Friday 20 November 2020

Back In Time With Maisie: 1997

Back In Time With Maisie: 1997

In my time-travel rom com, The 12 Christmases of You & Me, Maisie travels back in time to Christmases of her past, and we're going to travel back with her and find out what was happening during the years she goes back to. 


1997 was the year when Chumbawamba got knocked down (but got up again), Rose wouldn't budge over on that floating door and so Jack died, and Channel 5 was launched in the UK.


Events in 1997


Christmas Number One:

Too Much (The Spice Girls)


Big Chart Hits in the UK:

I'll Be Missing You (Puff Daddy & Faith Evans)

Something About The Way You Look Tonight/Candle In The Wind (Elton John)

Barbie Girl (Aqua)

Don't Speak (No Doubt)

Men In Black (Will Smith)

I Believe I Can Fly (R Kelly)

Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)

I Wanna Be The Only One (Eternal ft BeBe Winans)

Where Do You Go (No Mercy)

MmmBop (Hanson)



Highest Grossing Films:


Titanic

Jurassic Park: The Lost World

Men in Black

Tomorrow Never Dies

Air Force One


Events, Music & TV:


Richard Branson attempts to fly around the world by balloon. It doesn't go well and they end up landing in the Algerian desert after 20 hours

Emmerdale increases its episodes from two a week to three, and the soap will celebrate its 25th anniversary later in the year

Chris Evans resigns from Radio 1

A second National Lottery draw is introduced on Wednesdays

The Spice Girls launch Channel 5


Events in 1997


Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La-La and Po say 'eh-oh' for the first time as the Teletubbies arrive on our screens

The pilot of Cold Feet airs on ITV

The UK win the Eurovision contest for the first time since 1981 with Katrina and the Waves' 'Love Shine a Light'

Channel 4 airs its 4,000th episode of Countdown

Jonathan Creek debuts on BBC1


Events in 1997



The Battersby family descend on Coronation Street

Diana, Princess of Wales is involved in a car accident in Paris and dies from her injuries

A new 50 pence piece is introduced

Konnie Huq joins the Blue Peter team

Spice World: The Movie is released

Celebrity Ready Steady Cook, Vets In Practice, Ground Force, I'm Alan Partridge, Where The Heart Is and Family Affairs also have their British TV debuts


Events in 1997





Find out more about The 12 Christmases of You & Me

The 12 Christmases of You & Me Jennifer Joyce


What if you could go back in time and fix the biggest mistake of your life?

Two years ago, Maisie’s best friend walked out of her life and she hasn’t heard from him since. When she wakes up in 1994, she naturally assumes she’s dreaming. But when she finds herself in the past again the next night and her actions in the dream alter her present-day life, she begins to wonder if she’s somehow hopping back in time. And if she is time-travelling, can she save her friendship with Jonas?

When Maisie is forced to relive Christmases of the past, will she face up to her mistakes, or make them all over again?

The 12 Christmases of You & Me is a magical tale of friendship, first loves, and learning to live in the present.



 

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