Hard Day's Night

Samira Ahmed is a journalist, writer, and BBC broadcaster. She presents Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Newswatch on BBC One, and has made acclaimed documentaries including Art of Persia (BBC Four), Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse, and I Dressed Ziggy Stardust (BBC Radio 4).In 2020, she was named Audio Presenter of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, and New Humanist, where she also writes a regular column. She is President of the Twentieth Century Society, which campaigns to preserve modern architecture and design.In 2023, Samira made global headlines when she uncovered the earliest known complete concert recording of the Beatles, captured at Stowe School in April 1963. A Hard Day’s Night is her first book.

• Acknowledgements1. Watching A Hard Day’s Night2. Making A Hard Day’s Night3. A Hard Day’s Night and TV4. Women in A Hard Day’s Night5. Reception and What They did Next6. Legacy: An Early Clue to the New DirectionNotesCreditsSelect Bibliography

Compact, intelligent and full of fresh angles, this is a book that makes you want to watch A Hard Day’s Night again immediately — which is probably the highest compliment you can pay it.