Colin Gardner

The Beatleplaces Podcast

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Join Mark and Col, your local hosts and guides to all things Beatles and Liverpool as we discuss the many people and places the Beatles knew here in Liverpool in their formative years and the stories behind them. You'll hear lots of new facts and regular features for Beatles fans young and old and even those in the middle too. It's a fascinating history and our pleasure to tell it. Beatleplaces Podcast is about the band and John, Paul, George, Ringo- where they lived, loved, played, dreamed and lots more besides. A splendid podcast is guaranteed for all.

Author

Colin Gardner

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Music

Podcast website

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Latest episode

May 23, 2026

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Episodes

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #27- Gazunka! 23.05.2026

We’ve seen the emails, read the letters and court summons' and ignored them all. We’re back to present another exciting, quirky, but fun episode of The Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark & Col and damn the expense- all £3.10 of it. All aboard if you’re coming. Suitably pepped up by Earl Grey tea and M&S custard creams, we are continuing with the “Beatles With An A ” series, where we’ve man...

The Beatleplaces With Mark & Col- Episode #26- It's a John Lennon Special! 23.04.2026

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #26- It’s a John Lennon Special! “How-do”, as we say, up North. Messrs Mark & Col wish you all well and welcome to another Beatleplaces Podcast . It’s the least we can do- a quantity we never seem to specialise in, because we’re more than pleased to present another excessively fun-packed edition of The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark &...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #25 – Keep that one, mark it FAB! 30.01.2026

The odds (and sods) were against us, but we did it anyway. Well hi, hi, hi and hello all. We’re back with another Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col , the show with more Beatles stuff per square inch than you could shake a stick at. Yes, we’ve returned, with an abundance of fun and facts about the Fabbest Four in the world, talking our heads off as per usual about The Beatles and Beatle plac...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col - Episode #24- Yer daft get! 23.08.2025

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #24 – Yer daft get! Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good grief, we’re back. Mark and Col have had a brief sabbatical between podcasts to recharge themselves to being match-fit again for yet another vibrant Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col . As a result, we’ve got a longer than usual show cos’ we haven’t exercised our ton...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col- Episode #23-"Two lagers and lime and two lagers and lime" 20.06.2025

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #23 – Two lagers and lime and two lagers and lime. Hola, howdy and how’s your hollyhocks.? Yes, indeedi, Mark and Col have returned to the internet airwaves to provide yet another Beatleplaces With Mark & Col. (I seriously doubt whether anyone else would). Boldly babbling on where no hand has set foot, the terrific twosome, Col and Mark ar...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #22 – You Can See A Lot Of The World From Railings.. 27.04.2025

Welcome back, (assuming you’ve been somewhere) to another Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col (who haven’t been anywhere). Once again, we’ve wolfed down our tea to present to you a right old ding-dong of Beatles-related merriment for your enjoyment and general well-being. There’s nothing like a bit of random is there.? Our regular feature, Beatles With an “A” has reached the mighty letter “H”...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col- # Episode 21 "I Don't Like Your Tie For A Start" 15.02.2025

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #21 – I Don’t Like Your Tie For A Start. Hello all and welcome (wipe your feet first) to a brand new Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col - It’s a George Harrison Special this time under the “ Beatles With An “A ” series. All things George, all things Harrison. Your eminent hosts, Col and Mark have lined up yet another pile of fun and fact...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col- Episode #20 "Just rattle your jewellery..." 10.11.2024

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col – Episode #20 - Just Rattle Your Jewellery.. Hello folks. Well shiver me maggots, there’s no stopping Mark & Col this time. After a brief sabbatical, the didactic duo are back. Invigorated with fresh supplies of porridge, tea and some necessary chiropody appointments, we eagerly return to present another thrilling, nee splendiferous, but frankly, fu...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col- # Episode 19 "I Got Blisters On Ma Fingers!" 18.08.2024

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col # Episode 19 I Got Blisters On Ma Fingers! Lights, camera, action.. well actually one microphone, some custard creams and a few beers. Col and Mark have re-appeared once again with more Beatle stuff to entertain you for an hour or so. Beatles With An “A” is our little attempt to give you some interesting facts and whatnot on the world’s greatest band, T...

The Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col- Episode #18- "Let's All Get Up And Dance To A Song" 08.06.2024

Episode #18 – "Let’s all get up and dance to a song.." Well hello again. Sit down and take it easy for a bit, we’re all informal here. Mark and Col, the most reliable men this side of the River Mersey, are fit for duty and back again to present another  Beatleplaces Podcast, a nearly no-nonsense approach to enthusiastically talking about the Fabulous Four (which is The Beatles by the way)...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode # 17 - "Beep, beep, beep, beep, YEAH!" 21.04.2024

Episode #17 – Beep, beep, beep, beep, YEAH! Nice of you to drop by and see if we’ve been busy lately. The answer to that is, yes, we have by jove. Mark and Col, those enigmatic but likeable idiots, are back with yet another Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col - aka “Beatles With An A”, delivering yet more delightful dollops of Beatles facts and musings as we run through the alphabet for our b...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #16- Tell Us When We Get A Good One... 27.02.2024

Episode #16- Just Tell Us When We Get A Good One.. I couldn’t have said it better myself. For an undisclosed fee (of posh biscuits) Mark and Col have returned to the podcast ether to give you yet another Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark & Col- aka Beatles With an “A”, discussing all Beatle things from an alphabetical perspective and this time it’s the letter “C”. talking Beatles, Liverpool, John...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #15- 5, 6, 7, 8, 9..10- I Love You 11.02.2024

Episode #15- 5,6,7,8,9..10, I Love You. Much to our own surprise we have made another Beatleplaces Podcast. Who’ d a thunk it.? But we did and that’s that, no point in dwelling on it. Nevertheless, I’m pleased to report it turned out to be another great show for all Beatles fans. In order of I.Q., Mark and Col, are back as your loveable local hosts and occasional sat-nav voices to all things Beatl...

The Beatleplaces Podcast- Episode #14- A,B,C,D.. Can I Bring My Friend To Tea.? 03.11.2023

Episode #14- A, B , C, D.. Can I Bring My Friend To Tea.? At no cost to you Mark and Col have returned to deliver yet another no expenses spent edition of Beatleplaces , but with a twist. For at least the next 26 podcasts we’re doing a brand new, super-dooper feature called “Beatles With An A”. What’s that about I hear you say.? Well, in each podcast we focus on a letter of the alphabet (guess the...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #13- 1,2,3,4.. Can I Have A Little More.? 05.08.2023

Before your very ears Mark and Col return with another exciting, invigorating, well above average Beatleplaces Podcast. Hello there one and all. And as usual we deliver all that’s great and wonderful about the Beatles and Liverpool, home to the Fab Four and about 419,312 others last time I counted. Always up for a bit of random and a giggle or nine, Mark and Col deliver the goods once again. There...

The Beatleplaces Podcast- Episode #12 30.04.2023

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #12- “Interplanetary remix- take four hundred and forty four....” Your brain has reached its destination. Welcome, welcome, welcome to another Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark & Col. We’re chuffed you could make it. We know how busy you are these days. This time around we’ve mixed it up a bit. It’s a veritable tapas bar of Beatle trivia and terrible jokes. Mark a...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #11 18.03.2023

Episode #11- Eh Up..! Zoot alors, its yet another Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark and Col with all the blah, blah, blah behind the yak, yak, yak about your favourite Fab 4. And it’s our pleasure to present more worthwhile nonsense from your local guides and likeable idiots about all things Liverpool and all things Beatles. I even had a bath especially. This time around we feature the teachers who t...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #10 12.02.2023

Episode # 10- Which Beatle are you.? I’m Eric.. Hi, hello and assorted greetings one and all. Glad you managed to make it. To be fair, we wouldn’t have started without you. Here it is then, the long awaited, much anticipated, definitely under-rated- Beatleplaces Podcast With Mark & Col . Yet another attempt to entertain you with lots of lovely Beatles stuff and home-made nonsense courtesy of M...

The Beatleplaces Pub Quiz Special - 2 26.11.2022

The Beatleplaces Pub Quiz Special – 2 "It's All Too Much..." Attention Beatle fans of all ages and everyone else. Messrs Mark and Col have taken a break from their regular Beatleplaces Podcast duties to enjoy an evening down at the Swinging Sporran – a delightful pub and occasional witness protection safe house in the heart of Liverpool run by Nobby & Hilda Gherkin, who have kindly...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode # 9 05.11.2022

Episode #9- “Well I just had to laugh..” Thanks for tuning in and turning on the Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark & Col. Once again we’ve pulled out all the stops to give you your money’s worth even though this show is free. Always looking at the formative years of the Beatles in Liverpool, your likeable hosts Mark and Col present a podcast of Beatle bits and bobs live from Liverpool There’s lot...

The Beatlelaces Podcast Episode #8 29.10.2022

Episode #8- “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” It’s very nice to be back bothering your earholes once again with another Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark & Col live from Liverpool with a chocablock show of Beatles gubbins for one and all to enjoy. In this effervescent edition Mark is raring to go with his Beatleplaces Tricky Trivia Quiz - lyrics special, Col is on standby with a feature...

The Beatleplaces Pub Quiz Special - 02.10.2022

Episode # 7- “There’s a great woman behind every idiot..” It’s time for another Beatleplaces Special and this one’s interactive. It’s the Beatleplaces Pub Quiz coming live from the cosy atmosphere of the Swinging Sporran alehouse in deepest Liverpool. Join Mark and Col , your ever so clean hosts and local guides for a night of fun and frivolity as we enjoy a whole show of Beatles’ Quiz stuff. So j...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #6 03.09.2022

Episode #6- “Beethoven’s great, especially his poetry..” Roll up, roll up, its time for time off from your regular stuff and time to unwind with another Beatleplaces Podcast with Mark & Col . Before your very eyes the celebrated Mark & Col with the aid of copious cups of tea and ginger nuts, will tantalise you with a wonderfully splendiferous tray of Beatle delights and even more because y...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #5 27.08.2022

Episode #5- “Can You Wash Your Father’s Shirt.?” Messrs Mark & Col defy the odds and the complaint letters to bring you yet another hearty and humourous Beatleplaces Podcast, celebrating all things Beatles and all things Liverpool. Packed with a wealth of regular Beatle features such as the Totally Terrific Beatles Trivia Quiz , This Month in Beatle History and The Beatles Book Review, appreci...

The Beatleplaces Podcast Episode #4 14.08.2022

Episode #4- “Plenty of jamjars baby..” Mark & Col join John, Paul, George and Ringo once again. It’s Beatleplaces Podcast time folks as another episode appears out of the blue. Those loveable idiots Col and Mark are back again to give you a plethora of Beatles punditry. As ever, we’re talking about the formative years of the band in their hometown of Liverpool, the loves, where they lived, the...

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