ABBA were presented with an award by The Sun newspaper (UK) for Top Pop Act of the Year and the prize was given to them by actor Anthony Newley. This was relayed to British viewers by satellite. Björn said, "Now we want to come back to Britain to say thank you."
NB. When
researching information, I contacted the organisation responsible for The
Mike Douglas Show and they said, "we have no record of ABBA appearing on
this show."
You can hear
Wonderama presenter
Bob McCallister say to ABBA, "I know that you appeared on Mike Douglas
Show".
However, they are not listed on The Mike Douglas Show web-site as guests and this message was received from their production company after I enquired for information: "We don't see any dates with ABBA appearing on The Mike Douglas Show. However, we do have them listed as appearing on The John Davidson Show on 3/5/81. The show tape still exists, but in it's original 2" tape format. It would cost you between $200 and $300 to get the show transferred to a current day tape format."
Mike Douglas died on 11 August 2006.
Information from ABBA - The Book
by Jean-Marie Potiez
First picture from
Trijnie's ABBA Annual
Thanks to Michael Price for the second picture and some information.
Extra thanks to Carl Magnus Palm, Yuri and Rianne Schaffers. Also thanks to Jeff Thorpe c/o
ABBAMAIL