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Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

Documentary charting the rise and fall of the pop group synonymous with 1980s glamour. Hits featured include Girls on Film, Rio and Hungry Like the Wolf.

Duran Duran came out of Birmingham and conquered the world during the 1980s. Originally a New Romantic band in full make-up and cossack pants, they rapidly became bedroom pin-ups for a generation of teenage girls.

Led by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor, Duran Duran dominated the British and American charts in the mid-1980s with classic singles such as Rio, Save a Prayer and Wild Boys. Pioneers of the MTV-style promo video - from the X-rated Girls on Film to Raiders of the Lost Ark spoof Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran were the 80s equivalent of The Beatles in America and outsold Spandau Ballet and Wham! in their pomp.

Sixty million records later, Le Bon and Rhodes are seen touring America with their Pop Trash project from the early 2000s. The documentary reflects on the heady heights of Duran Duran's career, the cracks in their make-up plus the effects of sex, drugs and fame on ordinary boys from working-class backgrounds.

Apart from the key Durannies - Le Bon, Rhodes and John Taylor - the programme also features celebrity interviews with Debbie Harry, Yasmin Le Bon, Duran Duran managers Paul and Michael Berrow, Claudia Schiffer, Nile Rodgers and Lou Reed.

49 minutes

Last on

Sat 9 Feb 2019 02:55
大象传媒 Four

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Duran Duran

    Burning the Ground聽

  • 00:01

    Duran Duran

    Last Day on Earth聽

  • 00:02

    Kraftwerk

    Transeurope Express聽

  • 00:03

    Sex Pistols

    Pretty Vacant聽

  • 00:04

    Iggy Pop

    狈颈驳丑迟肠濒耻产产颈苍驳听

  • 00:05

    Simon Le Bon

    The 59th Street Bridge Song聽

  • 00:06

    Duran Duran

    Careless Memories聽

  • 00:07

    Hazel O鈥機onnor

    Eighth Day聽

  • 00:08

    Hazel O鈥機onnor & Duran Duran

    Suffragette City聽

  • 00:09

    Duran Duran

    Planet Earth聽

  • 00:11

    Duran Duran

    Girls on Film聽

  • 00:12

    Duran Duran

    Save a Prayer聽

  • 00:15

    Duran Duran

    Hungry Like the Wolf聽

  • 00:16

    Duran Duran

    Rio

  • 00:18

    Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

  • 00:21

    Duran Duran

    Hold Back the Rain聽

  • 00:22

    Duran Duran

    Careless Memories聽

  • 00:24

    Nile Rodgers

    The Reflex

  • 00:24

    Duran Duran

    The Reflex

  • 00:29

    Duran Duran

    Wild Boys

  • 00:31

    The Power Station

    Some Like It Hot聽

  • 00:32

    Arcadia

    Election Day聽

  • 00:32

    Duran Duran

    A View to a Kill聽

  • 00:36

    Duran Duran

    狈辞迟辞谤颈辞耻蝉听

  • 00:38

    Duran Duran

    Ordinary World聽

  • 00:40

    Duran Duran

    Come Undone聽

  • 00:41

    Duran Duran, Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle Mel

    White Lines (Don't Do It)聽

  • 00:42

    Duran Duran

    Perfect Day聽

  • 00:44

    John Taylor

    Trust the Process聽

  • 00:45

    Duran Duran

    Hallucinating Elvis聽

  • 00:46

    Diddy

    Notorious

  • 00:46

    Duran Duran

    Wild Boys聽

Credits

Executive Producer Len Brown
Producer Corinne Bishop
Director Corinne Bishop

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