6th April 2004 was the Fifth Anniversary of MAMMA MIA!, the hugely successful musical based on ABBA’s songs. It was also the Thirtieth Anniversary of Waterloo winning the Eurovision Song Contest and propelling the group to superstardom. For the first time since the band split in 1982, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid and Agnetha were to appear in public together, attending the performance of MAMMA MIA! in London’s West End and celebrating the show’s huge success. But would Agnetha, with her terrible fear of flying, make a rare foray out of Sweden to join the others?
Centering on the rub-up to this occasion and capturing the excitement of the event, this film remembers the ABBA phenomenon. It features new interviews with all four band members; film shot of them in Sweden and London; digitally remastered archive footage going back to pre-ABBA days and including highlights of ABBA on tour and on stage; and the sounds of no less than twenty-four of their hit records. Together with exclusive footage in rehearsal and from the phenomenally successful musical MAMMA MIA!, you have an absolute feast of the music of ABBA.

CONTAINS LOTS OF NEW MATERIAL EXCLUSIVE TO THIS DVD

• Finale Medley from MAMMA MIA! including Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen and Waterloo. Appearances on stage by the members of ABBA, presentations and after-show party
• Exclusive new interview in full with Björn Ulvaeus
• Exclusive new interview in full with Anni-Frid Reuss

DVD chapter titles:

1. Super Trouper

2. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

3. Voulez-Vous

4. I’m A Marionette

5. Mamma Mia

6. I Have A Dream

7. People Need Love

8. California Here I Come

9. Fernando

10. Eagle

11. Head Over Heels

12. Take A Chance On Me

13. So Long

14. He Is Your Brother

15. Dancing Queen

16. One Man One Woman

17. Thank You For The Music

18. Does Your Mother Know

19. Knowing Me, Knowing You

20. The Winner Takes It All

21. Hole In Your Soul

22. Waterloo

23. Happy New Year

24. When All Is Said And Done

Extras:

25. MAMMA MIA! 5th Anniversary Gala Special Finale

26. Interview with Björn Ulvaeus

27. Interview with Anni-Frid Ruess

Note:

Made by Iambic Productions in UK

Broadcast version 74 minutes, DVD version 90 minutes

Broadcast:

First broadcast on ITV1 in the UK 21 September 2004
Later broadcast internationally

Release:

Released on DVD 20 September 2004

See also:

Updated version of The Winner Takes It All – The ABBA Story

Later updated as ABBA – Thank You For The Music, ABBA Forever – The Winner Takes It All, ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold