The Truth About Boy Bands

“Lovely” The Guardian, 20/08/2007

“There’s fun to be had in this two-parter’” The Times, 18-24/08/2007

“The programme struck a nice balance” Telegraph 20/08/2007

“Juicy two-part expose of the genre… this programme has wit, honesty and insight” Radio Times 18-24/-8/2007

“Fascinating in-depth interviews” Grazia 20/08/2007

“Frankly amazing doc” Heat Magazine, 25-31/08/2007

The Boyband has been the major phenomenon of the last 20 years, but not necessarily a musical one! Boybands were always at least as much about the clothes they wore, the way they looked and the choreography, as they were about their singing. Today we see a living testament to the nostalgia and affection for the greatest of British boybands in the resurrection and astounding success of Take That – 10 years after they broke up. The Truth About Boybands looks at why boybands emerged in the first place, why they ended and why they have made a triumphant return.

The Truth About Boybands delivers all the big names of the boyband phenomenon. From Boyzone, Westlife, East 17, Blue, and 911, in the UK to The Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and New Kids On The Block in the USA. Not to mention the bands that started it all - The Monkees, The Jackson Five and The Osmonds.

This is a big, bold and fun documentary that doesn’t shy away from the seedier side of life in entertainment’s spotlight - the gay rumours, the bad behaviour, the groupies, and the heavy handed management. Speaking of managers, The Truth About Boybands includes revelatory interviews with the industry’s most powerful moguls including Nigel Martin Smith, Louis Walsh, Tom Watkins and Pete Waterman who share their views on the bands – and each other: We hear the real stories about the rivalries, alleged bullying, infighting and tantrums from those who were there.

The Truth About Boybands charts the evolution of this pop phenomenon from its innocent beginnings in the 1960s through to the world domination of Take That, and the wave of cheap imitations that followed, right through to the present and the boyband as pop nostalgia that is Back For Good... or bad, depending on your point of view!