Beautifully restored and expanded from eight to nine episodes, the series offers an unprecedented and intimate view of The Beatles’ legendary trajectory and inner workings.
The Beatles Anthology, Apple Corps’ landmark, UK-produced documentary series exploring the life and times of the most influential and beloved band of all time, as told by The Beatles themselves, makes its streaming debut exclusively on Disney+ beginning November 26. The first three episodes will be followed by episodes 4 to 6 on November 27, and episodes 7 to 9 on November 28.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr take us along for the ride as they revisit the highs and lows and twists and turns of The Beatles’ long and winding eight years as a band. The series spans the band’s gritty, hungry early days, to the phenomenon of Beatlemania and global superstardom.
The series’ new ninth episode features illuminating and previously unreleased footage of Paul, George and Ringo during the creation of the original 1990s “Anthology” series and music project. “The Beatles Anthology” was originally broadcast in 1995 in the U.S. on ABC and in the UK on ITV, followed by a blockbuster, GRAMMY Award®-winning home video release. For Disney+, several elements of the series have been updated, including an incredible footage restoration and sound mix overseen by the Apple Corps production team working with the supremely skilled technicians at Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post in Wellington, New Zealand.
The Beatles Anthology joins several other iconic films and series from The Beatles on Disney+, including Let It Be, Beatles ’64, and the Emmy Award-winning series, The Beatles: Get Back. All these can be found in The Beatles Collection on Disney+.
The Beatles Anthology episode nine is directed by Oliver Murray; episodes one to eight are directed by Geoff Wonfor, Bob Smeaton, and Matt Longfellow. All episodes are produced by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon, Jonathan Clyde, and Martin R. Smith.
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