The Beatles (Cartoon Series) (1965-1967)

Cartoon Series,

Created by Al Brodax, Sylban Buck

Written by Dennis Marks, Jack Mendelsohn, Heywood Kling, Bruce Howard

Voices - Paul Frees (John, George) Lance Percival (Paul, Ringo)

Theme music composer The Beatles

Opening Theme "The Beatles Opening Theme" (1964)

Ending Theme "The Beatles End Theme" (1964)

Country of Origin - United States

Number of Seasons - 3

Number of Episodes - 39

Executive Producer - Al Brodax

Producer - Jack Stokes

Running Time - 18 min

Production Company - King Features Syndicate

Original Network ABC

Audio Format - Monaural

Original Release - 25 September 1965 – September 1967

List of Episodes 

Season 1 (1965-3/1966)

1. A Hard Day's Night / I Want to Hold Your Hand: The Beatles are in Transylvania rehearsing in a haunted house with "monstrous" visitors, including a vampire, a ghost, a werewolf, and a witch, with a parody of Boris Karloff; To hide from their fans, the Beatles run inside a diving bell which drops them into the ocean with a lovesick octopus. Sing Alongs: Not A Second Time / Devil In Her Heart

2. Do You Want To Know A Secret / If I Fell: The Beatles go to Dublin, Ireland for the weekend where they meet a leprechaun named Wilhelmina Morris; John is kidnapped by Dr. Dora Florahyde and Igor, both of whom want John's brain for their monster. In the I Want To Hold Your Hand Sing Along, Ringo is shown inside a submarine. Sing Alongs: A Hard Day's Night / I Want To Hold Your Hand

3. Please Mr. Postman / Devil In Her Heart: Ringo loses 15 rings he bought with all of the Beatles' spendings and they are expecting a telegram from manager Brian Epstein for more money; Ringo wanders into the woods in Transylvania where he meets a witch who wants Ringo for a husband. Sing Alongs: If I Fell / Do You Want To Know A Secret

4. Not A Second Time / Slow Down: The Beatles abandon their flight and land in Africa while trying to get away from their fans, but three girls keep tracking them down. They later encounter a few crocodiles; The Beatles are on the way to the town Ringo Ravene (named after Ringo) until they encounter a donkey that smells gold named "Gold Nose". Sing Alongs: Baby's In Black / Misery

5. Baby's In Black / Misery: Paul gets kidnapped by Professor Psycho who wants Paul to marry his creation Vampiress, half girl and half bat; The Beatles go to a wax museum where a vampire follows them. Sing Alongs: I'll Get You / Chains

6. You've Really Got A Hold On Me / Chains: In Africa, Ringo asks a medicine maker named Jack to help fix the Beatles' flat tire. He then turns a worm into a snake and it lusts for Ringo; After getting knocked out, Ringo dreams about himself as Captain William Bligh from the movie Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Sing Alongs: Slow Down / Honey Don't

7. I'll Get You / Honey Don't: The Beatles run into hunter Alan Watermain in Africa after escaping from their fans and go out hunting for a lion; Ringo is mistaken as a bull rider, and the cowboys send him to ride on a super-tough bull named Honey. Sing Alongs: You've Really Got A Hold On Me / Any Time At All

8. Any Time At All / Twist and Shout: The Beatles imagine themselves as the Three Musketeers (Plus One) while they are on a tour at a museum in France; The Beatles attend an art show where a girl tries to be like other artists. They inspire her with music. Sing Alongs: I'll Be Back / Little Child

9. Little Child / I'll Be Back: A Native American girl on a Texas Indian reservation wants to prove that girls are as good at trapping as boys are by trapping the Beatles; The mayor of a Texas town gives Ringo a golden guitar as a gift, only to be stolen by three men, prompting the Fab Four to hunt for the thieves and get the guitar back. Sing Alongs: Long Tall Sally / Twist And Shout

10. Long Tall Sally / I'll Cry Instead: The Beatles stay at a castle for the night during a fog. John and Ringo try on a couple of cursed armor suits and start to fight each other; After signing too many autographs in Japan, George's hand gets swollen and suffers "autographitis". His bandmates take him to a hand doctor but end up in a karate class by mistake. Sing Alongs: I'll Follow The Sun / When I Get Home

11. I'll Follow the Sun / When I Get Home: The Beatles' car breaks down and they are captured by a highwayman who happens to be a car repair man; The Beatles explore the Notre Dame in France where they later meet its famous hunchback Quasimodo. Sing Alongs: I'll Cry Instead / Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

12. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby / I Should Have Known Better: The Beatles, spending the night at a temple in Japan during a rainstorm, are mistaken for Japanese ancestors of four girls; The Beatles are in Rome trying to find a theater to rehearse. Their last resort is the Coliseum. Sing Alongs: I'm A Loser / I Wanna Be Your Man

13. I'm A Loser / I Wanna Be Your Man: In Hollywood, Ringo gets hired as a stuntman by Incredible Pictures Inc. and ends up in the hospital after getting pulverized in many scenes; In Rome, the Beatles buy a statue of the Goddess of Musica made from stolen gold coins melted down and sculptured. Sing Alongs: No Reply / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You

14. Don't Bother Me / No Reply: In Rome, The Beatles are being followed by two spies who are after their songbook, "New Beatle Songs", marked "Top Secret". The Beatles movie Help! and Oddjob from the James Bond movie Goldfinger are spoofed; In Japan, The Beatles are warned about a jewel thief named Anyface who comes in disguised as Paul, which causes double trouble. There is a spoof of detective Charlie Chan. Sing Alongs: It Won't Be Long / I Should Have Known Better

15. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You / Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles are in a Roman Street Festival where Paul wins a dancing bear named Bonnie; The Beatles meet Professor Ludwig Von Brilliant who is on a mission to view an eclipse. After being adrift at sea, they escape from an island on a submarine. Sing Alongs: Don't Bother Me / Can't Buy Me Love

16. Can't Buy Me Love / It Won't Be Long: John is given a friendship ring from a Polynesian tribal chief, which means he must marry the chief's New York-accented daughter who dislikes pineapples; While picnicking in Japan, John goes for a swim in a pond with shrinking potion in it and gets shrunk. The other Beatles think John is a doll and chase after him. Sing Alongs: Anna / Mr. Moonlight

17. Anna / I Don't Want To Spoil The Party: In Japan, Paul gets lured into a ghost ship called "Ah-Nah". The other Beatles dash off to the rescue before they might lose Paul for good; Paul, George and Ringo sneak away from John and go to Greenwich Village for some fun time at a Beatnik party rather than going to a museum. Sing Alongs: Matchbox / Thank You Girl

18. Matchbox / Thank You Girl: In Hawaii, John buys a trailer for the group to stay in rather than staying at a hotel so many times. They later encounter a group of Hawaiians who are evacuating from a volcano; The Beatles sneak away from their manager to get something to eat at a French restaurant by enrolling in a cooking course. Sing Alongs: I Don't Want To Spoil The Party / Help!

19. From Me To You / Boys*: In Hawaii, a surfer named Surf Wolf challenges George to a surfing duel; The Beatles participate in a Mr. Hollywood Contest in California. Sing Alongs: Please Mr. Postman / I Saw Her Standing There
Note: The opening title erroneously shows "With Love From Me To You"

20. Dizzy Miss Lizzy / I Saw Her Standing There: John and Paul secretly sign George up to an ice boat race, and he partners up with a girl named Lizzy; In Madrid, John and Paul visit a restaurant where John develops a hot foot with ashes in his boot. Rosita falls for John, and her boyfriend Jose challenges John to a duel. Sing Alongs: Ticket To Ride / From Me To You

21. What You're Doing / Money*: The Beatles are on a fishing trip, and Ringo runs into gypsies. One of them falls for Ringo and wants to marry him. George comes in as a woman claiming he's engaged to Ringo to get him back; John puts Ringo in charge to keep their money safe in his jacket pocket. Later Ringo is being followed by a mystery man at a carnival who is after the money. Sing Alongs: Dizzy Miss Lizzy / All My Loving

22. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand* / She Loves You: The Beatles visit the Bavarian alps mission is to climb up a mountain with the dog Gunthar to put up their own flag on top; The Beatles are about to rescue a girl who they think is held as a prisoner on a ship. As a result, her boyfriend, a knife thrower, comes to her defense...with knives. Sing Alongs: Bad Boy / Tell Me Why

23. Bad Boy / Tell Me Why: The Beatles visit the Bavarian Alps. They encounter a runaway named Hans who wants to be a Beatle, prompting The Fab Four to run after him with their music (in which Paul plays the bass right-handed) and take him back home; In Spain, Ringo is the jockey of a donkey that can run like a horse whenever she hears loud music. Sing Alongs: Please Please Me / Hold Me Tight

24. I Feel Fine / Hold Me Tight: Paul thinks Hollywood's a phony. Actor Dick Dashing wants to prove Paul he is wrong by putting him in some different movie scenes; In New York, George and Ringo visit the Statue Of Liberty until they have spotted a man with a package which they think is a bomb. Sing Alongs: What You're Doing / There's A Place

25. Please Please Me / There's A Place: In Madrid, a bull named El Taco gets knocked out, and the Beatles decide to help out with the bullfight with Ringo as the matador, and John and Paul as the bull; John's sympathy helps a trained ape named Mr. Marvelous escape from the television studio and go out to explore the outside world. Sing Alongs: Roll Over Beethoven / Rock And Roll Music

26. Roll Over Beethoven / Rock and Roll Music: The Beatles are on their way home after visiting New York City until Paul got grabbed by an elephant named Beethoven; The Beatles are invited to play at the Duke's Palace, but they are mistaken for a string quartet. Sing Alongs: I Feel Fine / She Loves You

Season 2 (9-10/1966)

27. Eight Days A Week / I'm Looking Through You: A great movie lover named Lips Lovelace loses his ability to kiss. Paul decides to take his place in the studio with a leading lady who falls for him; The Beatles are in Egypt. They are wandering around in the pyramid until Ringo encounters a ghost who wants a body, and he chooses Ringo's. Sing Alongs: Run For Your Life / Girl**

28. Help! / We Can Work It Out: Paul and Ringo go to a fashion show in Paris. Later the designs are stolen by Jaque Le Zipper. Paul chases Jaque to the Eiffel Tower, and has trouble with heights; George becomes superstitious. The Beatles encounter the Lucky Wizard who is really a thief trying to give them bad luck and rob their money. Sing Alongs: The Night Before** / Day Tripper

29. I'm Down* / Run For Your Life: The Beatles are on a tour at a wine factory in France where Ringo accidentally knocks down a vat of wine. If it does not get fixed in two hours, the factory will go out of business; The Beatles are on a tour at the Palace of Versailles. Ringo gets knocked out by a statue, and dreams about the days of Marie Antoinette. Sing Alongs: Eight Days A Week / Paperback Writer

30. Drive My Car* / Tell Me What You See*: The Beatles help a young man and his girlfriend get their old jalopy running in a car race, the Popsville Hot Rod Race; While visiting "the man of a thousand faces", The Beatles fool around with his makeup machine and change into different characters. (Look for Jimmy Durante and Swee'Pea from "Popeye" in it) Sing Alongs: Yesterday** /We Can Work It Out

31. I Call Your Name* / The Word*: Ringo is convinced to release his pet frog Bartholomew in the swamp. Later a movie producer offers a filming deal to Ringo and the frog, and the Fabs have dashed off to find Bartholomew (George Harrison is briefly seen playing left-handed in one scene); The Beatles are being punished after gazing at the girls' unveiled faces. The only way to get out of the situation is to say the password: "love". Sing Alongs: She's A Woman** / Wait

32. All My Loving / Day Tripper: The Beatles are in India where they learn how to charm an animal at an "Indian Charm Skool". When the animal is revealed to be a tiger, they use music to tame it when it's about to claw John and Ringo (The song "Love You To" is heard in the beginning of this episode.); After watching the movie The Way Out Creatures From Planet Glom, the Beatles take a trip out into space with a beautiful woman who is actually an alien taking them on a one-way trip 23 billion miles from Earth. Sing Alongs: I'm Looking Through You / Nowhere Man

33. Nowhere Man / Paperback Writer: The Beatles walk into a cave for some exploring which is a home of a hermit who wants to be alone. He tries to get rid of them, but no luck; Each of the Beatles write fictional stories of how they met with Ringo as a theatre actor, Paul as a scientist, George as a secret agent, and John as a war pilot. Sing Alongs: And I Love Her** / Michelle**

Season 3 (9-10/1967)

34. Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields: In a spoof of James Bond, the Beatles are jealous of a detective named James Blonde who gets more attention from many women, so the Fab Four head to their hometown of Liverpool to stop a robbery on Penny Lane so they can be heroes; Traveling with their driver James, the Beatles use music to add color and happiness to the lives of the children at an orphanage, a reference to Strawberry Field in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. John sums up the experience with "It's all in the mind, you know." Sing Alongs: Good Day Sunshine / Rain**

35. And Your Bird Can Sing / Got To Get You Into My Life: The Beatles and a couple of hunters hunt for a rare bird called a green double-breasted tropical woosted that can sing anything, including "Hound Dog" and "She Loves You"; The Beatles are in India, learning how to escape from their bodies from Swami Rivers. It works, but the problem is that the souls' bodies are moving by themselves, and they must get them before it's too late. ("Love You To" is heard in the background) Sing Alongs: Penny Lane / Eleanor Rigby

36. Good Day Sunshine / Ticket To Ride: Ringo thinks he's a jinx. When the Beatles arrive at Carney Island, it starts to rain. Their music turns the rainy day back into a sunny day which makes Ringo happy; The Beatles each have their own hobby. Paul paints, George builds a three-eyed robot, John writes and Ringo collects "birds" which is an English slang term for girls. Paul releases the only one Ringo caught and he runs after her. Sing Alongs: Strawberry Fields Forever / And Your Bird Can Sing

37. Taxman* / Eleanor Rigby: The Beatles get knocked out while carrying tons of money to the bank, and dream about the days of Robin Hood. Paul exclaims: "It never happened"; A group of children claim that an elderly woman named Eleanor Rigby is a witch. The Fabs tell them the true story about Eleanor Rigby in a song. Sing Alongs: Got To Get You Into My Life / Here, There and Everywhere**

38. Tomorrow Never Knows*/I've Just Seen a Face*: The Beatles fall into a well and end up in the inner world with foreign natives. The chief wants the Fabs to marry his daughters, and they began to run away; Ringo loses his singing voice. For treatment, his three mates send Ringo to a haunted house to scare his voice back. Sing Alongs: She Said She Said** / Long Tall Sally (repeat)

39. Wait / I'm Only Sleeping*: The Prince of Krapotkin's girlfriend is in grave danger. The Beatles help him to save her from the Prime Minister who wants to marry her; John falls asleep while telling a story to a couple of children. In his dream he volunteers to help King Arthur and Merlin slay a vicious dragon. However, John and his mates opt instead to play music to put the dragon to sleep. Sing Alongs: Penny Lane (repeat) / Eleanor Rigby (repeat)

Featured Songs

1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Twist And Shout
3. Anna 
4. Boys
5. Chains
6. Please Please Me 
7. There's A Place
8. Misery
9. Do You Want To Know A Secret
10. From Me To You
11. Thank You Girl
12. I'll Get You 
13. I Want To Hold Your Hand
14. Devil In Her Heart
15. It Won't Be Long
16. All My Loving 
17. Not A Second Time 
18. Little Child 
19. You've Really Got A Hold On Me
20. Please Mr. Postman
21. Hold Me Tight
22. I Wanna Be Your Man
23. Don't Bother Me
24. Money
25. Roll Over Beethoven 
26. She Loves You
27. Please Mr. Postman
28. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand
29. Long Tall Sally 
30. I Call Your Name
31. Slow Down
32. Matchbox
33. Can't Buy Me Love
34. A Hard Day's Night  
35. I Should Have Known Better
36. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
37. And I Love Her
38. Tell Me Why
39. If I Fell 
40. Any Time At All 
41. I'll Cry Instead
42. When I Get Home
43. I'll Be Back
44. No Reply
45. I'm A Loser 
46. I'll Follow the Sun 
47. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
48. Eight Days A Week
49. Mr. Moonlight
50. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party 
51. Baby's In Black 
52. Honey Don't
53. What You're Doing
54. Rock and Roll Music
55. I Feel Fine 
56. She's A Woman
57. Ticket To Ride 
58. Help!
59. I'm Down
60. The Night Before
61. Tell Me What You See
62. I've Just Seen a Face
63. Yesterday
64. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
65. Bad Boy
66. Drive My Car
67. I'm Looking Through You
68. Girl
69. Nowhere Man
70. Michelle
71. Wait 
72. The Word
73. Run For Your Life
74. Day Tripper
75. We Can Work It Out
76. Paperback Writer (1966)
77. Rain
78. Taxman
79. Eleanor Rigby 
80. I'm Only Sleeping
81. Here, There and Everywhere
82. She Said She Said
83. Good Day Sunshine 
84. And Your Bird Can Sing
85. Got To Get You Into My Life 
86. Tomorrow Never Knows
87. Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)
88. Penny Lane 

Reception

The series was an instant ratings hit on ABC in the Saturday morning time slot after it debuted on September 25, 1965 at 10:30 AM EST. It racked up a 13 score (or 52 share), then unheard of in daytime television. The series was sponsored by the A. C. Gilbert Company, the Quaker Oats Company and the Mars Candy Company.For the third season in 1967, the series was moved to Saturdays at noon. For the fourth season, the series was moved to 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings.

Originally, the Beatles disliked the cartoon; however, as time went on they grew to like it. In 1972, Lennon commented, "I still get a blast out of watching the Beatles cartoons on TV." In 1999, Harrison said, "I always kind of liked [the cartoons]. They were so bad or silly that they were good, if you know what I mean. And I think the passage of time might make them more fun now."

The Compleat Beatles (DVD) May 28 1982

5 Star Rating ****

The Compleat Beatles was an incredibly successful video release in 1982. It tells the whole story of the Fab Four in 119 minutes and was such a threat to the Anthology project that McCartney brought the film rights and has refused to release the film again!

Directed by Patrick Montgomery

Produced by Patrick Montgomery, Stephanie Bennett

Written by David Silver

Narrated by Malcolm McDowell

Music by The Beatles

Distributed by MGM

Release Date  May 28, 1982 (Video)

Running time 119 min.

Contributors 

George Martin

Marianne Faithfull

Bruce Johnston

Billy J. Kramer

Gerry Marsden

Billy Preston

Tony Sheridan

Songs

1. I Should Have Known Better
2. See You Later Allligator *
3. Rock Around the Clock *
4. Rock & Roll Music *
5. Jack of Diamonds *
6. Rock Island Line *
7. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) *
8. Living Doll *
9. Be-Bop-A-Lula *
10. Raunchy *
11. 20 Flight Rock *
12. Venus *
13. Living Doll *
14. My Bonnie
15. We Love You Beatles
16. When the Saints Go Marching In
17. She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain
18. Jingle Bells
19. Rock Night Club Theme
20. Rock & Roll Music
21. All My Loving
22. Mr. Moonlight
23. A Taste of Honey
24. Kansas City
25. Some Other Guy
26. Hippy Hippy Shake
27. Long Tall Sally
28. Please Please Me 
29. I Saw Her Standing There 
30. She Loves You 
31. Twist and Shout
32. It Won't Be Long 
33. I Want to Hold Your Hand
34. From Me to You 
35. A Hard Day's Night 
36. I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
37. I'm a Loser
38. Things We Said Today 
39. Ticket to Ride
40. Help!
41. You're Gonna Lose That Girl
42. Yesterday
43. Nowhere Man 
44. If I Needed Someone 
45. She's a Woman
46. Eleanor Rigby
47. Taxman 
48. Tomorrow Never Knows 
49. Strawberry Fields Forever
50. Penny Lane
51. A Day in the Life 
52. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! 
53. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 
54. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
55. All You Need Is Love
56. Love You To 
57. Magical Mystery Tour
58. Hello Goodbye
59. Yellow Submarine 
60. Hey Jude 
61. Revolution 
62. Glass Onion
63. Revolution 9
64. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
65. Get Back
66. I've Got a Feeling
67. Because 
68. The End 
69. I'm So Tired
70. Let It Be
71. Blackbird

* Not performed by The Beatles

The Beatles Anthology (DVD) 23 November 1995

5 Star Rating *****

Written by Bob Smeaton

Directed by Geoff Wonfor, Bob Smeaton

Producer(s) Neil Aspinall, Chips Chipperfield

Contributors

John Lennon (archive)

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

Ringo Starr

George Martin

Number of Episodes - 8

Running time 11:23:24

Distributor EMI Records

Label: Apple Corps 07243 4 92969 9 2

Original release - 19 November 1995 – 23 November 1995

Episodes

All songs are written by Lennon–McCartney and performed by The Beatles, unless otherwise noted.

One (July '40 to March '63)

"You couldn't get a cup of sugar, let alone a rock' n' roll record." - George Harrison

1. Liverpool: The Childhood Years [7:35]
2. "In My Life" – Edited clip of Beatles footage from all the years.
3. Discovering Rock & Roll [11:23]
4. John, Paul & George – The Beginning of The Beatles [5:21]
5. First Recordings 1958–1960 [2:55]
6. Stuart Sutcliffe [3:20]
7. Early Tours [6:59]
8. Pete Best [2:07]
9. Hamburg [13:16]
10. Growing Pains [1:09]
11. Stuart Sutcliffe Leaves [2:08]
12. Excerpts of the following songs: "I'm Down" & "FBI" (Marvin-Welch-Harris) Performed by The Shadows
13. The Cavern [4:08]
14. Excerpts of the following songs: "Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Blackwell-Penniman) "Kansas City" (Leiber-Stoller)
15. Decca Sessions [1:28]
16. Audition tapes recorded at the Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962.
17. "Three Cool Cats" (Leiber-Stoller) — George Harrison on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
18. "The Sheik of Araby" (Smith-Wheeler-Snyder) — George Harrison on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
19. Audition tape recorded at Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962, seque to Get Back Sessions Footage.
20. "Bésame Mucho" (Velazquez-Skylar) — Paul McCartney on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
21. "George Martin" [1:40]
22. The Beatles and George Martin (record producer) discuss the context of their first meeting and recording contract.
23. Ringo Arrives [4:44]
24. "Some Other Guy" (Leiber-Stoller-Barrett) — video of the whole song played by the Beatles (with Ringo) in the Cavern.
25. "Love Me Do" [3:13]
26. Overdubbed footage of the Beatles performing Love Me Do in 1963, which merges at the very end into brief footage of Ringo playing drums in 1995 during the Anthology sessions.
27. "Please Please Me" – "We're No. 1" [7:27]
28. "How Do You Do It?" (Murray)
29. Audio of performance by Mitch Murray.
30. Video of performance by Gerry & the Pacemakers.
31. Audio of performance by The Beatles recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 4 September 1962.
32. "Please Please Me" - performed live in 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show
33. "Leave My Kitten Alone" (John-Turner-McDougal) — Demo recording done on 14 August 1964 at Abbey Road Studios and played over the credits.

Two (March '63 to February '64)

"George and I shared an apartment in Green Street, Park Lane ... Wow! ₤45 a week. A fortune." - Ringo Starr

1. Racing Up the Ladder [11:02]
2. "Help!" - Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
3. "I'll Be on My Way" – Radio out-take.
4. Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" (Burnette-Burnette-Burlinson-Jerome) – Radio out-take.
5. "That's All Right" (Crudup) – Radio out-take.
6. "If You're Irish, Come into the Parlour" (Glenville-Miler) – Performed by John Lennon.
7. "Look Who It Is" (Schroeder-Hawker) – Performed by Helen Shapiro.
8. "Thank You Girl"
9. Sound collage of Please Please Me album: "I Saw Her Standing There" – "Misery" – "Anna (Go to Him)" (Alexander) – "Chains" (Goffin-King) – "Boys" (Dixon-Farrell) – "Ask Me Why" – "Please Please Me" – "Love Me Do" – "P.S. I Love You" – "Baby It's You" (David-Williams-Bacharach) – "Do You Want to Know a Secret" – "A Taste of Honey" (Scott-Marlow) – "There's a Place"
10. "Twist and Shout" (Medley-Russell)
11. Touring Britain – 1963 [11:30]
12. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Orbison-Dees) – Performed by Roy Orbison.
13. "From Me to You"
14. "There's a Place"
15. "It Won't Be Long"
16. "She Loves You"
17. London – 1963 [4:01]
18. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (Performed by The Rolling Stones) — "We virtually finished it in front of them because they needed a record." (John)
19. "I Wanna Be Your Man" — "They did it first – we did it with Ringo after." (John)
20. Early Television Appearances [3:45]
21. Excerpts from the Big Night Out TV Show.
22. Footage of live performance on Morecambe and Wise, recorded at ATV's Elstree TV studio's on Monday 2 December 1963, and broadcast on Saturday 18 April 1964 (8.25 pm).
23. "On Moonlight Bay (song)" (Madden-Wenrich)
24. "I Like It" (Murray) – Performed by Eric Morecambe.
25. Voice clips from Abbey Road Studios [4:56]
26. Sound collage of studio outtakes: "One After 909" – "I Saw Her Standing There" – "This Boy" – "I Should Have Known Better" – "Tell Me Why" – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – "I'll Be Back" – "Mr. Moonlight" (Johnson) – "No Reply" – "What You're Doing"
27. Reflections on Sudden Fame [5:13]
28. "This Boy"
29. Beatlemania [4:41]
30. Footage of a live performance on the Drop In TV show, Sweden, 3 November 1963.
31. "I Saw Her Standing There"
32. "Long Tall Sally" (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell)
33. Royal Variety Performance [9:43]
34. Excerpts from the Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 4 November 1963, broadcast on TV and radio on Sunday 10 November 1963.
35. Includes John's "jewelry" comment as an introduction to "Twist and Shout": "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewelry."
36. "From Me to You"
37. "Till There Was You" (Wilson)
38. "Twist and Shout" (Russell-Medley)
39. Second album: With The Beatles [9:39]
40. "All My Loving" – Played in the background of John saying: "We wanted to give people their money's worth with our records. Our policy was to put 14 tracks a side – it was brand new and never put singles on the albums. Everybody else who had a hit single made an album around it."
41. "Please Mr. Postman" (Dobbins-Garrett-Gorman-Holland-Bateman)
42. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry) – Footage from Around The Beatles ITV special, 28 April 1964.
43. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
44. Olympia Theatre, Paris – 1964 [1:22]
45. Footage of the Beatles arriving at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, on 14 January 1964.
46. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Reaches No. 1 in The U.S. [5:50]
47. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – Played in the background of footage of the Beatles at London Heathrow Airport, leaving for the US on 7 February 1964.
48. "One After 909" – Played over the credits.

Three (February '64 to July '64)

"Miami! That was just like paradise because we'd never been anywhere with palm trees." - Paul McCartney

1. Arrival In The U.S. – February 1964 [10:00]
2. Help! - Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
3. Footage of the Beatles arriving at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, 7 February 1964. Voice of Beatles Manager Brian Epstein can be heard saying – "If there was a turning point in their career, a specific date on which the scope of their future was to be altered, then it was the day they touched down at Kennedy International New York to a welcome seldom equalled anywhere in history."
4. Pride and Joy (Whitfield-Gaye-Stevenson) - Performed by Marvin Gaye.
5. Excerpts of telephone conversation between BBC Radio's Brian Matthew and the group
6. First Appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show [3:55]
7. All My Loving – Footage of the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York, 9 February 1964.
8. Paul remarking later: "It's still supposed to be the largest viewing audience ever in the States".
9. Footage of a congratulatory telegram from Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker
10. George commenting later: "... they said there was the least reported, or no reported crime. Even the criminals had a rest for ten minutes while we were on."
11. The Coliseum Concert – Washington D.C. [10:29]
12. Footage of the Beatles performing at the Washington Coliseum on 11 February 1964:
13. "She Loves You"
14. "I Saw Her Standing There"
15. "Please Please Me"
16. Reception at the British Embassy [1:08]
17. Footage of the Beatles' reception at the British Embassy in Washington on 11 February 1964.
18. Miami Beach [3:00]
19. I'll Follow the Sun – Played over a montage of still photographs of the group's visit to Miami Beach, Florida.
20. Second Appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show [3:54]
21. Footage from rehearsals for The Ed Sullivan Show, Miami, 16 February 1964
22. This Boy – Excerpts from the Beatles' second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
23. "These youngsters from Liverpool, England ... Their conduct over here, not only as fine professional singers but as a group of fine youngsters will leave an imprint with everyone over here who has met them." — Ed Sullivan
24. Return to England [1:59]
25. I Want to Hold Your Hand – Footage of the Fab Four returning to England and meeting the press at the London Airport on 22 February 1964.
26. "They're Going to Put Us in the Movies" [2:56]
27. Paul: "... I'm talking about this progression with the Beatles. From the Stevedores' and Dockers' Union, the Cavern, better clubs. So films was one that we'd always thought of. ... We were interested in films and what happened was Brian started talking to people, knowing of our interest and he came up with Dick Lester's name."
28. Footage from the classic comedy short film Running Jumping Standing Still, directed by Richard Lester.
29. Paul: "... Dick came round. He was a bit of a musician, played jazz piano, so he was even more interesting. ... He got hold of Alun Owen, a Welsh playwright who'd written Last Tram to Lime Street. ... He picked up little quotes like 'He's very clean, isn't he?' He picked up the jokes and sarcasm, the Beatle humour, John's wit and each one of us, Ringo's laconic humour. He picked up our characters, which was good."
30. Filming A Hard Day's Night [10:54]
31. Footage from the film A Hard Day's Night, including the following songs:
32. A Hard Day's Night
33. I Should Have Known Better
34. If I Fell
35. Can't Buy Me Love - the film version merged with the NME Poll Winners' Concert version
36. In His Own Write [3:00]
37. Footage from the television program Not Only... But Also, where John Lennon reads from his book In His Own Write.
38. Photographs of The Daily Howl, a daily comic drawn by John Lennon in his school days.
39. World Tour 1964 [14:45]
40. Footage of an interview with Derek Taylor, the Beatles' press liaison, regarding his visit to Torquay accompanying Brian Epstein while he was writing A Cellarful of Noise.[clarification needed]
41. Footage of a discussion of Ringo Starr's temporary replacement by Jimmie Nicol due to Ringo's tonsillitis during the World Tour of 1964.
42. Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Blckwell-Penniman) – Footage of the group performing in the Netherlands on 5 June 1964.
43. I'll Be Back - Played over footage of the group's visit to the Netherlands and their arrival in Hong Kong on 8 June 1964.
44. Any Time at All – Played over footage of the group's arrival in Sydney, Australia, on 11 June 1964.
45. Footage of the Beatles' performance at the Festival Hall, Melbourne, on 17 June 1964
46. All My Loving
47. You Can't Do That
48. World Premiere of A Hard Day's Night [2:14]
49. "A Hard Day's Night" – Played over footage of the world premiere of the film A Hard Day's Night in London on 6 July 1964.
50. Liverpool Homecoming [5:42]
51. Things We Said Today – Played over footage of the Beatles' homecoming to Liverpool on 10 July 1964.
52. I'll Be Back (Demo version) – Played over the credits.

Four (August '64 to August '65)

"She (The Queen) seemed pleasant enough, you know; made us relax." - John Lennon

1. First Major U.S. Tour – Summer, 1964 [9:12]
2. Help! - Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
3. Rock and Roll Music (Berry)
4. Footage of the Beatles performing at The Hollywood Bowl on 23 August 1964 —
5. All My Loving
6. She Loves You
7. Meeting Bob Dylan [3:01]
8. Footage of discussions on Bob Dylan and his music:
9. Paul: "He was our idol."
10. Ringo: "Bob was our hero. ... I heard of Bob through John. He played the records to me. It was just great."
11. George: "Not an idol but we heard his record; we'd listen to his album. It really gave us a buzz and we played it over and over again. ... I think he was Freewheelin'."
12. John: "We loved Bob Dylan."
13. Footage of live performance of Bob Dylan —
14. The Times They Are a-Changin' (Dylan)
15. A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (Dylan)
16. The Pressures of Touring [6:13]
17. Slow Down (Williams) – Played in the background of footage of the Beatles returning from America, photographed at the London Airport on 21 September 1964, where they played 32 shows in 34 days in 24 different cities.
18. Feedback – "I Feel Fine" [3:50]
19. I Feel Fine – The group discussing the use of sound effects like feedback in their music:
20. George Martin: "John had mucked around with feedbacks for a while. Yes, it was intentional. ... I think it was the first time that feedback was used on a record. ... It was his idea, it was great."
21. George: "He figured out how to do it. We used to do it on stage then. ... In a way, he invented Jimi Hendrix."
22. Paul: "It probably was, actually."
23. Recording "Beatles for Sale" [8:49]
24. Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (Leiber-Stoller/Penniman) – Footage from the Shindig! TV Show, London
25. I'm a Loser – Footage from live performance at the Palais des Sports, Paris
26. Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby (Perkins) – Footage from live performance at the Palais des Sports, Paris
27. Filming "Help!’ [14:27]
28. Footage from the film Help! showing glimpses of various episodes, and, playing the following songs:
29. Another Girl
30. The Night Before
31. You're Going to Lose That Girl
32. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
33. Help! (Live on the Big Night Out TV show, Blackpool)
34. "Yesterday" [5:09]
35. Footage from the Big Night Out TV show, Blackpool – the Beatles' only British television appearance to promote Help!... and the first solo stage performance of Yesterday. Recorded and broadcast on Sunday, 1 August 1965 from the ABC Theatre, Blackpool from 9:10 to 10:05 pm
36. "Yesterday"
37. "I'm Down"
38. NME Poll Winners' Concert – 11 April 1965 [2:00]
39. "I Feel Fine"
40. "She's a Woman"
41. George Talks About His Songs [4:07]
42. George: "They'd been writing since we were at school. They'd written all – or most of their bad songs before we got into the recording studio. I had to come from nowhere and start writing and to have something at least quality enough to put in the record with all their wondrous hits."
43. "Act Naturally" (Russell-Morrison) (Live on the Big Night Out TV show, Blackpool) — "Now something we don't often do. Give someone a chance to sing who doesn't often sing. And here he is. All out of key and nervous, singing 'Act Naturally'." — Intro by Ringo
44. "Ticket to Ride" [2:44]
45. Ticket to Ride - Footage of two versions of the song, the live version at Blackpool and the taped TV promotional film version, are merged with one another.
46. The Beatles Receive The MBE From The Queen [11:01]
47. "Eight Days a Week" - Played behind the footage of people storming gates of the Buckingham Palace, London on the day of the Beatles receiving the MBEs from the Queen.
48. "If You've Got Trouble" (Take 1) - Played while showing the credits.

Five (August '65 to July '66)

"We were all expanding in all areas in our life; opening up to a lot of different attitudes." - Ringo Starr

1. Shea Stadium Concert – 15 August 1965 [15:37]
2. Help! - Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
3. Ed Sullivan welcomes The Beatles to the concert at Shea Stadium, New York, 15 August 1965 – "Ladies and gentlemen, Honoured by their country, decorated by their Queen and loved here in America ... Here are the Beatles!"
4. Twist and Shout (Russel-Medley) [Live]
5. I Feel Fine [Live]
6. Baby's in Black [Live]
7. I'm Down [Live]
8. Help! [Live]
9. Meeting Elvis Presley [5:04]
10. Mohair Sam (Frazier) - Performed by Charlie Rich
11. Hound Dog (Leiber-Stoller) - Last notes of the song, performed by Elvis Presley
12. More Tour Pressure [2:31]
13. Run for Your Life
14. New Musical Directions – Rubber Soul and Revolver [8:20]
15. In My Life [Overdub on 22 October 1965 – Take 3] – Played in the background over footage showing the band talking about the new musical directions.
16. George Martin: "... They were finding new frontiers all the time."
17. Ringo: "... Our whole attitude was changing. ... I think grass was really influential in a lot of our changes."
18. Paul: "The direction was changing away from poppy stuff. ... We branched out into songs that are a bit more surreal, more entertaining. ... Dylan was starting to influence us quite heavily at that point."
19. John: "When it got sort of contemporary as it were, a contemporary influence ... I think Rubber Soul was about when it started happening."
20. Drive My Car (Recorded on 13 October 1965 – Take 4) – Nowhere Man [Remake recorded on 22 October 1965 - Take 4] – A musical collage played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band in studio during recording of Rubber Soul.
21. Rāga Charu Kishi – Footage showing snippets of a Sitar Recital of the Rāga by Ravi Shankar; George discussing the context of using sitar in Norwegian Wood.
22. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (12 October 1965 - Take 1) – Played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band recording the song.
23. Nowhere Man [Remake recorded on 22 October 1965 - Take 4] – Played in the background over Paul discussing the stretched photo on the cover of the album Rubber Soul; the photo being the result of backward falling of the album-sized piece of cardboard on which photographer Robert Freeman was projecting photos at Lennon's house.
24. "Yellow Submarine" [3:40]
25. Yellow Submarine[Recorded 26 May 1966 – Take 5] - Footage from the film Yellow Submarine edited with Beatles footage (live-action and animation combination).
26. Taxman (Harrison) [Overdub on 22 April 1966 – Take 12] - Played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band recording the song; and George discussing the social context of the song – "... In those days we paid 19s.6d. out of every £1. ... That was with super-tax, surtax and tax-tax and stuff."
27. "Tomorrow Never Knows" [1:27]
28. Tomorrow Never Knows — "That's me in my Tibetan Book of the Dead period ...  ..." - John
29. Technical Limitations in the Studio [2:56]
30. Nowhere Man – Footage of the Beatles' live performance of the song at Circus Crone, Munich - 24 June 1966.
31. LSD (3:15)
32. Doctor Robert [Recorded 17 April 1966 - Take 7]
33. "We were just insane. We all thought there was a fire in the lift. Just a little red light and we were all screaming, all hysterical." - John
34. "Day Tripper" [3:15]
35. Day Tripper (Recorded on 16 October 1965 – Take 3) - Taped TV promotional film of the song. — "Day Tripper – that was a drug song, I just liked the word." - John
36. "We Can Work It Out" [2:47]
37. We Can Work It Out (Overdub on 29 October 1965 – Take 2) - Taped TV promotional film of the song.
38. Taped TV Promotional Films [1:34]
39. I'm Looking Through You Played in the background — "Going to the TV studios to promote our records was too much of a hassle. We'll just make our own little films and we'll put them out." – George
40. "Paperback Writer" [2:55]
41. Paperback Writer [Overdub on 14 April 1966 onto recording of 13 April 1966 - Take 2] - Footage of promotional film of the song.
42. ".. ... .we can't go everywhere. We'll send these things out to promote the record. These days, everybody does that. It's just part of your promotion for a single, so I suppose in a way we invented MTV." - George
43. "Rain" [3:02]
44. Rain [Overdub on 16 April 1966 onto recording of 14 April 2006 - Take 7] - Footage of promotional film of the song. — "That's the first record with backwards music on it." - John
45. World Tour 1966 [15:24]
46. Got to Get You into My Life – Played over footage showing the Beatles arriving at the Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 30 June 1966.
47. Footage of the Beatles' live performance at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo on 30 June 1966:
48. Rock and Roll Music (Berry)
49. Paperback Writer
50. Yesterday
51. The Word – Played over footage of still photographs and video recordings of "trouble in the Philippines".
52. And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 2) - Played while showing the Credits.

Six (July '66 to June '67)

"I should have said television is more popular than Jesus; then I might have got away with it." - John Lennon

1. Trouble in the Philippines[8:35]
2. Help! - Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
3. The Word
4. "Eleanor Rigby" [9:25]
5. Eleanor Rigby - Solo performance of Paul McCartney amalgamating into the performance by The Beatles, ending with the solo performance.
6. Footage of the Brian Epstein Press Conference at New York on 6 August 1966 regarding an early 1966 interview that John Lennon gave to the Evening Standard
7. Footage from the Beatles' Press Conference at Chicago on 11 August 1966 where John Lennon talks on the "More popular than Jesus" controversy.
8. I'm Only Sleeping
9. Touring Takes It Toll [2:35]
10. The Last Concert – San Francisco, 29 August 1966 [4:52]
11. For No One played over footage from the Beatles' concerts along the years.
12. Individual Directions [5:44]
13. Footage from the movie How I Won the War directed by Richard Lester showing John Lennon acting.
14. Footage showing Ringo Starr hanging around with John Lennon in Spain during the shooting of How I Won the War.
15. Footage of the six-week visit of India by George Harrison.
16. Footage from the film The Family Way where Paul McCartney wrote the film score teaming up with George Martin which eventually won the Ivor Novello Award for the Best Film Song for Love in the Open Air.
17. Music from The Family Way (McCartney) - Performed by The Tudor Minstrels
18. Love in the Open Air (McCartney-Martin) - Performed by The Tudor Minstrels
19. The Making of "Strawberry Fields Forever" [5:50]
20. Strawberry Fields Forever
21. "Penny Lane" [5:17]
22. Penny Lane
23. Release Me (Miller-Williams-Yount) – Performed by Engelbert Humperdinck - playing very softly in the background while listening to a recording of a Beatles' radio interview about not reaching no. 1.
24. "Sgt. Pepper's" [5:35]
25. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
26. With a Little Help from My Friends
27. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
28. "A Day in the Life" [10:08]
29. A Day in the Life
30. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
31. Reaction to "Sgt. Pepper's" [3:07]
32. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – Footage showing live performance by Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight Festival on 31 August 1970.
33. Drugs Reflect The Times [4:38]
34. "Baby You're A Rich Man" [5:03]
35. Baby, You're a Rich Man
36. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1) - Played while showing the Credits.

Seven (June '67 to July '68)

"We got backstage to see Maharishi and I said to him: 'Got any mantras?'" - George Harrison

1. Satellite Broadcast of "All You Need is Love" [10:10]
2. Help! - Title song played at the beginning of each episode.
3. All You Need Is Love - Our World Global Satellite Broadcast on 25 June 1967.
4. Meeting The Maharishi [4:17]
5. Brian Epstein's Death [8:16]
6. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - 18 February 1965 (Take 5) - Brian died on 27 August 1967.
7. "Magical Mystery Tour" [10:05]
8. Magical Mystery Tour - Footage from the film Magical Mystery Tour.
9. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) (McCarthy-Monaco) Performed by: Jessie Robbins and The Magical Mystery Tour Passengers; footage from the film Magical Mystery Tour.
10. The Fool on the Hill - Footage from the film Magical Mystery Tour.
11. Your Mother Should Know - Footage from the film Magical Mystery Tour. This scene, known as the 'staircase' scene, was filmed in the disused aircraft hangars at RAF West Malling in Kent, in September 1967.
12. Flying (instrumental) (Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey) - Footage from the film Magical Mystery Tour. In this sequence, the music is accompanied in the film by colour-altered images of landscape in Iceland, taken from an aeroplane; these shots were provided from outtakes of Stanley Kubrick's famous comedy Dr. Strangelove.
13. "I Am The Walrus" [5:11]
14. I Am the Walrus - Footage from the film Magical Mystery Tour. This scene was filmed on the disused airfield runways at RAF West Malling in Kent, in September 1967. The soundtrack was changed from the original VHS edition of Anthology to the DVD: a new all-true-stereo mix of the song was introduced, eliminating, for the first time, the use of "fake stereo" after the second verse of the song.
15. "Hello, Goodbye" [3:45]
16. Hello, Goodbye - A promotional film for The Ed Sullivan Show.
17. The Apple Boutique [2:20]
18. Rishikesh, India [8:42]
19. Across the Universe - 3 February 1968 (Take 2).
20. Dear Prudence
21. I Will - 16 September 1968 (Take 1).
22. Dera Dhun (Harrison) - Performed by George Harrison.
23. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
24. Apple Records [7:58]
25. Footage of Apple Press Conference, New York, 14 May 1968.
26. Sour Milk Sea (Harrison) Performed by: Jackie Lomax.
27. Something In The Way She Moves (Taylor) Performed by: James Taylor.
28. Maybe Tomorrow (Evans) Performed by: The Iveys.
29. No Matter What (Ham) Performed by: Badfinger.
30. Goodbye (Lennon–McCartney) Performed by: Mary Hopkin.
31. "Lady Madonna" [2:26]
32. Lady Madonna - 3rd and 6 February 1968.
33. "Yellow Submarine" [4:05]
34. Yellow Submarine - Footage from the film Yellow Submarine.
35. All Together Now - Footage from the film Yellow Submarine.
36. John Meets Yoko Ono [6:23]
37. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - May 1968 (Esher Demo).
38. Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (Lennon-Ono) Performed by: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
39. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) - Demo acoustic version (25 July 1968) — Played while showing the 'Credits'.

Eight (July '68 to The End)

"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding." - Paul McCartney

1. The "White" Album [9:23]
2. Help! - Title song played at the beginning of each episode
3. Yer Blues – Blackbird – What's The New Mary Jane – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – Good Night – Rocky Raccoon – Sexy Sadie – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) – Mother Nature's Son - Piggies – I Will – Julia – Why Don't We Do It in the Road? – I'm So Tired – Don't Pass Me By (Starkey) - A musical collage taking excerpts from live studio recording during The White Album sessions
4. "Revolution" [3:21]
5. Revolution
6. The Apple Boutique Closes [1:52]
7. Hey Jude [8:27]
8. Footage of the Beatles performing live on 8 September 1968 at the FROST ON SUNDAY tele-show
9. David Frost Theme (Martin)
10. Hey Jude
11. Recording At Twickenham Studios [9:52]
12. I've Got a Feeling - Jamming at the Twickenham Film Studios
13. For You Blue (Harrison) - Apple Recording Studio, Savile Row, London
14. Billy Preston Sits In [2:59]
15. Get Back
16. "The Long And The Winding Road" [3:49]
17. The Long and Winding Road
18. The Rooftop Concert 30 January 1969 [10:03]
19. Don't Let Me Down performed at the Rooftop Concert
20. Get Back performed at the Rooftop Concert
21. Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up (That Old Gang Of Mine)(Fain-Kahal-Raskin) - Performed by Paul McCartney during recording of the Anthology Series
22. "Let It Be" [4:08]
23. Let It Be - 'AN INTIMATE BIOSCOPIC EXPERIENCE WITH THE BEATLES'
24. Paul Marries Linda, John Marries Yoko [2:57]
25. Paul marries Linda on 12 March 1969
26. John marries Yoko on 20 March 1969
27. "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" [2:55]
28. The Ballad of John and Yoko
29. Comments On The Break-Up Of The Band [5:28]
30. "Abbey Road" [8:56]
31. Something (Harrison)
32. Golden Slumbers – Octopus's Garden (Starkey) – Here Comes the Sun (Harrison) – Come Together (Lennon) - A musical collage taking excerpts from live studio recording during the Abbey Road sessions
33. Because - The End - Showing footage of the last photo sessions on 22 August 1969
34. "Free as a Bird" [7:49]
35. Free as a Bird (Lennon/Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey) - The video.
36. Credits: A musical montage consisting of studio outtakes of - I Saw Her Standing There – Got to Get You into My Life – Misery – Sie Liebt Dich – And I Love Her – Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! - Rocky Raccoon – All You Need Is Love - played over the 'Credits'

DVD Special Features

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, Beatleboots, first cars and meeting Elvis.
"Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Reed)
Raunchy (instrumental) (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 inventive techniques used in creating these recordings.
Golden Slumbers (Take 1)
I'm Only Sleeping
Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1 & 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] 

An intriguing insight into how the Grammy award winning video for Free as a Bird was made. Director Joe Pytka explains how he and Apple developed the concept and discusses the innovative 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)

The Beatles 1+ Video Collection (DVD) November 2015

5 Star Rating ***

A collection of The Beatles greatest hits which uses The Beatles 1 album as its main source. Original promotional clips and live performances have been remastered and cleaned for this release.

DISC 1 VIDEO (DVD or Blu-Ray)

1. Love Me Do
2. From Me To You 
3. She Loves You 
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Can’t Buy Me Love
6. A Hard Day’s Night
7. I Feel Fine
8. Eight Days a Week
9. Ticket To Ride
10. Help!
11. Yesterday
12. Day Tripper
13. We Can Work It Out
14. Paperback Writer
15. Yellow Submarine
16. Eleanor Rigby
17. Penny Lane
18. All You Need Is Love
19. Hello, Goodbye
20. Lady Madonna
21. Hey Jude
22. Get Back
23. The Ballad of John and Yoko
24. Something
25. Come Together
26. Let It Be
27. The Long and Winding Road

DISC 1 VIDEO EXTRAS

1. Paul McCartney audio commentary
2. Penny Lane
3. Hello, Goodbye
4. Hey Jude
5. Ringo Starr filmed introductions
6. Penny Lane
7. Hello, Goodbye
8. Hey Jude
9. Get Back
10. The Beatles 1+

DISC 2 VIDEO (DVD or Blu-Ray)

1. Twist & Shout
2. Baby It’s You
3. Words Of Love
4. Please Please Me
5. I Feel Fine
6. Day Tripper *
7. Day Tripper *
8. We Can Work It Out *
9. Paperback Writer *
10. Rain *
11. Rain *
12. Strawberry Fields Forever
13. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
14. A Day In The Life
15. Hello, Goodbye *
16. Hello, Goodbye *
17. Hey Bulldog
18. Hey Jude *
19. Revolution
20. Get Back *
21. Don’t Let Me Down
22. Free As A Bird
23. Real Love

DISC 2 VIDEO EXTRA

Paul McCartney audio commentary
Strawberry Fields Forever
* alternate version

BEATLES 1 DVD (NOTES)

DISC ONE

1. LOVE ME DO

Newly edited clip, featuring material from BBC TV’s The Mersey Sound, with performance footage filmed on 27 August 1963 at the Little Theatre, Southport.

2. FROM ME TO YOU

A live performance at the 1963 Royal Variety Show, filmed at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, on 4 November 1963.

3. SHE LOVES YOU

A live performance from the Swedish Television show Drop In, recorded on 30 October 1963 during a short Scandinavian tour.

4. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND

From the Granada TV programme Late Scene Extra filmed on 25 November 1963.

5. CAN’T BUY ME LOVE

First broadcast in the TV show Around The Beatles, filmed on 28 April 1964 and broadcast the following month. It features a different audio track to that of hit single, recorded by The Beatles on 19 April 1964.

6. A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Live performance at the Palais des Sports, Paris on 20 June 1965, while on a short European tour.

7. I FEEL FINE

Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965. One of ten films shot that day to satisfy global TV demand for broadcast material to accompany The Beatles’ hit records.

8. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK

A brand new clip edited from material filmed at the Shea Stadium concert in New York City on 15 August 1965, during which the band performed twelve songs, but ‘Eight Days A Week’ was not among them. The clip says so much about the band’s frenetic lifestyle in 1965, at the height of Beatlemania.

9. TICKET TO RIDE

Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965.

10. HELP!

The less frequently seen clip of those filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965.

11. YESTERDAY

Paul performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, videotaped in New York City on 14 August 1965 and broadcast the following month, the day before the single was released in America.

12. DAY TRIPPER

Three versions of this clip were filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965. This is version 2, in which all of the group are wearing polo neck sweaters, except for Paul, who wears a black shirt.

13. WE CAN WORK IT OUT

There were three versions of the ‘We Can Work It Out’ video filmed atat Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965. This is version 2 in which all four Beatles are wearing black polo neck sweaters.

14. PAPERBACK WRITER

Filmed in 35mm, and in colour, in Chiswick Park, West London, by director Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

15. YELLOW SUBMARINE

This clip is newly created from original Yellow Submarine footage.

16. ELEANOR RIGBY

This clip is taken directly from the Yellow Submarine movie.

17. PENNY LANE

A ground-breaking clip by Swedish director Peter Goldmann that captures The Beatles in Stratford, London, and at Knole Park in Kent, with additional material shot in Liverpool.

18. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Filmed in Studio One at Abbey Road, on 25 June 1967, and beamed around the globe as a part of the TV programme Our World. This colourised version was created for The Beatles Anthology TV programme in 1995.

19. HELLO, GOODBYE

London’s Saville Theatre was the location for this promo film, shot on 10 November 1967; The Beatles wear their Sgt. Pepper outfits.

20. LADY MADONNA

Just prior to leaving for India, The Beatles met up in Studio Three at Abbey Road, on 11 February 1968. They were filmed while recording ‘Hey Bulldog’.

21. HEY JUDE

Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 4 September, for broadcast on David Frost’s TV show, Frost On Sunday. The introduction by David Frost is different from that on disc 2.

22. GET BACK

The promo clip made available at the time of the original release of the single featured performances from the Apple rooftop synched to the record. This new clip has been rebuilt to replicate the original but with improved picture quality.

23. THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO

This original promo clip features outtakes from the Let It Be movie, with other private footage shot in Amsterdam, London, Paris and Vienna.

24. SOMETHING

The video features George and Pattie, John and Yoko, Paul and Linda, and Ringo and Maureen. and was filmed at locations in Berkshire, Surrey, and the Mull of Kintyre.

25. COME TOGETHER

The clip was created in 2000 by Melon Dezign for the launch of thebeatles.com and the original Beatles 1 album.

26. LET IT BE

A 1970 promo clip was made available to support the release of the single and it was different to the one featured in the Let It Be movie; this clip has been rebuilt from the original footage.

27. THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

This clip is taken straight from the Let It Be movie.

DISC TWO

1. TWIST AND SHOUT

From the Granada Television programme Scene At 6.30, which was videotaped on 14 August 1963.

2. BABY IT’S YOU

One of two clips used to promote the single taken from the 1995 Live At The BBC album. The clip is enhanced by the inclusion of unique colour footage of The Beatles filmed outside the BBC’s Paris Studio on Lower Regent Street, London.

3. WORDS OF LOVE

When On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2 was released in 2013, it included ‘Words Of Love’, a Buddy Holly composition that the band recorded for radio. This new clip is a mix of existing footage and innovative animation.

4. PLEASE PLEASE ME

A live performance videotaped on 9 February for The Ed Sullivan Show, which was screened on 23 February 1964.

5. I FEEL FINE

Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965, this clip shows The Beatles eating fish and chips during their lunch break.

6. DAY TRIPPER

From the TV special The Music Of Lennon & McCartney that first broadcast in mid-December 1965.

7. DAY TRIPPER

Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965, with the group wearing their Shea Stadium Jackets with the ‘Nehru’ collars.

8. WE CAN WORK IT OUT

Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965 – showing The Beatles wearing the Shea Stadium jackets.

9. PAPERBACK WRITER

Shot on videotape at Abbey Road, on 19 May 1966, this studio version is prefaced by a short introduction by Ringo. It was broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show in America.

10. RAIN

‘Rain’, the B-side of ‘Paperback Writer’, was filmed in colour at Chiswick House, West London, on 20 May 1966.

11. RAIN

This black and white clip is a new edit from several takes of ‘Rain’ videotaped at Abbey Road on 19 May 1966.

12. STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER

Directed by Peter Goldmann and with newly restored footage, this was filmed at Knole Park, Kent on 30 and 31 January 1967.

13. WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU/TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS

The merging of these two tracks, one from Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the other from Revolver, was created for The Beatles Love show by Cirque du Soleil, which opened in June 2006 in Las Vegas. This video was created to promote the Love album released later that year.

14. A DAY IN THE LIFE

Filmed in Studio One at Abbey Road on 10 February 1967, this includes classical musicians, who were asked to wear evening dress, fake noses and funny hats for the recording session.

15. HELLO, GOODBYE

This clip is another shot at London’s Saville Theatre on 10 November 1967; The Beatles wear their ‘street clothes’.

16. HELLO, GOODBYE

This third version was also shot at London’s Saville Theatre on 10 November 1967; it includes elements from the first two films but with additional footage unique to this edit.

17. HEY BULLDOG

The original footage from a 1968 shoot for the ‘Lady Madonna’ promo film was unearthed in the mid-1990s. It was revealed that The Beatles were recording ‘Hey Bulldog’ and is an edit done to promote the reissue of the Yellow Submarine movie in 1999.

18. HEY JUDE

This is an edit of the two other takes filmed on 4 September 1968 for the Frost On Sunday TV show. This has a different David Frost intro to the clip on disc 1.

19. REVOLUTION

One of two versions, this was shot the same day as ‘Hey Jude’. John’s lead vocal is completely live, as are most of Paul and George’s backing vocals. The instrumentation, including Nicky Hopkins’ electric piano, is from the master tape.

20. GET BACK

This clip was assembled in 2003 to support the release of the album Let It Be…Naked and utilises studio footage from the famous Get Back/Let It Be sessions.

21. DON’T LET ME DOWN

This was the B-side of ‘Get Back’ and this clip is a composite of two live performances from the Apple rooftop in 1969. It was made available to support the release of Let It Be…Naked in 2003.

22. FREE AS A BIRD

The 1995 video is a work of art by director Joe Pytka, who used the concept of a bird’s-eye view to pay homage to many Beatles songs and images.

23. REAL LOVE

This video directed by Geoff Wonfor and ex-10cc and leading pop promo-maker Kevin Godley, this video was made in 1996 to support the release of the single.


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The Beatles 1 Video Collection - Review

5 Star Rating ***

I was very excited about this collection being released, so it was a bit of a disappointment to view the finished result. I had hoped for high quality restored or constructed videos for each of the 27 songs which originally featured on the Beatles 1 CD back in 1999. By that, I mean the studio tracks, we all know the Beatles were a bit crap when they performed live, so why do we need so much live stuff? I appreciate well known video's like Paperback Writer, Penny Lane, We Can Work It Out, etc. have all had a lavish makeover and 3 cheers for that, but why do we need Eleanor Rigby ripped straight from the Yellow Submarine film when we could have been treated to a great montage representing 1966 rather than 1968, two years after the song's release! The other disappointments include I Want To Hold Your Hand, A Hard Days Night and other early tracks where known video's containing perfectly good studio performances have been ignored for the yawn-fest of shabby live performances! Another gripe is the Let It Be songs which have sadly been left as McCartney would no doubt have liked them, but have an unfinished quality, which the Phil Spector versions don't lack. All in all it was a missed opportunity.

Jonathan Poole (October 2015)