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FRANCES MCNEIL - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st May 2023
Frances McNeil's drana tells the story of Brian Epstein.
Starring Jonathan Keeble.
Set during the hectic, turbulent years of his relationship with the Beatles and his management of the groups that created the Mersey Sound.
Brian Epstein .... Jonathan Keeble
Jackie Parris .... Laurel Lefkow
John Lennon .... Tim Whitnall
Queenie Epstein .... Ann Beach
Harry Epstein .... Christopher Scott
Liam .... Robert Harper
Mike .... Kim Wall
George Martin .... Alex Lowe
New Yorker .... Kerry Shale
The Actress .... Alice Arnold
Johnny .... Chris Pavlo
Nurse .... Shirley Dixon
Air Stewardess .... Elaine Pyke
Man .... Niven Boyd
Director Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
*** Broadcast as part of 4 Extra's Fab 4 season marking the 60th anniversary of the Beatles first universal chart number 1, From Me To You, in May 1963.
FRANKLY SPEAKING - BRIAN EPSTEIN (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd June 2023
Brian Epstein, 29 year old manager of the Beatles talks about his life to Bill Grundy.
He was a quiet, well-spoken public schoolboy, RADA student, from a very comfortably-off Liverpool family.
But knowing nothing of the world of pop - how did Epstein find himself in the world of agents and impresarios?
As well as the Beatles, he represented other artistes including Cilla Black.
Brian Epstein tragically died in 1967 aged 32 - the result of an alcohol and barbiturate overdose.
Launched in 1952, Frankly Speaking was a completely novel and ground breaking BBC series. Initially there were three interviewers and the series was both unrehearsed and unscripted.
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1964.
*** Broadcast as part of 4 Extra's Fab 4 season marking the 60th anniversary of the Beatles first universal chart number 1, From Me To You, in May 1963.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th August 2016
Marc transports us back into a different era... the start of the pop revolution when Beatlemania was about to take over the world.
It's March 1964 and Bill Grundy interviews the '5th Beatle', manager Brian Epstein for his regional radio programme Frankly Speaking. We revisit the BBC's archives and hear Epstein speak candidly about how and when he discovered The Beatles and what it was like seeing them perform for the first time. He reveals his role in their image change, just exactly what it is a manager does and his theories on why they'd go on to be a success in America. Plus Brian tells us how he reacted when Paul turned up late for their first meeting.
First broadcast in 2009.