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A fact from Pop Go the Beatles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Beatles secretly called the host of their radio show "Pee Litres"?

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 18:14, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Beatles secretly called the host of their radio show "Pee Litres"?

Source: https://slate.com/culture/2013/05/pop-go-the-beatles-on-the-bbc-blogging-the-beatles-examines-the-radio-show-video.html "The Beatles would banter semi-mischievously, with host Lee Peters (behind his back, they called him “Pee Litres”)"

ALT1: ... that the Beatles had their own radio show where they played songs that they never recorded for their albums? Source: https://slate.com/culture/2013/05/pop-go-the-beatles-on-the-bbc-blogging-the-beatles-examines-the-radio-show-video.html
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The Midnite Wolf (talk) 16:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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Expanded 5x within a week of nomination. Nominator has less than 5 nominations so no QPQ required. Only a small quibble with ALT1, the article says that the Beatles played songs they never recorded for EMI (as opposed to "for their albums" in the hook), though as far as I know all of the Beatles' albums were recorded with EMI so should be fine. Either way I prefer the primary hook to ALT1. Looks good to go! 🌸wasianpower🌸 (talk • contribs) 03:06, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Daily Mail's bad rep !

This info is genuine but I cannot find another reliable source. I leave it here in case I get confirmation:

Margaret Ashworth, then a teenager in 1963, recorded eleven of the fifteen complete episodes using her father's VHF radio plugged directly into a reel-to-reel tape recorder. These higher quality recordings were used for the compilation album Live at the BBC issued in 1994. She would be thanked by name in the album notes.>Ashworth, Margaret (Mai 17, 2022). "How a besotted Beatles superfan who made amateur bedroom recordings of the band's 1960s hits ended up with a personalised thank you on their hit BBC album three decades later". Daily Mail. Retrieved August 18, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)</ JeanPaulGRingault (talk) 14:18, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]