Alex Green, Press Association Madness performing for a Children in Need appeal - Credit: PA A three-part documentary will tell the story of how the band Madness became a household name. The series – Before We Was We – will explore the ska music pioneers’ beginnings in the Camden Town scene of the late 70s, led by frontman Graham “Suggs” McPherson. The documentary will air across three 60-minute episodes and offer insight into the band’s “inevitable rise to the top of the charts, pop fame and fortune against the backdrop of the ska, punk and new wave revolution”. Suggs, 60, said: “I don’t remember ever thinking about whether it was going to last.