Stay Another Day: The Incredible Story of 'East 17' (Part 1)
Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture
Keep It Light Media
4.8 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In the first episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the incredible story of one of the biggest boy bands of the 90's - East 17.
This is the story of a group who defied the odds, topped the charts, and then imploded in spectacular style… this is the rise and fall of ‘East 17’
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to listen to all of the episodes of this series right now, early release and ad-free, |
| 0:04.8 | plus a whole host of extra fan club benefits, head to museum of pop culture.supportingcast.com. |
| 0:09.8 | Or if that's too much of a mouthful, just click on it in the show notes, which is the description |
| 0:15.8 | bit that no one reads. |
| 0:21.7 | Hello and welcome. I am Josh Whittickham. |
| 0:24.6 | For today I am the curator of a place of incredible artefacts and exhibitions, |
| 0:28.8 | a place that stores the greatest thing on earth. |
| 0:31.8 | This is my Museum of Pop Culture. |
| 0:38.5 | As a self-confessed, pop culture obsessive. |
| 0:41.9 | I love the geniuses, the scam artists, and dare I say, the absolute madmen. |
| 0:46.6 | They've made the records, shows and films that we love. |
| 0:51.1 | In each series, I will tell you a story of unlikely triumph and usually an enjoyably crushing failure, |
| 0:57.4 | featuring celebrated stars that in any other industry would probably be politely sacked. |
| 1:02.3 | It's a show for people more interested in David Hasselhoff than David Lamy, |
| 1:06.0 | Elizabeth Taylor than Queen Elizabeth I, which, let's be honest, is all of us. |
| 1:20.0 | Joining me today to discuss one of the iconic boy bands of the 90s, East 17. |
| 1:25.0 | It's a comedian and friend, and he doesn't live that far from Walthamstow is Tom Crane. Love will you turn me on Although we come to the end of the road |
| 1:51.0 | When will I be famous |
| 1:56.0 | It only takes a minute girl |
| 1:59.0 | It only takes a minute to fall in love New Edition, New kids on the block. |
| 2:05.1 | Boys to men, Bross, take that. |
| 2:10.5 | Boy bands in the 80s and the early 90s were polished and safe. |
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