ABBA In Australia

Filmed 6th & 7th March & 12 March 1976
Location Channel 9 Studios, Artamon, Sydney, Australia
Broadcast
Notes There are three versions of this programme.

One shows ABBA in the studio only performing the songs. In this version, "The Best of ABBA", Tropical Loveland is also in the studio. This is the programme that drew more Australian TV viewers than the moon landing in 1969.

The second version was known as "ABBA in Australia". That version was broadcast in Sweden showed and ABBA out and about on The Hawkesbury River, having a barbecue and at Taronga Zoo filmed on 6th & 7th March. "Bang-A-Boomerang" is played over the end credits (over footage of them throwing boomerangs).

The third version is the same as the second except it has the medley of songs from the first version (Australian version in the studio only) played over the end credits/footage of the boomerang throwing).

"Mamma Mia"
"Hasta Manana"
"Ring Ring"
"Tropical Loveland" (introduced by Frida and cute ring-tailed possum!) (view it here)
"Waterloo" (introduced by Agnetha)
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
"Rock Me" (introduced by Agnetha, a wombat and Ross the P-parrrrrrk Ranger!)
"Dancing Queen"
"Honey Honey"
"Fernando" (introduced by Björn and Fernando the diamond snake)
"So Long"
"SOS"
"Bang-A-Boomerang" (over the closing credits and footage of ABBA throwing boomerangs - of course!) - View it here

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Thanks to Jan Bach, Petr Mlejnek, Sam Shervz, Erik Liebstaedter, and Ian Cole