Girlbands Forever | Preview (BBC Two)

Following the success of Boybands Forever last year, BBC Pop Music TV announces Girlbands Forever (3x60'), a new series for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from award-winning Mindhouse Productions. This new series will explore the inside story of girlband fever throughout the 90s and beyond and is set to air later this year.

Girlbands Forever will feature in depth interviews with members of All Saints, Atomic Kitten, Eternal, Little Mix, Mis-Teeq and Sugababes, including Heidi Range (Sugababes), Kelle Bryan (Eternal), Kerry Katona (Atomic Kitten), Melanie Blatt (All Saints), Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) and Su-Elise Nash (Mis-Teeq). The series will also feature interviews with names across the industry including Andy McCluskey, Clara Amfo, Darcus Beese OBE, Lucie Cave, MNEK, Nicki Chapman, Pete Tong, Pete Waterman, Scott Mills and Tulisa.

Episode 1: It’s the 90s, and girl bands All Saints, Eternal and the Spice Girls battle to become chart toppers. As girl band mania goes global, who will come out on top and at what cost?

Episode 2: In the new millennium, as the girl bands of the 90s split, new bands Atomic Kitten and Mis-Teeq vie for success. How will the next generation deal with life in the spotlight?

Episode 3: As talent show winners Little Mix contend with social media, cool kids Sugababes face changing line-ups. And as some familiar faces make a comeback, what is the future for girl bands?

Jonathan Rothery, Head of BBC Popular Music TV says: “Following the fantastic, headline-grabbing Boybands Forever series from Louis Theroux and Nancy Strang at Mindhouse, the focus now turns to the stories of some of the UK’s most influential girl groups. Girlbands Forever promises a nostalgic trip through that time in pop music history, as well as an exploration into the truth of being a young woman thrust into the spotlight, the lived experiences and the lessons learnt.”

Louis Theroux, Executive Producer for Mindhouse, says: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of making this wonderful series. I well remember when the Spice Girls, Eternal and All Saints burst on the scene in the 90s. It was a special time in pop music and British culture generally...

"Then in their wake came a parade of girl bands, made up of girls who were all in different ways beautiful, talented and often very funny. Going back and rediscovering all that music and those videos and the interviews they did has been an absolute pleasure. There was pain behind the music, too, and as is so often the case there was price to be paid for that level of young fame. But mainly we wanted this to be a celebration of a time of very special music and talent.”

Girlbands Forever begins Saturday 1st November at 9:20pm on BBC Two.