In The Lap Of The Gods
The Queen Phenomenon
First broadcast in 1995 to coincide with the
release of 'Made In Heaven'.
Later broadcast on 13 March 2000 on Channel 5 as part of 'Queen
For A Day'.
Length 55 minutes.
Produced by Jim Beach and Rudi Dolezal
Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
Written by Simon Witter
This programme is essentially a TV edit of the 'Champions Of The World' video, with some
sections edited partially or completely. However, some elements
have been moved, some additional footage has been added, and it
now has a narrator. The content is as follows, with rare footage
shown in red:
- Excerpt of 'Queen Talks' (the B-side interview
compilation), with footage of Queen travelling
- Looped excerpt of 'Innuendo' with various clips of Queen
and Freddie Singalongs
- Excerpt of 'In The Lap Of The Gods.... Revisited', with
opening titles and footage of Queen
- Interviews with Roger, John, Brian and Freddie
- Excerpt of 'Mother Love', with footage of Queen from 1986
to 1973
- Footage of Smile at the Royal Albert Hall, with excerpt
of 'April Lady', and interviews with Brian, Roger,
Freddie and David Bowie about Smile and the formation of
Queen
- Excerpt of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye', early footage of Queen,
and interview with John
- Excerpt of 'My Fairy King', further early footage,
interview with Roger, and footage of Brighton Rock
(Earl's Court 1977)
- Interview with Brian and clip of Killer Queen (Earl's
Court 1977), promo video of 'You're My Best Friend', and
interviews with Freddie and John
- Clip of 'Spread Your Wings', interviews with Roger and
Freddie, and clips of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (promo video)
and Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Concert Of Kampuchea,
1979)
- Interview with John and footage of Hammer To Fall (Rock
In Rio, 1985)
- Interviews with Roger and Brian, footage of We Will Rock
You (Live Aid 1985), and interview with Gerry Stickells
(tour manager)
- Footage of 'I Want To Break Free' (Wembley 1986),
interview with Freddie, and footage of 'Radio Ga Ga'
(Knebworth 1986), and further interview with Gerry
Stickells
- Clip of Queen receiving an award for 'Top Band Of The
Eighties'
- Excerpt of 'Action This Day', footage from the
'Breakthru' video, and interview with John
- Footage of 'The Miracle', interviews with Brian and
Roger, original 'The Miracle' casting tapes, and
interview with the young Freddie
- Interview with Freddie, 'making of' and video footage of
'I'm Going Slightly Mad', and interview with Roger
- Footage of 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives', and
interviews with Brian and Roger
- News coverage and reports of Freddie's death (with a slow
piano version of 'You Take My Breath Away'), footage of
Freddie's funeral, and interview with Peter Freestone
[Freddie's personal assistant]
- Excerpt of 'You Take My Breath Away', with footage of
Freddie over the years and short interview clips
- Footage of Brian and Roger, announcing the tribute at the
Brit Awards, 1992
- Footage of rehearsals at Bray Studios, interview with
David Bowie, and footage of 'Under Pressure' from
rehearsals and concert
- Footage of rehearsals and concert performance of many
tracks, including 'I Want It All', 'Hammer To Fall',
'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' and 'We Are The
Champions'
- Interview with Slash and rehearsal footage of 'Tie Your
Mother Down'.
- Interviews with Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey, footage
of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from the concert, and interview
with Elton John
- Rehearsal footage of 'Who Wants To Live Forever' and
interview with Seal
- Excerpt of 'Cool Cat' with footage of many performers
before the concert
- Interview with Roger, and footage of Freddie Singalong
(Live Aid, 1985) as shown at the concert
- Footage of Elizabeth Taylor's speech, footage of
'Somebody To Love' from the concert, and interview with
George Michael
- Footage of 'We Are The Champions' from the concert,
interviews with Brian and Roger, and backstage footage of
memorabilia signing
- Interview with Anne Mayer from the Mercury Phoenix Trust
- Excerpt of 'Seaside Rendezvous' with footage of Queen
conventions, interview with Jacky Smith, and excerpt of
'Don't Stop Me Now'
- Excerpt of 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' and footage of a fan
look-a-like
- Interview with Roger, excerpt of 'We Are The Champions'
with sporting footage, and interviews with Brian
- Excerpt of 'We Will Rock You' (Knebworth, 1986) and more
sporting footage
- Interview with Roger, excerpt of 'Another One Bites The
Dust', and footage of America
- Interviews with Bhashkar Menon (former president of
EMI/Capitol records) and Roger, and longer clip of 'Under
Pressure' (Saturday Night Live, 1982)
- Interviews with Jim Beach and Mike Myers, with footage
from 'Wayne's World' and the modified video of 'Bohemian
Rhapsody', and further interview with Bhashkar Menon,
- Excerpt of 'Mother Love', interview with David Richards,
and footage of Queen's studio and Montreux
- Interview with Jim Beach and excerpt of 'Heaven For
Everyone', with footage of Montreux
- Interview with Brian and excerpt of 'Too Much Love Will
Kill You', with further Montreux footage
- Excerpt of 'A Winter's Tale' and further footage of
Montreux
- Excerpt of 'Heaven For Everyone', with interview snippets
from Freddie, and credits
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