Released 50 years ago this week, Richard Lester's exaggeration of a day in the life of The Fab Four at the height of Beatlermania remains a landmark of music cinema. Lester captured the public personalities of John, George, Paul and Ringo with great wit as they head to London for a TV show, there are great cameo roles for Wilfrid Brambell and Victor Spinetti and, of course, one or two songs you might recognise.
(Sunday. BBC4, 7.30pm)
Released 50 years ago this week, Richard Lester's exaggeration of a day in the life of The Fab Four at the height of Beatlermania remains a landmark of music cinema. Lester captured the public personalities of John, George, Paul and Ringo with great wit as they head to London for a TV show, there are great cameo roles for Wilfrid Brambell and Victor Spinetti and, of course, one or two songs you might recognise.