The Beatles Anthology
This series is a documentary on the life and times of the Beatles. It features clips from many of their songs as well as in-depth descriptions of their songs, tours, and lives.
- Metascore85
- 1995-1996
- 1 season
- ABC
- Documentary, Music
- TV-14
This series is a documentary on the life and times of the Beatles. It features clips from many of their songs as well as in-depth descriptions of their songs, tours, and lives.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Episode 1
July '40 to March '63
Sat, Nov 11, 1995 79 mins
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.
Episode 2
March '63 to February '64
Sat, Nov 11, 1995 72 mins
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
February '64 to July '64
Sun, Nov 19, 1995 73 mins
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
August '64 to August '65
Sun, Nov 19, 1995 70 mins
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
August '65 to July '66
Wed, Nov 22, 1995 72 mins
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
July '66 to June '67
Wed, Nov 22, 1995 71 mins
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
June '67 to July '68
Thu, Sep 5, 1996 74 mins
In this part, they review topics like their trip to India with Maharishi guru, Brian Epstein's death, the Apple business expansion, The Magical Mistery Tour and The Yellow Submarine movies and finally the relationship between John and Yoko.
Episode 8
July '68 to the End
Thu, Sep 5, 1996 82 mins
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.
Episode 9
Threetles Sessions
Sun, Aug 30, 2026 51 mins
Recollections - June 1994 [16:51] - Paul, George and Ringo spend a happy summer's day together in Harrison's house; singing, playing and warmly remembering early days of room sharing, haircuts, Beatle boots, first cars and meeting Elvis. Baby What You Want Me to Do (Reed) Raunchy (Justis-Manker) Thinking of Linking (McCartney) Blue Moon of Kentucky (Monroe) Ain't She Sweet (Yellen-Ager) Compiling The Anthology Albums [10:48] - Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin detail the process of how they choose the tracks for Anthology Albums 1, 2 and 3. A Day in the Life (Take 1) Back at Abbey Road - May 1995 [14:51] - Returning to Studio 2, Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin reflect on recording at Abbey Road Studios in the Sixties and some of the techniques used in creating these recordings. Golden Slumbers (Take 1) I'm Only Sleeping Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1 and Final Take) Recording "Free as a Bird" And "Real Love" [10:57] - Paul, George, Ringo and Jeff Lynne reveal how they were able to produce the two new Beatles tracks from John's original demos provided by Yoko. This section includes intimate footage filmed in the studio during the recording of the tracks. Free as a Bird (Lennon/Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) Real Love (Lennon) Production Team [13:03] - Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Geoff Wonfor, Chips Chipperfield and other key members of the Anthology production Team explain the process of how The Beatles Anthology series was created. Making The "Free as a Bird" Video [11:12] - Insight into how the video for Free as a Bird was made. Director Joe Pytka explains how he and Apple developed the concept and discusses the techniques that were used in the production. Free as a Bird (Lennon/Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) "Real Love" Video [4:07] - The video that was not featured in the Anthology series, now remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. Real Love (Lennon) Credits (0:57)
Episode 9
Threetles Sessions
Sun, Aug 30, 2026 51 mins
Recollections - June 1994 [16:51] - Paul, George and Ringo spend a happy summer's day together in Harrison's house; singing, playing and warmly remembering early days of room sharing, haircuts, Beatle boots, first cars and meeting Elvis. Baby What You Want Me to Do (Reed) Raunchy (Justis-Manker) Thinking of Linking (McCartney) Blue Moon of Kentucky (Monroe) Ain't She Sweet (Yellen-Ager) Compiling The Anthology Albums [10:48] - Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin detail the process of how they choose the tracks for Anthology Albums 1, 2 and 3. A Day in the Life (Take 1) Back at Abbey Road - May 1995 [14:51] - Returning to Studio 2, Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin reflect on recording at Abbey Road Studios in the Sixties and some of the techniques used in creating these recordings. Golden Slumbers (Take 1) I'm Only Sleeping Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1 and Final Take) Recording "Free as a Bird" And "Real Love" [10:57] - Paul, George, Ringo and Jeff Lynne reveal how they were able to produce the two new Beatles tracks from John's original demos provided by Yoko. This section includes intimate footage filmed in the studio during the recording of the tracks. Free as a Bird (Lennon/Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) Real Love (Lennon) Production Team [13:03] - Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Geoff Wonfor, Chips Chipperfield and other key members of the Anthology production Team explain the process of how The Beatles Anthology series was created. Making The "Free as a Bird" Video [11:12] - Insight into how the video for Free as a Bird was made. Director Joe Pytka explains how he and Apple developed the concept and discusses the techniques that were used in the production. Free as a Bird (Lennon/Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) "Real Love" Video [4:07] - The video that was not featured in the Anthology series, now remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. Real Love (Lennon) Credits (0:57)