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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 16, 1965

Runtime

0h 44m

Genres

Family, Comedy, Music, Documentary

Original Title

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

Production Companies

Granada Television

Director

Philip Casson

Description

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.