Girlbands Forever: BBC Documentary Charts the Highs and Lows of British Girl Groups – with One Glaring Ommission

Girlbands Forever: BBC documentary charts the highs and lows of British girl groups – with one glaring ommission

There can be no doubt that any conversation about British girlbands of the last 30 years would be dominated by Spice Girls. In whichever corner of the globe you are, they were the defacto pop force of the late 1990s – and their impact has been long-lasting. From Adele to Beyonce Knowles-Carter, many contemporary world-class artists cite them as an inspiration. However, new BBC documentary series Girlbands Forever focuses on many other girlbands …

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Guess who is being talked about here: “I genuinely had a problem with them. All the years of work we’d put in and then they just came out and blew up so quickly. They were obviously manufactured. The band was made for a purpose.”