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The Beatles Anthology

★ 9.1 11K votes 1995–1996 1 season · 9 episodes Ended ABC
Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 10/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 10/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 9/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 7/10
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"The band's own story, in their own voices"

A career-spanning documentary told largely in the Beatles' own words, weaving new interviews with Paul, George and Ringo (and archival John) alongside a treasure trove of studio outtakes, home movies and performance footage. It traces the band from Liverpool clubs to global fame and eventual breakup. The pace is unhurried and conversational, more oral history than tight narrative, letting anecdotes and rare footage breathe. It rewards patience with intimacy and detail rather than dramatic tension, feeling like sitting in the room while four men remember their own extraordinary story.

Watch it for

the rare archival footage and candid firsthand storytelling from the band members themselves.

Maybe skip if

you want tight pacing or drama rather than a leisurely, detail-rich oral history.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries1995
8.83K910h 44m
Truly the definitive collection of Beatles material and a must-see for Beatles fans of all ages, this set includes rare and previously unreleased footage of the Fab Four, including an intimate performance by the surviving Beatles recorded in 1994.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1July '40 to March '638.7
45779 min
▶2March '63 to February '648.7
41872 min
▶3February '64 to July '648.7
39073 min
▶4August '64 to August '658.8
38370 min
▶5August '65 to July '668.9
37572 min
▶6July '66 to June '679.0
37171 min
▶7June '67 to July '689.0
34974 min
▶8July '68 to the End9.1
35082 min
▶9Threetles Sessions8.8
13451 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Paul McCartney Self
George Harrison Self
Ringo Starr Self
George Martin Self
Neil Aspinall Self
Derek Taylor Self
Kyoko Ono Cox Self (with Yoko and John)
Harold Wilson Self
Gerry Marsden Self (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Ron Griffiths Self (The Iveys)

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