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)

Justine Frischmann

Self

Donna Matthews

Self

Annie Holland

Self

Justin Welch

Self

Brett Anderson

Self

Mat Osman

Self

• Nico WassermanDirector
• Alexander LeithProducer
• Alan HollandExecutive Producer
• Cassie DurhamEditor

Release date

April 9, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

59m

Genres

Documentary, Music, History

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