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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2026 · 1H 3M

A Hard Day's Night with Samira Ahmed

from Writers on Film · host John Bleasdale

Samira Ahmed is a journalist, writer, and BBC broadcaster. She presents Front Row on Radio 4, Newswatch on BBC News, and regularly hosts radio documentaries. In 2020, she was named British Broadcasting Press Guild's Audio Presenter of the Year. Ahmed has written for The Guardian, The Independent, and other publications, and she writes a regular column for New Humanist. Read her blog here. Samira Ahmed's BFI Classics: A Hard Days Night is available here.  John Bleasdale's Connery: A Novel is available here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic? With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles' first film changed both the band themselves and pop music's relationship with the screen.

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