THE DAY JOHN MET PAUL
TX: 26.06.07 BBC Radio 2
Paul McCartney
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’

The Quarrymen
The Quarrymen playing on the back of a flat bed truck in Roseberry Street, Liverpool on 22nd June 1957

Credits

 
Narrator Bob Harris
Writer Bob Harris
Production Neil Myners, Bob Harris

Quarrymen
Bob and Colin

Interviews

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

Archive
Tape of the Quarrymen playing live onstage 6th July 1957

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


More pictures...

The QuarrymenSpencer LeighMike McCartneyPaul McCartneyBob and Trudie at MendipsCynthia Lennon

 

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