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The Hit Factory: Stock, Aitken and Waterman (Part 4)

January 21 · 52 min · Season 2 · Episode 4 · 50.2 MB
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The Hit Factory: Stock, Aitken and Waterman

Episode 4: The Factory Faces Closure

In the final episode of the series Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby conclude the amazing story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman's 'Hit Factory' record label...

When we left them the trio were at the height of their success…

Multiple Ivor Novello awards, more hit songs than The Beatles...

And yet despite all this, the cracks had appeared as unbelievably they were losing money at an alarming rate…

And like many artists and bands before them, creative differences meant they were heading for an inevitable fall…

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