Tuesday, 12 November, 1963 The Beatles are scheduled to perform a gig at the Guidhall in Portsmouth, but the gig is postponed after Paul McCartney succumbs to a bout of gastric flu. During the early afternoon The Beatles had taped a back stage interview for Southern TV’s show “Day By Day” in which Paul looks [...]
Friday, 8th November, 1963 Heading up from Dublin to Belfast in Northern Ireland, The Beatles tape an interview for Ulster TV’s evening show, Ulster News. After arriving in Belfast they head to the local BBC studios to tape an interview for their competing evening show Six Ten. According to the BBC contract The Beatles should [...]
Thursday, 7 November, 1963 The Beatles only appearance in Eire. They fly in to Dublin airport where they are interviewed by RTE, the Irish television network for the In Town TV show. In the evening they perform a show at the Adelphi Cinema in Dublin. Traveling with The Beatles is screenwriter Alun Owen, who is [...]
Tuesday, 5 November, 1963 Brian Epstein flies to the U.S. with Billy J. Kramer for a promotional visit. While there, Epstein meets with television variety show host Ed Sullivan, who wants to let the American audience see the latest crazy fad from overseas on his program. To Sullivan’s astonishment, Epstein insists that The Beatles be [...]
Monday, 4 November, 1963 The Beatles took a day off from their UK tour to tape the Royal Variety Show at the Prince of Wales Theater in London. The show was traditionally the biggest entertainment event in the UK at the time, with the top popular acts from stage, TV, and music performing before members [...]
Wednesday, 30 October, 1963 The Beatles return to Stockholm to tape an appearance on the Swedish television pop show Drop In. The show was recorded at the Narren-teatern, a small theater in the Grona Lund amusement park. Originally scheduled to play two songs, She Loves You and Twist & Shout, The Beatles had such a [...]
Sunday, 20 October, 1963 The Beatles tape an appearance for the ABC Television program “Thank Your Lucky Stars,” at the Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, performing lip-syncs of “All My Loving,” “Money,” and “She Loves You.”
Friday, 18 October, 1963 At the Granada TV Center in Manchester, The Beatles tape an appearance for the Granada Television program “Scene At 6:30,” lip-syncing to “She Loves You.”
Sunday, 13 October, 1963 Beatlemania is born!! The Beatles appear on ATV’s “Sunday Night at the London Palladium,” the Uk’s most popular TV show at the the time with an estimated audience of 15 million. The Fab Four top the bill and perform “From Me to You,” “I’ll Get You,” “She Loves You,” and “Twist [...]
Friday, 4th October, 1963 The Beatles make their debut on the UK’s top rated TV pop program, Ready, Steady, Go! The show was transmitted live between 6:15pm and 7:00pm from the Associated-Rediffusion studios at Televsion House in London. Even though the show was live the groups mimed while surrounded by dancing teenagers. The Beatles performed [...]
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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.
