Radio: Pop Go The Beatles
On 30 April 1963 a BBC studio manager, Vernon Lawrence, suggested to his manager, assistant department head Donald MacLean, that The Beatles be given their own radio series. MacLean approved the idea, with four programmes commissioned and the option for a further 11 if successful. The budget for each half-hour show was £100, and producer […]
En vivo: cine de Granada, Walthamstow, Londres
Day six of their UK tour with Roy Orbison, and The Beatles performed at the Granada Cinema in Walthamstow, London. The concert took place shortly after the recording of the first Pop Go The Beatles programme for the BBC. As with the other dates on the Roy Orbison tour, The Beatles performed a seven-song set: […]