Episode 2: Can You Feel It?
Reeling from the breakdown of his marriage, Phil Collins begins work on his first solo album – featuring a drum fill that will echo through pop music history.
It’s the dawn of the 1980s, and Phil’s life has been thrown into turmoil by the breakdown of his marriage – but amidst the heartbreak, he finds a new drive to create.
Zoe Ball follows Phil Collins as he steps away from Genesis and makes his first, unforgettable statement as a solo artist. The album – and a certain drum fill in its opening track – propel Phil to the status of Britain’s most unassuming popstar. With it comes his first taste of both the highs and lows of so much exposure. Opportunities to work with his heroes, Eric Clapton and Robert Plant, come knocking – but then so do the bad reviews…
Will the madness get to Mr. Everyman’s head?
A Cup and Nuzzle Production for BBC Sounds
Series Producer: Frank Palmer
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- Sun 25 Jan 202600:30BBC Radio 2
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