Everyone has an ABBA story. Like A Magic Spell is the song-by-song podcast which unlocks and shares the joy of ABBA.

A Christmas special episode! As a little present for you, I thought I'd gather together some of the ABBA-related highlights available this festive season. Below are some of the links I talked about.

THANK YOU for listening in 2024 and see you for more in 2025!

• LITTLE THINGS (official video)
• The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show from 1978
• 'ABBA Christmas' sketch from Saturday Night Live
• ABBA on BBC iPlayer
• ABBA on BBC Sounds
• Channel 5 (My5) website
• Sky Arts website
• Like A Magic Spell: ME AND I & HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Produced and hosted by Adrian Stirrup
Music by Ian Jones

Everyone has an ABBA story. Like A Magic Spell is the song-by-song podcast which unlocks and shares the joy of ABBA.

This special episode is an interview with longstanding ABBA author and biographer, Jan Gradvall, who's written a fantastic new book, The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover. The phrase comes from a quote from Benny about the group's music: "Even the happier songs are melancholy at their core. What we did was melancholy, undercover."

The book is available to buy now.

Jan is also appearing in the UK at the end of October 2024:

• Wednesday 23 October - London, Waterstones, Piccadilly with Ana Matronic and performances from The ABBA Tribute Band.
• Thursday 24 October - Sheffield, Off The Shelf Festival with Daniel Dylan Wray, plus an ABBA and Eurovision Quiz.
• Friday 25 October - Glasgow, Waterstones with Gemma Cairney. "Come dressed in your finest ABBA outfits".

Instagram: likeamagicspell
Email: likeamagicspell@gmail.com

Produced and hosted by Adrian Stirrup
Music by Ian Jones

Everyone has an ABBA story. Like A Magic Spell is the song-by-song podcast which unlocks and shares the joy of ABBA.

For this season finale, our guest is the podcaster, life coach and all-round brilliant egg Alice Rose, and we cover THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, I WONDER (DEPARTURE) and I'M A MARIONETTE. It's fair to say that we have strong views on all three! There are laughs, tangents about The Sound of Music and an important question for listeners at the very end.

• THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC (official video)
• THANK ABBA FOR THE MUSIC (Brits performance)
• I WONDER (DEPARTURE) (official audio-only video)
• I WONDER (DEPARTURE) (Live From Sydney Showground, Australia, 1977)
• I HAVE CONFIDENCE (from 'The Sound of Music', sung by Julie Andrews)
• I'M A MARIONETTE (official audio-only video)
• I'M A MARIONETTE/GET ON THE CAROUSEL (Live In Australia)

Remember to get in touch with your thoughts on which ABBA album we should focus on in season three!

Instagram: likeamagicspell
Email: likeamagicspell@gmail.com

Produced and hosted by Adrian Stirrup
Music by Ian Jones