Daily Mail

BACK IN THE USSR . . .

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How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin, 9.30pm, BBC4

ABSORBING portrait of Soviet society’s reaction to Beatlemani­a. At the time, long hair was viewed with disdain by the authoritie­s, and Beatles records were banned — a bootleggin­g industry emerged, with men selling illicit rock ’n’ roll discs from the sleeves of their coats.

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