Blue Peter

Filmed Thursday 16 February 1978  
Location BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush, London, England
Broadcast LIVE, 16 February 1978, UK
Bits of it were also re-broadcast in a piece in the early 90's presented by Anthea Turner when they had Björn Again as guests and again in May 2007 during a programme about pop stars on children's TV on BBC 4 - "When The Stranglers Met Roland Rat".
Released This programme has been released officially on ABBA - The Album (Deluxe Edition)
Notes Blue Peter was a children's magazine programme (still going today) and was broadcast twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.

The interviewer was one of the three usual Blue Peter presenters, Lesley Judd.  ABBA made a surprise visit to the programme a couple of hours before the UK première of "ABBA - The Movie".  They showed a short clip of the Take A Chance on Me PROMO and ended with "So Long" from "ABBA - The Movie". The dog (who Agnetha cannot stop stroking!) was called Shep (as in long-standing UK joke "Get DOWN Shep!").

Director: Mike Ward & Renny Rye
Series Editor: Biddy Baxter

Singer Will Young has used a medley of Blue Peter clips in his video for his single "Who Am I".  See it here but keep your eyes peeled as the ABBA appearance is very brief (around the 2:40 mark).

Duration 6 minutes
Watch Out For

Frida - when Benny is asked whether they take their big backing band with them everywhere, she turns round as if looking for them! 

Agnetha Lip / Frida Show-Off Moment
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Some information from Intermezzo Magazine No.38.
Extra thanks to Ken Griffin c/o ABBAMAIL; Richard Knight; Chris Williams and Sam Shervz
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