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Did One Direction peak in 2013? It did feel impossible for any band to be bigger than they were.

Maybe we could call it the peak because it came right before…the fall. But this chapter isn’t about the end.

2013 saw One Direction release their most grown up and critically acclaimed record yet. This chapter tells the story of how the boys and their team created Midnight Memories, an album that challenged people’s perceptions and drew in even more fans. Maddie reminisces about the grown up sound (and its impact on her 13-year-old self).

In the same year they also released a film; One Direction: This Is Us was a global media event and an insight into the sacrifices each of the boys had made in order to find this success. They were on the top of the world but it wouldn't (and couldn't) last forever.

Featuring interviews with One Direction songwriter, Jamie Scott, the 1D Historian and Directioner Olivia Peter.

Archive in this episode:
One Direction at Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2014, Glasgow
One Direction: This Is Us, TriStar Pictures

Presenter: Maddie Grace Jepson
Producer: Gráinne Morrison
Written by Gráinne Morrison
Assistant Producer: Zayna Shaikh
Technical Producer: Ant Danbury
Â鶹Éç Audio Editor: Andy Worrell
Commissioning producers: Jonathan O’Sullivan, Sarah Gosling
Commissioner for Â鶹Éç Music: Will Wilkin