The day after their final concert in Llandudno, north Wales, on 18 August 1963 The Beatles drove to the Alpha (ATV) Studios in Birmingham for an appearance on Summer Spin, the summer version of Thank Your Lucky Stars.
The show was presented by Pete Murray. The Beatles mimed to two songs: the forthcoming ‘She Loves You’ and its b-side ‘I’ll Get You’. Afterwards they drove to Torquay for a concert at the Princess Theatre.
This edition of Summer Spin was broadcast on Saturday 24 August 1963, from 6.05-6.45pm, across most of the UK’s ITV network.
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You have the wrong location for the Alpha TV studios in Birmingham. They were located along Aston Road North, Aston, Birmingham. The ITV company was ABC Television who also broadcast the Thank Your lucky Stars episodes from the Teddington Studios in London.
The location you have on your map is for what was then the ATV Studios for the Midlands which commenced operations by 1969. In the summer of 1968 ABC lost its franchise and was replaced by ATV for the Midlands region and Thames Television who took over the Teddington Studios for broadcasts Monday to Friday, while London Weekend Television covered Friday evening to Sunday.
BRMB Radio commenced broadcasting from what was left of Alpha TV Studios in February 1974 and was also the home of XTRA-AM in 1989.
OK, I’m happy to make a correction. Can you give me a precise location, with coordinates?