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Lauren Laverne: Acting the Rock Star

3. The Beatles & Elvis Presley

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

From The Beatles and David Bowie to Spinal Tap and beyond, Lauren Laverne showcases how rock stars lives have been portrayed on radio and screen.

In the last of this three-part lovingly compiled long-playing retrospective, we'll hear...

"When Elvis Met The Beatles" - An imagining of the occasion when the King of Rock 'N' Roll and The Fab Four came face to face in 1965.

Producer: Stuart Ross

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2020. Show less

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