Sunday, 1 September, 1963 The Beatles travel over to the ABC TV studios in Didsbury, Manchester to record an appearance on the Big Night Out variety show hosted by comedian’s Mike and Bernie Winters. After rehearsals during the day the show was taped during the evening in front of an audience of 600. The Beatles [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sunday, 18 August, 1963 The Beatles drive from Llandudno to the Alpha TV studios in Aston, Birmingham where they record an appearance for ABC TV’s “Lucky Stars (Summer Spin)” to be transmitted on 24 August. They lip-sync to “She Loves You” and “I’ll Get You.“ After the taping they continue the drive south to Torquay [...]
Wednesday, 14 August, 1963 After the second show at Llandudno the previous night The Beatles returned to Liverpool, and then on the Wednesday morning drove over to the Granada TV studios in Manchester to tape two songs for delayed broadcast on “Scene at 6:30.” They are not dressed in their suits, as usual, but in [...]
Sunday, 23 June, 1963 The Beatles tape an appearance on the ABC Television program “Lucky Stars – Summer Spin” at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham. This program is the summer title for “Thank Your Lucky Stars.” This entire edition is devoted to the “Mersey Beat” boom, featuring The Beatles and the Liverpool acts that had [...]
Saturday, 22 June, 1963 John Lennon is in London to tape an appearance on the very popular television program “Juke Box Jury” to be broadcast on June 29. John causes a bit of a stir when he states negative opinions of every one of the records being reviewed. The taping of the program runs long [...]
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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.
