Aplauso = Applause

Aplauso was a weekly music series on RTVE, which ran from 7 June 1978 to 1 January 1983 on Saturday evenings of 2 hours duration and included 210 Episodes. 

The programme intended to fill a gap in the TVE schedules, highlighing current popular trends for the majority of the public and especially the young.

Episode 185.

Other guests on this episode were:

1. Interview with Yurí - Este amor ya no se toca
2. Aneka - Japanese Boy
3. Zombies - La muralla china
4. Sergio Fachelli - Que mas quieres de mi
5. Paloma San Basilio - La hiedra, Libre, Tanto, tanto
6. ABBA - closing the programme

All four members were interviewed together. The atmosphere between them is terrible. Frida and Benny's body language is miles apart whereas Agnetha and Björn look comfortable in each other's presence. Frida especially seems very sad in this interview and Benny comes across as irritable. I suspect it must have been a very emotional time for Frida as Benny had recently become a father again (to Ludvig).

The PROMOs to No Hay A Quien Culpar (introduced by Benny), Head Over Heels (introduced by Frida) and One Of Us (introduced by Agnetha) were shown. Björn gave a message in Spanish at the end of the clip. 

The presenter was Jose Luis Uribarri (the "Spanish Terry Wogan" - who supplied the commentary for the Spanish broadcast of The Eurovision Song Contest after Aplauso ceased until 2003).

Click here for a TV listing from ABC - 27 March 1982, p.63. 
Click here for a TV listing from ABC (Madrid) - 27 March 1982, p.92.

Aplauso (Does Your Mother Know, Chiquitita (Spanish) and Voulez Vous), 1979;
Aplauso #100 (Dame! Dame! Dame!), 1980; 
Aplauso (Björn), 1980; 
Aplauso, 1982, 
Aplauso #200 (Frida), 1982;

Thanks to Jose Antonio, Jozsef, Steve Layton, Jozsef and Shirley Lo.
YouTube link c/o Steve Layton