BBC, Blink Films & Sony To Celebrate 40 Years Of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a little Christmas treat for Wham! fans. The BBC has picked up an hourlong Blink Films and Sony documentary special on the everlasting impact of “Last Christmas” by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, one of the best known festive tunes of all time.
WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped will tell the story of how the band turned the track into a cultural phenomenon. It will present a number of those involved with the song including new interviews with Ridgeley, while there will be archive radio and video footage of Michael, who died on Christmas Day 2016.
Directed by BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Made in Dagenham), the show includes an exclusive broadcast of Michael performing “Last Christmas” at Wembley Arena in December 2006 along with never before seen outtakes from the original 35mm music video footage.
The doc will also reunite some of the group of friends from the original music video, set against the snow-covered backdrop of Saas-Fee in Switzerland.
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