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'Lost' ABBA footage will be shown for the first time during a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the iconic Eurovision win
ABBA soared to victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their song Waterloo, cementing their place in history.
The documentary will include a wealth of BBC and non-BBC performances, as well as long forgotten news footage, which all show how ABBAmania took hold in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s. Tour manager Thomas Johansson recalls the performance in Glasgow (1979) which inspired the hit Super Trouper, an ABBA superfan who travelled from Liverpool to London aged 14 to meet the band and staff who worked at their British-based record label will all recount their tales. Rachel Davies, Commissioning Editor, BBC Pop Music TV says: 'When Abba came to Britain is a love letter from this country to the beloved Swedish super-group, celebrating the special relationship we have as a nation with Benny, Björn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid.
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