Documentary charting the birth, the rise and the fall of the music culture movement that put the focus on Britishness, looking at the intertwining fortunes and rivalries of Blur, Oasis, Suede and Elastica. Suede insiders about how its started with the band's glam-inspired sound and first album, while Alex James and Dave Rowntree of Blur reveal how their band's disastrous first tour of America triggered a reboot and reappraisal that saw them embrace Britishness, culminating in the classic Parklife album.
The story of 1995 when Britpop took over the charts, and the rivalry between Blur and Oasis in the fight for the UK number one single was reported on the 9 O'Clock News. Pulp's Candida Doyle and Nick Banks relate their band's long, painful journey from the sidelines to the top table and their incredulity when frontman and perennial outsider Jarvis Cocker became a sex symbol.
The attitude-packed third episode tells the story of the movement's peak in 1996, when Britpop's trademark laddish swagger became inescapable on our TVs, in the tabloids and on the terraces – transforming British popular culture. But as Britain fell under the Britpop spell, a backlash was brewing… The swaggering tone was set by the increasingly dominant Oasis. Through rare archive interviews with Noel and Liam and an exclusive interview with Oasis Label boss Alan McGee, we get the inside story on their continued ascent - from the set of the Wonderwall video to putting on the largest concerts in British musical history and becoming the best-selling band in the world. The 1996 Brit Awards confirmed the changing of the musical guard. Oasis swept the board but the headlines were stolen by Jarvis Cocker. Fellow Pulp members Candida Doyle and Nick Banks reveal what led Jarvis to gatecrash Michael Jackson's performance, spend a night in jail and unwittingly dominate the tabloids (the answer i
Exploring the movement's tumultuous last days, as non-stop hedonism, creative exhaustion, and a change in the national mood combined to change Britpop beyond recognition.
