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Eras

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  • Spice Girls: 4. Viva Forever

    September 28, 2026 · 28 min

    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…

  • Spice Girls: 3. Goodbye

    September 28, 2026 · 28 min

    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…

  • Spice Girls: 2. Girl Power

    September 28, 2026 · 28 min

    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…

  • Spice Girls: 1. Wannabes

    September 28, 2026 · 28 min

    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…

  • Phil Collins: 5. The Man Himself

    January 26, 2026 · 29 min

    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…

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  • Phil Collins: 4. Against All Odds

    January 19, 2026 · 29 min

    In the 1990s, Phil Collins’ status as rock and roll’s resident nice guy is thrown into question after the collapse of his second marriage, the leak of a certain fax, and a subsequent tabloid frenzy. Bruised by the experience, Phil begins a…

  • Phil Collins: 3. The Imperial Years

    January 19, 2026 · 29 min

    In 1985, after a couple of massive singles and an Oscar nomination, Phil Collins stands on the precipice of global megastardom. Then comes No Jacket Required, Live Aid, a red hot hit streak with Genesis – and he’s hurled over the…

  • Phil Collins: 2. Can You Feel It?

    January 19, 2026 · 29 min

    It’s the dawn of the 1980s, and Phil’s life has been thrown into turmoil by the breakdown of his marriage – but amidst the heartbreak, he finds a new drive to create. Zoe Ball follows Phil Collins as he steps away from Genesis and makes…

  • Phil Collins: 1. In the Beginning…

    January 19, 2026 · 29 min

    Who’s that cherubic lad, beaming out from the cover of a 9 penny knitting pattern? Meet young Philip Collins – a boy born with two distinct paths laid out before him. Follow his dad into the world of office work and suburban domesticity?…

  • Queen: 3. Heavy Is The Crown

    October 13, 2025 · 35 min

    This episode of Eras: Queen, Bill Bailey explores the emotional and creative toll of fame on the band. After a breakneck pace in the previous decade, Queen quietly disappear from the spotlight in the early 80s, each member pursuing solo…

  • Queen: 2. Coronation

    October 13, 2025 · 37 min

    Bill Bailey tells the story of Queen and in the second episode it's 1975, and Queen are on the brink of failure. With financial issues they are exhausted and overlooked, but take a huge gamble on something long, weird, and…

  • Queen: 1. Ascension

    October 13, 2025 · 31 min

    Bill Bailey tells the story of rock's most flamboyant and iconic band. In the first episode of Eras: Queen, it's the late 60s, and four outsiders with academic brains collide in London. We find out how Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John were…

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About the show

The stories of the biggest artists in the world. We delve deep into the BBC archive and speak to the people who were there, as we look back on their most iconic eras.