The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965A 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.
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John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Sellers
Lulu
as Self
Cilla Black
as Self
Henry Mancini
as Self
Marianne Faithfull
as Self (as Marianne Faithful)
Billy J. Kramer
as Self (as The Dakotas)
Peter Asher
as Self
George Martin
as Self