Roxette documentary on TV4
Written by tevensso on December 28, 2006 to Roxette. Source: d&d management.
STOCKHOLM (Updated) - As per usual Swedish TV4 will have a Gessle-related program at the end of the year. This time they will broadcast the brand new documentary "Roxette - 20 år" (Roxette - 20 years), about the 20th anniversary, on December 29 19:30 CET. The half-hour show will be re-run December 31.
Using previously not shown and unique footage from, among others the Gessle family's private camcorder, Roxette's progress from a small band touring the Swedish countryside via the breakthrough with "The Look" in the US, to the big venues in both South Africa and Argentina is shown.
In the documentary Marie and Per tell about the historical gig in China where Roxette as the second western band ever (Wham! was the first) was allowed to perform in Beijing. They also talk about the reunion after Marie's sickness.
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86 comments
starlover83 said on December 13, 2006 15:32:
Great news :-D
Really Roxette was made by SVT, not TV4.
mareo said on December 13, 2006 18:05:
Yeah, me too: I really hope that this documentary will appear somewhere on the net. Would it be too much to ask for subtitles (from TV4) ’cos there’s no way the documentary is in English... That reminds me of the book about Per, which will surely be in Swedish too. I wish there were more Swedish courses where I live:))
daniel_alv said on December 13, 2006 18:12:
According to todays DN newsmagazine the show is today.
abysmo said on December 13, 2006 20:25:
Do you thing it will be so big document as Making Of Joyride and Really Roxette? It´s ten years since last one. 20th anniversary deservers big format. I have an idea: 50 minutes long document Rox 20 incl. Aerosol story from this June, The Making of One Wish video, some interviews with P & M and people around them, some video memories from early 80s till today, all milestones of their way. With One Wish and Reveal (if there will be any) videos. Oh, this would be great material for new DVD. Don´t you think?
PS: I have GT and Mazarin DVD and they are great. I want something similar from Roxette.There will never be better opportunity than this year?
tevensso (moderator) said on December 13, 2006 20:42:
It seems TV4 is producing this themselves so it could go either way really. My guess is that it won’t be that great. We’ll see.
Mari said on December 13, 2006 20:50:
My guess is documentary is mostly memories and highlights from 80’s till today, and of course Per’s and Marie’s interview.
animalkingdom said on December 13, 2006 22:05:
Oh cool!
By the way, there was supposed to be a Roxette document on MTV3 here in Finland on Nov 27th; However, it was cancelled. It was mentioned in various magazines & tabloids. Don’t know what happened, it was half an hour long according to pre-details.
sille-rox said on December 13, 2006 22:52:
Hope the documentary is longer than 30 Minutes.
Mari said on December 13, 2006 23:30:
animalkingdom, as far as I know it was the same documentary we saw 2001, made here in Finland by MTV3. Remember?
gyllene_tjej said on December 14, 2006 08:35:
nice news and perfect timing! Hope to see more current shots rather than old footage, but we’ll see. Well, it surely counts as a Xmas present :)
rosa_73 said on December 14, 2006 12:08:
It should be supposedly broadcasted yesterday(December 13th) but due to that Discovery thing,it was be cancelled.
animalkingdom said on December 14, 2006 12:20:
@ Mari
Ok, you could be right but I recall the 2001 documentary being 1 hour long...since they showed music videos in the middle of the interview, too...And I don’t see any point in broadcasting a 5,5 year old document for the 20th anniversary (??).
rosa_73 said on December 14, 2006 12:56:
Actually it’s a 40 min. documentary since when it should be broadcasted yesterday,it stayed from 21.00 until 21.40 on tv
lonely_girl said on December 14, 2006 16:11:
Hopefully it’s possible to watch it outside Sweden somehow... Could anyone record and share?! ;-)
tevensso (moderator) said on December 14, 2006 17:30:
40 min minus TV4’s 10 minutes of commercials...
sille-rox said on December 14, 2006 18:39:
40 minutes too few for 20 years. but, better than nothing.
Bananylopalabomba said on December 15, 2006 08:18:
Could someone capture the video via satellite and share with us ? ;) We‘re all will be very happy !
baila said on December 15, 2006 12:34:
hello roxette fans...i can wacht TV4 channel in my TV..maybe you now some link on the net ..to go this channel live..please tell me ....thank you.
daniel_alv said on December 15, 2006 15:10:
They usually let you watch some things on www.tv4.se
Mari said on December 16, 2006 09:08:
Is it really 40 minutes. According this site its just 30 minutes.*
http://www.telkku.com/telkku?ks=16&p=20061229
tevensso (moderator) said on December 16, 2006 13:09:
I’ve tried reaching TV4 for more info, but that’s more or less impossible it seems.
AURYTE said on December 17, 2006 20:10:
I’m so looking forward to this documentary. I won’t give up and hope that there’s something interesting there :) But if it’s just 40 minutes long, well, that’s too short!!!
sille-rox said on December 17, 2006 23:31:
” Roxette 20 years” comes from 19.30 Uhr-20.00 Uhr (29 December) at 31.December from 0.00-0.35 Uhr
http://www.tv4.se/tv4/tvguide/tvguide.aspx?date=2006-12-29
Interview with Per and Marie
many Music and old archiv-recordings
LittleSpooky said on December 18, 2006 07:16:
Someone record that so most of us who don’t pick up TV4 can see it?
My rabbit ears ain’t THAT good :-D
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Sascha said on December 13, 2006 15:26:
Cool! Now we know what the filmteam was doing! Is there hope to get this documentary in english? Was Really Roxette also made by TV4? ;-D
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