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Bee Gees: In Our Own Time

Documentary following the story of the Bee Gees, one of the most successful bands of all time, from the start of their career in the 1960s to superstardom in the 1970s and beyond.

Documentary following the fascinating, and at times turbulent, story of the Bee Gees, one of the most successful bands of all time. This is the story of three very close brothers, tied together by familial love and a natural aptitude and obsession for all things musical.

Born on the Isle of Man but raised in Manchester, the Brothers Gibb - eldest brother Barry and twins Robin and Maurice - were whisked to Australia by their parents at an impressionable age in search of a better life. Australia, for the Gibb family, was the start of a new adventure and a new career.

From childhood stardom to the first flashes of fame on the coat tails of 1960s Beatlemania, the Bee Gees enjoyed number one successes with hits like Massachusetts and I've Got to Get a Message to You.

The early 1970s saw a spell in the musical wilderness, but eventually led to the Bee Gees discovering a whole new musical direction and, more importantly, Barry's unique falsetto voice. The phenomenon of Saturday Night Fever in 1977 brought the band worldwide success, and identified them as the band that defined disco.

A career as songwriters, and success with Barbra Streisand and number one hits like Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, meant a brief hiatus for the Bee Gees as a group. But, true to form, they returned with number one successes in the late 1980s with hits such as You Win Again.

The unexpected and sudden death of Maurice in 2003 meant the end of the Bee Gees as we know it, and the end of an era. And in May 2012 Robin passed away after losing his brave battle with caner.

Bee Gees: In Our Own Time is the story of a consistently successful, talented and musically prolific band of brothers.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 26 May 2012 23:45

Music Played

  • The Vee Gees

    Wine and Women

  • Bee Gees

    New York Mining Disaster 1941

  • Bobby Midgley

    Top of the Pops 1960s Title Music

  • The Vee Gees

    Massachussetts

  • The Vee Gees

    Jive Talkin'

  • The Vee Gees

    If I Can't Have You

  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

  • The Vee Gees

    Tragedy

  • The Vee Gees

    You Win Again

  • Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes

  • The Everly Brothers

    Wake Up Little Susie

  • The Vee Gees

    Time is Passing By

  • The Beatles

    Please Please Me

  • The Vee Gees

    Spicks and Specks

  • The Vee Gees

    Big Chance

  • The Vee Gees

    To Love Somebody

  • The Vee Gees

    Idea

  • The Vee Gees

    Melody Fair

  • The Vee Gees

    First of May

  • The Vee Gees

    How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

  • The Vee Gees

    Lonely Days

  • The Vee Gees

    Run To Me

  • The Vee Gees

    Mr Natural

  • The Vee Gees

    Wind of Change

  • The Vee Gees

    Nights on Broadway

  • The Vee Gees

    Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)

  • Bee Gees

    Stayin' Alive

  • The Vee Gees

    Living Eyes

  • Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

    Guilty

    and Barbra Streisand

  • Céline Dion

    Immortality (feat. Bee Gees)

    featuring the Bee Gees

  • The Vee Gees

    Alone

  • The Vee Gees

    Nights on Broadway

  • The Vee Gees

    Man in the Middle

  • The Vee Gees

    This is Where I Came In

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