Inside the bust ups, meltdowns & exploitation endured by 90s girlbands ahead of bombshell 3-part doc by Louis Theroux
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IT’S the highly-anticipated documentary set to lift the lid on the explosive drama among Britain’s best-known girl bands. Three-parter Girlbands Forever, featuring top interviewer Louis Theroux, starts filming within weeks and will hit screens later this year.
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It will look back at this phenomenal musical era of the Nineties and Noughties, with all its highs and lows. Groups already contacted to take part in the programme include the Spice Girls, Girls Aloud, All Saints, Atomic Kitten, Sugababes and Eternal.
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As well as bust ups, meltdowns and exploitation, the women faced more intense scrutiny than their male counterparts, not to mention navigating the era of lads’ mags. In particular, there’s likely to be a focus on band members who quit their group, including Eternal’s Louise Redknapp, Kerry Katona of Atomic Kitten and, of course, Geri Halliwell, who left the Spice Girls.
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It’s understood they have all been invited to appear in the mini series and will likely jump at the chance. The show was given the green light by the BBC following the huge success of Boybands Forever, which touched on the experiences of groups including East 17, 5ive, Damage and 911.
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The outstanding contribution, however, came from Robbie Williams as he discussed his fractious time in Take That, particularly vying with his former rival Gary Barlow and their manager, Nigel Martin-Smith. But if the experience revealed by the boys was a shock, wait till you hear what the girls have to say.
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