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- ↑ "Five O'Clock Club [21/02/1964]". BFI. Archived 2022-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Five O'Clock Club [08/05/1964]". BFI. Archived 2022-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
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