Sorry Boys You Failed The Audition

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Sara Bahadori

Andrew Knott

Stephen Fletcher

Luke Broughton

Daniel Crossley

Jonathan Keeble

Ruth Alexander-Rubin

Hope Brownhill

Ray Connolly

Gary Brown

Ray Connolly - Sorry, Boys, You Failed the Audition

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ray Connolly - Sorry, Boys, You Failed the Audition

What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?

What might have happened if George Martin had turned the Beatles down? Comedy drama set in 1962. Stars Sara Bahadori.

In the summer of 1962 the Beatles auditioned for producer George Martin at Parlophone Records. 

Having been rejected by every other record company, it was their last chance to get a recording contract. 

As the world soon found out, they passed the audition.

But what if they'd been turned down? 

Seen through the eyes of Freda, their teenage Liverpool fan club secretary, this is Ray Connolly's affectionate comedy drama about what might have happened to the Beatles if George Martin had said, 'No'.

Freda ...... Sara Bahadori
John ...... Andrew Knott
Paul ...... Stephen Fletcher
George ...... Luke Broughton
Ringo ..... Daniel Crossley
Brian Epstein ...... Jonathan Keeble
George Martin ...... Jonathan Keeble
Stepmother ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin
Mrs Harrison ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin
Cynthia ...... Hope Brownhill

Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.

***    Broadcast on 4 Extra to mark the 60th anniversary of the Beatles first universal chart number 1, From Me To You, in May 1963.

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