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Interviews from band members, producers and others comparing two iconic bands - ABBA and Queen.

For ABBA fans the journey hasn’t ended! The Swedish supergroup – Agnetha, Anna-Frid, Bjorn and Benny are back with music that never grows old.

A brand new album out November 5 and revolutionary concert coming to London Spring 2022. Listen to two brand new songs and pre-order the album from the official store for first access to tickets.

A fun journey through the classics of musical theater.

We reveal the secrets of ABBA's missing 40 years and uncover the rollercoaster story of what happened to the band members after going their separate ways in 1982.

We'll discover exactly what happened in the studio when they were recorded; what inspired them; the cultural and personal circumstances; and crucially, the drama that surrounded them as they were created.

This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward.

Documentary about Swedish artist and actress Josefin Nilsson.

Um ano após a morte de Donna, sua filha Sophie está prestes a reinaugurar o hotel da mãe, agora totalmente reformado. Para tanto convida seus três "pais", Harry, Sam e Bill e as eternas amigas da mãe, Rosie e Tanya, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa lidar com a distância do marido Sky, que está fazendo um curso de hotelaria em Nova York. O reencontro serve para desenterrar memórias sobre a juventude de Donna, no final dos anos 70, quando ela resolve se estabelecer na Grécia.

Um ano após a morte de Donna, sua filha Sophie está prestes a reinaugurar o hotel da mãe, agora totalmente reformado. Para tanto convida seus três "pais", Harry, Sam e Bill e as eternas amigas da mãe, Rosie e Tanya, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa lidar com a distância do marido Sky, que está fazendo um curso de hotelaria em Nova York. O reencontro serve para desenterrar memórias sobre a juventude de Donna, no final dos anos 70, quando ela resolve se estabelecer na Grécia.

Um ano após a morte de Donna, sua filha Sophie está prestes a reinaugurar o hotel da mãe, agora totalmente reformado. Para tanto convida seus três "pais", Harry, Sam e Bill e as eternas amigas da mãe, Rosie e Tanya, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa lidar com a distância do marido Sky, que está fazendo um curso de hotelaria em Nova York. O reencontro serve para desenterrar memórias sobre a juventude de Donna, no final dos anos 70, quando ela resolve se estabelecer na Grécia.

Um ano após a morte de Donna, sua filha Sophie está prestes a reinaugurar o hotel da mãe, agora totalmente reformado. Para tanto convida seus três "pais", Harry, Sam e Bill e as eternas amigas da mãe, Rosie e Tanya, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa lidar com a distância do marido Sky, que está fazendo um curso de hotelaria em Nova York. O reencontro serve para desenterrar memórias sobre a juventude de Donna, no final dos anos 70, quando ela resolve se estabelecer na Grécia.

Um ano após a morte de Donna, sua filha Sophie está prestes a reinaugurar o hotel da mãe, agora totalmente reformado. Para tanto convida seus três "pais", Harry, Sam e Bill e as eternas amigas da mãe, Rosie e Tanya, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa lidar com a distância do marido Sky, que está fazendo um curso de hotelaria em Nova York. O reencontro serve para desenterrar memórias sobre a juventude de Donna, no final dos anos 70, quando ela resolve se estabelecer na Grécia.

Documentary about ABBA and the photographers who worked with them.

Stockholm My Love is a city symphony, a love letter to Stockholm, the fiction debut of director Mark Cousins and the acting debut of musician Neneh Cherry. It follows one woman's footsteps through the streets of her native city, on a journey of recovery from a bad thing that happened to her exactly one year before. It's an exploration of grief, identity and the power of architecture and urbanism to shape lives, and a celebration of the power of walking and looking to make us all feel just a little bit better. With new music by Neneh Cherry, old music by Benny Andersson (of ABBA) and Franz Berwald, and images by Christopher Doyle and Mark Cousins.

Uma noite, sob uma lua vermelha, seis adolescentes são atraídas a um parque abandonado por uma força misteriosa. Ao chegar, elas descobrem que foram convocadas para cumprir uma antiga profecia que poderá salvar o mundo. Elas devem aprender a trabalhar em conjunto, apesar de suas diferenças, para controlar os poderes mágicos que ganharam vida dentro de si. Círculo retrata um mundo paralelo no qual sonhos, pais chatos, bullying, vingança e amor colidem com as perigosas forças do misticismo.

Uma noite, sob uma lua vermelha, seis adolescentes são atraídas a um parque abandonado por uma força misteriosa. Ao chegar, elas descobrem que foram convocadas para cumprir uma antiga profecia que poderá salvar o mundo. Elas devem aprender a trabalhar em conjunto, apesar de suas diferenças, para controlar os poderes mágicos que ganharam vida dentro de si. Círculo retrata um mundo paralelo no qual sonhos, pais chatos, bullying, vingança e amor colidem com as perigosas forças do misticismo.

Jag är inte beredd att dö än (I'm Not Yet Ready to Die) is a documentary that follows Laleh Pourkarim—one of Sweden's most celebrated musicians—over two years time. Laleh takes pains to maintain her privacy in spite of her popularity. This film is a rare opportunity for fans to glimpse her daily life, from her hometown of Hammarkullen to settings abroad.

Two middle-aged brothers and farmers live together on the farm they grew up on. They are struggling with their loneliness and inability to run the household after their parents died so they put a "help wanted" ad in the local newspaper. They get more than they bargained for when Hillevi turns up with her mother and a goat.

If you fancy an hour's worth of irresistible guilty pleasures from Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha, this is the programme for you. ABBA stormed the 1974 Eurovision song contest with their winning entry Waterloo, and this programme charts the meteoric rise of the band with some of their greatest performances at the BBC. It begins in 1974 with their first Top of the Pops appearance, and we even get to see the band entertaining holidaymakers in Torbay in a 1975 Seaside Special. There are many classic ABBA tunes from the 1979 BBC special ABBA in Switzerland, plus their final BBC appearance on the Late Late Breakfast show in 1982. This compilation is a must for all fans and includes great archive interviews, promos and performances of some of ABBA's classics including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know, Thank You for the Music, SOS, Fernando, Chiquitita and many more.

Combining European musical influences, perfect production and lyrics of love and loss, ABBA made us fall in love with the sound of Swedish melancholy. This documentary explores the music of ABBA and chronicles how they conquered both Sweden and Britain in the face of constant criticism.

Agnetha Fältskog’s extraordinary singing career began when she was only 15 years old. But in just two years she was knocking The Beatles off the top of the Swedish pop charts writing her own material. This new documentary features exclusive access to Agnetha in the studio and with her colleagues of both recent years and from ABBA, assessing and celebrating her journey as Sweden's 'girl with the golden hair'. This intimate and revealing programme features interviews with Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Gary Barlow, Tony Blackburn, record producer Peter Nordahl, Jörgen Elofsson and Sir Tim Rice

The pop group Abba is one of Swedens biggest export success stories ever. But how did it all begin? And how was their unique style created, which made such an impact in it's time?

A collection of music videos and promotional clips from the iconic 1970s Swedish pop band. Comprised of Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, ABBA are one of the most commercially successful bands in history, with their 1974 victory in the Eurovision Song Contest followed by a string of hit singles including 'Dancing Queen', 'Take a Chance On Me' and 'Knowing Me, Knowing You'. The collection includes all three songs as well as other memorable tracks such as 'Thank You for the Music', 'Waterloo' and 'Money, Money, Money'.

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.

The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Shot for television in 2009.

This short documentary is about the making of the 2008 film musical "Mamma Mia!".

Donna é uma mãe solteira e independente, dona de um charmosíssimo hotel na bela ilha grega de Kalokairi. A filha Sophie vai se casar e Donna convida suas melhores amigas. Mas Sophie, que secretamente sonha encontrar o pai, faz também três convites inesperados. À ilha chegam três homens que pertenceram ao passado de Donna, e qualquer um deles pode ser o pai de Sophie. Em 24 horas, Donna se desespera e a confusão se instala nesta deliciosa comédia, iluminada pelas canções do Abba, as paisagens e o mar azul da Grécia.

Donna é uma mãe solteira e independente, dona de um charmosíssimo hotel na bela ilha grega de Kalokairi. A filha Sophie vai se casar e Donna convida suas melhores amigas. Mas Sophie, que secretamente sonha encontrar o pai, faz também três convites inesperados. À ilha chegam três homens que pertenceram ao passado de Donna, e qualquer um deles pode ser o pai de Sophie. Em 24 horas, Donna se desespera e a confusão se instala nesta deliciosa comédia, iluminada pelas canções do Abba, as paisagens e o mar azul da Grécia.

Donna é uma mãe solteira e independente, dona de um charmosíssimo hotel na bela ilha grega de Kalokairi. A filha Sophie vai se casar e Donna convida suas melhores amigas. Mas Sophie, que secretamente sonha encontrar o pai, faz também três convites inesperados. À ilha chegam três homens que pertenceram ao passado de Donna, e qualquer um deles pode ser o pai de Sophie. Em 24 horas, Donna se desespera e a confusão se instala nesta deliciosa comédia, iluminada pelas canções do Abba, as paisagens e o mar azul da Grécia.

Donna é uma mãe solteira e independente, dona de um charmosíssimo hotel na bela ilha grega de Kalokairi. A filha Sophie vai se casar e Donna convida suas melhores amigas. Mas Sophie, que secretamente sonha encontrar o pai, faz também três convites inesperados. À ilha chegam três homens que pertenceram ao passado de Donna, e qualquer um deles pode ser o pai de Sophie. Em 24 horas, Donna se desespera e a confusão se instala nesta deliciosa comédia, iluminada pelas canções do Abba, as paisagens e o mar azul da Grécia.

Donna é uma mãe solteira e independente, dona de um charmosíssimo hotel na bela ilha grega de Kalokairi. A filha Sophie vai se casar e Donna convida suas melhores amigas. Mas Sophie, que secretamente sonha encontrar o pai, faz também três convites inesperados. À ilha chegam três homens que pertenceram ao passado de Donna, e qualquer um deles pode ser o pai de Sophie. Em 24 horas, Donna se desespera e a confusão se instala nesta deliciosa comédia, iluminada pelas canções do Abba, as paisagens e o mar azul da Grécia.

Filme sobre a humanidade, sua grandeza, alegria e tristeza, sua auto-confiança e ansiedade, o seu desejo de amar e ser amado.

The journey of ABBA, the Swedish super group consisting of two married couples whose rise on the charts met with the ultimate end of their marriages.

Collection of ABBA videos.

Waterloo - Ring ring - Mamma mia - SOS - Bang-a-boomerang - I do, I do, I do, I do, I do - Fernando - Dancing queen - Money, money, money - Knowing me, knowing you - That's me - The name of the game - Take a chance on me - Eagle - One man, one woman - Thank you for the music - Summer night city - Chiquitita - Does your mother know - Voulez-vous - Gimme! gimme! gimme! - A man (after midnight) - On and on and on - The winner takes it all - Super trouper - Happy New Year - Lay all your love on me - When all is said and done - One of us - Head over heels - The day before you came - Under attack - Estoy soñando - Felicidad - No hay a quien culpar - Dancing Queen (1992 version)

Swedish supergroup Abba stars in this documentary that features extensive concert footage, television clips and current interviews. Songs include "Super Trooper," "Mamma Mia," "Eagle," Head Over Heels," "Take a Chance On Me," "One Man, One Woman," "Money, Money, Money," "The Winner Takes It All," "Happy New Year," "Knowing Me and Knowing You" and "Fernando." Also included is the finale from the gala performance of the stage show "Mamma Mia."

The first Swedish language stage version of Chess, starring Helen Sjoholm as Florence Vaszi. Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana Sergievskaja, Tommy Korberg as Anatolij Sergievskij, Anders Ekborg as Freddie Trumper and Per Myrberg as Alexander Molokov. The cast sing new lyrics in Swedish ( written by Rudolfson, Jan Marks and Bjorn Ulvaeus) to tell a new version of the everchanging Chess story. A few new songs have been included (Chess continues to be a work in progress.) This version premiered in February 2002 at the Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm.

Swedish sensations ABBA perform their chart-topping hits in this compilation of 19 music videos. Songs include "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Take a Chance on Me," Mamma Mia," "Super Trouper," "The Winner Takes It All," "SOS" and "Fernando." Among the other tracks are "Voulez-Vous," "Waterloo," "Chiquitita" and "Lay All Your Love On Me." A documentary about the band's history and a 1992 video of the band performing "Dancing Queen" are also included.

"Hagström - Everything in Music" is a documentary about Albin Hagström who, based on his love of music, built an international empire with manufacturing accordions, guitars and amplifiers. Hagström started a variety of music stores, music schools, and published booklets. The headquarters were located in the small village of Älvdalen, Sweden, but already in the 1930s Hagström had a branch in the Rockerfeller Center in Manhattan. Among Hagström's customers and friends were Jimi Hendrix, Carl Jularbo, Frank Zappa, ABBA, Owe Thörnqvist. Larry Coryell and many others.

If you're an ABBA fan or just a fan of good music in general, this assortment of 35 music videos which spans ABBA's career from 1974's Waterloo to 1982's Under Attack is indeed definitive. Simply put, it's a fantastic collection of music and images that mostly focuses on the 1970's era of ABBA's career, because that's when they reigned supreme in their international pop music kingdom.

Num fim de tarde, algures no nosso hemisfério, tem lugar uma estranha série de acontecimentos ilógicos: um amanuense é despedido de modo degradante; um imigrante perdido é atacado violentamente numa rua movimentada; um ilusionista comete um erro no seu número... Pelo meio de toda esta loucura, há uma pessoa que se destaca: Karl, coberto pela fuligem do incêndio que ateou para destruir a sua loja de mobiliário e ficar com o dinheiro do seguro. O sono não vem calmamente esta noite aos cidadãos desta cidade. No dia seguinte, os sinais do caos começam a instalar-se, com a loucura a manifestar-se num conselho de administração, e a própria cidade estrangulada por um engarrafamento terrível.

The story of one of the greatest pop bands of all time, this programme features, for the first time, all four members talking about their lives before during and after ABBA. Included with extracts from the rehearsals and performances of the smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of ABBA, are all the big hits, concert footage and interviews with Bono, Malcolm McLaren, Pete Waterman, Tim Rice Bjorn Again and Steps!

Through a deadly rip in the ozone, a blazing sun sears the dying Amazon jungle - but it's the Lycanthrope that's ripping the flesh off a luckless group of scientists at a remote outpost. Government agent Bill Parker heads a commando team sent to investigate the silenced outpost. Tension is palpable as the jungle heat grips the group when Parker discovers that the psychiatrist, Dr. Stein, has brought along his sexy wife, Sheila, who was once Parker's lover. There's no denying Sheila is a beautiful woman with the loyalty of a piranha. Horror upstages sexual tension, however, when the group is confronted by an empty laboratory drenched in human blood. And a body torn to shreds. They soon discover that they, too, are being hunted.

Comprising of two Musikladen performances (1976 and 1979), The Best of ABBA is a showcase for arguably the greatest musical group to hail from Sweden. Highlights: "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen," S.O.S.," Honey Honey" and more!

Documents the highlights of a concert version of the musical written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, performed in Minnesota. Based on a series of novels detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century, we also meet some of the descendants to the emigrants.

Documents the highlights of a concert version of the musical written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, performed in Minnesota. Based on a series of novels detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century, we also meet some of the descendants to the emigrants.

Gösta Ekman and Kent Andersson play two men, living together for a long time. One a small, skinny and unknown poet - the other a large, famous and celebrated actor.

A tragicomic marriage drama.

The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.

O jovem e humilde Bosse leva uma vida pacata de menino comum. Um belo dia, ele é levado à Terra da Magia, um local fantástico onde assume uma nova identidade: é filho do rei. Neste reino, ele descobre que tem também um novo amigo, Jum-Jum, um novo inimigo, o cavaleiro Kato, e um novo nome, Mio.

ABBA's 1979 tour of North America and Europe, with emphasis on performances at Wembley Arena, London.

ABBA's 1979 tour of North America and Europe, with emphasis on performances at Wembley Arena, London.

ABBA star in their first European TV special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps. Also featuring special guests Kate Bush and Roxy Music.

In November 1978, ABBA travelled to Japan for a 10-day promotional trip, the purpose of which was to "break" the group in a country which had so far resisted ABBA's charms, with the exception of the occasional medium-charting hit. In addition to gazillions of press and radio interviews, and television appearances, the main event of the visit was the taping of a television special devoted entirely to ABBA. The special featured ABBA performing no less than 14 songs, three of which were performed live with a full orchestra backing, resulting in unique arrangements never used before or since. The television special, simply entitled ABBA Special, was subsequently released on VHS and laser-disc.

O vídeo é baseado na turnê australiana feita pela banda sueca em 1977 e traz imagens de shows do grupo entremeadas com cenas de um DJ fictício que faz de tudo para conseguir uma entrevista com os integrantes. Esse registro tem exatamente o intuito de documentar o fenômeno que foi o quarteto. A banda Abba é dona de números expressivos no mercado fonográfico, sendo responsável por dominar a parada australiana de singles durante 42 semanas na primeira colocação e também a parada de álbuns por 35 semanas.

O vídeo é baseado na turnê australiana feita pela banda sueca em 1977 e traz imagens de shows do grupo entremeadas com cenas de um DJ fictício que faz de tudo para conseguir uma entrevista com os integrantes. Esse registro tem exatamente o intuito de documentar o fenômeno que foi o quarteto. A banda Abba é dona de números expressivos no mercado fonográfico, sendo responsável por dominar a parada australiana de singles durante 42 semanas na primeira colocação e também a parada de álbuns por 35 semanas.

Musicspecial about ABBA. Broadcasting service Veronica looks back at the band's history and brings the recently released Movie to attention.

ABBA performs (all to playback): Arrival (only about 1.5 minutes of it) Waterloo (over footage of preparations for, and ABBA's arrival at the airport) SOS Nina Pretty Ballerina (over footage of them on the steps of the plane and arriving at their hotel) Dancing Queen My Love my Life When I Kissed The Teacher Knowing Me Knowing You Fernando Tiger Money Money Money Fernando Agnetha had travelled ahead with her father the day before and then met Benny, Frida and Björn off the plane. She had filmed "SOS" the day before and it was interspersed with a rather embarrassed looking Benny, Frida & Björn "singing" on the plane! There is a short interview on the plane with mainly Benny, Björn and Stig.

This first documentary about the pop group ABBA was made around the time of the release of their fourth album 'Arrival'. It contains unique archive footage filmed at the secret location where they made the record, concert footage, specially made promotional videos, photos from the group members' private collection and interviews in Swedish with each of them: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Stig was also interviewed briefly and was shown playing and singing part of Tivedshambo on acoustic guitar.

Running order of guests: 1. ABBA - Intermezzo No.1 (opening credits) 2. ABBA - Mamma Mia 3. Merit Hemmingson 4. Sylvia Vrethammar 5. ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 6. Björn Skifs 7. Lill Lindfors 8. ABBA - So Long 9. ABBA - Intermezzo No.1 (closing credits)

After her boyfriend leaves her alone and penniless, Inga can only long for the love of another man devoted to satisfying her body and soul. Rolf, a young pop singer and musician, tries his best to seduce her, but she ultimately falls for Stig - a dashing older man and writer. Stig owns a beautiful villa, and Inga gladly becomes his personal secretary - and lover. When business takes Stig away, Inga's loneliness and unfulfilled sensual desires lead her straight into the arms and bed of Rolf. As passions surge and forbidden lust is embraced, Inga will be forced to confront a shocking secret and reconcile an aching heart with a tireless young body that can't say no.

The Visitors foi o oitavo e último álbum do ABBA, lançado primeiro na Suécia no dia 30 de Novembro de 1981. As gravações começaram em Março de 1981, indo até Novembro de 1981. Era muito mais desolado, mas emergiu como um favorito entre muitos fãs verdadeiros do grupo. Com Benny e Frida seguindo caminhos distintos, a dor da separação foi explorada, outra vez, em "When All Is Said And Done". O maior sucesso do álbum, "One Of Us", foi a segunda música que retratou a separação de Agnetha e Björn, sendo a primeira "The Winner Takes It All" do álbum Super Trouper . Em outra parte havia temas frios, tratando sobre o contexto histórico da época - Guerra Fria - e mais canções de isolamento e pesar.