Video: 'Around The Beatles. 1964.' (excludes audio of "I Wanna Be Your Man")

(Tuesday, April 28, 1964, 9:00-10:15 p.m. BST) — The Beatles recorded the television special Around The Beatles tonight at Studio 5AB at Rediffusion’s Wembley Studios, London.

The group arrived at the studios at 11:00 a.m. BST to take part in final rehearsals, although during the day they also gave interviews to Swedish radio, speaking to visiting host Klas Burling.

The Beatles took part in two segments in the show: a musical set and a spoof of Act V Scene I of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

For the Shakespeare spoof, Lennon took the female role of Thisbe, McCartney played Pyramus, Harrison was Moonshine and Starr played Lion.

Video: 'The Beatles - Around The Beatles (TV Special) - April 28th, 1964.' (includes audio of "I Wanna Be Your Man")

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison also mimed a trumpet fanfare at the start of the show, before Ringo Starr appeared with a flag to set off a cannon ball.

The songs performed by The Beatles in the show were ‘Twist And Shout’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Long Tall Sally’ and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, as well as a special medley of their earlier hits – ‘Love Me Do’, ‘Please Please Me’, ‘From Me To You’, ‘She Loves You’, and ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ – and finally a version of The Isley Brothers’ 1959 song “Shout.”

Video: '[NEW] The Beatles on "Around the Beatles" (TV Special, April 28th 1964) [8mm Film]'

The music had been pre-recorded at London’s IBC Studios on 19 April 1964, and The Beatles mimed during the show.

The hour-long show also featured PJ Proby, the Vernons Girls, Long John Baldry, Millie, The Jets, and NEMS artists Cilla Black and Sounds Incorporated. The group introduced PJ Proby’s performance.

It was first broadcast in the UK on the ITV network on May 6 from 9:45 p.m., and in the U.S. by ABC on Nov. 15, 1964.

Video: 'The Beatles & Murray The "K" As It Happened' (Apr. 24-28, 1964, at 11:24-14:20)

Meantime, New York DJ Murray the K taped further Beatle interviews throughout his week (Apr. 24-28) in London. John reads a couple of pieces from his book published in the United States that week, “I Sat Belonely” and “A Surprise for Little Bobby.”

Paul talks about seeing a film the previous night, and Murray assures him he’ll find a place for the group to party during their August trip to New York.