Rule 2
Bill and Jimmy fail to convince Abba to let them sample their music but still find a sure-fire recipe for a number one hit.
Rule 2: Don鈥檛 do anything unless it鈥檚 heroic.
Bill, Jimmy and Gimpo set off for Sweden in order to persuade Abba to let them sample their music. They鈥檒l be OK with that. Won鈥檛 they? Just in case they say no, they鈥檙e taking all the records with them so that they can burn the vinyl before the legal deadline. Just in case.
Besides, Bill has another plan for how to get onto Top of the Pops.
Part two of the outrageous comedy drama telling the true story of the chart-topping pop duo known as KLF, who, in 1994, burned 拢1 million in cash on a remote Scottish Island.
It was their mission to cause chaos. And they did.
How to Burn a Million Quid features Paul Higgins (The Thick of It, Line of Duty) as Bill Drummond, Nicholas Burns (Nathan Barley, The World鈥檚 End) as Jimmy Cauty, with Kevin Eldon as Gimpo, Jeremy Stockwell as Ken Campbell and an outstanding cast of multi voice comedy performers.
Bill Drummond: Paul Higgins
Jimmy Cauty: Nicholas Burns
Gimpo: Kevin Eldon
Ken Campbell: Jeremy Stockwell
Everyone else: Kate O鈥橲ullivan, Polly Kemp, Ronnie Jhuttie and Niall Ashdown
Original music by Somerset & Lewin
Original music by MZYLKYPOP (Mick Somerset, David Lewin, Simon Lewinski, Rachel E, Flip Clegg and Thom Foote)
Sound Design by Carl Scheleeshti Johnson
Produced and Directed by Boz Temple-Morris
Written by Sean Grundy and Cara Jennings
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How to Burn a Million Quid
Outrageous comedy drama about pop duo KLF's rise to fame.
