The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One
The Nation’s favourite Beatles number one. TV alert: As part of the promotion for the re-release of The Beatles ‘1’ album on CD and the new BluRay/DVD editions, ITV in the UK has scheduled...
Category: Beatles TV
Filming Hey Jude and Revolution
Stills from ‘Revolution’. Thanks to the internet and Facebook, we were able to get in touch with someone who was present at the taping of the “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” videos. Her name is...
Beatles newsreels let loose
British Movietone/Associated Press have launched their own YouTube channel and are uploading new footage daily. For Beatles buffs, here’s a query link to the channel’s Beatles related films. Beatles film collectors are already reporting a...
John’s Jumbo Gibson was never stolen?
The two guitars in action on Late Scene Extra. There was a big discussion in the comments section of this blog post about whether or not John Lennon’s 1962 “Jumbo” J160E Gibson guitar rightfully...
Lost TOTP appearance emerges!
Film of The Beatles’ first ever “Top Of The Pops” appearance has been uploaded to YouTube. Taped 19 March 1964 for insertion into the 25 March edition, a good portion of “Can’t Buy Me Love” and...
The Beatles on Scene at 6:30
The current company ITV Granada (originally Granada Television or Granada TV) is the Channel 3 regional service for North West England. Granada Television was founded by Sidney Bernstein and based at Granada Studios on Quay...
John Lennon’s 1962 Gibson “jumbo” J160E guitar
John’s (actually originally George’s) Gibson J160E Andy Babiuk (of Beatles Gear book fame), recently discovered John Lennon’s long lost 1962 Gibson J160E guitar. It was the guitar’s current owner, John McCaw’s close friend and guitar...
The Ultimate Ed Sullivan DVD Collection – a review
TMOQ Gazette Volume 20: The Ultimate Ed Sullivan DVD Collection This offering from the underground label HMC collects all the Beatles appearances on the famous Ed Sullivan Shows in USA, both when they appeared...
The Beatles on Ready Steady Go!
Ready Steady Go! (or RSG!) was a British rock/pop music television programme every Friday evening from August 1963 until 23 December 1966. It was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV. Allans wanted...
A couple of “Top Of The Pops” stories
I was re-editing and translating into Norwegian my 2014 article about The Beatles’ appearances on “Top Of The Pops” for the “Norwegian Wood” magazine, when I came across a recent (2015 but no date given)...
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