Geri’s nostalgic trip down memory lane
BBC Two, Saturday, 9pm
MULTI-AWARD-WINNING singer Geri Horner is set to take BBC Two viewers back to the 1990s for the next instalment in the BBC Music: My Generation season.
Following in the footsteps of Tom Jones, Keith Richards, Boy George and Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie B, Geri’s 90s – My Drive To Freedom will see the former Spice Girl reflect on her own incredible journey, from turning 18 as a working-class girl in Watford at the dawn of the decade through to international fame and fortune with the Spice Girls, followed by great success as a solo artist at the end of the 1990s.
Along the way she worked as a TV presenter, joined a girl band, enjoyed a close friendship with her pop idol pin-up George Michael and became the iconic face of Cool Britannia as Ginger Spice in her famous Union Jack dress.
Set against a backdrop of key political, social and cultural moments – the release of Nelson Mandela and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of Margaret Thatcher and the election of New Labour, the tragic death of Princess Diana which united the nation in mourning, and the launch of the World Wide Web – Geri’s 90s – My Drive To Freedom focuses on the great moments in pop culture in the decade leading up to the new Millennium, including the rave scene, boy bands, Britpop and Girl Power.
The documentary will feature interviews with some of Geri’s friends and family, plus many of the most iconic personalities who left their mark on the decade.