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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== Appearance in ''The Chase'' === | === Appearance in ''The Chase'' === | ||
The Beatles were to have filmed an in-studio cameo for ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' in which they played elderly versions of themselves, circa [[1996]], playing at the [[Festival of Ghana]]. | The Beatles were to have filmed an in-studio cameo for ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' in which they played elderly versions of themselves, circa [[1996]], playing at the [[Festival of Ghana]]. The band's manager, Brian Epstein, vetoed this on the grounds that it would be poor for the group's image. Had the planned cameo gone through, this would have contradicted John Lennon's death in 1970, creating an anachronism. | ||
As a compromise, Epstein allowed the production team to use footage from a 1965 ''Top of the Pops'' episode of the group singing "[[Ticket to Ride]]". [[Missing episode|Ironically]], this clip only survives because of its use in the first episode of ''The Chase'', as that specific ''Top of the Pops'' episode no longer exists in the BBC Archives. Thus, the clip that ''Who''<nowiki/>'s production team sourced is the only known surviving footage of that performance known to exist. | |||
=== The Beatles continuing after 1970 === | === The Beatles continuing after 1970 === | ||
