Date
23 October 1983
Channel
France
Kim sings ‘Cambodia’ live to a recorded backing track: the instrumental version of the song. She is backed by a bassist, a guitarist, a keyboard player and a drummer.
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Champions
Photo assignments
Date
5 October 1983
Channel
UK
Photographer Dave Lee Travis presents a programme in which he is shown photographing Kim Wilde. They sit down and Kim shows some photos she’s made herself.
8 days a week
Date
5 October 1983
Channel
UK
Interview with Kim Wilde about her recent experience as a judge in the âInternational battle of the pop bandsâ TV programme.
Countdown
Date
30 September 1983
Channel
ABC (Australia)
Molly Moldrum in London interviewing Kim Wilde. This interview went very smooth a year after the not so smooth but highly entertaining iconic interview Molly did with Kim the previous year in 1982.
Champs Elysées
Date
24 September 1983
Channel
Antenne 2 (France)
Kim sings ‘Love blonde’ live to a recorded backing track: the instrumental version of the song. She is backed by her own band, consisting of Mark Heyward Chaplin (guitar), Steve Byrd (guitar) and Trevor Murrell (drums). Kim is wearing her ‘Love blonde’ black leather dress.
WWF Club
Date
16 September 1983
Channel
Germany
Kim and her band do a lipsynch performance of ‘Love blonde’ on the WWF Club stage before a live studio audience.
Bananas
Date
6 September 1983
Channel
Germany
Lipsynched performance by Kim Wilde plus band. Kim wears her black ‘Love blonde’ leather dress and the performance is filmed in high contrast, making the images sharper and blacker than usual.
International battle of the pop bands
Date
30 August 1983
Channel
BBC (UK)
From the Guild Hall, Preston David Jensen introduces the first international Battle of the Pop Bands. The groups from throughout Europe have been competing over the past months to arrive at this final and represent their country.
Kim Wilde, Robin Gibb, Paul Gambaccini, Carlene Carter and Tony Visconti make up the panel of judges at the Guild Hall in Preston, where Sugar Ray Five, The Nits, Marc Seeberg, Broadcast, Mecano and The Days are competing for the TDK Trophy.
Hot for dogs
Date
20 August 1983
Channel
UK
Some think this is a promotional video for ‘View from a bridge’. It was actually recorded specially for this program. Most of this clip Kim sings the song from a bridge, but a few ‘dramatic’ scenes are added, such as Kim kissing a man and a scene where she seems to jump off the bridge.
Top of the Pops
Date
18 August 1983
Channel
BBC (UK)
Kim lipsynchs to ‘Love blonde’ on the Top of the Pops stage, dressed in a white shirt and wearing sunglasses. She is backed by four band members, featuring Steve Byrd on guitar and Trevor Murrell on drums. They perform in front of a live studio audience.
Hold tight
Date
16 August 1983
Channel
UK
Kim lipsynchs ‘Love blonde’ outdoors on the grounds of Alton Towers for the programme ‘Hold tight’. She is wearing her black ‘Love blonde’ leather dress. She is backed by her own band, featuring Steve Byrd on guitar and Trevor Murrell on drums.
TVAM
Date
16 August 1983
Channel
ITV (UK)
Interview with Kim Wilde on the occasion of the release of her new single, ‘Love blonde’. First, part of the music video is shown and then she is interviewed by the presenter, Timmy Mallett.
Where did you get that amazing dress from? It’s really sexy.
Oh, thank you. I got it in Joseph in Sloane Street. I went in there one day, I wasn’t feeling very happy with myself and I just fancied cheering myself up. I saw this dress and I put it on, I didn’t bother to ask how much it was and I fell in love with it. And here comes the bill, you know… It was a shaky hand job…
What have you been up to, Kim, because we haven’t had a single out from you for ages now.
Well, we had a tour round about the time ‘Child come away’ was released, and that was in November, and then we’ve been working on the album since then, which will be out this November and… It’s been quite a long time but it seems to have flown by. It seems like it’s been a short break to me. And everyone else seems to think it’s such a long time. It’s quite nice to think that everyone’s missed me. You’ve missed me haven’t you?
So what’s your plans then, what’s gonna happen with the release of the album in November, another tour?
We will do a European tour. We haven’t done a lot of European touring yet. Places like Germany where I have a lot of success, we haven’t actually been there yet. So we’re gonna really hit Germany and a lot of other European countries at some time.
And then come back and see us here?
That’s right, yeah. We’re also doing something in Poland which will be interesting. We’re doing a TV special in Poland. So there’s a lot going on, very busy.
