Eras

In a few hectic years, the Spice Girls had surpassed their wildest dreams. But it hadn’t come easy. By the turn of the Millennium, they’d given everything they had.
Time for a new chapter. Just don’t call it a breakup.
In Episode Four, Rosie Ramsey is your guide to life after Spice. From chart-topping solo careers to reinvention, reconciliation and the occasional reunion, this story’s far from over.
Featuring BBC Archive from the Girls themselves, alongside new interviews with a star-studded cast of superfans, including Jade Thirlwall, Self Esteem, Delta Goodrem, Brandi Carlile, and Rylan Clark, you’ll discover why the Spice Girls still mean so much.
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After parting ways with manager Simon Fuller, the Girls are doing it for themselves. But storm clouds are gathering over Spice World.
In Episode Three, Rosie Ramsey follows the Spice Girls as they enter an uncertain new era. Tabloids abound, a backlash brews, and five become four. Friendship never ends. Or does it?
It’s a story told in the Girls’ own words from the BBC Archive, and featuring new interviews from the people who watched it all unfold - including PR legend Alan Edwards.
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In 1996, the world met The Spice Girls. It didn’t know what hit it.
In Episode 2, Rosie Ramsey takes you inside the all-conquering whirlwind that was Spice Mania.
Under the watchful eye of music biz supremo Simon Fuller, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton and Victoria Adams bring Girl Power to the masses. It’s a dream come true - but is it all too much?
You’ll hear it from the Girls themselves through rare BBC Archive, and in new interviews from the people who were there - including Peter Loraine, Jayne Middlemiss, Sara Cox, photographer Harry Borden and costume designers Kate Carin and Eleanor Baker. Superfans Delta Goodrem, Olly Alexander, Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo weigh in on a generational obsession.
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Five girls. One era-defining phenomenon.
Meet the Spice Girls.
In Episode One, Rosie Ramsey follows the Girls as they take their first steps on the path to superstardom. It’s a time for sisterhood, a little subterfuge, and a total refusal to do anything but win.
Told in the Spice Girls own words from the BBC archive, and featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators - including manager Chris Herbert, vocal coach Pepi Lemer, and journalist Miranda Sawyer.
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In the final part of Eras: Phil Collins, Zoe Ball sits down with the man himself for a new and exclusive conversation, encompassing everything from Phil’s earliest aspirations as a kid with a drum set to his poignant reflections at the other end of an incredible career.

Featuring special appearances from Robert Plant, Mike Rutherford and Phil’s son, Nic Collins, it’s an emotional grand finale – with Phil reflecting on the private price he paid for so much success, and the health struggles that have left him unable to play the drums in recent years. But while he might not be able to sit behind the kit anymore, that doesn’t mean we’ve heard the last from Phil Collins…

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Series Producer: Frank Palmer