The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

Nearly 30 Years On BBC TV Presents The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody. Narrated by Queen fan Richard E. Grant The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody features exclusive access to surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. For the first time in nearly 30 years they return to the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, South Wales where the band recorded the song and the rest of their album A Night at The Opera. They re-live their memories of the studios, provide detailed interviews about the song, it’s composer the late Freddie Mercury and re-play and re-record the drum and guitar parts for the song.

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody is a journey of discovery and includes exclusive video and audio clips that have never been seen or heard before. There’s previously unheard recordings of Freddie Mercury rehearsing the song at Rockfield and exclusive footage of Queen’s first ever TV performance. The documentary team tracked down the original director, cameraman and floor manager who recreate the making of the video, showing viewers exactly how they achieved the look of the video which was hailed as the first real pop promo. Then the some of the most brilliant literary minds in the country, professors of English from Oxford University - unravel the meaning behind the lyrics which Freddie Mercury never divulged.

Crammed with interviews from Queen contemporaries including Bjorn Ulvaeus (Abba) and Noddy Holder (Slade) and the kids who became rock stars after being turned on to music by Bohemian Rhapsody, Slash (ex Guns n Roses) and Joe Elliott (Def Leppard). The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody is the definitive account of the song which is regularly voted the most loved, most played and most inspirational song of all time.

Bonus:

Bohemian Rhapsody (Promo clip) Remastered