Abba TV Appearances

Below is a list of TV appearances made by ABBA if you know of anymore or can give details of the appearance please contact me.

Some details are a bit vague as there doesn't appear to be a full comprehensive listing anywhere.

Visitors to this page particularly request details of where these appearances are available. Please let me know if you can help.

I would like to thank the following for all the visitors who have helped in compiling this list with particular thanks to Paul Russell & Ian Jones.

Country	TV Programme	Details
1974
Norway	Momarkedet	Ring Ring
France	Midi-Premiere
France	Guy Lux's Domino
Holland	The Eddy Becker Show
Germany	The Peter Frankenfeld Show
Germany	Drehscheibe
Germany	Star Parade
Belgium	Chansons a la Carte	Ring Ring / Waterloo
France	La Une Est a Vous
Spain	Senoras y Senores	Waterloo / Ring Ring / Honey Honey / HastaManana
Germany	James Last Star Parade	Waterloo / Honey Honey
UK	Tommy Cooper Hour	Ring Ring
USA	Mike Douglas Show
Holland	Eddy Becker Show	Honey Honey
1975
UK	Seaside Special (.not quite sure if this is accurate name of prog)	performing SOS live.
France	Samedi est a Vouse	So Long
France	Guy Lux Systeme 2	So Long
France	Samedi est a Vous
France	Midi-Premiere
Germany	Disco 75
France	Systeme 2	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Denmark	Omkring Et Flygel	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / SOS / So Long / Alleycat (hummed)
Holland	Eddy Go Round Show
Sweden	Sommernojet (Agnetha only)	Dom Har Glomt
Norway	Momarkedet	Waterloo
Sweden	Sommernojet (Frida only)	Aldrig Mej / Syrtaki
Sweden	Made In Sweden For Export
Germany	Musikladen	SOS
France	Samedi est a Vous	SOS
France	Ring Parade	SOS
France	Les Rendez Vous du Dimanche
USA	Mike Douglas Show
USA	American Bandstand	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / SOS
USA	Don Kirshner Show	Hey Hey Helen/ Waterloo/ SOS/ Rock Me/ Mamma Mia
USA	Dinah Shore Show
USA	Saturday Night Show	SOS/ Waterloo
	Silvesterparty	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / SOS
1976
UK	Mutli-Coloured Swap Shop	the whole group briefly in one edition in approx 76
UK	Basil Brush (probably 76?)
Germany	Musikladen	The Best of Abba
France	Guy Lux's Systeme 2
France	Midi-Premiere
Germany	Disco 76
Australia	A Current Affair
Australia	Bandstand
Australia	Celebrity Squares
Australia	Abba in Australia
Australia	The Best of Abba
France	Ring Parade	Fernando
France	Midi-Premiere	Fernando
Australia	Abba In Sweden
Sweden	Queen Silvia Wedding	Dancing Queen
Sweden	Abba Dabba Doo
Poland	Studio 2	Abba Special
USA	Merv Griffin Show
USA	Tony Orlando Show
USA	Dinah Shore Show
USA	Midnight Special
USA	Wonderama	Mamma Mia / SOS / Fernando
USA	Mike Douglas Show
Holland	Een Van de Acht	Money / Dancing Queen / Why Did It Have to be me
France	Les Rendez Vous du Dimanche	Money / When I Kissed the teacher
1977
Sweden	Nojesliv- Frida, Bjorn & Benny only
1978
UK	Christmas Top of the Pops 78	a brief appearance (which was recorded earlier in December when they were in London recording Mike Yarwood).
UK	Blue Peter (Feb 78 - the day of The Movie's London premiere)
France	Guy Lux's Loto Chanson - Frida, Benny & Bjorn only
Germany	Am Laufenden Band	Take A Chance On Me
France	Rendez-Vous du Dimanche
Germany	Star Parade	Eagle / Take A Chance On Me / Thank you for the Music
France	Top Club (Guy Lux)
USA	Dick Clark Show
Japan	Abba Special
Japan	Other TV Shows!!
UK	Mike Yarwood Christmas Show
UK	Jim'll Fix It
USA	Appearance on the Olivia Newton John coast to coast tv special with Andy Gibb a very important appearance as they tried to break the US market.
1979
USA	UNICEF
Switzerland & UK	Abba In Switzerland	originally called 'Snowtime Special' and a BBC co-production. It was shown in the UK in April 1979 over the Easter Holiday.
Germany	Musikladen	Chiquitita
Spain	300 Millones
Spain	Aplauso
UK	Mutli-Coloured Swap Shop	Bjorn and Benny appeared on it in Nov 79 (at the end of the week ABBA were playing at Wembley - 10th Nov)
1980
Spain	Aplauso
Sweden	Mandagsborsen
UK	Words and Music
Germany	Show Express
1981
USA	Tonight Show
Sweden	Dick Cavett Meets Abba
Norway	Momarkedet
UK	Razzamatazz
1982
UK	Late Late Breakfast Show (Nov-ish 82)
Spain	Aplauso
USA	Let Poland Be Poland
Germany	Show Express
Sweden	Nojesmaskinen
Germany	Tommy's Pop Show

There are a number of UK TV appearances missing:

Mutli-Coloured Swap Shop - I think Benny and Agnetha appeared
on it in the late 70's or early 80's

Top of the Pops - There were a number of appearances on Top of The Pops as follows although the full details are not known. Possibly two appearances with Waterloo in 74 (one was
straight after the win at Brighton. Was the other at Christmas......or a few
weeks after the first?).

I think they appeared again for Fernando, and then
at least one later appearance (TACOM?).