The Basil Brush Show

I am including this here to clear up a few misconceptions.  ABBA never appeared on the show in person. The misconception probably comes from the fact that it was so long ago and we were all just little kids ourselves with memories wanting to believe they were on the show - and none of us had video recorders back then to prove it one way or the other. Another thing to fuel this misconception is that they were pictured with The Foxy One during their promotional trip (for "Arrival") to London in November 1976 - around the time when they *could* have appeared on the show.

They featured twice on the programme as follows:

"Money, Money, Money" - the performance from "ABBA D'ABBA Doo" was shown in 1976
"The Name of The Game" - the PROMO was shown in 1977

The reason I know this is because The National Film Theatre in London held an "ABBA at the BBC" evening around 1993/1994 and The Basil Brush Show was on the list of appearances to be shown. I was wetting myself in anticipation that nearly 20 years later I'd get to see these clips again.  Naturally I was disappointed to see what was actually broadcast.

Now then .... an ABBA on TV regular tells me, "I was surprised to read on your site that ABBA were not on the Basil Brush show. I can confirm that they definitely were. Forget what the BBC may have told you. They've been wrong on this kind of thing before. Abba performed Dancing Queen in August or September 1976. I remember distinctly as it was the first time I'd heard it. Hopefully this will turn up one day."

Anyone else remember this?  

Thanks to Richard  Cogzell