Big Night Out (ITV)

Freddie Frinton, Kathy Kirby, David Nixon

The Beatles took part in comedy sketches with hosts Mike and Bernie Winters, and mimed to six songs: ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Till There Was You’, ‘Please Mister Postman’, Money (That’s What I Want and ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. One of the comedy routines, a skit on The Beatles’ return from the US, involved the group sailing down the River Thames, being driven to the studio and arriving through a door marked ‘Customs’. The river cruise section was also filmed by an ITN news crew, and George Harrison provided a commentary for the early evening bulletin which parodied the annual Oxford v Cambridge boat race. The other guests on the show were Billy Dainty, Jackie Trent and Lionel Blair.

With Des O'Connor, The King Brothers, Joyce Blair, Ann Hart and Jessie Robbins, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas.