Backstage at Band Aid!
What's on TV|November 23, 2024
Gary Kemp shares memories of creating festive classic Do They Know It's Christmas?
HANNAH DAVIES, NATASHA HOLT
Backstage at Band Aid!

THE MAKING OF DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?
Friday, 9pm, BBC4 Factual

On 25 November 1984, music superstars such Sting, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and George Michael gathered in a London studio to record the charity hit Do They Know It's Christmas? The song was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in aid of the famine in Ethiopia and was a No.1.

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