Many of us might think we know the Take That story. Nineties pop sensation. Hordes of screaming fans. Gary Barlow’s frosted tips! Then there was the split, Robbie Williams going solo, the band disintegrating. A triumphant reunion years later, reconciliation. But these are merely the flashbulb moments – what about the gaps in between?
Enter Netflix’s eye-opening new Take That documentary. Directed by David Soutar, the filmmaker behind 2018’s brilliant Bros: After the Screaming Stops, the three-part series digs deeper into the mechanism of what propelled five young lads to fame in the first place, and the individual stories that haven’t been told until now. Jealousy, insecurity, and plenty of grievances that weren’t aired until it was too late. “I think all of us are wise enough, having gone through these decades with them, hand in hand with their music and their story,” Soutar says. “But there are twists and turns in there that people don’t really know, or have forgotten.”
