The Beatles - Ready, Steady, Go! - October 4, 1963

The Beatles appear three times on the TV show Ready, Steady, Go!

October 4, 1963 - first participation

The Beatles play Twist And Shout, I'll Get You and She Loves You and are interviewed by Dusty Springfield and Keith Fordyce.

During the episode Paul judged an audience-based competition to find the best Brenda Lee impersonator: the 14-year-old Melanie Coe is the winner. 

Pete Blake (artist) said:

"A friend was designing sets for Ready, Steady, Go!, and he invited me to their first live TV performance. They were wearing the famous grey, buttoned-up suits, which really stood out at the time. I was the only one at the rehearsal when they played this song. To me it sounded like very good rock ‘n’ roll. But it wasn’t just the music, it was their personalities, the way they looked, the whole thing."

Ready, Steady, Go! - recorded at Television House, Kingsway, London and broadcast only on the ITV network, initially only in London, was the leading British pop music programme of the time. The opening slogan of the programme is THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE!