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Wednesday 3 July 1963 Radio The Beatles’ only appearance on the BBC radio show The Beat Show took place on 3 July 1963. It was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme service on 1pm …
Tuesday 2 July 1963 Radio Following the success of the first four editions of The Beatles’ BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, the corporation decided to commission a further 11 editions. The first …
Monday 24 June 1963 Radio The Beatles’ fourth appearance on the BBC’s Saturday Club radio show was recorded on 24 June 1963 at the Playhouse Theatre in London.
Wednesday 19 June 1963 Radio The Beatles’ second appearance on the BBC radio show Easy Beat necessitated a rush back to London following Paul McCartney’s 21st birthday celebrations.
Monday 17 June 1963 Radio The initial run of The Beatles’ BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles was intended to have four editions. The last of these was recorded on this day, though …
Saturday 1 June 1963 Radio The Beatles recorded episodes two and three of their BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles on this day at the corporation’s Paris Studio in London.
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 …
Tuesday 21 May 1963 Radio The Beatles recorded two radio sessions for different BBC shows on this day, both at the Playhouse Theatre in London.
Tuesday 9 April 1963 Radio The Beatles were in the BBC Paris Studio in London between 12.30 and 1.45pm for an interview on the BBC Light Programme radio show Pop Inn.
Wednesday 3 April 1963 Radio The Beatles recorded three songs for the BBC radio show Easy Beat at the Playhouse Theatre, London on this day. It was their first appearance on the programme.
Monday 1 April 1963 Radio The Beatles recorded two shows for the radio series Side By Side, to be broadcast on the BBC Light Programme service.
Thursday 21 March 1963 Radio The Beatles arrived at the BBC’s Piccadilly Studios in London in time for a 10am rehearsal for the BBC radio show On The Scene.
Saturday 16 March 1963 Radio The Beatles had been due to record a session for the BBC Light Programme radio show Saturday Club on 11 March 1963, but cancelled due to John Lennon’s illness …
Wednesday 6 March 1963 Radio The Beatles appeared five times on the BBC Light Programme’s radio show Here We Go (initially known as Teenager’s Turn – Here We Go). This was the final occasion.
Wednesday 20 February 1963 Radio Following the previous night’s concert at the Cavern Club, The Beatles drove down to London for a brief appearance on the BBC radio show Parade Of The Pops.
Wednesday 7 March 1962 Radio On 7 March 1962 The Beatles recorded their radio debut at the Playhouse Theatre, Hulme, Manchester.