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1. WHAM! Documentary: Original Air Date Wednesday 5th July 2023.
Description: With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews, ‘Wham!’ charts their incredible journey from school friends to superstars. Andrew Ridgeley is on board for this project and has worked alongside with the Director on this documentary.
In 1982, teenage best friend George Michaels George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley created Wham! and set out to conquer the world with their hits, such as ‘Bad Boys’, ‘Club Tropicana’, ‘Last Christmas’, ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’, ‘Freedom’, and ‘I’m Your Man’ to name just a few. By June of 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that.
After just four years together as a band, the pair went their separate ways having performed their last gig to an adoring crowd at Wembley Stadium in June 1986. However, in their short time as a band they had achieved what they’d set out to do, becoming the first western pop act to perform in China, achieving two Number 1 albums and five Number 1 singles.
“Now for the very first time, told in their own words, the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs.” Hit after hit – Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, I’m Your Man and of course Last Christmas.
Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, becoming the very first western pop act to play in China.It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomised not just their youth, but also those of the many millions of fans that adored them. WHAM! is a feature length documentary that captures this magical time, from director Chris Smith (Tiger King, Sr.) and producers John Battsek (The Deepest Breath) and Simon Halfon (Supersonic) With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews, WHAM! charts their incredible journey from school friends to superstars.
From Chris Smith, the director behind the acclaimed Fyre Fest documentary, fans will get the chance to follow Wham! from their early beginnings to the height of their success. The documentary will include footage from George and Andrew’s personal archives such as never-before-seen footage, and previously unheard interviews.
Andrew Ridgeley praised Smith’s contextualization of the WHAM! story, saying, “He has come as close as anyone might to making tangible that which is the essence of Wham! and has done so with veracity and affection.”
Total Running Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
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