stigwood moved into film and tv production in the early 1970s. by this time the fortunes of his pop production enterprises had declined greatly, and both his major acts struggled to regain their former glory. the bee gees broke up briefly in 1970, and after reuniting they floundered for several years, reaching a self-acknowledged "rock bottom" period in the early 1970s, by which time the former chart toppers had been reduced to playing the working men's club circuit in the north of england.