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Ringo was part of a jury that judged in the competition The National Beat Group Competition, along with chairman David Jacobs,
Cilla Black,
Brian Epstein, Billy Hatton (of
The Fourmost), Betty Hale (of Fabulous magazine), Alan Freeman and Linda Lewis. This program, the finals of the competition, was sponsored by the charity Oxfam and was held at the Prince Of Wales Theatre in central
London. The second half of the evening was screened live on BBC2 as It's Beat Time. Eleven groups had made it to the finals. These included The Southerns, The The Connosseurs, The Starfires, The Apaches, Formula Five, The Down-Beats, The Vibros, The Countdowns, Roy Stuart and The Cyclones, Danny Clarke and The Jaguars, and The Crusaders. Despite how large this program was, none of the groups achieved fame beyond this TV show.
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