Breakfast Time (AGNETHA)

Filmed: Friday 13 May 1983

Location: BBC's Lime Grove Studios, Shepherds Bush, London, W12, England

Broadcast: Friday 13 May 1983, LIVE, BBC1, UK

Release status: Unreleased

Shown in: UK

Additional information

Breakfast Time was British television's first national breakfast television programme, broadcast from 17 January 1983 until 29 September 1989 on BBC1 across the UK. It was broadcast for the first time just over two weeks before TV-AM, the commercial breakfast television station, started its service with the programme Good Morning Britain.

Agnetha was interviewed by a clearly-smitten Nick Ross about her new album Wrap Your Arms Around Me and later in the programme by UK DJ-turned TV presenter, Mike Smith.

Nick Ross stated she was probably one of the world's richest women but she hadn't realised that and didn't think money was that important saying it was more important to be healthy and enjoy nature etc. A clip from The Heat Is On video was shown along with a small clip of ABBA winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Astrologer Russell Grant tells Agnetha her horoscope.


She denied rumours that ABBA were breaking up saying they were resting at the moment. 

Programme Director: Chris Fox
Programme Editor: Mike Hollingsworth
Series Editor: Ron Neil

Lots of sexy giggles!

Archive data from BBC written archive:
E:LCAB319D 
May 13, 1983
Archive : BBC
Programme/Item : Item
Item Title : AGNETHA FALTSKOG
Item Duration : 00:09:00.000+01:00
Catalogue : LONPROG
Page Number : 1/1
Catalogue Page : 36835
Nick Ross conducts studio intv with Swedish singer Agnetha Faltskog from
ABBA. Mike Smith intvs her in second part.
> Incs singing ex Promo Video.
1) Agnetha FALTSKOG sings "The Heat is On" (ex promo video) (71m in)
INTV: FALTSKOG: re new solo album "Wrap Your Arms Around Me". re her beauty. Rumours that ABBA are breaking up are untrue - ABBA is resting at the moment. One of the world's richest women - doesn't think wealth is important, doesn't make her happy. More important to be healthy & see nature, etc. (-74.24)
2) CLIP: ex Eurovision Song Contest 1974, ABBA sing "Waterloo" (129.20-130.09) INTV: FALTSKOG: she looked strange, fashions were odd. Eurovision Song contest gives you a stamp from which it is difficult to break. ABBA were working 4 years before that. Good to try something new & different on your own. CONT'D...
Time in ex on-screen clock
2) cont'd: ABBA no split. Hopes to do some acting, did first movie in Sweden last year. Boys from ABBA doing musical with Tim Rice, Frieda is working alone. She has developed fear of flying, & goes by bus or boat (-134.49)
Time in ex on-screen clock

Thanks to Daniel Hope, Jozsef and Ken Griffin c/o ABBAMAIL (no longer online).


 

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