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What the World is Waiting for: British Indie

Indie: 1980 - 2007 The story of British indie, beginning with The Smiths, the archetypal indie group. The film follows The Stone Roses as the heirs to the indie crown, Suede's dark sexuality and the media saturation of Brit-pop's Blur v Oasis. What The World Is Waiting For explores how indie ultimately lost its once cherished intimacy and integrity in front of 250,000 fans at Oasis's Knebworth spectacle in 1996 and how, by returning to its roots in clubs and bars (and even front rooms) with bands such as Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines and The Arctic Monkeys, indie became respectable again.

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  • Originally Aired June 30, 2007
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-Y
  • Network BBC
  • Notes Is the series finale
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Name Type Role
Michael Poole Writer
William Naylor Director