The music of seventies pop icons Karen and Richard Carpenter earned them a vast following as well as a clutch of awards. Thirteen years after Karen's death following a struggle with anorexia, this documentary goes behind the scenes to examine the brother-sister relationship. It uncovers the emotional and physical damage, jealousy, driving ambition and obsession that lurked underneath the purity of their pop music and their squeaky-clean public image.
Richard Carpenter talks about how his sister manipulated his own romantic relationships, while there are further contributions from mother Agnes Carpenter, John Denver, the Osmonds, Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.
A concert by the Carpenters follows.
Producer Joanna Bailey ; Executive producer Richard Fell
Stereo