The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965)
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.
- Released
- 1965-12-16
- Genres
- Family, Comedy, Music, Documentary
- Runtime
- 44 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Philip Casson
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- 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
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