The show opens on an image of the Globe Theatre, with Ringo Starr unfurling a flag with the legend "Around the Beatles".

The opening act is a humorous rendition of the play within a play, Pyramus and Thisbe (Act V, Scene I) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Paul McCartney as Pyramus, John Lennon as his lover Thisbe, George Harrison as Moonshine, and Ringo Starr as Lion,[2] and also features Trevor Peacock in the role of Quince.

The footage of them singing "Can't Buy Me Love" is now included on the video portion of the 2015 reissue of the compilation 1.

All of the songs performed by the Beatles in the special were released on home video in 1985 by EMI and Dave Clark Productions as "Ready Steady Go!

The complete show is known still to exist, but has never been commercially released on VHS or DVD (apart from the previously-mentioned Beatles segments.)