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Agnetha: ABBA and After

Documentary celebrating the singing career of ABBA performer Agnetha Fältskog, which began in the mid-60s when she was just 15, as she records her comeback album at the age of 63.

In this documentary, the BBC have exclusive access to Agnetha Faltskog, 'The Girl with the Golden Hair' as the song goes, celebrating her extraordinary singing career, which began in the mid-60s when she was just 15. Within just two years, she was a singing sensation at the top of the charts in Sweden.

Along came husband Bjorn Ulvaeus and the phenomenal band ABBA that engulfed the world in the 70s, featuring Agnetha's touching voice and striking looks. Agnetha lacked confidence on stage as the global demand for the group grew and grew, while being away from her young children caused her great turmoil.

With special behind-the-scenes access to the making of her comeback album, the film follows this reluctant star - the subject of much tabloid speculation since she retreated from the stage post-ABBA - as she returns to recording aged 63. Included in the film is her first meeting with Gary Barlow, who contributes a duet to the new album.

The programme features interviews with Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Gary Barlow, Tony Blackburn, Sir Tim Rice and record producers Peter Nordahl and Jorgen Elofsson.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 11 Nov 2023 03:00
BBC Four

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • ABBA

    Voulez Vous

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    The Only One Who Loves You Now

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Dance Your Pain Away

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

  • ABBA

    SOS

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Last Time

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Perfume On The Breeze

  • Agnetha Fältskog & Gary Barlow

    I Should've Followed You Home

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Back On The Radio

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Jag Var Sa Kaer

  • Hootenanny Singers

    Baby Those Are The Rules

  • ABBA

    I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

  • The Hep Stars

    The Wedding

  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad

    En Ledig Dag

  • Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

    Nanting Ar Pa Vag

  • ABBA

    California Here I Come

  • Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

    Hey Gamle Man!

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Manga Ganger An

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    I Don't Know How To Love Him

  • ABBA

    People Need Love

  • ABBA

    Ring Ring

  • ABBA

    Waterloo

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

  • ABBA

    Knowing Me Knowing You

  • ABBA

    Disillusion

  • ABBA

    Fernando

  • ABBA

    Gimme Gimme Gimme

  • ABBA

    Money Money Money

  • ABBA

    Tiger

  • ABBA

    Slipping Through My Fingers

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    SOS

  • ABBA

    I Have A Dream

  • ABBA

    The Winner Takes It All

  • ABBA

    I Let The Music Speak

  • ABBA

    One Of Us

  • ABBA

    Under Attack

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    The Heat Is On

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    The Last Time

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    I Was A Flower

  • Erasure

    SOS

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Bubble

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    When You Really Loved Someone

  • 00:00

    ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

  • 00:01

    LMFAO

    Sexy And I Know It

  • 00:03

    ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

  • 00:07

    Booker T. & the MG’s

    Green Onions (feat. Steve Cropper)

  • 00:09

    Booker T. & the MG’s

    Green Onions

  • 00:10

    The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

  • 00:11

    ABBA

    I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

  • 00:17

    ABBA

    Waterloo

  • 00:17

    ABBA

    Waterloo

  • 00:19

    T. Rex

    Twentieth Century Boy

  • 00:19

    ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

  • 00:19

    ABBA

    Waterloo

  • 00:20

    ABBA

    Mamma Mia

  • 00:20

    ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

  • 00:23

    ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

  • 00:24

    ABBA

    Fernando

  • 00:24

    ABBA

    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

  • 00:24

    ABBA

    S.O.S.

  • 00:25

    ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • 00:25

    ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • 00:31

    The xx

    Shelter

  • 00:31

    LMFAO

    Sexy And I Know It

  • 00:37

    ABBA

    The Winner Takes It All

  • 00:46

    Britney Spears

    (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)

Credits

Participant Agnetha Faltskog
Participant Bjorn Ulvaeus
Participant Benny Andersson
Participant Gary Barlow
Participant Tony Blackburn
Participant Tim Rice
Participant Peter Nordahl
Participant Jörgen Elofsson
Executive Producer Mark Cooper
Producer Samantha Peters
Director Samantha Peters

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