Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The special aired on the Granada network in the north of England between 9.40 and 10.35 pm on 16 December , and then received a nationwide broadcast on 17 December . It followed four days after the end of the Beatles ' final UK tour and was the only television appearance they made in conjunction with the release of '' Rubber Soul '' and the " Day Tripper " / " We Can Work It Out " single . At the time , Lennon said of his and McCartney 's songs : " There are only about a hundred people in the world who really understand what our music is all about . Ringo , George , and a few others scattered around the globe … The reason so many people use our numbers and add nothing at all to them is that they do not understand the music . Consequently they make a mess of it . " The recognition afforded the Lennon – McCartney partnership followed BBC Radio 's '' Songwriters '' program on the pair 's achievements and '' Time '' magazine 's laudatory appraisal of the Beatles . In his book '' 1965 : The Making of Modern Britain '' , Christopher Bray writes that such was the band 's ascendancy that year , the Beatles were " everywhere " , as not only leaders of a " new aristocracy " but also recipients of MBEs . The latter was an unprecedented appointment for pop stars at the time and a reflection of British politicians ' recognition of the Beatles ' influence and mass appeal . Combined with the critical and public acclaim given to '' Rubber Soul '' , the show resulted in a surge in cover recordings of works from the Beatles ' Northern Songs publishing catalogue . In author Bob Spitz 's description : " By mid-1966 , an astounding eighty-eight Lennon – McCartney songs had been recorded in over 2,900 versions . Gershwin finally had competition . " '' The Music of Lennon & McCartney '' was not aired again until 30 December 1985 . It was shown on Channel 4 as part of an evening of programs recognising 30 years of Granada Television . Due to this broadcast , the program began circulating among bootleg collectors for the first time . The " Day Tripper " segment was included in the Beatles '' 1 '' CD and DVD set , released in November 2015
final UK tour
The Beatles' 1965 UK tour
The Music of Lennon & McCartney