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A deep dive into buildings which are important to the story of the Beatles. As well as looking at the importance of the buildings to the Beatles, we will also explore the architecture and design itself, and reflect on the socio-psycho-geography of 60s Britain.
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12: The Beatles at the Ad Lib Club (opens the original)
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The Ad Lib was the Beatles' favourite nightclub. They spent a lot of time here throughout 1964 and 1965 and it shaped them as people. Let's take a seat by the dancefloor, order a scotch and coke, and take part in the fascinating stories which occurred here - from hanging out with the other superstars of the Swinging Sixties to one particularly mind-expanding event involving spiked coffee and a lift which appears to be on fire.
11. A Tank of Piranhas and Fur-lined walls: Wips and the Origins of the Ad Lib Club (opens the original)
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The Ad Lib was THE Beatles' nightclub. In this epiosde, we explore its history before the Beatles made it their clubhouse, taking in Peter Cook's Establishment Club, sexy, drug-fuelled romps in Torremolinos, and Wip's nightclub with its fur walls and tank of piranhas. With two first-hand interviews from David Walsh and Elisabeth Luard, who were at the centre of the action, this episode is a richly satisfying study in how London swung just before the phrase Swinging London was invented. In the ne
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