The Beatles at Auntie Beeb: With Craig Charles

Craig Charles explores the BBC Archive collection of Beatles’ radio performances and interviews. These were broadcast on the BBC’s Light Programme between 1963 and 1965 and capture the Fab Four at a crucial stage in their journey from talented newcomers to becoming one of the most influential musical groups of the 20th Century and beyond. Taken from shows including Easy Beat, Saturday Club and Pop Go The Beatles, the music includes Lennon and McCartney originals such as A Hard Day’s Night, All My Loving and Love Me Do performed alongside rock and roll classics of that era including Long Tall Sally, Johnny B. Goode and Roll Over Beethoven creating a unique portrait of a band finding its own voice and vision.