Killer Queen
First broadcast on 1st June 2002 on Channel 4 as part of 'Queen Night'.
Length 92 minutes.
Directed and produced by Nick Cory-Wright
Narrated by Arabella Weir
This is a new documentary on Queen, and features new interviews with Brian and Roger, footage from the 'We Will Rock You' musical, and other unseen footage, including excerpts from rare solo promo videos. The content is as follows, with rare footage highlighted in red:
- Introduction - excerpt of 'We Will Rock You', with clips of many celebrities
- Footage from Cheers, and interviews with celebrities including Status Quo, Brian Blessed, Ben Elton and Mel Smith, and footage of the fast live version of 'We Will Rock You'.
- Interview with Brian and footage of 'We Are The Champions' (promo video)
- Footage from The Simpsons, interviews with Freddie and Brian, footage of Arsenal winning the domestic football double in 2002, and interviews with Roger and someone who works for US army radio
- Footage of tribute band Kween, 'We Are The Champions' by Liza Minelli and 'We Are The Champions' with Robbie Williams
- Footage from the 'We Will Rock You' musical press conference, rehearsals footage, and interview with Ben Elton
- Footage from 'Radio Ga Ga' promo video and interview with Brian
- 'Top Of The Pops' introduction, footage of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' promo video, and interviews Bruce Gowers (director), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Roger and Brian
- 'Making of' footage for 'Spread Your Wings', excerpts of 'Play The Game', 'Breakthru', 'Calling All Girls' and 'The Miracle', and interview with Brian
- Footage of 'Radio Ga Ga', footage of Roger and John in a TV interview, interview with David Mallet and footage of 'I Was Born To Love You' rehearsal
- Footage of 'Body Language' and 'I Want To Break Free' promo videos, and interviews with Roger, David Mallet and Status Quo
- Footage of before/during the 'Bicycle Race', interview with Halford's marketing manager, one of the racers, Status Quo and Brian
- Footage of 'Another One Bites The Dust' (South America, 1981) and clips of 'We Will Rock You' (Europe, 1986), and interviews with Gerry Stickells, Roger, Freddie, Brian and Status Quo
- Excerpt of 'Son and Daughter' with footage of Queen in and around Japan, 1974, and interview with Peter Hince (roadie)
- Excerpt of 'Stone Cold Crazy' with footage of backstage preparations, and interviews with Brian and Peter Hince
- Interview with Edwin Shirley (logistics manager), and footage of 'I Want To Break Free' from 1984 or 1985.
- Footage of Queen live in the 1970's, and footage of 'Under Pressure' (Rio, 1985)
- Footage of Queen arriving in South Africa, news reports, various comments, and interview with Roger
- Introduction and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Freddie Singalong from Live Aid, with various interviews including Status Quo, Roger, Mel Smith, Freddie
- Footage of 'Radio Ga Ga' from Knebworth, and Freddie with crown
- Footage of 'Don't Stop Me Now' promo video, party footage, interviews with Mick Rock, footage of the 'Living On My Own' video, and interviews with Peter Freestone, Gerry Stickells, excerpt of A Kind Of Magic video, and interview with Brian
- Footage of 'Somebody To Love' promo video, and 'I'm In Love With My Car' from 1981, interview with Mel Smith, and footage of Debbie Lang (Roger's partner), in the Flake advert
- Footage of Brian in Freddie's 'Living On My Own' video, interview with Anita Dobson, and footage of Brian's Guitar Solo from 1986
- Footage of 'Good Old Fashioned Loverboy' (Top Of The Pops), and interviews with Freddie's former friends, Mick Rock, Freddie, and Peter Freestone
- Footage of John in Budapest
- Footage of the 'Flash' promo video and interviews with Roger, Brian and Brian Blessed
- Interview with Ben Elton and footage of the 'We Will Rock You' premiere and auditions
- Interviews with Brian, Roger, and Ben Elton, further rehearsal footage, and interviews with Chris Renshaw (musical director), Nigel Planer
- Footage of 'Fat Bottomed Girls' from the dress rehearsal
- Footage of Queen and Five performing 'We Will Rock You' at the Brit Awards, and various other covers including 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', 'One Vision', Bad News 'Bohemian Rhapsody', impersonations from Harry Hill, Kween, 'We Are Not Queen', an Argentinean band, and interviews with Roger and Brian
- Footage of 'Tie Your Mother Down' promo video
- Interviews with Roger, Peter Hince, Gerry Stickells and Brian and footage of Brian's Guitar Solo and playing the ukulele
- Interview with Brian and his father about making the Red Special guitar
- Footage of Brian's 'Resurrection' promo video and interview with Roger
- Footage of Brian on the Richard Digance show performing 'Last Horizon', and footage of the 'Driven By You' promo video
- Footage of Brian's 'Starfleet' promo video and interview with Brian, Brian on 'The Sky At Night' and interview with Anita Dobson
- Footage of Roger drumming on a TV programme with Kenny Everett, footage of Roger's 'Strange Frontier' and 'Nazis 1994' promo videos and interviews with Roger
- Interview with Roger about his appearance on the 'Mercury's Magic' stamp
- Excerpt of 'No Turning Back' and pictures of the Biggles video sleeve
- Footage of 'Killer Queen' (Queen miming to the studio version; unknown location)
- Excerpt of 'Innuendo', footage of Freddie's former flat, and interviews with Roger, Freddie's friends, Tim Staffell, Brian, Freddie and footage of Smile at the Royal Albert Hall
- Interviews with Roger, Brian and Freddie, and footage of the 'Keep Yourself Alive' (promo performance)
- Footage of Bob Harris, audio excerpt of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye', interviews with Roger and Brian, and footage of 'Killer Queen' ('Top Of The Pops')
- Footage of 'Now I'm Here' (Rainbow, 1974), various footage of Queen's outfits, interview with Mick Rock and early photographs
- Interview with Brian and footage of Queen's live outfits
- Excerpt of 'White Queen', interview with Zandra Rhodes, and interview with Status Quo
- Interview with Roger and footage of Freddie over the years (with excerpt of 'In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited')
- Interviews with Freddie and interviews with Peter Freestone, Mick Rock, Roger, Bruce Dickinson
- Footage of the 'Save Me' promo video, interviews with Ben Elton, Mel Smith, Anita Dobson, Status Quo, excerpt of 'It's A Hard Life', and interview with Nigel Planer
- Various people's comments about Brian's hair and clogs
- Footage of 'One Vision' (live in 1986), interviews with Peter Freestone and Brian, footage of Queen in the studio, interviews with Roger, Brian and Peter Hince
- Further studio footage of 'One Vision', and interviews with Brian, Roger and Anita Dobson
- Interviews with Ben Elton and Brian about the 'Fried Chicken' at the end of 'One Vision', plus 'One Vision' (Just For Fun)
- Footage of 'One Vision' from the 'We Will Rock You' musical
- Footage of the 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' promo video, and interview with Roger
- Footage of 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' from Saturday Night Live, and Wembley 1986, and interviews with various people.
- Footage from the 'Living On My Own' promo video, interviews with Bruce Dickinson, Peter Freestone, Roger, Mel Smith, Wayne Sleep, and Wayne Ealing, backstage footage from 1977, and footage of Freddie with the Royal Ballet
- Footage of the 'I Was Born To Love You' and 'Barcelona' promo videos
- Interview with Peter Freestone, and footage of the 'Headlong' promo video
- Footage of the 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' promo video and interviews with Roger, Anita Dobson and Freddie
- Footage from 'Wayne's World' and interviews with Status Quo and Bruce Dickinson
- Footage of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from various concerts (including Earl's Court 1977, 1986 and Hammersmith 1975), footage from the promo video, and interviews with Brian, Roger, Mel Smith and Ben Elton
- Further footage from 'Wayne's World', live at Wembley 1986, and interviews with Brian and Roger
- End Credits (end of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from 1986)