Released by BBC THREE UK TV

in 2004 . Liquid Assets discovers

how the Queen of rock and roll

made his fortune. Max lint talks to

Freddie's ex-manager Norman

Sheffield who fell out with him over

money: "I want it now was a great

line of his, he meant it. That was him".

Max tracks down a rare copy of his

first ever record, and reveals the

secrets of Freddie's outrageous taste:

"He wanted to fly a giant cock and

balls over the audience into the stage".

Trip Khalaf, producer. Max journeys

round the world uncovering Japanese

Karaoke imitators, calculates the cost

of some of the most extravagant parties

ever organised and finds out just how

much he could spend in a single

shopping spree: "He'd just sign the

cheque blank so it's in my pocket…

I mean the largest I think I actually wrote

one out for was for something like

£260,000." Peter Freestone, Freddie's PA