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.