New Partners Sign On for WHAM! Last Christmas Doc

Netflix and Roku are among the platforms that have picked up the documentary WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped, which tells the story behind the iconic song by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s WHAM!

From Blink Films and Sony Music Entertainment, in association with Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael Entertainment, WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped was commissioned by BBC Two and BBC Music. The doc has been acquired from Sony Pictures Entertainment by Netflix and Roku for audiences in the U.S., SBS for Australia and TV New Zealand.

WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped reunites a cast of characters from the song’s history. Featuring prominent artists, music producers and industry experts, the Christmas TV special delves into the inside story of Last Christmas’s creation and its enduring appeal.

It features interviews from Ridgeley, Pepsi DeMacque-Crockett and Shirlie Kemp and hears from Michael, who passed away on Christmas Day in 2016, via archive radio and video footage. Further interviewees include Mary J Blige, Sir Bob Geldof, Neil Tennant and Sam Smith.

Justine Kershaw, creative director at Blink Films and executive producer, said: “We are so excited that Wham fans around the world will be able to join U.K. audiences in watching Andrew, Pepsi and Shirlie and the rest of the Wham family revisit the scene of the ‘Last Christmas’ video and join together in celebrating such an iconic song at this special time of year.”