The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965)

ALL 12/16/1965 (en) Family, Comedy, Music, Documentary 44 Min
  • Release
    12/16/1965
  • Production
    Granada Television
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  • Original title
    The Music of Lennon & McCartney
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

A 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Granada Television and aired on that network on 16 December 1965 before receiving a national broadcast the following evening. The programme mainly consisted of other artists miming to their recordings of the songs. The Beatles performed Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, and Peter Sellers delivered a comedic interpretation of A Hard Day's Night, in the style of stage actor Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Richard III.

  1. Philip Casson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. John Hamp

    Producer



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Casts

  1. John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Paul McCartney

    Self (archive footage)

  3. George Harrison

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Ringo Starr

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Peter Sellers

  6. Lulu

    Self

  7. Cilla Black

    Self

  8. Henry Mancini

    Self

  9. Marianne Faithfull

    Self (as Marianne Faithful)

  10. Billy J. Kramer

    Self (as The Dakotas)

  11. Peter Asher

    Self

  12. George Martin

    Self

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 12 , Crews : 3

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The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965) 44 Min

ALL 12/16/1965 (en)
Family, Comedy, Music, Documentary
  • Release 12/16/1965
  • Production
    Granada Television
  • Original title The Music of Lennon & McCartney
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Granada Television and aired on that network on 16 December 1965 before receiving a national broadcast the following evening. The programme mainly consisted of other artists miming to their recordings of the songs. The Beatles performed Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, and Peter Sellers delivered a comedic interpretation of A Hard Day's Night, in the style of stage actor Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Richard III.

  1. Philip Casson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. John Hamp

    Producer