The Beatles awarded ‘Show Business Personalities of 1963’ at annual Variety Club luncheon in London 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 19 1964)


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(Thursday, March 19, 1964, early afternoon GMT) — The Beatles attended the 12th annual luncheon held by the Variety Club of Great Britain, where leader of the opposition Harold Wilson presented them with the Show Business Personalities of 1963 award.


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The ceremony took place early afternoon at the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, London, and was filmed by a number of TV and news organizations.


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The BBC made a 30-minute show out of the footage, which was screened from 10:30 p.m. GMT the following day.

The event was broadcast the next day at 10:30 p.m. GMT on the BBC-TV’s The Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1963.