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24
August 2006
Victoria
Beckham Aims For TV
Show
Former
Spice Girls manager
Simon Fuller says he is
developing a TV fashion
show for ex-Spice Girl
Victoria
Beckham.
"It
will be more serious
than a reality show but
will still be
entertaining because
Victoria is so funny,"
he told Broadcast
magazine.
Fuller,
who manages both
Victoria and David
Beckham, is responsible
for the hit shows Pop
Idol and
American
Idol.
In
the interview, Fuller,
46, said he was also
planning a sitcom based
around another former
Spice Girl, Emma
Bunton.
"Emma
wants to get into TV,"
he said. "She went to
drama school and it's in
her blood. We're going
to give her a
shot."
Fuller
has also been approached
by comedians Matt Lucas
and David Walliams to
develop Little Britain
for the United
States.
"We
are on the brink of
confirming something
rather special," he told
Broadcast magazine.
"Comedy of that quality
always crosses the
Atlantic."
Fuller
began his career by
identifying
up-and-coming talent for
record company
Chrysalis.
He
named his company 19
Entertainment, after the
1985 number one single
by Paul Hardcastle, whom
he discovered. Although
Fuller did not bring
together the Spice
Girls, he secured the
record deal which would
see their debut hit
Wannabe top the charts
in 37
countries.
He
also launched pop group
S Club 7 and then
doubled his fortune with
the TV talent show Pop
Idol.
In
2003, he sued Pop Idol
judge Simon Cowell,
saying his ITV1 show, X
Factor, copied the Pop
Idol format.
Fuller
dropped the lawsuit in
return for a stake in
the X Factor, but now
says he thinks TV talent
shows have passed their
peak.
"There
have been too many
talent failures this
year. It's been
carnage," he said.
"People have lost a lot
of money. I think it's
time to move
on."
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