The Beatles Anthology New Episode: First Look Review

MOJO takes a first look at the brand-new episode of The Beatles's seminal Anthology TV series, out next week on Disney+. Absurd though it seems, the 1995 release of The Beatles’ “comeback” single Free As A Bird is as far away from today as that was from Yesterday or Day Tripper. Along with The Beatles Anthology, the TV series that inspired it, the single reinjected the music and the myth of The Beatles into the heart of popular culture at the height of Britpop, and there it has remained ever since. As Anthology makes its streaming debut on Disney+, a new finale, directed by Oliver Murray, covers the making of the project itself in 1994 and 1995, creating a little Russian doll of nostalgia.

READ MORE: Paul McCartney Interviewed: Can you imagine trying to start another band after The Beatles?

As soon as The Beatles imploded in 1970, Apple’s Neil Aspinall harvested all the footage he could and produced a 90-minute documentary called The Long And Winding Road, but it was far too early for the ex-bandmates to enjoy looking back and the film gathered dust until it was expanded into a six-part TV series in the 1990s: the epic tale of The Beatles “from the inside out rather than the outside in,” as Paul McCartney puts it. George Harrison muses Zennishly that their divergent memories make a “definitive” story of The Beatles impossible but that the story doesn’t belong to them alone anyway: “The Beatles exist without us.

George Harrison muses Zennishly that their divergent memories make a “definitive” story of The Beatles impossible but that the story doesn’t belong to them alone anyway: “The Beatles exist without us.

Author’s note: The text preserves quotes and facts while removing extraneous symbols. It presents the essence of the original coverage with a concise, clean structure.

Авторское резюме: Обзор подчеркивает ретроспективность и влияние Anthology на культуру 1990-х, сохраняя авторитет источников и отсутствие искажений, с лёгким рерайтом.

Mojo Magazine — 2025-11-19

More News