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The Beatles Anthology (U.K.)

The Beatles Anthology (U.K.) (1995)

November. 26,1995

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The Beatles Anthology (U.K.)

The Beatles Anthology is a documentary television series on the career of the Beatles. It was broadcast on UK television in six parts on ITV between 26 November and 31 December 1995.

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The Beatles Anthology (U.K.)

1995

The Beatles Anthology is a documentary television series on the career of the Beatles. It was broadcast on UK television in six parts on ITV between 26 November and 31 December 1995.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1995

8 Episode

Episode 1 - One (July '40 to March '63)

November. 26,1995

Among the topics, The Beatles discuss in this episode are: their childhoods, their early musical influences, how they met, their time in Hamburg, and their early recordings.

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Episode 2 - Two (March '63 to February '64)

November. 27,1995

Focuses on the group's first tours and television appearances in their native UK, and how it lead to "Beatlemania" and popularity abroad.

Episode 3 - Three (February '64 to July '64)

November. 28,1995

"Miami! That was just like paradise because we'd never been anywhere with palm trees." – Paul McCartney The Beatles become just as successful in the US, as in the UK, when they hit #1 on the US charts. This leads to a tour of America, appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show", and starring in the feature film "A Hard Day's Night".

Episode 4 - Four (August '64 to August '65)

November. 29,1995

"She (The Queen) seemed pleasant enough, you know; made us relax." – John Lennon Beatlemania continues as Paul's new song diverges from the Rock'n'Roll genre. Individual traits become more clear whilst clean cut images are maintained. The band reflects on marijuana usage and political recognition during this time.

Episode 5 - Five (August '65 to July '66)

December. 03,1995

We were all expanding in all areas in our life; opening up to a lot of different attitudes." – Ringo Starr They review their performance and people reaction at the Shea Stadium show and their trip to Japan. At that time, they were experimenting: in drugs usage, and also in music. Rubber Soul and Revolver albums are expressions of that.

Episode 6 - Six (July '66 to June '67)

December. 04,1995

I should have said television is more popular than Jesus; then I might have got away with it." – John Lennon The band takes a new direction after a series of backlashes against the group leads them to stop touring and focus their time on the studio.

Episode 7 - Seven (June '67 to July '68)

December. 05,1995

"We got backstage to see Maharishi and I said to him: 'Got any mantras?'" – George Harrison In this part, they review topics like their trip to India with Maharishi guru, Brian Epstein's death, the Apple business expansion, the Yellow Submarine movie and finally the relationship between John and Yoko Ono.

Episode 8 - Eight (July '68 to The End)

December. 06,1995

"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding." – Paul McCartney There is a revision of the two last years of the band with the recording process of Abbey Road and Let it Be, the changes in Apple Records, and the concert in the rooftop.

The Beatles Anthology is a documentary television series on the career of the Beatles. It was broadcast on UK television in six parts on ITV between 26 November and 31 December 1995.