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A hard day of work, a drug reference, and a cast and crew party are among the highlights of this episode of What A Fab Day, the podcast telling you the day by day story of the Beatles. Today, we focus on the 19th of March.

0:00 - Introduction.

0:25 - In 1961, the Beatles play the Casbah Coffee Club.

0:42 - In 1962, the Beatles perform at the Kingsway Club in Southport.

0:55 - In 1963, the Beatles' packaged tour is at Regal Cinema in Cambridge.

1:05 - In 1964, the Beatles are at the Twickenham Film Studios to shoot a sequence for A Hard Day's Night.

1:33 - At noon, the Fab Four receive the Variety Silver Heart plaque as Show Business Personalities of 1963.

2:36 - The Beatles have their debut on Top Of The Pops.

3:05 - The origin of A Hard Day's Night title.

4:03 - In 1965, the Beatles film some pick-up shots for their Help! film.

4:28 - Then they give a phone interview to BBC's Brian Matthew and have a party with cast and crew.

5:01 - Conclusion.

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Thanks to Alessandro d’Amito, Chiara Colafemmina, Daniele Monterisi, Fabio Ingegno, and Mariella Tarantino.