Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
Documentary charting the rise and fall of the pop group synonymous with 1980s glamour. Hits featured include Girls on Film, Rio and Hungry Like the Wolf.
Duran Duran came out of Birmingham and conquered the world during the 1980s. Originally a New Romantic band in full make-up and cossack pants, they rapidly became bedroom pin-ups for a generation of teenage girls.
Led by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor, Duran Duran dominated the British and American charts in the mid-1980s with classic singles such as Rio, Save a Prayer and Wild Boys. Pioneers of the MTV-style promo video - from the X-rated Girls on Film to Raiders of the Lost Ark spoof Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran were the 80s equivalent of The Beatles in America and outsold Spandau Ballet and Wham! in their pomp.
Sixty million records later, Le Bon and Rhodes are seen touring America with their Pop Trash project from the early 2000s. The documentary reflects on the heady heights of Duran Duran's career, the cracks in their make-up plus the effects of sex, drugs and fame on ordinary boys from working-class backgrounds.
Apart from the key Durannies - Le Bon, Rhodes and John Taylor - the programme also features celebrity interviews with Debbie Harry, Yasmin Le Bon, Duran Duran managers Paul and Michael Berrow, Claudia Schiffer, Nile Rodgers and Lou Reed.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00
Duran Duran
Burning the GroundÂ
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00:01
Duran Duran
Last Day on EarthÂ
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00:02
Kraftwerk
Transeurope ExpressÂ
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00:03
Sex Pistols
Pretty VacantÂ
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00:04
Iggy Pop
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00:05
Simon Le Bon
The 59th Street Bridge SongÂ
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00:06
Duran Duran
Careless MemoriesÂ
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00:07
Hazel O’Connor
Eighth DayÂ
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00:08
Hazel O’Connor & Duran Duran
Suffragette CityÂ
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00:09
Duran Duran
Planet EarthÂ
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00:11
Duran Duran
Girls on FilmÂ
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00:12
Duran Duran
Save a PrayerÂ
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00:15
Duran Duran
Hungry Like the WolfÂ
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00:16
Duran Duran
Rio
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00:18
Duran Duran
Is There Something I Should Know?
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00:21
Duran Duran
Hold Back the RainÂ
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00:22
Duran Duran
Careless MemoriesÂ
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00:24
Nile Rodgers
The Reflex
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00:24
Duran Duran
The Reflex
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00:29
Duran Duran
Wild Boys
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00:31
The Power Station
Some Like It HotÂ
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00:32
Arcadia
Election DayÂ
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00:32
Duran Duran
A View to a KillÂ
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00:36
Duran Duran
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00:38
Duran Duran
Ordinary WorldÂ
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00:40
Duran Duran
Come UndoneÂ
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00:41
Duran Duran, Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle Mel
White Lines (Don't Do It)Â
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00:42
Duran Duran
Perfect DayÂ
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00:44
John Taylor
Trust the ProcessÂ
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00:45
Duran Duran
Hallucinating ElvisÂ
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00:46
Diddy
Notorious
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00:46
Duran Duran
Wild BoysÂ
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Len Brown |
Producer | Corinne Bishop |
Director | Corinne Bishop |
Broadcasts
- Fri 13 Nov 2009 22:55
- Wed 18 Nov 2009 01:25
- Fri 3 Oct 2014 21:00
- Sat 4 Oct 2014 01:50
- Mon 6 Oct 2014 00:30
- Fri 6 Feb 2015 01:40
- Mon 16 Feb 2015 23:15
- Sun 24 May 2015 00:00
- Fri 19 Jan 2018 23:00
- Sat 9 Feb 2019 02:55
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