THE DAY JOHN MET PAUL
TX: 26.06.07 BBC Radio 2 |
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| The Quarrymen with Bob and Colin Hall |
Synopsis
‘It was 50 years ago today, Paul McCartney saw the Quarrymen play.
McCartney, his brother Mike, John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia and the surviving members of Lennon’s first band the Quarrymen, tell Bob Harris what happened when John met Paul and pop’s fate was sealed’.
‘Radio Times’
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The Quarrymen playing on the back of a flat bed truck in Roseberry Street, Liverpool on 22nd June 1957 |
Credits
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| Narrator |
Bob Harris |
| Writer |
Bob Harris |
| Production |
Neil Myners, Bob Harris |

Bob and Colin |
Interviews |
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| Paul McCartney |
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| Mike McCartney |
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| Rod Davis, John Duff-Lowe, Colin Hanton |
– The Quarrymen |
| Colin Hall |
Custodian of John Lennon’s house ‘Mendips’ |
| Cynthia Lennon |
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| Spencer Leigh |
Liverpool writer and musicologist |

The Quarrymen on-stage |
Archive
Tape of the Quarrymen playing live onstage 6th July 1957
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| Music for ‘The Day John Met Paul |
Press
‘Hello’ magazine two-page feature.
Pick of the week:
Radio Times / Observer / Sunday Times / Express / Mail On Sunday
BBC Programme Information
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