The Beatles and the BBC (2023)

November. 04,2023

6.5

| Documentary Music

The relationship between The Beatles and the BBC has always been a special and fascinating one. This special looks back at some key moments that saw the BBC document the band’s journey as they went from Merseybeat heroes with mop-tops and MBEs to seeing out the sixties as long-haired heroes of the counter-culture.

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Paul McCartney as Self (archive footage)

[2022] The Queen: 70 Glorious Years [2022] The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert [2021] 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony [2021] Paul McCartney At The BBC [2021] McCartney 3, 2, 1 [2021] The Beatles: Get Back

John Lennon as Self (archive footage)

[2022] The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert [2021] The Beatles: Get Back [2020] Meeting the Beatles in India [2020] Lennon's Last Weekend [2019] Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols [2018] The Beatles: The Long and Winding Road

George Harrison as Self (archive footage)

[2022] The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert [2021] The Beatles: Get Back [2020] Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band [2020] Meeting the Beatles in India [2019] An Accidental Studio [2018] The Beatles: The Long and Winding Road

Reviews

GamerTab

2023/11/04

That was an excellent one.

Vashirdfel

2023/11/05

Simply A Masterpiece

PodBill

2023/11/06

Just what I expected

Senteur

2023/11/07

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.