The Birth of Cool Britannia
The real story behind the birth of Britpop and how three of the biggest bands of the 90s 鈥 Suede, Elastica and Blur 鈥 changed British music forever.
The iconic music documentary series returns to examine the real story behind the birth of Britpop and how a handful of like-minded musicians, struggling to find an authentic voice, would pave the way for a revolution in British music. It is an intricately connected story of three of the biggest bands of the 1990s 鈥 Suede, Elastica and Blur 鈥 and how, for a brief moment in the middle of that decade, they changed British music forever, kickstarting a movement that still reverberates to this day.
With intimate interviews with Brett Anderson, Justine Frischmann, Mat Osman, Justin Welch and numerous other key players, this is the inside story of the friendships, the fall-outs and the changing line-ups that fuelled a new movement in British music. It鈥檚 a family tree that extends from the Smiths to M.I.A., but at its heart is Suede: the band who 鈥 for better or worse 鈥 started it all.
This is not the familiar story of 'Cool Britannia', of Blur v Oasis, Champagne Supernovas and Knebworth; it is the untold story of how we got there, all the way from a suburban house in Haywards Heath.
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Clips
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Suede Coming Up
Duration: 01:57
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Elastica Take Off
Duration: 01:45
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Britpop and Blur
Duration: 02:07
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Bernard Joins Suede
Duration: 02:16
Music Played
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Elastica
Connection
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Suede, Brett Anderson
Trash (Edit)
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Public Image Ltd
Public Image
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Marie Lafor锚t
Marie douceur - Marie col猫re
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The Smiths
What Difference Does It Make?
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X鈥怰ay Spex
Germ-Free Adolescents
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The Durutti Column
Otis
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Tropics
After Visiting
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Clockface
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Primal Scream
Loaded
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Blur
There's No Other Way
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The Durutti Column
Requiem Away
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Screaming Trees
Nearly Lost You
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Suede
The Drowners
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Suede
Animal Nitrate
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Pulp
Do You Remember The First Time?
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The Auteurs
Lenny Valentino
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Blur
For Tomorrow
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Elastica
Stutter
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Menswear
Daydreamer
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Oasis
Supersonic
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Supergrass
Alright
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Sleeper
Inbetweener
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Blur
Parklife
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Suede
We Are The Pigs
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Wire
Three Girl Rhumba
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Elastica
Waking Up
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McAlmont & Butler
Yes
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Blur
The Universal
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Suede
Trash
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Suede
Beautiful Ones
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Pulp
This Is Hardcore
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Blur
Beetlebum
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Nico Wasserman |
Producer | Alexander Leith |
Editor | Cassie Durham |
Production Manager | Claire McCluskey |
Executive Producer | Alan Holland |
Broadcast
- Sat 9 Apr 2022 22:25
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