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ABBA Documentary Commissioned by BBC to Celebrate 50 Years of Eurovision Win – Global Bulletin


The BBC has commissioned documentary 'ABBA: Against The Odds' to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Swedish group winning Eurovision.

The BBC has commissioned feature documentary “ ABBA: Against The Odds” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Swedish group winning the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place this year in Sweden. It will feature access to SVT (Swedish public television) archives including rare footage that captures the band’s rise to fame and the negativity they faced at home. The sheer joy of working on a documentary about ABBA cannot be understated, as their bitter-sweet songs remain as resonant in our confused times as they did when they were first recorded.

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