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Jane Asher was already known on meeting the Beatles, but had more to offer than the inside track on fame. Read by Mark McGann.

Jane Asher was already a celebrated young actress when she met the Beatles, but she had more to offer than the inside track on fame.

Craig Brown presents a series of kaleidoscopic glimpses of the Beatles through time.

Drawing on interviews, diaries, anecdotes, memoirs and gossip, he offers an entertaining series of vignettes that capture the mood of an era.

It鈥檚 a journey that takes us from 9th November 1961 when Brian Epstein first heard the four young men in a sweaty basement, via their mop top haircuts, to the jaw-dropping prices paid for the most trivial of memorabilia.

And along the way there is the music, always the exuberant, the playful and ever-changing music.

Read by Mark McGann

Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for 成人快手 Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

14 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 May 2023 02:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 23 Mar 2021 09:45
  • Wed 24 Mar 2021 00:30
  • Tue 30 May 2023 07:00
  • Tue 30 May 2023 12:00
  • Tue 30 May 2023 17:00
  • Wed 31 May 2023 02:00

Six things we didn鈥檛 know about the Beatles

Six things we didn鈥檛 know about the Beatles

A selection of surprising and revealing stories from Craig Brown's Beatles biography.