2:00

The. Adamant: a girl should all where

2:02

the same clothes and everyone keeps saying

2:05

the should be a lead singer. What

2:07

guys know exactly why is the opposite

2:09

of the Spice Girls? basically Bobbin Chris.

2:12

Also think the ban should be cold

2:14

cuts. For

2:16

six or eight was once

2:18

they were. It's the girls aren't having

2:21

it. Victoria text the red view mirror, cranes

2:23

her neck to look up at the building

2:25

beside her. It's been ages since and the

2:27

went inside was taking us alone to start

2:30

to wonder if this whole plan is a

2:32

good idea. A bit of work, they could

2:34

get into a lot of trouble if it

2:36

doesn't. The the other seem

2:38

so say or less secrets to will

2:41

a little tighter. Just an

2:43

Ama comes running out of the

2:45

building areas last. Got

2:51

another. Away with under seventy

2:53

six spots every car waiting for

2:55

them exactly as planned on around

2:57

about just of the and foremost

2:59

the way to get have brandishing

3:01

a face Victoria and Emma let's

3:04

out a would say son is

3:06

suffering know hard as cause Ross

3:08

falls. He

3:11

kill me. Feel invincible now

3:13

like you can do anything.

3:15

Say anything. She feels how

3:17

old was as slipping away

3:19

and it's exhilarating. Now.

3:22

They need a new manager but this time

3:24

they'll be the ones doing the auditioning. In

3:27

the end, they choose a guy called Simon

3:29

Fuller. Oh yeah, yeah, we've all heard of

3:31

him. The. Axes work with are

3:34

impressive Annie Lennox, some you Eurythmics

3:36

and legendary song writer Kathy Dennis.

3:38

but that's not what impresses Victoria

3:40

most. She. Likes how he

3:42

listens, really listens to what they have

3:44

to say, and he takes them seriously.

3:47

he promises them know made kit and

3:49

he promises them they'll be stars yeah

3:52

yeah but they already know that of

3:54

course they do but now they found

3:56

someone who believes it too Signing

4:00

with Simon Fuller was a great move. Within

4:02

a year they've got a record deal and

4:04

filmed their first music video, Wannabe. Oh, the

4:06

one when they're on the steps in the

4:08

hotel. That is iconic. It is and it's

4:10

St Pancras in London, that hotel. And I

4:13

went there with my mum and I thought,

4:15

I've been here before mum. I've definitely stayed

4:17

here before. No, it was just a music

4:19

video. And that

4:21

video almost didn't happen because

4:23

when the record company execs see it, they're

4:26

horrified. It's too dark, too

4:28

scrappy and worst of all, wait

4:30

for it, you can see Mel

4:32

B's nips. What? Oh no, no

4:34

nips. But the girls won and

4:36

the video was massive. Huge. I

4:38

mean, I think it's really easy

4:41

to forget how revolutionary the Spice

4:43

Girls were. Yeah. Because they were

4:45

shouting about feminism, girl power. They

4:47

came from a diverse range of

4:49

backgrounds. Yeah. And they didn't

4:51

have a lead singer. And they were genuine

4:53

friends on top of that. And I honestly

4:55

think that's a key part of their success.

4:57

Yeah, that was lucky. It's

5:03

July 1996. Victoria

5:05

can't stop grinning as she tiptoes across

5:08

the dark stage. She's excited.

5:10

All the girls are. They're about to perform

5:13

their hit single Wannabe on a TV show.

5:16

It's top of the pop. From the back of

5:19

the stage, Victoria can see the TV cameras glinting

5:21

in front of her. The famous logo on the

5:23

wall. That was my Friday night every Friday night

5:25

top of the pop. Oh, it was huge. So

5:28

big. The

5:30

music starts. No,

5:37

no, do the whole thing, please. Victoria

5:40

can see that others going crazy. Emma slings

5:42

her arm around Mel B as she raps.

5:45

Mel C busts out a backflip while Jerry

5:47

gets up close and personal with the camera.

5:49

They're at the top of their game because

5:52

this is what they all dreamed of. And

5:54

Victoria, Victoria is feeling well,

5:56

a little left out. She doesn't have

5:59

a little. a line of her own to sing.

6:01

She was away to wedding the day the other

6:03

girls finished writing wannabe. By the

6:06

time they came to record it, all the parts

6:08

had been divided up already. Each

6:10

girl took her interns to sing a

6:12

line in the verses, except Victoria. She

6:15

was there to record backing vocals, no line

6:17

of her own. She was really upset. I

6:19

would be so upset Emily if you did

6:21

that to me. But if I wrote a

6:23

sketch show and said, sorry, you were away.

6:26

I forgot you. You can be on the stage. This

6:29

kind of thing is a sore spot for Victoria. She

6:31

didn't really have close friends until she met the

6:33

Spice Girls. At school, she was

6:35

bullied for her spots, her playground dance routines

6:38

and her background. She was the only one

6:40

whose dad drove a Rolls Royce. Oh

6:42

yeah, I can really relate to this because

6:44

my mum used to drop me to school

6:46

in a mini metro with a go faster

6:48

stripe on the side that said Studio 2.

6:50

So you can relate. Very like a Rolls

6:52

Royce. You name it, she was teased about

6:55

it. Feeling left out is

6:57

something that goes way back. Being

6:59

with the girls gives Victoria confidence, but

7:02

her old insecurities are never that far

7:04

away. And now, on stage, at

7:06

top of the pops, she's hitting

7:08

all the right moves and chiming in on

7:10

the chorus. She knows she looks

7:13

amazing, but she doesn't feel amazing. She feels

7:15

like a good girl, standing at the

7:17

back without a solo bit of her own.

7:20

Then it hits her. There's a lot more

7:22

to pop stars than just singing. That's

7:25

pointing. That's 99% pointing. Victoria

7:27

throws her leg to the

7:29

side, pulls her head back and,

7:32

as she points at the camera, you know,

7:34

that lot could see an out. Yep. The

7:37

point, the pout, the pose. It makes up

7:39

for not singing. I mean, it really does.

7:41

You couldn't miss her. That whole look is

7:44

fire. The poker straight bob, the heels,

7:46

the little black dress. Am I right

7:48

in thinking it was a Gucci? Aha.

7:50

Ding ding. Lots of people think that

7:52

that was Gucci. Actually, she bought it

7:55

in Miss Selfridge. The Gucci of the

7:57

High Street. of

8:00

light, sweet. Not

8:02

long after that, Victoria's dubbed Posh

8:04

by a magazine editor. She's

8:06

not sure she likes the nickname, but she

8:09

knows a good brand when she sees one.

8:11

And that image, that's all her, right

8:13

from the start. Wannabe stays

8:15

at number one for seven weeks. You

8:17

can't put on the radio without hearing

8:20

it. It's everywhere. It was

8:22

just the soundtrack of my childhood. It

8:24

is manic. Victoria and the rest of

8:26

the girls start getting recognised wherever they

8:29

go. And Wannabe breaks records

8:31

for a debut single. It's not just

8:33

big in the UK. It

8:35

ends up going to number one in more than 30 countries.

8:39

But that doesn't stop some people saying

8:41

the Spice Girls are one-hit

8:43

wonders.