Skip to navigation Skip to content
News
15 June 2020

“It Couldn’t Happen Here” re-released

“It Couldn’t Happen Here” re-released

The BFI today release the restored version of Pet Shop Boys’ 1988 feature film, “It Couldn’t Happen Here”, directed by Jack Bond and starring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe alongside Joss Ackland and Barbara Windsor. Unavailable worldwide for the last thirty years, the film has been newly remastered by the BFI from a 4K scan, for release as a limited-edition Blu-ray/DVD set, which is now available at the link below.

“It Couldn’t Happen Here” was released in UK cinemas in July 1988 and subsequently on VHS video, but has never had a DVD or Blu-ray release before. As well as a 48-page book containing new writing, the discs will be accompanied by a collection of extras, including a brand-new feature commentary with Jack Bond, co-writer James Dillon and cinematographer Simon Archer.


Pet Text
12 August 2026

Pet Shop Boys’ “Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)” was released as a single on this day 30 years ago. A video for the song was filmed at the Wet ‘n’ Wild theme park in Orlando, Florida, directed by photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber who also made the videos for “Being boring” and “I get along”.


Recent News

News
13 August 2026

A special double feature of the PSB film “It Couldn’t Happen Here” and the centenary version of Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” with the Pet Shop Boys score will be shown on October 11 at the Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle.

News
13 August 2026

Neil Tennant is coming to Durham Book Festival on Saturday 10 October to talk to Fiona Hill about how growing up in Newcastle shaped his life as a musician

News
19 July 2026

Pet Shop Boys head to Spain this week for two Dreamworld shows in Valencia and Santander.

News
8 July 2026

Pet Shop Boys are about to play four dates in four days in Germany, starting in Mönchengladbach this Friday and continuing at Berlin’s Waldbühne on Saturday.

News
27 June 2026

Pet Shop Boys are happy to confirm that Michael Mayer will also join them in Paris on July 1, where he will open their “Dreamworld” show with a DJ set.

News
26 June 2026

Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce DJ support acts for their “Dreamworld” shows in Germany this summer.

News
1 June 2026
It’s a sin”, the new dance show adaptation of the award-winning Channel 4 series developed by Rambert and executive-produced by PSB and Russell T Davies, will embark on a major tour from February 2027.
News
28 May 2026

Pet Shop Boys’ “Since 1984” range has just been updated with new items, including three “Suburbia” and “Leaving” T‑Shirts and a “Since 1984” sweatshirt.