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WHAM! 10 Days in China on BBC Two

WHAM! 10 Days in China will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on August 29, 2026, bringing the landmark 1985 China tour back to UK television with newly restored footage and fresh interviews.

A Major BBC Broadcast Event

BBC Two and BBC Music are presenting Wham! 10 Days in China as part of a special night of programming celebrating Wham! and George Michael. The film—produced by Supercollider (Zinc Media Group) and Sony Music Vision in association with Sony Music Entertainment UK and the BBC—offers UK viewers their first chance to see the fully restored documentary on television.

The BBC broadcast is positioned as a companion to earlier Wham!-focused programming, including Last Christmas Unwrapped, which drew significant audience affection and helped pave the way for this new milestone.

What the Documentary Covers

Wham! 10 Days in China revisits the duo’s groundbreaking 1985 visit to China—an event that made George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley the first Western pop group to perform in the country. Their concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou introduced live Western pop to audiences under strict cultural guidelines and marked a turning point in Wham!’s global rise.

The film features:

Final Takeaway

The August 29 BBC broadcast of Wham! 10 Days in China is not just a documentary airing—it’s a cultural event. For longtime fans, music historians, and anyone fascinated by the intersection of pop culture and politics, this film offers a rare, beautifully restored window into one of the most ambitious and unexpected chapters in Wham!’s history.

WHAM! EP Available for Preorder

Fans will also have multiple ways to experience the upcoming WHAM! 10 Days in China EP, such as:

WHAM!: 10 Days in China – The Live EP
Amazon Exclusive Edition
Colour vinyl (#ad)

Wham! 10 Days In China – The Live EP Vinyl (#ad)

Wham! 10 Days In China – The Live EP CD (#ad)

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WHAM! 10 Days in China – The Live EP Release Date Announced

WHAM!’s 10 Days in China – The Live EP arrives December 4, 2026, marking the first official release of live audio from the duo’s historic 1985 concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou. It’s a landmark moment for fans and for pop history: after four decades, these performances—long discussed, partially glimpsed, and recently revisited in the acclaimed documentary WHAM! 10 Days in China—are finally available in fully mixed and mastered form.

Tracklist

The new EP captures four songs from those shows, each newly mixed and mastered by longtime Wham! collaborator Chris Porter, using the original live recordings.

The EP features four of Wham!’s biggest hits performed live during the China concerts:

  • Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Live in Beijing)
  • Everything She Wants (Live in Guangzhou)
  • Freedom (Live in Beijing)
  • Careless Whisper (Live in Guangzhou)

Formats & Editions

Fans will have multiple ways to experience the EP, such as:

WHAM!: 10 Days in China – The Live EP
Amazon Exclusive Edition
Colour vinyl (#ad)

Wham! 10 Days In China – The Live EP Vinyl (#ad)

Wham! 10 Days In China – The Live EP CD (#ad)

A Historic Pop Milestone, Newly Unveiled

Wham!’s visit to China in 1985 was more than a tour—it was a cultural breakthrough. As the first Western pop group to perform in China, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley stepped onto stages in Beijing and Guangzhou at a time when Western music was still largely inaccessible to Chinese audiences. Their concerts became symbols of cultural openness and global pop’s expanding reach.

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Wham! 10 Days in China Tickets on Sale Today as First Trailer Released

Tickets for the theatrical release of Wham! 10 Day in China are on sale today, coinciding with the debut of the film’s first full trailer. The documentary of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s visit to China in 1985 will screen worldwide on July 28, 2026.

A First Look: The Trailer

The new trailer shows restored, never-before-seen archival footage that wasn’t in Wham! in China: Foreign Skies, including more of the infamous George Michael massage scene. It includes interviews with Andrew Ridgeley and Chinese fans who experienced Wham! concerts in China.

Tickets Now Available

Tickets for the one-night-only event are on sale today. The official site is a good place to start for ticket information: www.wham10daysinchina.com.

After Theaters

Following the worldwide debut on July 28, 2026, Wham! 10 Days in China will air on BBC Two this summer. There is no word yet on other sources to see the documentary.

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Wham! 10 Days in China: Revisiting a Pop Revolution 40 Years Later

On July 28, 2026, Wham! fans will be able to see the new, cinematic telling of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s extraordinary trip to China entitled: Wham! 10 Days in China.

The 90-minute documentary, directed by Mike Christie, brings newly-digitized, restored footage and new interviews in celebration of Wham!’s groundbreaking 1985 visit to the People’s Republic of China.

Tickets will go on sale on June 24, 2026.

A new website — wham10daysinchina.com — is available with additional information.

Also, BBC Two and BBC Music will present the world exclusive terrestrial TV broadcast of Wham! 10 Days in China this summer.

In April 1985, Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China, with performances in Beijing and Guangzhou. For Wham! it was a strategy to “make it big” in the U.S., with the help of Simon Napier-Bell, their then manager.

Filmmaker Lindsay Anderson was originally in charge of the Wham! in China documentary. His version, entitled If You Were There, was never released, but some of that material was used in the documentary, Wham! in China: Foreign Skies, which premiered at Wham!’s The Final farewell concert on June 28, 1986. It was then released on video.

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New Wham! Documentary: Wham! 10 Days in China

A few of you might remember my complaining last year that there was no 40th anniversary celebration of Wham!’s historic trip to China in 1985. Well, it looks like we might be getting a treat in 2026.

In 1985, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of the duo Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. It’s a much talked about publicity stunt by Simon Napier-Bell to make Wham! a household name worldwide.

According to a press release, Zinc Media Group plc announced the completion of a new feature-length, 90-minute documentary produced for Sony Music Entertainment telling the story of WHAM!’s historic 1985 tour of China:

Wham! 10 Days in China uses newly restored and previously unseen archive footage alongside new interviews with Andrew Ridgeley to reveal the full story of the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. The concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou marked a significant cultural moment as Western pop music was introduced to Chinese audiences for the first time.

Zinc Announces WHAM! Documentary for Sony Music Entertainment

With the restored footage and exclusive interviews with Andrew Ridgeley and members of the touring party, the documentary will be a long-awaited look at the unseen footage.

The new documentary is directed by Mike Christie (Nick Cave’s Veiled World, New Order: Decades).

“The existence of this footage has been a mystery for years, spoken about in fragments but never truly seen. The story of the tour is intensely dramatic and finding a way to tell it in a form that the Wham! collective felt was finally worth pursuing has been a real honour.”

Mike Christie, director of Wham! 10 Days in China

In the 1980s, a Wham! in China documentary was released. In fact, there are two versions of the original Wham! in China documentary. Oscar-winning filmmaker, Lindsay Anderson, was originally hired to create the documentary. Because of conflicts, Lindsay Anderson’s version has been rarely seen, except for a screening of Wham in China: If You Were There in May of 2024. More information on the conflict is available in the previous link.

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