In 1992, the project was resurrected as a six-part documentary series. Eric Idle was reportedly given a screening of the film in the late-1970s as research for his mockumentary All You Need Is Cash.

He felt they had grown up and were mature enough to try writing and recording new songs.' The alleged plan for a reunion was abandoned after Lennon was murdered on 8 December. His greatest dream was to recreate the musical magic of the early years with Paul, George and Ringo … (he) felt that they had traveled different paths for long enough. According to Yoko Ono, the concert would have been held in England: 'Just days before his brutal death, John was making plans to go to England for a triumphant Beatles reunion. 'I and the other three former Beatles have plans to stage a reunion concert', he said, referring to an event that was to be filmed as a finale of The Long and Winding Road (which was now to be a television special). At this point, none of the former members had any involvement with the project, and plans for its release lay dormant until 1980, when John Lennon made a statement as part of a legal deposition against the producers of the musical Beatlemania. From this archival footage, he assembled a 90-minute feature film which was tentatively titled The Long and Winding Road and was completed in 1971.

Long-time friend and Apple Corps manager Neil Aspinall had compiled footage of concert, interview, and television appearances from various sources around the world. Production history The Long and Winding Road Īn official documentary on the Beatles career had been in the pipeline as early as 1970. The series was re-released on DVD in 2003, with an 81-minute special-features disc. It was released in greatly expanded form as an eight-volume VHS set and an eight-disc LaserDisc set on 5 September 1996.

It was broadcast on UK television in eight parts on ITV between 26 November and 31 December 1995, while in the United States it was seen as three feature-length episodes on ABC between 19 and 23 November 1995. The Beatles Anthology is a documentary television series on the career of the Beatles. British TV series or program The Beatles Anthology

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