

The Birth Of Cool Britannia
April 9, 2022
59m
EN
Nico Wasserman
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.

Sara Cox
Narrator

Noel Gallagher
Self (archive footage)

Liam Gallagher
Self (archive footage)

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Justine Frischmann
Self

Donna Matthews
Self

Annie Holland
Self

Justin Welch
Self

Brett Anderson
Self

Mat Osman
Self

BBC
GB