The Beatles Naked
Episode #4: 'The Profumo Affair - Sex, Lies... and Beatlemania'
Pimps, drug dealers, call girls, kinky orgies involving members of the ruling class, a government minister sharing a mistress with a Russian spy, a suicide… and the Prime Minister’s resignation. This was the scandal that rocked Britain in 1963—along with The Beatles simultaneously providing an alternative form of entertainment.
Among the featured tracks:
- ‘From Russia with Love’ – Matt Monroe
- ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’ – Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
- ‘On the Rebound’ – Floyd Cramer
- ‘Runaway’ – Del Shannon
- ‘My Bonnie’ – Tony Sheridan & The Beatles
- ‘You Don’t Know’ – Helen Shapiro
- ‘Tower of Strength’ – Frankie Vaughan
- ‘Come Outside’ – Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard
- ‘Telstar’ – The Tornados
- ‘All I Do is Dream’ – Mandy Rice-Davies
- ‘Please Please Me’ – The Beatles
- ‘Dance On’ – The Shadows
- ‘Let’s Dance’ – Chris Montez
- ‘Summer Holiday’ – Cliff Richard
- ‘The Cruel Sea’ – The Dakotas
- ‘How Do You Do It’ – Gerry and the Pacemakers
- ‘From Me to You’ – The Beatles
- ‘Confessin’ (That I Love You)’ – Frank Ifield
- ‘(You’re The) Devil in Disguise’ – Elvis Presley
- ‘She Loves You’ – The Beatles
- ‘I’ll Get You’ (live) – The Beatles
- ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ – Dusty Springfield
PLUS ultra-rare clips of The Beatles performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Walthamstow Granada in the spring of 1963.