Geri's 1990s: My Drive to Freedom
Former Spice Girl Geri Horner looks back on the 1990s and reflects on her own incredible journey from working-class Watford girl to international superstar.
Former Spice Girl Geri Horner looks back on the 1990s and reflects on her own incredible journey from working-class Watford girl to international superstar. She describes it as a decade of hope and opportunity that gave young people the freedom to be themselves and break down barriers.
Set against a backdrop of great political and social change, including the release of Nelson Mandela, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the election of New Labour, the 1990s was also a decade which saw a homegrown cultural revolution. The music and art scenes exploded, and suddenly Britain was the place to be. Britpop and girl power conquered the charts, and Geri herself became the iconic face of Cool Britannia in her famous Union Jack dress.
But fame didn't arrive until the mid-1990s for Geri, and she reflects on the key events that shaped her life before becoming part of one of the most successful girl bands of all time. She talks movingly about her close friendship with her pop idol pin-up George Michael and recalls how supportive he was when she left the Spice Girls and embarked on her solo career.
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Clips
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Geri on Girl Power
Duration: 00:37
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Geri discovers raving
Duration: 00:33
Music Played
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Supergrass
Alright
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Massive Attack
Unfinished Sympathy
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Gabrielle
Dreams
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Madonna
Into The Groove
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A Guy Called Gerald
Voodoo Ray
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The Stone Roses
Fools Gold
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Happy Mondays
Kinky Afro
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Primal Scream
Loaded
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Portishead
Roads
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Take That
Relight My Fire (feat. Lulu)
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Blur
Parklife
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Blur
There's No Other Way
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Oasis
Roll With It
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Blur
Park Life
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Oasis
Cigarettes & Alcohol
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Blur
Country House
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Underworld
Born Slippy .NUXX
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Oasis
Supersonic
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Spice Girls
Wannabe
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Spice Girls
Who Do You Think You Are
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Radiohead
No Surprises
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Pulp
Something Changed
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The Lightning Seeds, David Baddiel
Three Lions
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D:Ream
Things Can Only Get Better
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Texas, Boilerhouse Boys
Say What You Want
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Spice Girls
Two Become One
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Air
Talisman
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George Michael
Faith
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Michael & Robbie Williams.
Freedom 90
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Lauryn Hill
Doo Wop (That Thing)
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Leftfield
Melt
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Geri Halliwell
Look At Me
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The Prodigy
Firestarter
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Fatboy Slim
Praise You
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Geri Horner |
Production Manager | Fiona Flannery |
Executive Producer | Bridget Boseley |
Producer | Len Brown |
Director | Andy Baybutt |
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