Seven Days That Shook the Spice Girls explained

Director:Chris Wilson[1]
Starring:Spice Girls (archival footage)
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Company:Yorkshire Television
Network:Channel 4

Seven Days That Shook the Spice Girls is a 2002 unofficial British documentary film about British girl group the Spice Girls. The film looks at seven key moments in the band's history, including their formation, Top of the Pops magazine giving them their nicknames, firing their manager Simon Fuller and Geri Halliwell's departure.[2] [3]

Release

The film premiered on Channel 4 on 10 September 2002,[4] and was watched by an audience of 2.08 million.[5]

Critical response

Writing for The Guardian, Gareth McLean thought the film was "lightweight and disposable", and did not do the "bona fide pop culture phenomenon" of the Spice Girls justice.[3] Joe Joseph of The Times agreed that the film was insubstantial, calling it a "speedy, cost-efficient way to interleave stock library footage with quotes from DJs and showbiz journalists in order to fill gaps in the late summer schedules."[6] The Independents Thomas Sutcliffe felt the airing of the film on the same week as the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks was ill-timed, and described the film as "a scrappy collage of warmed-over gossip and underpowered revelation."[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seven Days That Shook the Spice Girls (2002). https://web.archive.org/web/20180716085454/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b887b8281. dead. July 16, 2018. British Film Institute. 24 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Last Night's TV: Seven Days That Shook The Spice Girls (C4). The Northern Echo. 11 September 2002. 24 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Who do you think you are?. The Guardian. 11 September 2002. Gareth. McLean. Gareth McLean. 24 February 2021.
  4. Web site: TV review: All the spicy details. Liverpool Echo. 10 September 2002. 21. subscription. 24 February 2021. ProQuest.
  5. Web site: Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets: Channel 4 (SD+HD): SEVEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE SPICE GIRLS (TUE 2100). Select Year 2002; Month September; Week 9 Sept–15 Sept.. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. 3 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Review. The Times. Joe. Joseph. 11 September 2002. 27. subscription. 24 February 2021. ProQuest.
  7. Web site: LAST NIGHT'S TELEVISION ; Seven Days That Shook the Spice Girls C4; Grand Designs Revisited C4. The Independent. Sutcliffe. Thomas. Tom Sutcliffe (broadcaster). 11 September 2002. 29. subscription. 24 February 2021. ProQuest.