With George & John in Hamburg in the early 1960s.
It is generally recognised that the Beatles developed their frenetic stage act during lengthy engagements in the clubs of Hamburg's Reeperbahn district. Less well-known is the fact that a Hamburg-based English musician, Tony Sheridan, was something of a role model in this process, with Paul McCartney referring to him as "The Teacher". While in Germany, the Beatles made their first recording, as a backing group for Sheridan, who has died aged 72 after undergoing heart surgery.
Mr & Mrs gameshow host Derek Batey dies aged 84:
Derek Batey, host of ITV gameshow Mr
& Mrs in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 84. The gameshow pitted married couples against each other in a quiz that tested
how well they really knew their own spouse, and attracted nine million viewers
during its heyday in the 1970s. Batey presented Mr & Mrs 500 times on TV and 5,000 times on stage after
developing a successful theatrical version.
Born in Brampton, Cumbria, the one-time ventriloquist started his broadcasting career with the BBC, then joined Border when it was formed in 1961.
As well as Mr & Mrs, he presented chat show Look Who's Talking.
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