Friday, 30 August, 1963
Filming for the BBC TV documentary continues in Liverpool. This time it picks up outside Ringo’s house at 10 Admiral Grove with Ringo battling his way past a crowd of adoring and screaming kids to George’s waiting open topped car. John and Paul were present but did not participate in this sequence. […]
Thursday, 29 August, 1963
Another day of shooting for the BBC TV documentary, this time back home in Liverpool with The Beatles filmed walking on the top deck of a Mersey ferry boat, signing autographs etc. Then it was off to Liverpool’s Speke airport (now John Lennon Airport) to film a fake arrival scene with them […]
Wednesday, 28 August, 1963
Filming for the BBC TV documentary once again starts at 9:30am, this time at the BBC studios in Manchester, where the group are interviewed in a dressing room about their hopes and aims for the future. They were then filmed applying stage make-up and walking around backstage with guitars as if preparing […]
Tuesday, 27 August, 1963
As well as playing two shows a night this week, The Beatles were also traveling between Southport, Liverpool and Manchester to participate in the filming of a BBC TV documentary about the Mersey Beat boom.
The first filming took place at 9:30am with the group playing on stage at a smaller Southport venue […]
Monday, 26th August, 1963
The Beatles start another six-night residency playing at a seaside town cinema. This time it’s a little closer to home at the Odeon Cinema in Southport, just north of Liverpool.
Once again they will play two performances each night using the following song list, “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Thank You Girl,” “Chains,” “A Taste […]
Saturday, 24 August, 1963
The Beatles conclude their week long engagement in Bournemouth with a final two performances at the Gaumont Cinema.
Friday, 23 August, 1963
The penultimate day of The Beatles engagement at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth, where they once again played two shows.
Thursday, 22 August, 1963
At midday The Beatles made the short journey from Bournemouth to Southampton where they taped an appearance at the Southern Television studios for the local news program “Day By Day” to be broadcast later that evening. During the taping they mimed to a playback of “She Loves You.“
Returning to Bournemouth The Beatles […]
Wednesday, 21 August, 1963
The Beatles left Bournemouth early in the morning to arrive at EMI’s Studio Three in London by 10:00am to continue mixing and editing songs for their upcoming album.
The Beatles left mid-afternoon to return to Bournemouth for two more evening shows at the Gaumont Cinema.
Tuesday, 20 August, 1963
The Beatles perform two more shows at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth.
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
