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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

1965 44 minutes
70/100

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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

16th December 1965

60 years ago

Runtime

44 minutes

Finishes at 9:56pm

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    7/10

  • TMDb Logo

    70%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    70%

Directed by

Philip Casson

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