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Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

Featuring exclusive access to their recent tour and their new album, this documentary reveals the fascinating world of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, are the most successful duo in the history of British pop. They have sold more than 50 million records, produced over forty Top 40 singles, four UK number ones, performed in several world tours, and they are still making new music together.

Their songs have often commented on Britain and the world around them with wit, sensitivity and intelligence driving the stories they want to share through some of the most memorable synth-pop music ever created.

Maintaining their privacy and mystique has kept cameras at bay for decades and now for the first time they have allowed backstage access as Alan Yentob and imagine... accompany them on their global Dreamworld tour - filming rehearsals in London and backstage in Helsinki.

Spring 2024 sees the release of their latest album, Nonetheless, which comes 40 years after the original release of their timeless hit West End Girls. imagine... is given a sneak preview of the new album and talks to Tennant and Lowe about its creation and their creative evolution over the past four decades.

Contributors include fellow musicians Brandon Flowers, Jake Shears, Olly Alexander and Marc Almond, music journalist Miranda Sawyer, and creative collaborators Stuart Price, James Ford, Es Devlin, Javier De Frutos, Tom Scutt and Mark Farrow.

This is an intimate look inside the world and creations of Pet Shop Boys with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe unguarded, poignant and hilarious.

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1 hour, 28 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewer Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest Olly Alexander
Interviewed Guest Marc Almond
Interviewed Guest Angela Becker
Interviewed Guest Jeffrey Bryant
Interviewed Guest Javier De Frutos
Interviewed Guest Es Devlin
Interviewed Guest Mark Farrow
Interviewed Guest Brandon Flowers
Interviewed Guest James Ford
Interviewed Guest Chris Lowe
Interviewed Guest Stuart Price
Interviewed Guest Miranda Sawyer
Interviewed Guest Tom Scutt
Interviewed Guest Jake Shears
Interviewed Guest Neil Tennant
Interviewed Guest Rufus Wainwright
Executive Producer Tanya Hudson
Series Editor Alan Yentob
Producer Louise Lockwood
Director Louise Lockwood

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