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SUNDAY DECEMBER 11

ABBA: BEST COVERS EVER

Pop perfection revisited

Screening: TVNZ 1, 7.30pm

Streaming: TVNZ+

A dance through the Abba songbook, with cover versions of their hits from Cher, Andy Bell of Erasure, Neil Arthur of Blancmange, Carla Bruni, Adrian Utley of Portishead and Dannii Minogue. Producer William Orbit also dishes on a “lost” cover by Madonna and there’s plenty of talk about the stories behind the songs and the way the guest singers approached them. But will any of them top the Headless Chickens’ 1995 version of Super Trouper?

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New friends and old secrets

Streaming: TVNZ+

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