{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6272b1bf938765001125fc93/6a5a289a78e0412bc6108c3d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Hard Day's Night (Part 4: And a room)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6272b1bf938765001125fc93/1786296759149-b83902d3-b3fe-4f64-b210-4d469425923b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Part 4 takes in three of the film's key solo spots: John Lennon's scene with Anna Quayle, George Harrison in the teen TV show office, and Paul McCartney fronting the Beatles' performance of And I Love Her.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A Hard Day's Night is often on BBC iPlayer, although not at the moment, and available to rent on a few streaming services. <a href=\"https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/a-hard-days-night\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/a-hard-days-night</a> There's also a good quality copy on YouTube at the moment, which might of course be taken down soon. Do yourself a favour and buy the Blu-ray anyway.</li><li>Get Samira Ahmed's excellent book about the film, from the BFI Modern Classics series: <a href=\"https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/</a></li><li>The picture of George Harrison scowling, and the context: <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/1lh31ss/i_heard_george_loved_this_photo_so_much_he_had_a/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/1lh31ss/i_heard_george_loved_this_photo_so_much_he_had_a/</a></li><li>Joe Lycett talking about he and James Acaster being mistaken for one another: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wa91yrX2d8M\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wa91yrX2d8M</a></li><li><em>How to Be Cool</em> by Philip Pullman: <a href=\"https://share.google/HyHlY8dpVwsurWT6o\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://share.google/HyHlY8dpVwsurWT6o</a></li><li>Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront came out a full decade earlier than we thought it might have: 1954. Still, our point stands, probably.</li><li>Dexy's Midnight Runners performing Jackie Wilson said on Top of the Pops in 1982 with an image of darts player Jocky Wilson behind them: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwcBkRUifmY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwcBkRUifmY</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Meet the Beatles Films Podcast</h2><p><br></p><p>The Beatles Films Podcast is hosted by Matt Looker and Ed Williamson. We're both film writers and Beatles fans. Between us we've written for <a href=\"https://theshiznit.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TheShiznit.co.uk</a>, Total Film, Den of Geek and Virgin Media.</p><p><br></p><p>But tomorrow may rain, so you'll follow us on:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Instagram <a href=\"https://instagram.com/beatlesfilmspod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://instagram.com/beatlesfilmspod</a></li><li>Bluesky <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/beatlesfilmspod.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bsky.app/profile/beatlesfilmspod.bsky.social</a></li><li>YouTube <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@BeatlesFilmsPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@BeatlesFilmsPodcast</a></li><li>Threads <a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@beatlesfilmspod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.threads.net/@beatlesfilmspod</a></li><li>Facebook <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/304654901827622/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/304654901827622</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Ed Williamson and Matt Looker"}