Tiswas

Date
3 April 1982
Channel
ITV (UK)

Kim Wilde says goodbye to the programme Tiswas during its last program.

Champs Elysées

Date
3 April 1982
Channel
France

Kim Wilde comes on stage slowly and then sings ‘Cambodia’ live to the instrumental version of the song. She is dressed in a red/black striped t-shirt and black trousers.

Chansons à la carte

Date
21 March 1982
Channel
RTBF (Belgium)

After a short announcement by a presenter, standing beside the stage together with Bucks Fizz, Kim Wilde and her band appear on stage for a lipsynch performance of ‘Cambodia’. When the song starts, two pieces of fireworks are lit, causing a small explosion with lots of smoke.

B&L commercial

Date
21 March 1982
Channel
Japan

Kim recorded ‘Bitter is better’ for the Japanese advertising campaign of the softdrink B&L. This campaign started on March 21, 1982, and ran for some months. The commercial, which was shot at RAK studios in London, features Kim singing the song and getting some refreshment from a glass of B&L.

Razzmatazz

Date
28 February 1982
Channel
ITV (UK)

Small segment in this Razzmatazz episode has Kim Wilde reading a bit of text as part of the ‘Peggy Babcock challenge’: reading a tongue-twister out loud.

Sounds

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
Australia

After the music video for ‘View from a bridge’, a brief interview with Kim Wilde in front of the RAK Records building in London.

Another special guest with us on Sounds, Kim Wilde. You just saw her song. Kim where are we at this specific time?
Well, at the moment we’re at 48 Charlbert Street, which is at RAK Records.

Owned by Mickie Most. Name some of the other famous names that are on Mickie Most’s RAK label.
Right, er, there’s Cosy Powell, Chris Spedding, Third World, Suzi Quatro, Hot Chocolate, Mud, Racey…

The list just goes on and on and on. How many hits have you had now, on RAK?
Five. And two albums.

And you’ve got the group together now, you’re heading for Australia shortly we heard, for a live tour? Thank you for saying hello to us while we’re in London. We’ll see you when you get down under.

WROK

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
Australia

Interview with Kim Wilde on a bench somewhere in a park in London. The music videos for ‘Kids in America’ and ‘View from a bridge’ are also shown.

Collaro

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
France

Kim lipsynchs ‘View from a bridge’. The performance is taped as a sketch, with French subtitles that contain some alternate wording (in French). At the end, Kim is saved from jumping off the bridge by presenter Collaro, who then lands into a discussion with a devilish figure.

Charlebois

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
TF1 (France)

Kim sings ‘Child come away’ live to the instrumental version of the track. She is backed by a band consisting of a guitarist, keyboard player and drummer. Kim is wearing a black leather jacket and dark trousers.

Superclassifica

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
Italy

Lipsynch performance of ‘Cambodia’ on an empty stage with a disco ball on the left and at the back, in between two small TV screens. Kim is dressed in black. The performance is preceded by a short interview, during which the presenter talks a lot in Italian and Kim answers in English, looking slightly confused.

World music festival

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
UK

Kim Wilde is live on stage, performing ‘Chequered love’, ‘Cambodia’ and ‘Kids in America’. Presumably this was a live performance, but in this recording you can only hear Kim singing live; an instrumental version of the two tracks is used for the backing. Meanwhile, Kim’s band is also on stage, playing guitars and drums.

Zoom

Date
1 January 1982
Channel
Germany

Short interview with Kim, in which she says: 

I get stressed by other things, but not by the business. I’m very lucky, I’ve got a lot of faith in my record company and my management and my writers, my producer… and I don’t have any big problems. And so, no, there’s very little stress at all. Sometimes the travelling is a bit tiring, but I’m sure people get tired every day doing their jobs, you know?

I’d like to say hello to the viewers of ‘Zoom’, and to introduce my new single, called ‘View from a bridge’.