These Things Take Time: The Story Of The Smiths

These Things Take Time: The Story Of The Smiths was a TV documentary on the British band The Smiths, narrated by Vic Reeves and first broadcast on ITV1 on 8th November 2002, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the first live performance of the band from Manchester.

The film contains several interviews with Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke, Sandie Shaw, John Peel and many other personalities linked to the band, as well as unpublished images and performances by various behind the scenes of the band on tour in the mid-eighties. Morrissey, the lead singer, refused to take part in the documentary.

Links To Peel
Peel makes an appearance in the programme between 14:13 and 14:40 of the video talking about how the sessions get the authentic sound of the band, rather than the technology which makes musicians sound average.