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I Love 1996

Series about 1990s pop culture. In 1996, the Spice Girls hit the charts, The Girlie Show gave us ladettes and Anna fought with Miles in cult TV drama, This Life.

The series about 1990s pop culture reaches 1996 - the year the girls got power. Ginger, Baby, Scary, Sporty and Posh released their debut single, Wannabe. Lara Croft went on an adventure in Tomb Raider, while The Girlie Show gave us ladettes. Anna fought with Miles in This Life, the cult TV drama of the year. Mark Morrison, the self-styled bad boy of soul, got a taste of success. Los Del Rio created a worldwide dance craze with the Macarena, and the hero of the year was Buzz Lightyear, the toy that thought it could fly. But it was a less successful year for footballer Gareth Southgate.

28 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Jan 2020 22:00

Music Played

  • Space

    Female Of The Species

  • Spice Girls

    Who Do You Think You Are

  • Spice Girls

    Spice Up Your Life

  • Spice Girls

    Mama

  • Spice Girls

    Goodbye

  • Fun Lovin’ Criminals

    Scooby Snacks

  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

  • John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

  • Los del Río

    Macarena (River Re-Mix)

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Amita Dhiri
Executive Producer Alan Brown
Director Rebecca Papworth

Broadcasts

My Generation

My Generation

A year-long season of programmes charting the history of pop music across the decades