Skip to content
Sign inOpen the app
Artwork for Goon Pod
Goon Pod · July 8 · 1 hr 13 min

Samira Ahmed on A Hard Day's Night

Writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed joins Tyler this week to talk about her new book on A Hard Day’s Night and its roots in the world of the Goons, from the Fred shows to The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film. Also: Richard Lester’s creative vision and Alun Owen’s pitch-perfect script Why Beatlemania was distinctly black and white and how the film mirrors this Wilfrid Brambell – and why the film wouldn't be the same without him. Ringo and David Janson Favourite scenes: from the ad agency to John & Millie Deleted scenes The women of A Hard Day's Night and why the film avoided stereotypes that would later creep into Help! Recasting ideas Ringo’s odd line delivery The disposable TV culture at the time Those intriguing unmade Beatles films And… was Paul Rodney Bewes to John’s Tom Courtenay? A celebration of a film that's every bit as fresh, funny and ground-breaking today as it was in 1964. Samira’s podcast Through the Square Window can be found HERE: https://squarewindow.co.uk/

0:00-1:13:05
Play in podnod

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

Writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed joins Tyler this week to talk about her new book on A Hard Day’s Night and its roots in the world of the Goons, from the Fred shows to The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film.


Also:

  • Richard Lester’s creative vision and Alun Owen’s pitch-perfect script
  • Why Beatlemania was distinctly black and white and how the film mirrors this
  • Wilfrid Brambell – and why the film wouldn't be the same without him.
  • Ringo and David Janson
  • Favourite scenes: from the ad agency to John & Millie
  • Deleted scenes
  • The women of A Hard Day's Night and why the film avoided stereotypes that would later creep into Help!
  • Recasting ideas
  • Ringo’s odd line delivery
  • The disposable TV culture at the time
  • Those intriguing unmade Beatles films
  • And… was Paul Rodney Bewes to John’s Tom Courtenay?

 

A celebration of a film that's every bit as fresh, funny and ground-breaking today as it was in 1964.


Samira’s podcast Through the Square Window can be found HERE: https://squarewindow.co.uk/

links1

more episodes

All episodes