The Hit Factory: The Stock, Aitken And Waterman Story (Mon, 9pm, ITV1)
Stock, Aitken and Waterman sounded like a firm of solicitors: anyone who has ever bought or sold a house will wish that solicitors could do their job as efficiently and briskly as SAW did. Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman scored their first hit with Dead Or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round’ in 1985. They then turned Bananarama into a worldwide pop power, and by the late ...
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Stock, Aitken and Waterman sounded like a firm of solicitors: anyone who has ever bought or sold a house will wish that solicitors could do their job as efficiently and briskly as SAW did. Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman scored their first hit with Dead Or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round’ in 1985. They then turned Bananarama into a worldwide pop power, and by the late 1980s their Hi-NRG pop was a hit – and money – making machine. Kylie, Jason, Rick Astley, Sonia and The Reynolds Girls were among the artistes who helped them notch over 100 UK Top 40 hits and make £60million; but the 1990s saw tastes change, Aitken leave the company due to stress and their big-hitters drop them. Suranne Jones is an ideal narrator for this affectionate film about their remarkable story, which features contributors including Jason, Simon Cowell, Pete Burns and Waterman himself.
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