Back to the Egg (TV special)

Back To The Egg
The opening title used for the special
Genre	Musical
Developed by	MPL Communications
Composer(s)	Paul McCartney except Denny Laine ("Again and Again and Again")
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	1
Production
Running time	31 minutes approx.
Release
Original network	WTBS (US); BBC1 (UK)
Picture format	4:3
Original release	November 1979 (US); 10 June 1981 (UK)
Chronology
Related shows	James Paul McCartney Wings Over the World

The Back to the Egg TV special was a program containing music videos to promote the band Wings' 1979 album Back to the Egg. The program was first broadcast on US television stations in November 1979, but its UK airing, on BBC1, was delayed until June 1981. The locations used for filming include Lympne Castle and Camber Sands, both on the south-east coast of England.

The videos for "Goodnight Tonight" – a song that had been a non-album single shortly before the release of Back to the Egg – and "Baby's Request" were issued on The McCartney Years DVD box set in 2007. The full special has yet to be released on DVD.

Having completed the year-long sessions for Back to the Egg in April 1979, the five members of Wings began shooting music videos for the album with film company Keef & Co. in June that year. In addition to serving as promotional clips for their respective songs, the videos were to be compiled into a television special, coinciding with Wings' UK tour late in 1979 – the first leg of a planned world tour.

The production team hired by band leader Paul McCartney included Keith MacMillan, Phil Davey and Hugh Scott-Symonds. According to author Keith Badman, MacMillan decided on the seven songs chosen for filming. Among these were "Old Siam, Sir", "Getting Closer" and "Arrow Through Me" – all tracks that would be issued as singles off Back to the Egg. The eighth selection in the TV special would be a clip for "Goodnight Tonight", a non-album single released in March 1979, to coincide with the airing of the band's Wings Over the World TV film. The "Goodnight Tonight" video was also produced by MacMillan's company and dated from a 3 April shoot at London's Hammersmith Palais.