Around The Beatles (TV Special 1964)

Around The Beatles (TV Special 1964) Around the Beatles was a 1964 television special featuring the Beatles, produced by Jack Good for ITV/Rediffusion London. It was taped in Wembley Park Studios (now known as Fountain Studios) in London on 28 April 1964, and broadcast internationally, with its initial airing on 6 May 1964, and in the US on the ABC network on 15 November. The show featured other performers as well, with the Beatles providing backing vocals for some of them. The music had been pre-recorded at London's IBC Studios on 19 April 1964, and The Beatles mimed during the show. Performances The show opens on an image of the Globe Theatre, with Ringo Starr unfurling a flag with the legend "Around the Beatles". The studio setting is arranged as a theatre in the round, (hence the show's name) echoing the seating arrangement of the Globe. The opening act is a humorous rendition of the "play within a play", Pyramus and Thisbe (Act V, Scene I) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Paul McCartney as Pyramus, John Lennon as his lover Thisbe, George Harrison as Moonshine, and Starr as Lion, and also features Trevor Peacock in the role of Quince. The Beatles 01. Twist and Shout 02. Roll Over Beethoven 03. I Wanna Be Your Man 04. Long Tall Sally 05. Love Me Do / Please Please Me / From Me to You / She Loves You / I Want to Hold Your Hand (Medley) 06. Can't Buy Me Love 07. Shout Other acts Long John Baldry - Got My Mojo Working (with the Beatles as backup singers offstage in the audience balcony) P.J. Proby with the Vernons Girls - Walking the Dog, Cumberland Gap, I Believe The Vernons Girls featuring Jean Owen - Only You Can Do It Baldry and Vernons Girls, Medley - Night Train / Lover Please / I'm Movin' On / Forty Days / Money (That's What I Want) / Hit the Road Jack Cilla Black - Saved, You're My World, Heat Wave Sounds Incorporated - Brontosaurus Stomp, Detroit Millie - My Boy Lollipop, Tom Hark Production Harry Robinson – Musical Associate Brian Epstein – Production Associate Roy Stannard – Designer Rita Gillespie – Director Jack Good – Producer