The Birth Of Cool Britannia
More than two decades after it left our screens, BBC Two’s iconic and much-loved music documentary series, Rock Family Trees, is back for a one-off special. 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 – Suede, Elastica and Blur – 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.
Nico Wasserman
Director
Sara Cox
Narrator
Noel Gallagher
Self (archive footage)
Liam Gallagher
Self (archive footage)
Justine Frischmann
Self
Donna Matthews
Self
Annie Holland
Self
Justin Welch
Self
Brett Anderson
Self
Mat Osman
Self
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