Repeated in the UK on 2nd December 1979 from 5.34pm and 6.28pm.
Saturday 3rd December 1983, Belgium (not Netherlands as previously updated) (at 8.15pm) (although am sure it was broadcast sooner that that originally)
The version broadcast in Australia left out the guest performances and only included Geoff Richer's First edition.
Some regions have different guests - Ted Gardestad was a guest on the Swedish version for example. Another version has ice skater Denise Bilman
Backing musicians were Lasse Wellander, Ola Brunkert and Rutger Gunnarsson.
In the opening credits, it's always puzzled me why there is a still "photograph" taken of Björn, Frida and Agnetha but the "photograph taken" of Benny is from a 1978 studio session!
Geoff Richer's First Edition
danced to "Jump Shout Boogie"
"Take A Chance On Me"
"The King Has Lost His Crown"
(ALTERNATE MIX - the album version fades quicker, this is slightly longer)
GUEST - Roxy Music with "Dance Away"
"The Name Of The Game"
"Eagle" (with footage of
balloon race and actor
David Niven) introduced by
introduced by Björn
"Mamma Mia"
introduced by Frida
(Ted Gardestad singing "Take Me Back To Hollywood" in the Swedish version -
introduced by
Agnetha and Frida)
(Denise Bielman skating
to "Money Money Money" in the ???? version -
introduced by Björn)
"Hole In Your Soul"
"Kisses of Fire"
(EARLY STRING MIX)
"Lovers (Live A Little Longer)"
GUEST - Kate Bush with "WOW"
"Chiquitita"
"Does Your Mother Know"
(EARLY VERSION)
"Thank You For The Music"
At the ice rink, Benny and Frida enjoyed themselves so much that they carried on skating after the cameras had stopped rolling at such a pace that Frida fell over occasionally. See the clip of ABBA skating here
Tickets for the show had been distributed months earlier to the local community
of Leysin. Due to the power of word of mouth, many more than the allotted 2,500
people turned up on the night of the show in the Big Top. Most of them got
in and there was standing room only in the aisles.
"Take A Chance On Me" "The King Has Lost His Crown" "The Name Of The Game"/"Eagle" "Mamma Mia"
"Take Me Back to "Kisses of Fire" / "Lovers
Hollywood" - Ted "Hole in Your Soul" Live a Little Longer" "Chiquitita"
"Does Your Mother Know" "Thank You For The Music"
Agnetha's face when she hears someone cry out from the audience at the comment about the long, dark nights in Sweden.
Agnetha in "Lovers (Live A Little Longer)" - she CLEARLY mimes "I'm exploding" ;-)
In "Does Your Mother Know", watch Frida and Björn's gestures to someone off stage just before the start of the second verse.
Benny forgetting to start playing his keyboards after the accapella intro of "Take A Chance On Me". He's so carried away - then he suddenly realises, but he's a bit late. Obviously the song is playback.
Thanks to Jun Seo, Walter Veldman, Philippe Dupont, Julian D, Robin Andersson and Malin Westerberg for Swedish broadcast information
Thanks to Daniel and Richard Knight for other information. Thanks to Ian Cole and Ken Griffin c/o ABBAMAIL and Jason Swan c/o ABBA Village
YouTube clips c/o abbafan09, qmebtcsamy, morsayo, fridnetha, kamy876, thecardigan, say3words, AbbaFanSouth, mozpiano2