Terribly Famous premieres on Tuesday 1st August. You can listen early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.

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Welcome to Terribly Famous, a new podcast from Wondery which takes you right inside the lives of our most iconic stars. Over this first series, we’ll uncover the rocky road to super-stardom of Britain’s home-grown diva, Adele.

She’s a cheeky London girl with an infectious laugh and a potty mouth. She’s inspired by trauma and heartbreak to write songs. And she’s inspired by stars like Etta James and Nina Simone to sing them. But when her talent makes her a sensation almost overnight, she has to find a way to keep the sensitivity that connects her to her fans from becoming a vulnerability that could destroy her.

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Adele is on the rise, turning heartbreak into hits. She’s already a household name in the UK and now she’s on her way in the US too. It’s a sensational journey, what she’d dreamed of as a kid. But fame - especially when it came so fast and is carrying her so far - brings both gifts and problems. Can she stay grounded and give her fans the music they crave? It’s a lot for one girl to manage but she’s not doing too badly. Until a catastrophe threatens to derail everything.

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Adele faces the terrifying threat of losing her voice through high-risk but vital throat surgery. Forced to step out of the limelight to recover, she experiences the more normal life she has been craving. It's a blessing in disguise: Adele falls in love and finds stability. But soon, a new threat looms.

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The girl from Tottenham is now a global superstar, but behind the scenes her private life is unravelling. A painful divorce is followed by some devastating news. Both onstage and off, Adele comes to learn an invaluable lesson: sometimes the only way to move forward is to start over.

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Journalist and music critic Jude Rogers first interviewed the star right at the beginning of her career. She takes Anna and Emily inside those meetings, from the time the ambitious 19-year-old shared her nervousness about the scrutiny fame would bring, to the shocking moment Adele revealed her “very uncool” role model. Now a global chart-topper, has she changed? And what’s next for the Londoner who conquered America - and the world?

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Victoria Beckham has come a long way since her days as a popstar. Now, she’s a style icon with a multi-million pound fashion and beauty empire. But for a long time there wasn’t a single thing Victoria could get right in the eyes of her critics.

In this four-part series, we’ll tell the story of how one determined and ambitious young woman hit the big time with her four best friends. But she had to dig deep to uncover the real meaning of girl power, and get the respect she wants and deserves.

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As the Spice Girls start to unravel, Posh has to carve out her own path. What next for the girl who never quite felt at ease in music? She's not sure, but there is one thing she’s certain about: this time, she wants to be known as Victoria Beckham.

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