This is your life

Date
10 March 1997
Channel
BBC (UK)

This episode is dedicated to Justin Hayward, who is most famous for his work with the Moody Blues and on Jeff Wayne’s legendary album ‘War of the Worlds’, but he was also once part of the Wilde Three, a trio formed by Marty and Joyce Wilde, who recruited him via an advert in NME. Marty and Joyce appear on the programme, but there is also a recorded message from Kim Wilde:

“Hi Justin. When you were working with my parents I was only a toddler, but I do remember I had my first crush on you. I thought you were lovely and I still do. I’m sorry I can’t be with you tonight but there’s another man in my life now and we’re on honeymoon. All my love to you, and enjoy your special night.”

TV show op reis

Date
30 January 1997
Channel
TROS (Netherlands)

Dutch presenter Ivo Niehe takes a tour in the big living room of Kim’s house in Hertsfordshire. The opening shots consist of a car driving through the picturesque area where Kim lives, passing a traffic sign warning drivers for ‘elderly people’.
Ivo enters the living room and is greeted by Kim. He immediately starts interviewing her about the house, her recent marriage and her parents, Joyce and Marty. Kim answers everything patiently and politely.
The camera records some great views of the enormous living room, a giant structure with loads of wood. It also briefly shows some smaller rooms elsewhere in the house, including one with a piano and one with a computer. Later in the interview, we also get to see Kim working in the kitchen, and the two walking in the garden.
Clips of Marty Wilde and Kim’s video for Shame are also shown.
The interview concludes with Kim stating that she will be taking her singing career a little slower the coming years, as she will be focusing on family life for a while.
Quite possibly the best feature on Kim in the last few years, worth viewing for that magnificent house alone.
Duration: 16 minutes.

Afternoon live

Date
14 January 1997
Channel
ITV (UK)

Interview in the daytime program ‘Afternoon live’, starting with a clip from the theatre show ‘Tommy’. Interviewed by Bibi Baskin, Kim talks about the beginning of her career and how being the daughter of a famous father affected her.
The interview then focuses on ‘Tommy’ and of course meeting her husband, Hal, and concludes with Kim announcing that she would like to have a baby, ‘imminently’.

The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon

Date
1 January 1997
Channel
BBC (UK)

British comedian Steve Coogan plays the Portuguese singer Tony Ferrino, who hosts a few well-known artists such as Mick Hucknall (from ‘Simply Red’) and Kim, but most of all his own big ego.
He interviews Kim and then, together, they sing the song Short term affair. Of course it is full of double-entendres.