As well as telling their story through archival footage, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr appear in interview segments recorded exclusively for the series John Lennon appears only in historic archival footage. Footage in the Anthology series features voice-over recordings of all four Beatles to push the narrative of the story, with contributions from their producer, road manager and others. The Anthology series takes a form similar to that of the Anthology book, by being a series of first-person accounts by the Beatles themselves, with no external 'objective' narration. Main article: The Beatles Anthology (TV series)Īpproximately coinciding with the release of the ' Free as a Bird' single and Anthology 1 album (the first of three double-CD albums), The Beatles Anthology series of documentaries was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom and ABC television in the United States in 1995. They included unreleased performances and outtakes presented in roughly chronological order, along with two new songs based on demo tapes recorded by Lennon after the group broke up: ' Free as a Bird' and ' Real Love', both produced by Jeff Lynne. The initial volume of the album set ( Anthology 1) was released the same week of the documentary's airdate, with the subsequent two volumes ( Anthology 2 and Anthology 3) released in 1996. The Anthology book, released in 2000, paralleled the documentary in presenting the group's history through quotes from interviews. The documentary used interviews with the Beatles and their associates to narrate the history of the band as seen through archival footage and performances. The documentary series was first broadcast in November 1995, with expanded versions released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1996 and on DVD in 2003. Beatles members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr participated in the making of the works, which are sometimes referred to collectively as the Anthology project, while John Lennon appears in archival interviews. The Beatles Anthology is a multimedia retrospective project consisting of a television documentary, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book describing the history of the Beatles.

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