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.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Duran Duran
Burning the Ground
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00:01Duran Duran
Last Day on Earth
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00:02Kraftwerk
Transeurope Express
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00:03Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant
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00:04Iggy Pop
Nightclubbing
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00:05Simon Le Bon
The 59th Street Bridge Song
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00:06Duran Duran
Careless Memories
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00:07Hazel O’Connor
Eighth Day
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00:08Hazel O’Connor & Duran Duran
Suffragette City
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00:09Duran Duran
Planet Earth
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00:11Duran Duran
Girls on Film
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00:12Duran Duran
Save a Prayer
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00:15Duran Duran
Hungry Like the Wolf
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00:16Duran Duran
Rio
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00:18Duran Duran
Is There Something I Should Know?
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00:21Duran Duran
Hold Back the Rain
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00:22Duran Duran
Careless Memories
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00:24Nile Rodgers
The Reflex
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00:24Duran Duran
The Reflex
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00:29Duran Duran
Wild Boys
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00:31The Power Station
Some Like It Hot
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00:32Arcadia
Election Day
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00:32Duran Duran
A View to a Kill
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00:36Duran Duran
Notorious
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00:38Duran Duran
Ordinary World
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00:40Duran Duran
Come Undone
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00:41Duran Duran, Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle Mel
White Lines (Don't Do It)
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00:42Duran Duran
Perfect Day
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00:44John Taylor
Trust the Process
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00:45Duran Duran
Hallucinating Elvis
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00:46Diddy
Notorious
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00:46Duran Duran
Wild Boys
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Executive Producer | Len Brown |
| Producer | Corinne Bishop |
| Director | Corinne Bishop |
Broadcasts
Mon 28 Aug 200023:05BBC One London- Fri 13 Nov 200922:55
- Wed 18 Nov 200901:25
- Fri 3 Oct 201421:00
- Sat 4 Oct 201401:50
- Mon 6 Oct 201400:30
- Fri 6 Feb 201501:40
- Mon 16 Feb 201523:15
- Sun 24 May 201500:00
- Fri 19 Jan 201823:00
- Sat 9 Feb 201902:55
- Fri 23 May 202523:35
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