When Paul met Pauline: Secret footage of the stars on screen together over 40 years ago
Brit legends Paul McCartney and Wendy Richards are a match made in heaven in this deleted scene from the classic Beatles movie Help!
Richards was a 22-year-old unknown when she was chosen to appear alongside the Fab Five - sadly her big moment was cut from the movie.
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Brit Pack: A young Wendy Richards appears alongside Paul McCartney in a deleted scene from the movie Help?
The perfect couple: Paul and Wendy enjoy a tender moment, their encounter was cut from the movie
The scene was discovered by researchers restoring the 1965 Beatles movie which is being released on DVD
Now: Richards and McCartney as they are today
Read the full story in Radio Times, out today
These still photographs - discovered by researchers restoring the 1965 movie - are all that's left of the encounter.
The 64-year-old recently spoke of her disappointment at being edited out of the movie:
"I was devastated. But I've met Paul since and it was lovely that he remembered me." Richards went on to star as Miss Brahms in BBC comedy Are You Being Served?
She joined Eastenders in 1985 playing frumpy Pauline Fowler for 22 years.
Paul McCartney, 65, is currently embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with his second wife Heather Mills.
Help is available on DVD from November 5.
