Rule 2: Don’t do anything unless it’s heroic.
Bill, Jimmy and Gimpo set off for Sweden in order to persuade Abba to let them sample their music. They’ll be OK with that. Won’t they? Just in case they say no, they’re taking all the records with them so that they can burn the vinyl before the legal deadline. Just in case.
Besides, Bill has another plan for how to get onto Top of the Pops.
Part two of the outrageous comedy drama telling the true story of the chart-topping pop duo known as KLF, who, in 1994, burned £1 million in cash on a remote Scottish Island.
It was their mission to cause chaos. And they did.
How to Burn a Million Quid features Paul Higgins (The Thick of It, Line of Duty) as Bill Drummond, Nicholas Burns (Nathan Barley, The World’s End) as Jimmy Cauty, with Kevin Eldon as Gimpo, Jeremy Stockwell as Ken Campbell and an outstanding cast of multi voice comedy performers.
Bill Drummond: Paul HigginsJimmy Cauty: Nicholas BurnsGimpo: Kevin EldonKen Campbell: Jeremy StockwellEveryone else: Kate O’Sullivan, Polly Kemp, Ronnie Jhuttie and Niall AshdownOriginal music by Somerset & LewinOriginal music by MZYLKYPOP (Mick Somerset, David Lewin, Simon Lewinski, Rachel E, Flip Clegg and Thom Foote)Sound Design by Carl Scheleeshti JohnsonProduced and Directed by Boz Temple-MorrisWritten by Sean Grundy and Cara Jennings
A HOLY MOUNTAIN production for BBC Radio 4.
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