Samira Ahmed is a journalist, writer, and BBC broadcaster. She presents Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Newswatch on BBC One, and has made acclaimed documentaries including Art of Persia (BBC Four), Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse, and I Dressed Ziggy Stardust (BBC Radio 4).In 2020, she was named Audio Presenter of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, and New Humanist, where she also writes a regular column. She is President of the Twentieth Century Society, which campaigns to preserve modern architecture and design.In 2023, Samira made global headlines when she uncovered the earliest known complete concert recording of the Beatles, captured at Stowe School in April 1963. A Hard Day’s Night is her first book.

Samira Ahmed's thought-provoking study provides some great insight and contemporary considerations, such as the use of women in the film. This pocket-sized volume certainly makes you want to watch the film again.

• Acknowledgements1. Watching A Hard Day’s Night2. Making A Hard Day’s Night3. A Hard Day’s Night and TV4. Women in A Hard Day’s Night5. Reception and What They did Next6. Legacy: An Early Clue to the New DirectionNotesCreditsSelect Bibliography

Samira Ahmed is a journalist, writer, and BBC broadcaster. She presents Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Newswatch on BBC One, and has made acclaimed documentaries including Art of Persia (BBC Four), Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse, and I Dressed Ziggy Stardust (BBC Radio 4).In 2020, she was named Audio Presenter of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, and New Humanist, where she also writes a regular column. She is President of the Twentieth Century Society, which campaigns to preserve modern architecture and design.In 2023, Samira made global headlines when she uncovered the earliest known complete concert recording of the Beatles, captured at Stowe School in April 1963. A Hard Day’s Night is her first book.

Samira Ahmed's thought-provoking study provides some great insight and contemporary considerations, such as the use of women in the film. This pocket-sized volume certainly makes you want to watch the film again.

• Acknowledgements1. Watching A Hard Day’s Night2. Making A Hard Day’s Night3. A Hard Day’s Night and TV4. Women in A Hard Day’s Night5. Reception and What They did Next6. Legacy: An Early Clue to the New DirectionNotesCreditsSelect Bibliography

Samira Ahmed is a journalist, writer, and BBC broadcaster. She presents Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Newswatch on BBC One, and has made acclaimed documentaries including Art of Persia (BBC Four), Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse, and I Dressed Ziggy Stardust (BBC Radio 4).In 2020, she was named Audio Presenter of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, and New Humanist, where she also writes a regular column. She is President of the Twentieth Century Society, which campaigns to preserve modern architecture and design.In 2023, Samira made global headlines when she uncovered the earliest known complete concert recording of the Beatles, captured at Stowe School in April 1963. A Hard Day’s Night is her first book.

Samira Ahmed's thought-provoking study provides some great insight and contemporary considerations, such as the use of women in the film. This pocket-sized volume certainly makes you want to watch the film again.

• Acknowledgements1. Watching A Hard Day’s Night2. Making A Hard Day’s Night3. A Hard Day’s Night and TV4. Women in A Hard Day’s Night5. Reception and What They did Next6. Legacy: An Early Clue to the New DirectionNotesCreditsSelect Bibliography