriousness though they were some hiccups along the way such as Gillan ad libbing the word baby during the song set when Jesus is in the temple. Berry's conclusion is that with it's blend of Rock and Classical music Jesus Christ Superstar (album version) is something that demands your attention. The film can be seen on Youtube