The Story of ABBA

Filmed late November 1982 (or when exactly?  The 2005 interview with Annette van Trigt states the interview was made on 12 December but this was in fact the broadcast date, not the date of filming).
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Broadcast 12 December, Netherlands (on Veronica) (repeated on 14 November 1992)
19th January 1985 & 25th December 1987, UK (Channel 4)
Broadcast in Ireland on RTE in 1983 (date?)
27 June 1985 in Netherlands
Released This programme has been released on video in the UK in 1986 and has been released on DVD renamed as ABBA - The Golden Years in May 2007
Notes ABBA (and Stig) are interviewed by Annette van Trigt together and individually and their comments are interspersed with PROMO clips.

On 15 March 2005, a Dutch programme called "Theater van het Sentiment" broadcast an interview with Annette van Trigt about her interview with ABBA from December 1982.  She said that the questions she asked were given to her by other people and that she felt embarrassed, as another woman, having to ask Agnetha about her "sexy bottom". Benny and Björn apparently showed her around the Polar Studios and how the composed songs by sitting behind a piano and playing the guitar in the studio. She said that very little of the material they filmed was actually broadcast on TV so there must be some more material somewhere.  She was not aware that ABBA was nearly over and certainly that this was one of the last interviews they ever did as a group together.  Had she known that she says she would have asked them better questions.

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Credits Thanks to Henk en Remko, Jos Heselmans and Petri Kaasalainen for information.
Thanks to Gert-Jan Kroon, Jozsef, Ian Cole and Jeroen Schol c/o ABBAMAIL