Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender is an
Emmy/
Rose d'Or award winning 2012 feature-length documentary about
Queen singer
Freddie Mercury and his attempt to forge a solo career. The documentary premiered on
BBC One in edited form as part of the Imagine series, and later the Director's Cut was shown on
BBC Four. It gained 3.5 million viewers when aired on BBC One in October 2012 and a further 1.2 million when shown on BBC Four.