The Beatles

The Beatles appeared at the ABC on the 13th November, 1963. While in Plymouth, the Beatles were interviewed for a tv show made by Westward Television called, 'Move Over, Dad!' The interviewer was Stuart Hutchison. So many fans blocked the street, that the Beatles had to be taken through a tunnel, from the ABC to Westward Studios, to be interviewed. The concert very nearly didn't take place as Paul had been suffering from gastric flu and their booked appearance at Portsmouth on the previous night was cancelled because of this.

Below is a transcript of the Beatles interview with Stuart Hutchison;

Hutchison: 'Well Paul, how are you after your collapse we read about?' Paul: 'I didn't really collapse. That was just the naughty newspapers, writing it. Misquote! Nah, I just had a bit of flu, you know. I'm fine today, thank you.' Hutchison: 'You're feeling alright?' Paul: (in a comical voice) 'Lovely. Real lovely.' Hutchison: 'How are the rest of you? How are you going to avoid catching...?' John: (in a pathetic voice) 'We're fine, thank you.' George: 'Oh, we're OK. Yeah, great.' Hutchison: 'Are you taking any cold prevention, now?' Paul: 'Yeah, I'm taking 'em all. Got 'em all.' John: (quietly) 'It's only 1/6 a tube.' (Paul giggles) Hutchison: 'How about these escape plans you keep beating about? You got out of one place disguised as policemen.' Beatles: 'No, no!' George: 'We didn't, actually. We put the policemen's helmets on...' Paul: 'Just for a laugh, you know.' George: 'Yeah.' Paul: 'The policemen said, 'Aww, let's have a laugh, and put these helmets...' George: 'We jumped out of the van, and you know... The press were there to take the photographs, so we jumped out with the helmets on. So the next day it was...' Paul: 'The next day you read in the papers...' George: '...here they are, disguised.' Ringo: 'Have you ever seen a policeman in a corduroy coat?' John: 'I have. I saw one back in 1832, I think.' Ringo: 'He knows, you see.' Hutchison: 'Did you put the helmets on over the haircuts?' Paul: 'Yeah.' Ringo: 'Sure.' John: 'Well, we couldn't put them underneath.' (Beatles laugh) Paul: 'And I also read in the papers today, there's a man who said we wear wigs!' Ringo: (loudly) 'We don't!' Paul: 'We don't. Honest. Feel it.' Hutchison: 'True. It's lovely, yes. Oh, on this program a few weeks ago, somebody said the Beatles haircut was going out because the fringe was so long you couldn't see the birds. What comment have you got to make on that?' John: (yells) 'It's a dirty lie!' George: (laughs) Paul: 'We can see quite well. I can see quite well, thanks, John.' George: 'Well, some of us can.' (laughter) Hutchison: 'Are you looking forward to doing it tonight?' Beatles: 'Yeah! Paul: 'Of course.' Hutchison: 'Well, they've all been looking forward to seeing you, and they're out there now. Thank you very much, boys.' Beatles: 'Thank you.' John: 'Pleasure.'

The Beatles visited the ABC again on the 29th October, 1964.

The Beatles visited a third time in September 1967 while filming the Magical Mystery Tour and pictures appear of them sitting on the Hoe overlooking the Sound.