Giving You Everything

Not to be confused with the group's single featuring the lyric "giving you everything", Say You'll Be There.

Giving You Everything
Also known asSpice Girls: Giving You Everything
Created bySpice Girls
Directed byBob Smeaton
StarringSpice Girls
Theme music composerSpice Girls
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMartin R. Smith
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Release31 December 2007 (2007-12-31)

Spice Girls: Giving You Everything is a 2007 British documentary film released to coincide with the 2007 reunion tour of the British all-female pop group the Spice Girls.[1] It mixes archived film footage with more recent interviews.[1]

Summary

The documentary is centred on the Spice Girls and their creation, rise to fame, exit of member Geri Halliwell, break-up and reunion. The film features narrative insight and commentary from the five girls themselves.

The title of the documentary comes from chorus lyrics from the group's UK number one single "Say You'll Be There".

Viewership

Directed by Bob Smeaton, the documentary made its world première in Australia on FOX8 on Sunday, 16 December 2007 at 7:30pm.[citation needed] It later aired in Canada on 19 December 2007 (on the CTV); in New Zealand on 24 December 2007;[citation needed] and on the BBC in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2007.[2]

The film attracted 3.6 million viewers in the UK, overnight figures suggest. It came second in the timeslot, losing out only to popular soap opera Coronation Street on ITV.

Cast

Crew

  • Director: Bob Smeaton
  • Executive producer: Robert Massie
  • Editor: Damien O' Neill
  • Programme executive: Nicki Chapman
  • Production manager: Alexandria Pickering
  • Post sound: Dave Hayes
  • Archive producer: Julian Adamoli
  • Head of production: Martha Brass
  • Production co-ordinator: Gillian Bristow
  • Online editor: Connan McStay

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Barrett, Christopher (10 November 2007). "Girl Power to hit the Headlines a decade on". Music Week. No. 45. p. 18. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. ^ Beacom, Brian (31 December 2007). "Too much sugar and not enough spice TV PICK OF THE DAY SPICE GIRLS: GIVING YOU EVERYTHING, BBC1, 7PM". Evening Times. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via ProQuest.


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